In this short story she Kate Chopin was born Kate O'Flaherty, on February 8, 1850 in St. ... "After the public uproar over The Awakening-, Kate wrote only seven short stories between 1900 and 1904. ... In Kate Chopin's short story, The Story of an Hour, many ironic elements are used to help the reader understand the fate of the main character, Mrs. ... The Story of an Hour, in Cassill, R.V., ed., The Norton Anthology of Short Fiction, sixth edition, New York: W.W. ... Kate Chopin's use of irony in her short story, "The Story of an Hour," stands in direct contrast to the sub...

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Formally known as Guy de (Henri René Albert) Maupassant, he was a French novelist and short-story writer. He is deemed one of the modern masters of the art of the short story and has influenced practitioners of that genre from his time to the present. ... (http://www.online-literature.com/maupassant/ Literature Network) As is evident with the short story of Mother Savage, the author was greatly influenced by the war. ... The Story of an Hour In the short story The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin we learn of what a now widowed woman (Mrs. ... Before we get into the meaning of the st...

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The gun fire is never ending; the battle has raged on for what seems like an eternity. I can't remember a time I was more scared. All I can do is hunker down below a small stone wall along Guntown Road. My heart is pounding so hard it is louder then the gun fire surrounding me. "Joe! ...

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Introduction Raymond Carver is said to be one of the most influential American short-story writer and poet in the second half of 20th century, a major force in the revival of the short story in the 1980s (Kennedy, X. ... In this essay, we aim to analyze the main characteristics of short story which can be found and applied in Carver's well-known short story Cathedral. The short story Cathedral was included in Best American Short Stories, 1982. ... A third collection of short stories by Raymond Carver, Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?... The characters in Carver's short stories strug...

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She sat there in an empty field with the overly tall and too skinny boy who she calls "love" as he placed the white and lilac wildflowers carefully in her hair, being cautious as to make sure the others wouldn't fall out. His eyes, the color of smoked wood, were filled with awe and stretched wide, c...

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I woke up to the buzzing of my alarm while it was still dark. Any other day I would condemn that atrocious ringing, cursing everything in the world that has led me to get out bed at 3:30 in the morning. Today though, is different. Today I woke more alarmed than my clock, eager to shut the singing buzz off and start my day. My wife groaned as she heard my bustle out of the bed, and around our room. ...

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Nickolai squeezed his eyes shut, trying to ignore the high pitched meow of this short and stubby cat, Lucifer. He didn't know what was up with his stupid cat, but he did know that this wasn't his normal behavior. Thinking that Lucifer was just hungry, Nickolai got out of his bed and fed him. No matt...

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A man, a boy, and a girl were walking down a path they had lost track of time completely decided to camp under a giant tree for the night the boy his is the young prince Rythian and with him is Sir Ezio the commander of the Templar knights and the young girl her name was Jasmine and she was born in the city of Hydrax but cast out into the woods as a child and she grew up living off of the land. the princes father brought the land back from the edge off civil war and brought peace to the land but the king has been murdered by the kings high priest who turns out to be the leader of the order of ...

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Hawthorne's Portrayal of Puritanical Hypocrisy Throughout time, there have been many great American novelists and short story writers. ... From writing several successful novels, and many short stories, Hawthorne has introduced the way of life in Puritanical America to many readers. ... He does this by using primary characters in the novels The Scarlet Letter, The House of the Seven Gables, and many short stories who have a problem, like an inner secret, or who have some kind of guilt, and shows how society looks upon these people. ... He demonstrates in the novel The Scarlet Letter ...

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There he received a writing style sheet that instructed: "Use short sentences. Use short first paragraphs. ... Hemingway's use of these methods in short stories and novels that captured the attention of critics and the public. ... The meaning to that is that he took his life and intertwined it not only into one of his stories but almost all of his stories. ... Always have courage and face your fears in life is the lesson from "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber-. ...

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Among dozens of short stories written by him, "God Sees the Truth, But Waits" is to be considered one of the best, and it was first published in 1872 in which this period has its significance on Tolstoy's life. In this short story, Tolstoy instigates many questions in readers' mind about truth, injustice and fate as he resides his readers between both spiritual and materialistic worlds throughout the course of the story. ... The major characteristics of a short story are considered in which we discuss about plot, conflict, characters, themes, tone, and personal value. .....

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You hear stories about how bad racism is and the rich history the South has. ... Throughout most of O'Connor's writing there is a racism factor in each novel or short story. ... As I read on in O'Connor's short stories I came across a short story called "The Barber.... Which political leader was in favor of the Civil Rights Movement and which was not for supporting the movement in this short story. ... " "Judgment Day" is a story about a man named Tanner who moved to New York. ...

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The first publication of the short story "Cathedral" was in the March, 1981, issue of Atlantic Monthly. It was selected to appear in "The Best American Short Stories, 1982," and became the title story in the 1983 collection, Cathedral. ... Like many of the couples in Carver's short stories, he and his wife lived a hand-to-mouth existence, always in fear of some catastrophe that would upset their fragile solvency. ... was chosen for The Best American Short Stories, 1967. ... Summary The narrator, or storyteller, of Raymond Carver's short story "Cathedral" opens by saying, "This bl...

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Introduction In this research paper, we are going to deal with the short story 'Rappaccini's Daughter'. ... In fact, after a first reading of the short story, we have noticed a list of symbols that made us wonder about their implied meaning. ... In the story, Rappaccini, the corrupted scientist, stands for this rejection. ... This act leads to her death at the end of the story. ... This conflict is obvious from the beginning of the story. ...

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Poe was able to find money though by publishing short stories and found a job working for the Southern Literary Messenger in Richmond. ... But again his success was short lived as his magazine soon failed, and shortly after, his love Virginia Clemm died at the age of twenty-four in 1847. ... He found another love interest in Sarah Whitman, but again their engagement was short-lived, lasting only one month. ... " Considered one of his most famous writings, "Ligeia" tells the story of a man, also known as the narrator of this story, and his love and loss of his late wife, lady Lig...

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She developed her feminist ideals in her novels, short stories and nonfiction books such as Women and Economics. Charlotte Perkins Gilman is best known for her short story The Yellow Wallpaper, (1892) which is based on her own experience As the story begins, the woman-whose name we never learn tells of her depression and how it is being treated by her husband and brother who are both doctors. ... However, The Yellow Wallpaper is more than a case study in mental illness or a horror story it is a story of a dominant/submissive relationship between husband and wife. ... At the very beginning...

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The German term for them is "Mãrchen", a word for which there is no satisfactory English equivalent - it is the diminutive of Mãr, a story or a tale, and has come to mean a story of wonder and enchantment, as the fairy tale is. ... Many of the stories were edited and changed as they were written down, removing the darker and more gruesome elements of the stories. The intended audience of the stories has also changed. ... From Animal Helper to Fairy Godmother The bones of the fish in the Chinese story work the magic which helps Cinderella. ... The earlier versions of the story ...

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I start to take a short look at the political and social situation of the blacks in the twenties and of course I look at the most influential writers at this time. ... And this is the way I look at the poems and short stories like Langston Hughes or Zara Neal Hurston wrote. ... And I think the creativity of writing a poem, story or musical comes exactly from this state of mind. ... Most writers spent at least some time in Harlem, others like Langston Hughes or Claude McKay, described the New York ghetto life in their short stories; it simply provided a various number of setting for their stor...

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Toy Story 2 was filmed totally on location - in cyberspace. ... During this time, a showing of a computer animated short film didn't win over many people watching. ... This tells a story of a wind-up toy's 1st encounter with a child. It won an academy award for the best animation short. ... It was a story of dinosaurs who were living in the current day. ...

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I won second place with my first story, Little Bear Plays Tag. ... In these stories, in their awards, I found my passion, though at nine, it only flickered. ... In seventh grade, I discovered a marvelous new genre of literature: the short story. In the short story, I found again that pilot light that had not burned in me since my last award. I have won no awards with my short stories, despite a few efforts to gain recognition, but I have found, in recent years, that I need no bronze-plated medal or cardstock certificate to tell me I write well. ...

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Many events take place during the five short days that they share their love. ... The play is about how she discovers love, loses love, and grows up over a very short period before her ill-fated death. ... Romeo and Juliet is very much the story of a girl becoming a woman. ... The entire story is based on her decisions and how they affect the rest of the details in the story. ... A., also explains, "In short, Juliet develops from a heroine of light comedy to a heroine of tragedy." ...

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Ghost stories, they have the power to throw us into another world, leading us to not only fear for the characters within the novel but for ourselves as the ghosts seem to follow the reader around weeks afterwards. ... Ghost stories paint vivid pictures inside the mind as they force us to come face to face with our deepest fears. Imagining ourselves as the main characters we become a part of the story, seeing, hearing, and feeling everything that the author is courageous enough to delve into the darker side of his or her subconscious. The stories give a sense of escape, by allowing the reader t...

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Clarke assembles eight short stories each having unique characters and plots that tell about different aspects of the lives of immigrants in Toronto. Most of the stories are recounted in first person by vivid, comical and often grim characters and describe in great detail the ordeals faced they face as they adjusted to a new culture and its people. ... In the short story entitled "They"re not Coming Back" the mother, named Claudette, is a single parent of two daughters. ... The irony of the story is manifested at the end when Claudette's mother tells her daughter to "sleep" which is a ...

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In the short story "The Birds", Daphne Du Maurier tells us about how humans have a false superiority. ... This apocalyptic story contains many techniques used by Du Maurier to highlight the themes and ideas behind it. ... The story is based around Nat Hocken, his wife and two children, who live on the coast of Cornwall. ... The story works very well because of the fact that it was constructed step by step. ... By doing this she is making the whole story all the more convincing. ...

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In the short story "The Birds", Daphne Du Maurier tells us about how humans have a false superiority. ... This apocalyptic story contains many techniques used by Du Maurier to highlight the themes and ideas behind it. ... The story is based around Nat Hocken, his wife and two children, who live on the coast of Cornwall. ... The story works very well because of the fact that it was constructed step by step. ... By doing this she is making the whole story all the more convincing. ...

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