In the analyzation of short stories, the reader uses a brief imaginative narrative unfolding a single incident and a chief character by means of plot, the details so compressed and the whole treatment so organized, a single impression results. ... The lesson taught by the author through the actions of the protagonist in the plot either through what the protagonist does or does not do. ... Because Rip always chooses to do the chores of others, the dilapidated Van Winkle home never gets fixed and the fields, never farmed. ... Six other criteria plot, central idea, setting, tone, language and nar...

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