In these two stories, two separately unique young heroes emerge with the hopes for glory. ... When reading the short story "A & P" you begin to think the main character Sammy is a bit of a Looney, but has the reader you can visualize every detail about the three beauties that walk into the A&P shop that evening. ... The story is about how the government has taken all the freedom from the people and made them controllable through something they implant in your brain called a handicap in the year 2081. ... Both short stories that are examples in this essay are themes of heroism. ... In...

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In "Rip Van Winkle" by Washington Irving, the author excellently expressed the central idea of the short story. The explanation of character and the use of specific information form the story demonstrate how effectively this aspect of short story structure supports the overall idea. Six other criteria plot, central idea, setting, tone, language and narrative viewpoint, explore all support aspects of the central idea in short story writing. The short story presents a single plot structure and a main character that develop the central focus through these seven aspects. Analyzing the specific par...

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Explore how your chosen short story uses the elements of narrative to [engage] you as the reader: Narrative elements are importantly employed and developed throughout a text to further engage and develop the ideas and issues behind a text to the reader. The Test by Angelica Gibbs has used such elements of narrative such as setting, characterisation and diction to both emphasis and develop the dominant issues raised within this short story. The main convention behind a short story is its length and as such, the author of such a genre must condense, whilst still presenting a central theme ...

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Faulkner's choice to tell the story through the eyes of the townspeople is categorized as limited omniscience. ... The basic meaning of dynamic is in essence the underlying theme of this short story. ... Faulkner purposely chose this point of view to avoid these misinterpretations and to secure his story's relevance and validity. ... Perhaps the very fact that times are changing, therefore new unorthodox ways of writing, causes Faulkner to choose this different for of narrating his short stories. ... The point of view in a story usually can shed light on the theme to a story, an...

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In the case of the chosen pieces, short story "William Wilson"" by Edgar Allan Poe and the poem "The Tunnel"" by Mark Strand, both stories slowly draw the reader into an empathy with the main characters. The short story by Poe forces the reader to attempt to find veiled redeeming qualities within the main character, William Wilson. ... Strand, on the other hand, chooses the short verse as a means to transport the reader into the world that he has created for the main characters and one that must be completed within the mind of the reader. ... The theme of both stories is obviously the concept ...

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The text is a short story being told by the character of another text, Jesus. ... It doesn't provide a detailed description of main events but rather emphasizes on character reactions and interactions, therefore effectively illustrating various human tendencies in a short text. ... This may be aimed with the intention of making the audience reflect and relate the story to their own lives. ... Each of these characters provides a point in which the story intends to instruct the audience. ... The inclusion of this event in the story could be interpreted as a criticism how people succumb to t...

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On The Antler, by Annie Proulx is an excellent short story that deals with the issue of revenge, clearly through the story of the two main characters. ... In my opinion characterisation played a large part in this story and ultimately the resulting theme. The writer chose to start the story with a quite extensive build-up of the stories two main characters, Hawkheel and Strong, which I felt then set the picture for the rest of the story. ... The writer, in my opinion, made highly effective use of language throughout the stories main theme of revenge. ... These antics were present to the reader...

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The main character of the novel "A Room with a View " is Lucy Honeychurch, a young English woman who follows the social convensions of the Victorian middle class which she belongs to. She is visiting Florence with her prim and proper cousin Charlotte when she meets George Emerson, a young, a...

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Danger seems inevitable when shallow travelers, who are embodiments of the self-interested materialistic society, embark on a road trip to an unsure destination. When tragedy strikes, personality traits can be held accountable. One particular character, the grandmother, the central character in "A...

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The story begins with the main character, Sarah, as she stands in a garden dressed in a long, white gown and flower tiara. ... The story is captivating, and successfully draws the viewer into the experience, providing entertainment as well as a great deal of life lessons. ... Labyrinth did not fall short of any of these characteristics, as the decade is extremely evident throughout the film. ... Without the use of the creative set and puppet characters, the message in "Labyrinth" would fall hopelessly short. ...

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The new dialogical form of the novel of the XX century assumes belittling of the "all-knowing" epic author up to a role of the story-teller alongside with an eminence of the hero up to a role of the objective author. ... "I do not know, - the story-teller interferes with "objective-epic" narration, destroying illusion of the all-knowing author, - whom she could become in our century, but is sure, that a lot of centuries back she would become a saint or a beloved of an emperor. ... However, the destiny has disposed so, that wandering along the coast of Lime gulf (in a southwest of Engla...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate