In the short story The Fall of the House of Usher, Poe utilizes a variety of methods to manipulate not only the reader's emotions but also their mind by making what people dreaded and detested most come to life while at the same time retaining his readers by laying down a trap that lures and keeps them in and the only way out is to finish reading. ... The opening of the story establishes an opposition amid the narrator's experience of what has the potential to be a supernatural force and his elucidation of the events as understandable by obtuse psychological law or merely his nerves...

• Word Count: 374
• Approx Pages: 1
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Sherwood Anderson's Winesburg, Ohio is a collection of short stories set in the obscure, hick town of Winesburg, Ohio. Every story contains within it a character with an obsession that labels the character grotesque. ... The story of Wing Biddlebaum, an old Pennsylvanian schoolteacher, unfolds. ... "Paper Pills" retells the story of Dr. ... This story tells of a little girl's desire to be named Tandy. ...

• Word Count: 1325
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate