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 ...

• Word Count: 631
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

She lived most of her adult life in Boston, Seattle, and San Francisco, writing articles and short stories using the Chinese pseudonym Sui Sin Far. ... The other theme apparent in "Leaves" and in many of her short stories is Eaton's defense of the independent woman. ... "In the Land of the Free" is typical of Edith Eaton's short fiction. ... Drawing from elements of realism and sentimental romance, Sui Sin Far uses short stories, articles, and essays to pioneer the act of self-representation for a people who existed in late nineteenth-century mainstream American's imagination ...

• Word Count: 2633
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

This short story Harrison Bergeron is a satire of the USA today. ... However, despite all this, they do not, and cannot make a person thoughtless, or control his thoughts, and that is why this is the most oppressive law in the story. ... Many times in the story, George Harrison is on the verge of having an independent, and possibly slightly rebellious thought, and his brain is rattled with a loud piercing sound. ...

• Word Count: 380
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The short-story is extremely well written. ... The story transitions from looking at the island, from admiring its beauty to being presented with its flaws and unjust systems that seem to favor tourists over the native population, to looking at the tourist. ... It is sad to read how the story of the Native American is repeated in Hawaii - this time, however, the slaughter is hidden because the population die a "natural" death due to disease brought from the settlers. ...

• Word Count: 502
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

It is the story of two brothers--one of whom served in Vietnam--who must rely on each other to survive a disastrous skiing trip in the wilds of Minnesota. ... These same concerns are evident in his award-winning short-story cycle The Things They Carried (1990), powerful tales so much like memoirs that O'Brien feels compelled to emphasize in a prefatory note that what follows is "a work of fiction." Fiction is a complicated term in O'Brien's world, though; the stories are deemed true sometimes because they happened that way and sometimes because they convey some larger truth ...

• Word Count: 781
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

However, even though this was the beginning of freedmen and women of the south working with the government, it was short lived. ... Their lives became immensely regulated and put these former slaves in a position that made them just short of slaves. ... These efforts made by Congress were seen as effective at first, especially in "reconstituting the state electorates, but slowly stories began to be brought to the public eye about the brutal treatment that many former slaves were being subjected to; these attacks were done by hate groups, namely the Ku Klux Klan. ... "Many of the testimoni...

• Word Count: 2591
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

This article grabs a reader's attention to learn of the many sacrifices families worldwide face in their lifetime but most importantly the main concept of the article is actually expressed and based on a true story. ... Although this short article may only interpret key elements of the authors" main point (refugees), it not only reminds the reader of difficult choices families as well as individuals make, but also how growing up with a different lifestyle and adapting to another country's beliefs and rituals, continue to remind each and everyone where their culture and ethnicity is t...

• Word Count: 1229
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In fact, there were a number of stories circulating which focused upon sexually transgressive clergymen, and this may have been an influence on Hawthorne's portrayal of Arthur Dimmesdale. ... Edgar Allan Poe: his work was fiercely original, refining the short story genre, establishing detective fiction, and prefiguring the genres of science fiction, horror, and fantasy. ... Nathaniel Hawthorne: many of Hawthorne's stories are set in Puritan New England, and his greatest novel, The Scarlet Letter (1850), has become the classic portrayal of Puritan America. ...

• Word Count: 917
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Aside from movies and television, a large part of the representation that people use to identity a Native American comes from simple childhood stories and folklore that is passed on. For instance the Thanksgiving story, the story of Pocohantes, and the story of Sacajewa all contain stereotypical Native Americans and Native American white relations. ... Growing up I saw nothing wrong with these stories, but now that I am older I see that stories like these do not get across the truth about Native American white relations. These stories also only glorify and illustrate Native Americans were h...

• Word Count: 2351
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Though most attacks are generally short, sometimes-serious conditions take place where Asthma is continuous for many hours or even days making it sever. ... The placement of regulations on car emissions testing fell short, but this led to a more direct approach to pollution reduction. ... The United States has also continued to have air pollution issues but has had many more success stories throughout the years with successful measures, laws and regulations placed regarding air pollution, but Mexico has yet to do so. ...

• Word Count: 1216
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

This aspect of the story is hidden from the viewers. ... This is also shown from the article's results in which passengers on an airport were given three short newsletters showing three different perspectives about the death penalty. The group of research participants that were given with the short paper referring to condition two of life without parole plus restitution, showed the least preference percentage (62%) for the death penalty compared to other percentages (82 % and 81 %) acquired by the readers of newspaper articles concerned with widespread use of the death penalty and renovat...

• Word Count: 1022
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

United States immigrants, especially children and teenagers, always have a wish to fit in with everyone around them. In order to accomplish this, they change their behavior, which ultimately shapes their character and personality. This resulting identity is wholly different from the culture that ini...

• Word Count: 778
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

REPORTING TERRORISM Since the increase of available information and around-the-clock news coverage the interaction between the media and terrorism has intensified throughout the 20th century. Freedom of speech is guaranteed by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which meant that the peop...

• Word Count: 776
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The Dream Act, short for Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors, is to allow the young illegal immigrant children that grew up going to the United States' high schools the ability to serve in the US military and to continue their education. ... The democrat views the story of America as set up by the generations of immigrants that have came to this country and have only strengthened our economy. ...

• Word Count: 733
• Approx Pages: 3
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Drawing mainly on secondary sources, Kinzer shows that most regime change operations achieved their short-term goals of displacing local rulers. ... " These stories are eye opening and quite interesting. ... " In a second review of Kinzers' book, written by Annie Levin, Levin suggests that Overthrow is a book that "tells the story of fourteen cases of "regime change," exposing the raw imperial interests that drove each intervention and the horrific suffering that the U.S. inflicted in pursuit of profit and empire. ...

• Word Count: 955
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Recent news stories publicizing alcohol-related deaths on college campuses have once again drawn attention to this public health problem and reveal that drinking is a major problem that poses a serious threat to college students. ... Many college students who drink heavily experience short-term health consequences such as hangovers, nausea and vomiting. ... The facts, statistics and horror stories pertaining to alcohol abuse and binge drinking among college students are readily available. ...

• Word Count: 1311
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The technology available today makes it less difficult to distribute political information to larger audiences in shorter periods of time. ... In the past, coverage of political candidates was largely composed of news stories and interviews by experienced and respected journalists. ... This forces the media to accept certain stories strictly because of the attention-getting headline. ...

• Word Count: 1129
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In this novel, the father, who has been already arrested and removed by the U.S. government at the start of the story, shows some relationship with the Emperor by giving the evidence of the connection to the Japan and his final confession after return four years later. ... The whole story ends with an angry plea from the father who actually asks readers to consider what he has done wrongly by distorted confession in short phrases and sentences. ...

• Word Count: 1101
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Poe, well known today for his poetry and short stories, such as "The Pit and the Pendulum", is regarded by many to be the founder of the modern detective story. He often wrote horror stories and psychological thrillers, while at the same time exploring the human mind and individual emotions. ...

• Word Count: 1786
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

These examples show that even though hard and soft powers can exist separately and have been proven to work for some duration, they are only short-lived. ... The Kremlin is often said to be an excellent manipulator of soft power – and this can explain why the annexation of the Crimea was implemented in such a short period. ... Almost all the news sources of major Russian television networks broadcast the exact same stories about the Crimean Crisis (Weir, 2014). Additionally, they exaggerate and twist the stories of the news in order to provide soft power both within Russia and to abroad...

• Word Count: 2019
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In the short story America and I the author Anzia Yezierska can be quoted as saying "If murders had robbed me and killed me it wouldn't have hurt me so much." The author of this story was obviously hurt and left very afraid by the harshness that the ways the new country she had come to live in. ...

• Word Count: 1448
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

After a short discussion, the manager must attend a meeting and thus ends the discussion and promises to address it at another time. ... The four imaginary characters in the story represent the complex and simple parts of all human beings regardless of their different attributes. ... The cheese in the story represents the success and happiness that all persons strive to realize in life whether it's money, relationships, a job, good health, spiritual needs or freedom. ...

• Word Count: 1614
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

For the remainder of the week, these events were the top story. ... For a relatively short while this patriotism was shown by just about anyone by raising American flags outside their homes, or by putting stickers of American flags on their cars, or by even supporting American flags to their cars. ...

• Word Count: 1352
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The need to be ready for war with nuclear weapons and peacekeeping with no weapons are both different ethical environmental issues that are closely associated with each other. They are hard to balance because of their contradicting characteristics. It is nuclear weapons and threatening hostilities...

• Word Count: 1273
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

What do a hot pink dress, a sparkling new Chevy and a bright green Jell-O mold all have in common? Karal Ann Marling asserts that Americans became obsessed with such colorful new objects during the 1950s, and that mass marketing and advertising convinced Americans to display such items as signs of their success and affluence. Aesthetics is the key word Marling uses to describe the consumer culture of the 1950s, with a growing emphasis on the new, bright, fresh and colorful. As Seen on TV centers not on the study of television, but on the transformation of visual culture coinciding with the eme...

• Word Count: 2184
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: Undergraduate