Her father had collections of short stories and novels throughout the whole house. ... This is a story about an Indian husband raising a family who lost his wife leaving their daughter Akash and her son Ruma. ... He wants his daughter to attend law school and be a mother at the same time. ... They show some family problems the daughter and father go through, which relates to Jhumpa childhood. ... Only goodness is one of my favorite short stories by her. ...

• Word Count: 1328
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Imagery and irony are shown throughout this story. ... In this short story there is a imagery shown through Beatrice and the poisonous flowers in her fathers garden. ... Rappaccini makes Giovanni a companion for his daughter. ... Beatrice blames her father for his interference in her life. ... Love, competition, and death play a big role in this short story. ...

• Word Count: 670
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

His father came from an old Virginian family and his mother was a descent of New England Calvinists. Cable was forced to leave his formal education in 1858 to support his family as a clerk when his father died. ... In his story ""Tite Poulette," Cable introduces Zalli, a quadroon, single mother, and her daughter "Tite Poulette. As one reads this story, it becomes seemingly apparent that mother and daughter are very fond of each other and enjoy each other's company. ... One may wonder why Zalli didn't tell her foster daughter that she was "legally" of good standing. ...

• Word Count: 1006
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

Nathaniel Hawthorn, author of "The Minister's Black Veil- and "Rappaccini's Daughter,"" lived a life of solitude "devoting the majority of his existence to the acquisition of knowledge. Likewise, in these two short stories, a few characters also come about this misfortune, whether by choice or by obligation. ... In "Rappaccini's Daughter- the young, beautiful Beatrice is isolated "literally "as a result of the poison her father has instilled into her. ... Through these two short stories, the reader becomes aware of the effects knowledge has on human relations. ...

• Word Count: 673
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

" In the short story "Two Kinds", it is made clear early in the story that the family immigrated to America from China to give their children a shot at the American dream. ... In the end of the short story, the mother returns the piano to Jing-mei for her thirtieth birthday. ... The mother offering her daughter forgiveness for what she had said to her after the talent show. ... In both stories the parents and/or family has migrated from a foreign land. ... Born and raised in Antigua, she grew up in poverty as her mother was a home-maker and her father a carpenter. ...

• Word Count: 813
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Laurence is a well-known Canadian novelist and short story writer. ... They loved her as if she were their own daughter. ... Jules, the father of her unborn, left Vancouver, and he did not know that he was actually the father. ... In 1952, Laurence's daughter Jocelynn was born. ... Laurence died in Ontario, where her protagonist Morag Gunn lived with her daughter. ...

• Word Count: 785
• Approx Pages: 3
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

In the short story, "The Man From Kabul- by Rabindranath Tagore, there was a man known as the Kabuliwallah. ... He had left his family behind to make his way through life, and during this time he began longing to see his daughter. Then one day he came across a young girl named Mini whom he felt resembled his daughter and he became attached. ... One of the important pieces of the relationship and the story was when Mini and the Kabuliwallah would sing. ... - and shaking his fist at an invisible policemen he would reply: "I shall thrash my father-in-law."" ...

• Word Count: 552
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

He wrote the story The Use of Force in 1933. ... The family consists of a mother; who is a larger scared looking woman, the father; who is more emotionally strong than the mother, and the ill daughter. ... The father was seemingly poorly educated in terms of his grammar. ... The mother is an emotional wreck because of the daughter. ... Lastly the daughter. ...

• Word Count: 1018
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

His grandfather had told his father that he wanted his father to keep up the good fight. ... I had read the short story "Graduation" by Maya Angelou. In this short story, the author Maya Angelou had a similar talent as Ralph. ... This short story is portraying the life and regret of a young mother struggling to raise her oldest daughter to whom she could not give her love and time, which she should have given. ... The author would have been pleased to have her daughter as the well-known person in the town. ...

• Word Count: 783
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Imagine you are the single mother of a beautiful daughter named Zoe. Ever since your husband left, your daughter has done everything she can to help you through the troubled times alone. ... Back when she was divorced from her husband, Zoe's father, Zoe was all she had. ... Zoe's mother does not just want to steer the canoe, she wants to "steer" her daughter's life. ... This is why the short story is titled The Juggler. ...

• Word Count: 1106
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

The family is consisted of Ellie, Flora, their father and Flora's fiancé Robert. ... Flora's father had set the wedding one year ahead before he died. ... Her daughter is still alive and will never stop dreaming about her beloved mother. ... The narrator of this story is the teacher's daughter that is still alive. ... She had a lot of friends when she was young, and the way her daughter talks about her makes her a role model. ...

• Word Count: 955
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

In the short story It's Just too Late, written by Calvin Trillin, we are presented with the story of FaNee Cooper, a troubled teenager searching to find her place in the world. Her parents once believed her to be the perfect child but now they find themselves with a rebellious introverted daughter. ... My first thought was to place the complete blame for the accident on the father. ... If he had never given chase his daughter would still be alive. However, when I thought about the story in its entirety, I began to see things more clearly. ...

• Word Count: 399
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

I felt that the story "In the Gloaming" by Alice Elliot Dark reminded me of another story that I have read before, it is "The Children Stay" by Alice Munro. ... Martin, the father, on the other hand wants to stay away from him while he is sick. ... This story has two small children in it, Caitlin and Mara. ... Pauline talks to Brian, the children's father, soon after she leaves. When she asks him about her daughters he responds by saying, "The Children Stay." ...

• Word Count: 409
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

We are told from the very beginning of this short story that Elizabeth is too good for the life she lives. ... Her reaction towards the state of her neighbour's kitchen later in the story also shows this. ... Elizabeth and her daughter are very much alike both share feelings of anxiety towards the fathers return and both appreciate beauty. ... The different reactions of the mother and daughter to the flowers reflect the deterioration of Elizabeth's positive attitude. ... In the second part of the short story we are reminded that Elizabeth is a very proud woman. ...

• Word Count: 1009
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

"I Stand Here Ironing" is a short story written by Tillie Olsen, a famous writer. ... Also, the story outlines many themes throughout the story. ... Both are heavily contributing to the big idea Olsen is trying to emphasize in her Mother-Daughter story. ... She had to leave her school and friends because she had to stay with her father's side of the family and also when she was checked in to the home for children. ... During the entire story of "I Stand Here Ironing," the narrator emphasizes from the very beginning that she's been absent from her daughter's ...

• Word Count: 1084
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

In the beginning of the short story she is taking the banner down which cause her to reminisce. ... His daughter who it was suppose to resemble did not like it she stated, "Take it down, Grammy. ... For the mother in law it was a sad reminder of Rashads drug abuse and fighting with her daughter Shirley. One of the memories that came to her was that of the first time Rashad Beat her daughter. ... He has a lot of money and is spending it own his wife and children albeit illegal money but it didn't matter because her girls were happy and in love with their father. ...

• Word Count: 647
• Approx Pages: 3
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

By illustrating the tragic lives of two children deprived of the love of their fathers, two of Faulkner's short stories exemplify his "family centered- approach: "Barn Burning- and "A Rose for Emily,"" "Barn Burning- is the story of Sarty Snopes' maturation and separation from his father, Abner. ... He's my father!... As the story progresses, Sarty reveals the true nature of his father: he is a controlling, malicious man with no clear conscience. ... His two daughters are described as "bovine- and do not appear to really be concerned with anything. ... As the story approa...

• Word Count: 1080
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

Short Story Fact Sheet : The Veldt The Veldt is the name of the short story and it's author is Ray Bradbury. ... George Hadley is the father , he thinks that nothing is too good for his children. ... Wendy is the daughter of George and Lydia. ... The story starts out with George and Lydia going in the nursery. ... The children see the nursey as a mother-father figure because in that room they grew up. ...

• Word Count: 612
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

She is the only daughter and the second oldest of the Compson family. Caddy becomes defiant in her teens, growing up with an apathetic mother and a father who's an alcoholic. ... The total demise of the Compson family can be described as a "riches-to-rags" story. ... Once Caddy is gone, she sends money to her daughter, Miss Quentin, for her well being. ... Miss Quentin's escape is also the climax of the story. ...

• Word Count: 698
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Her father is portrayed as an arrogant man who believes no man is quite good enough for his precious daughter. Emily looks to her father for everything. ... This seems to have started when her father passed away. ... He has been with Emily since before her father passed away. ... Her abandonment issues seem to stem from her father's death. ...

• Word Count: 915
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

-As Baldwin continues with Sonny's story, he talks how his first letter to Sunny is after the loss of his daughter. As he says in the story "and I didn't write Sonny or send him anything for an extended time. ... Baldwin not only just lost his daughter, but precious time with a brother that needed him after the loss of their parents. ... I saw the moon-lit road where my father's brother died. ... As the Narrator unfolds his story, with the discovery of his brother's arrest, then the loss of his daughter, which ultimately causes him to write his brother and brings the journ...

• Word Count: 1177
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

While in England their first daughter was born, Elizabeth. ... Updike wrote this story because he recognized this emotion. ... In 1969, Updike wrote "The Centaur"," in this story he places himself and his father directly into his character. This is a story about a father and son relationship that paralleled Updike's relationship with his own father. ... This story highlights all the emotions felt while sitting at their dinner table. ...

• Word Count: 1146
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Because of this time period, she was attached to her father until the day he died. It is probably because her father is the only person she is closed to. ... It all started with her father, a traditional Southern aristocrat who believes no man in Jefferson is good enough for his daughter. ... To save Miss Emily from the embarrassments of accepting the town's charity, Colonel Sartoris made up a story that her father had loaned money to the town to remit her taxes ("A Rose for Emily-). ... If the story really happens in today's society, it would have been another story. ...

• Word Count: 1893
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The family consists of a mother, father, son, daughter, baby and a grandmother. ... I think O"Connor used grotesque irony in this story. ... She actually hoped for the best from every circumstance but has a weak heart for those with medical problems like her daughter Joy-Hulga. ... She once said, "A short story should be long in depth and should give us an experience of meaning," (O"Connor, 633) which I think the story did. ... This story seems to show values of people in the south. ...

• Word Count: 1004
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

"Paper Pills" retells the story of Dr. ... This story tells of a little girl's desire to be named Tandy. The youngest child in Winesburg is the seven-year-old daughter of Tom Hard, the community's leading atheist. ... Similarly, Tom Hard's daughter assumes the responsibility of gathering the strength to be loved and to become Tandy. ... This story gives us a closer view of George Willard's family: his mother, Elizabeth, and father, Tom. ...

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