In the short story "The Birds", Daphne Du Maurier tells us about how humans have a false superiority. ... Humans think that they are the masters of the universe but when nature fights against them, the whole civilization is wiped out. ... Nat protects his family as best he can but deep down he knows that nature has won and the human race is to be wiped out pretty soon. ... Nature was coming at the humans in two different forms, through the birds and through the elements. ... Nature is a much stronger race than humans; it has no feeling at all. ...

• Word Count: 4431
• Approx Pages: 18
• Grade Level: High School

In the short story "The Birds", Daphne Du Maurier tells us about how humans have a false superiority. ... Humans think that they are the masters of the universe but when nature fights against them, the whole civilization is wiped out. ... Nat protects his family as best he can but deep down he knows that nature has won and the human race is to be wiped out pretty soon. ... Nature was coming at the humans in two different forms, through the birds and through the elements. ... Nature is a much stronger race than humans; it has no feeling at all. ...

• Word Count: 4405
• Approx Pages: 18
• Grade Level: High School

You hear stories about how bad racism is and the rich history the South has. ... Throughout most of O'Connor's writing there is a racism factor in each novel or short story. ... When I first started reading, I thought she was racist but as I write this paper, I have come to realize that it was in her nature to write like this to teach the reader about the history of the South and what went on from the 17th century to the 1960's. As I read on in O'Connor's short stories I came across a short story called "The Barber.... Which political leader was in favor of the...

• Word Count: 2519
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

I read many of his short stories and realized that his mysterious style of writing greatly appealed to me. ... For the purpose of this Essay I shall analyze four of Poe's short stories; "The Black Cat," "The Cask of Amontillado," The Masque of The Red Death," and "The Tell-tale Heart." ... Even though there are many more elements to Edgar Allan Poe's short stories than just his creative use of narration and setting, these are characteristics, which have attracted the most attention. ... (p.13) Perversion, he believes, is "...one of the primitive impulses of the human heart." ...

• Word Count: 4324
• Approx Pages: 17
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Introduction Raymond Carver is said to be one of the most influential American short-story writer and poet in the second half of 20th century, a major force in the revival of the short story in the 1980s (Kennedy, X. ... In this essay, we aim to analyze the main characteristics of short story which can be found and applied in Carver's well-known short story Cathedral. The short story Cathedral was included in Best American Short Stories, 1982. ... A third collection of short stories by Raymond Carver, Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?... The characters in Carver's short stories strug...

• Word Count: 3978
• Approx Pages: 16
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The first publication of the short story "Cathedral" was in the March, 1981, issue of Atlantic Monthly. It was selected to appear in "The Best American Short Stories, 1982," and became the title story in the 1983 collection, Cathedral. ... Only the blind man, Robert, seems able to form lasting human connections. ... Like many of the couples in Carver's short stories, he and his wife lived a hand-to-mouth existence, always in fear of some catastrophe that would upset their fragile solvency. ... was chosen for The Best American Short Stories, 1967. ...

• Word Count: 11148
• Approx Pages: 45
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Hawthorne's Portrayal of Puritanical Hypocrisy Throughout time, there have been many great American novelists and short story writers. ... From writing several successful novels, and many short stories, Hawthorne has introduced the way of life in Puritanical America to many readers. ... This connection between personal integrity and a responsive social relationship is vital given the novel's basic conception of the human subject. ... "Hawthorne uses this dichotomy to point out the hypocritical nature of Puritanism: Those who condemn Hester are themselves condemnable according ...

• Word Count: 3188
• Approx Pages: 13
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Mistry's short story collection 'Tales from Firozsha Baag' and his two novels, 'Such a Long Journey' and 'A FIne Balance' focus on the Parsi community in India rather than on the immigrant experience. The Parsis and India become metaphors for the human experience in Mistry's fiction. ... While some readers interpreted the collection's final story, "Swimming Lessons," as a forerunner to future fiction about the immigrant experience, their expectations fell short when Mistry's first novel, Such a Long Journey, appeared in 1991. ... His meteoric...

• Word Count: 4675
• Approx Pages: 19
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Mistry's short story collection 'Tales from Firozsha Baag' and his two novels, 'Such a Long Journey' and 'A FIne Balance' focus on the Parsi community in India rather than on the immigrant experience. The Parsis and India become metaphors for the human experience in Mistry's fiction. ... While some readers interpreted the collection's final story, "Swimming Lessons," as a forerunner to future fiction about the immigrant experience, their expectations fell short when Mistry's first novel, Such a Long Journey, appeared in 1991. ... His meteoric...

• Word Count: 4673
• Approx Pages: 19
• Grade Level: Undergraduate