In my essay I will view the character features of the principal characters seen mainly from the point of view of the opposite sex. It's my intention to show that the author's sex influences the contents of the short stories. ... In this story men are underestimated and the violence is not pointed at an individual but men as a whole, as a sex. 1. ... The reader would expect that the story goes on in an erotic way. ... This story suggests that the men as a whole are weak. ...

• Word Count: 1958
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

The people in the story spoke as real people of the 1940's would. ... She knows about love, relationships, sex, the real world, and the harsh realities of racism and how it divides people. ... All of this waiting leads up to the climax of the story. ... Frankie, John Henry, and Berenice played cards two times during the story. ... This meant that he took the sex out of the game and that is an important quality in the game of life. ...

• Word Count: 1396
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Another conflict he has is with women, in his journey he meets many women and when he meets them, he always thinks about the topic, Sex. ... This is shown when Holden hires a prostitute in the hotel and when she just wants to "get it on" Holden wants to just talk, he feels that buy having sex with her he is somehow running her innocence. ... This story is written in this form to connect show, first hand to the audience what Holden's emotions and his thought. ... A quote form the story "Gee Greg, that"ll do for now. ... Frances Echin showed this by using his fictional character to narrate ...

• Word Count: 1633
• Approx Pages: 7

Finally, enter Stella, the interpretation of Eve in the story. ... His concept of how Malamud's story was a missing part of the story of Adam and Eve seemed very unreasonable. ... He brings up humorous word usage and an interpretation of the story which condones premarital sex. ... I felt that the thesis of the story was focused on the psychological and "salesman" techniques that Salzman incorporates through out the story. ... That is the essence of a short story to me, the open ended stories and fable like events. ...

• Word Count: 1309
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Judith Whites' short story 'Soul Searching' is the story of a teenage girl on holiday with her family in Nepal. ... The story is told through first person narrative with the teenage girl as the author. ... She tells the reader early on that the story is all about love " I'm not talking about sex - I mean love". ... Both characters remain largely a mystery to the reader throughout the story. ... The last sentence holds as much emotion in it as the rest of the story. ...

• Word Count: 1266
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Lyman grows up, and changes through out his story. ... Part two of the story strays from the action to another scene. ... Peyton is intrigued, and then Ambrose starts the third part of the story. ... Louise Erdrich used the approach of writing the story as the opposite sex's own point of view, to help create the setting. ... By dissecting these two stories the reader is shown several methods that are effective to illustrate a short story....

• Word Count: 1504
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The Story of an Hour by Kate Chopin was one of these writings. In this story, the protagonist Mrs. ... In Chapin's story, her protagonist even goes as far to say "Free! ... There was irony displayed throughout the short story. ... Hale, the County Attorney said "Ah, loyal to your sex" (Ronson 219). ...

• Word Count: 1562
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

"Fat" : a short story? ... "Fat" : a typical Carver story? ... The story may seem simple, but it isn't: hidden messages lie underneath the simple story line. ... According to Hendrik van Gorp , a frame story is a story that frames one or more other stories. ... Carver's short story even ends when a normal story would start: My life is going to change. ...

• Word Count: 2431
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

John was the person controlling the out come of the story. ... Furthermore, we can assume that John setup Ann to fall in love and have sex with Steven owing to the fact that John planned this card game as Ann said on Pg. 58, " We"re going to play cards, He was the one suggested it." ... As a result, the short story usually leaves a great deal of its content open to interpretation and examination by the reader and it tends to have some interesting parallels within the story itself. ... This is a story about a married couple, john and Ann. ... She uses it to tell stories and depict soc...

• Word Count: 2012
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School