Her short stories characteristically conclude with horrific fatalities or an individual's emotional ruin. ... Regardless of her illness, she wrote two novels and thirty-two short stories while acquiring success and praise. ... O'Connor's tales offer a sickening and repeatedly austere image of the clash between conventional Southern Christian ideals and the ever-changing social landscape of the twentieth century. ... (Baumgaertner, 24) Flannery remained devoted to Catholicism throughout her life, and this along with the consciousness of her own imminent mortality gives worthy...

• Word Count: 1784
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Washington Irving was born in New York City on 1783 and went to become the first story teller of America, and was best known for his two famous stories, Rip Van Winkle and the Legend of Sleepy Hollow. ... Washington goes much deeper using American politics, folklore and cultural surrounding from the time to influence his acclaim short story "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.... Therefore teachers had to come from the city. The entry of Ichabod Crane represents the intrusion of the city. ... Knickerbocker" (p. 296), then whose hand wrote the foregoing tale? ...

• Word Count: 1590
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Short story analysis of: The Cask of Amontillado By: Edgar Allen Poe In one of Edgar Allen Poe's best-known Tales of horror, "The Cask Of Amontillado," he suggests that pride can be a very dangerous thing. ... In its surface were two iron staples, distant from each other about two feet, horizontally. From one of these depended a short chain, from the other a padlock. ... The story begins around dusk, one evening during the carnival season in an Italian city. ... "The Cask of Amontillado" is a powerful tale of revenge. ...

• Word Count: 2072
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School