From the story "To Build A Fire" by Jack London, is where I believe a sense of a universal theme is created. The theme I believe to be one in the story is Survival. ... Another theme found in stories, which is a deep insight into human behavior, can be found in the story "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" by Mark Twain. This story is about a man named Jim Smiley, who shows the real meaning of a gambler. ... It gets to a point where he's wasting precious time of a short life with a frog, training him to jump further then any other frog. ...

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This is evident on the two short stories I have chosen "Chameleon and "About Love". The physical setting of the story is undeniably orchestrated in an old fashion manner in spite of the fact that it is sufficient enough for everyone to relate to this situation. ... Same impression applies on the story "About love" as well. In the previous time, readers of this story would clearly justify this as what the society would call as going with the safer option. ... A short series of characters may relate to a statement in development or dialect, for case seat means seat in En...

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Genesis 11: 1-9, short paragraph with only nine verses is the only source of the Bible story. ... The story of Babel is there to explain to a primitive society how so many different languages developed in so short a time. ... Let us look some of the historical background of the story. ... The story of the Tower of Babel is the story of God's dealings with humans from the viewpoint of an ancient society. ... We are still living the story of the tower of Babel. ...

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In this short story, it displays some similarities, and differences between the Spider-Woman and the Old man to show their efficiency, and how the characters explore dualities in human life. Firstly, the author compares the Old Man and the Spider-Women in this short story in many similar ways. ... Secondly, the author contrasts the Old Man and the Spider-Woman in this short story in many different ways. ... " In conclusion, the short story "A Very Old Man With Enormous Wings" portrays the Old Man and the Spider-Woman as having similar and different personalities throughout th...

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I, of course, am impartial due to the fact that I am a poet and love poetry more than I am a short-story writer or enjoy short stories. I have a short attention span, so it is difficult for me to stay focused on more than one, shortly phrased comment. ... A common theme for both the stories and the poems was that of the, for lack of a better word, name-dropping. ... I liked her short responses to the unheard speaker. ... Certain aspects of Native American culture seem to be overplayed in the short stories. ...

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Theme in "Good Country People" In the short story, "Good Country People", Flannery O" Connor uses symbolism in names such as Mrs. ... We find this out in this short story. The characters and their names mean a great deal in this short story. ... In "Good Country People" Pointer poses as a Bible salesman in this short story. ... So in this short story, "Good Country People", the use of symbolism in names proves to us that Flannery O"Connor was trying to prove that there is evil in everyone,they just may not expose it right away. ...

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In the short story "A Good Man Is Hard to Find" there are predicaments that are presented to some of the characters when the act of good can be shown, but they turn out to do the total opposite. ... In this story the colors red, gray, and black showed up a few times as motifs that were in the short story. I would like to believe that these colors had a specific roles to play in the story. ... These symbols and indirect way of telling the story all lead up to the time of death for the family. ... I believe there is good in everyone, but everyone cannot be trusted this story is a good example to...

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- This is the key to the short story by Herman Melville "Bartleby-, because it indicates that the image of Bartleby stands as a symbol for humanity on a universal level. This story is appealing for its symbolism. ... With these characteristics, the last line of this short story is very significant. ... Death pervades in the story but not as the end of somebody's life, but as a kind of living death. ... The last line in Melville's story reads "Ah Bartleby! ...

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It is a very difficult challenge to convey the hopeless bleak world in which we live in a mere few pages, but in the short ghost story "Masque of the Red Death," Poe expertly portrays an entire symbolic replica of human life. ... Two of the most essential pieces of the story are the abbey and its inhabitants. ... Beginning the story in the farthest room and ending it in the room opposite also help symbolize the transition from birth to death. ... There is another object in the story that plays along with the room's symbolic passing of life. ... In Poe's short ghost story, Masque ...

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The short story "Leinengen vs. the ants" is based on the concept of the struggle between humans and nature. ... According to Carl Stephenson, the author of the short story "Leinengen vs. the ants," "the human brain needs only to become fully aware of its powers to conquer even Nature." ...

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In the story, Mr. ... Symbolism in the story also supports the theme. ... The very names of the characters in the story, for example are Mr. ... The story begins with a cheerful and happy environment. ... Jackson has really been driven to write an evil and cold-hearted short story. ...

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This story is told over approximately one full day. ... The short story "Open Boat" is a great example of an autobiographical fiction. ... After completing the article, people enjoyed it so much that he made it into a short story. ... In this story the men start to realize certain things about life. ... This statement from the story best sums it up. ...

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This can be applied to the short stories: Blue Winds Dancing and Two kinds, and to the book: To Kill a Mockingbird. ... Two Kinds is the next story that assimilation can be applied to. ... This is how assimilation can be applied to the story. ... Each of these stories contains a conflict with society. ... Each story can help us get a better perspective of our own society. ...

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"How to Date a Browngirl, Blackgirl, Whitegirl, or Halfie" by Junot Diaz, is a short fiction story in which the protagonist speaking in second person is used also as the narrator. The theme of the story comes from the protagonist's lack of understanding in the relationships between girls and boys. ... In this story the author clearly shows that acceptance need in which many young people are forced to go through. ... A stereotypical machismo also can be seen through this story by the narrator's attitude towards women. ... It is that own story which make a person unique and dif...

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Darkness as it is perceived by the characters in Joseph Conrad's novella, Tim O"Brien's short story, and Francis Ford Coppola's movie, is largely dictated by society. ... Thus, the description of Mary Anne's transformation in O"Brien's short story helps to explain how a civilized, mainstream, even celebrated imperialist (in Kurtz's situation) becomes their own worst enemy, the stereotypical heathen, bloodthirsty native. ...

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"Soldier's Home" is a short story written by Ernest Hemingway where a young man called Krebs is displayed as the protagonist. ... The story shows Krebs parents trying to get him back to his normal everyday activities (Bernardo). ... Hemingway throughout the story shows Krebs as being lost and also shows him to be a human being, who has lost a lot. ... Therefore the aspect of time has been used an irony throughout the span of this story. ... The story reached its peak when Krebs's mother asks him if he loves her anymore or not. ...

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Susan Glaspell's "A Jury of Her Peers" is a short story showing the differences between male and female. ... The story images to readers where men are considered superior to women in all actions. ... In the story, the use of only surnames when referring to the women symbolizes the women inferiority to the men. ... Peters becomes known as the Sheriff's wife, since her first name never being mentioned throughout the story. ... It used in the story symbolizes how men looked at the differences in the sexes. ...

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Genji, the son of the emperor and a concubine, is used in this book to represent males and their unchanging harshness toward females. He searches constantly for the "hidden flower" or perfect female, however, he falls short of being the ideal male. He is unworthy to have the perfect female even if...

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The short story "Revelation" by Flannery O'Connor, portrays a story of a woman who thinks she is superior to everyone else and is caught up in the illusion she is living the right way by God. The majority of the story is in a doctor's waiting room where Mrs. ... The revelation of the story is that Mrs. ...

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''The Lottery," a short story of threatening evilness written by Shirley Jackson, is an allegory of village itself. At first, the story seems completely harmless and the readers might think the lottery is a good idea, not knowing what the 'prize' at the end of the story is. ... This box primarily symbolizes mystery, but later on through the story we can clearly see that it is a perfect example of the overall theme of the story - a symbol of evil, leading to doom and death. ... This story supports the idea that everybody hides their evil nature by way of hypocrisy. ... Many...

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In the book African Short Stories, there are natural beings like animals and super-natural beings such as gods that have surreal powers. ... The jury listens to the elephant and the man, and after they do, the man's story was supposed to make him not guilty, however, knowing that the man was innocent the jury charged him guilty because he was human the elephant was of their own kind. ... Elephant shall continue his occupation of your hut, but we give you permission to look for a site where you can build another hut- (p.38 bottom) , this quote shows that the elephant had his say in the s...

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Creative writing can be useful in many ways. It can help those who are lost in the routine of writing mundane and boring research papers. More options are created wehn students are allowed to write creatively. Those options can get the student more involved in their writing, which can instigate h...

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She is not like other girls that have long flowy hair, her hair is short and curly. ... Paintings in their culture usually had a story much like the Egyptians. ... As for their vases, and plates they had a story but it had a lot less detail work like the Egyptians. ... The object of the current short hand description is to show the development of art and the human perception of the world, which is reflected in the art, starting from the Archaic Greece. ...

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Piggy: A short and overweight boy who wears glasses and represents order and democracy. ... The story takes place on a deserted island and happening in the time of world war II. The Main Problem: I think the main problem in the story is the surviving. ... Also, in the book, Golding shows that the lust for power and reign will destroy even the most innocent and pure society, that's why he chose to use children in the story. ... It's easy to understand the plot of the story and the idea behind it, mostly because I think many people in our world today can relate to this story. ...

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In very many science fiction stories we can see various elements of mythology, or at least mirrors of the same type of storytelling that cause mythologies to endure. In "Science Fiction: The Story of the Modern Quest," Janice Antczak explores both mythology and science fiction. ... It seems plain that we may take a given great science fiction story such as Frank Robinson's "Oceans Are Wide" and find these qualities. Antczak's analysis of science fiction paralleling the romance and adventure of the mythic quest is found in many details of Robinson's short story. ... Robinson&...

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