Short Story College Essays Samples For Students

Love is arguably one of the most discussed topics in the social realms. Love is not just a preserve for the social circles. Scholars in the academic realm have explored various dimensions of the subject. Carver is one of the authors who have explored one of the perspective of love. In the short story, What We Talk about When We Talk about Love, Carver explores the ideas of different people when they talk about love. There is a need to focus on certain elements as they are crucial to the understanding of the short story. One such element is ...

The Brokeback Mountain is an American Romantic Drama Film that was produced in 2005. The director of the film was Ang Lee. The film was adapted from a tale written in 1997 by Annie Proulx. Diana Ossana and Larry McMurtry composed the screenplay. The short story and the film are based on the lives of two young men, Ennis, and Jack. Both looked after livestock on the fictional Brokeback Mountain. With time, they developed a sexual and emotional affection. At the end of the summer, Ennis and Jack parted ways. In the next twenty years, they lived in different ...

True Love Unites: The Final Romantic Word in Carver’s “What We Talk about When We Talk about Love.”

Raymond Carver is one of the authors who have explored one of the perspectives on love. In the short story “What We Talk about When We Talk about Love”, Carver explores the ideas of different people when they talk about love. There is a need to focus on certain elements as they are crucial to the understanding of the short story. One such element is the elusiveness of love. The fact that people have different definitions of love, or will find fault in one other’s definition of love is testament of this characteristic. This is evident in the ...

Interpreting a text is a process in which one must take into account many details that the author provides or leaves out. Even though many believe that what the text actually says is what is most important, what one cannot actually find there is sometimes more important than what one does actually encounter. It is through this lens that Raymond Carver’s “What We Talk About When We Talk About Love” should be read, not through what is directly talked about, but what is not said.
As its title states, a significant portion of the short story is dedicated ...

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Women’s Role in the Early 20th Century. How Does Gender Influence the Narration in Dorothy Parker’s The Waltz?
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Dorothy Parker is an American poet and fiction writer, who is well known for her humorous and satiric literary works. The Waltz is one of her short stories, which depicts social and gender problems in the society of the 1920s. By means of the first person narration and a specific word use, the writer manages to fully express the feelings and self-esteem of a woman at the beginning of the XX ...

The movie shows the arrival of Laura Dern, who is superb actress. Under the direction of Joyce Chopra Ms. Laura showed that she could undertake the role of Connie, who is a rebellious teenager, who faces the cruelty of life in extremely challenging ways. The movie is closely linked to the short story “where have you been and where are you going” by Joyce Carol. Like Calif house the Wyats live in, Connie is not well kept, almost empty as well as isolated with the weedy landscape as surroundings. She takes massive time in washing her hair as well ...

Even if Macbeth and the Tell-Tale Heart, penned by Shakespeare and Edgar Allan Poe respectively, were written centuries apart, it’s the common theme of guilt expressed so well in the latter that helps us imagine Lady Macbeth’s state of mind (Deighton). In particular, it is the pangs of guilt that she suffers from throughout the play after coercing her husband to commit regicide - to kill King Duncan - who consider Macbeth to be an ally and friend. In the Tell-Tale Heart, the killer suffers from delusions after committing the deed in killing the old man and ...

HILLS LIKE ELEPHANTS. THE MAIN IDEA OF THE STORY AND ITS CONFLICTS.

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background on both authors and texts

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Thesis statement: Jig and Paul being characters of different stories by different authors revolt against norms of the American patriarchal society in the first half of the 20th century.

The topic of homosexuality and alienation of the main character in “Paul’s Case”

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Difficulties of communication
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summary of gender roles in the story

Symbols used in the story and their explanation

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Raymond Carver is an American poet and short story writer famous for his realistic style. This outstanding writer is well-known for the short story collections, one of which is called What We Talk About When We Talk About Love. Why Don’t You Dance? belongs to this collection and is considered to be one of the most outstanding and unusual short stories created by the writer because of its non-traditional structure and plot. In Why Don’t You Dance? Carver uses such literary devices as symbolism, binary opposition, sad and depressed tone in order to convey the themes of ...

Marquez’ worldwide reputation of a prolific and outstanding author is undeniable. His international recognition reached its peak in 1982 when he got the Nobel Prize in Literature. Because of the poverty of Colombia, Marquez experienced and witnessed economic and social inequity that was one of the most dramatic on the Latin American continent. Marquez employs national history to produce plots that surprise readers because of the writer’s ability to combine techniques of the fantastic and realism. To be more exact, Marquez was the master of a style, which is known as magic realism. It helped the author to ...

A Rose for Emily is a famous short story written by William Faulkner – an outstanding American writer. In the literary field there exist a great variety of interpretations of this story with an unusual ending. In my paper I will analyze how the oppression, domination and discrimination of women reflected in the short story.
First of all, the perverse attitude towards the main character Miss Emily is seen in the authors writing style and depiction of the protagonist. The description of Emily’s appearance causes nothing but disgust: “small, fat woman in black, with a thin gold chain descending ...

Works Cited Entry for Short Story:

O'Connor, Flannery. A Good Man Is Hard to Find, and Other Stories. New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1955. Print.

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Flannery O Connor is considered of the 20th century greatest author of the short story. Due to her inspiration in the anthology of short stories, O’ Connor received sever awards; she had several book collections, which detailed her legacy as an author and a true inspirational figure to the society (Simpson 111).

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Simpson, Melissa. Flannery O'connor: A Biography. Westport, Conn. [u.a.: Greenwood, 2005. Print.
Also, Flannery O Connor is the only great Christian author this nation has produced, and her stake ...

Abstract

This paper deals with notion of truth and how it should be presented. By analyzing short story By the Waters of Babylon composed by Stephen Vincent Benét one may see that truth should be given out in small portions in order to reduce undesirable aftermath that may bear distrustful character. It discusses benefits of this way of presenting new information.
Everyone craves to live in truth and have healthy relations build on absence of lies and misconceptions. This desire is not limited by family or friends relations on the contrary it touches all human domains. Utter craving to ...

The book My Name is Aram is a semi-fictional autobiography of William Saroyan. This creative book presents recollections of his character from his early days in Fresno, California. Being a first generation Armenian, Aram presents his adventures from his youth, all in good humor, while at the same time addresses serious topics such as the challenges of immigrants in new environments, discrimination, amongst others, in a subtle sense. In order to understand the themes that emerge from this text, it is important to consider the background from which Aram’s character originated from as well as the prevailing issues ...

“A Rose for Emily” is a short story written by William Faulkner. The short story is divided into five parts. In part one, the author gives a narration of Emily’s death and the way the towns-men attended her burial at her home. The second part recaps Emily’s last thirty years when she resisted inquiry from the town officials to search her house after town-people noted strong stench coming from her house. The third part recounts the long illness Emily suffered after the occurrence in part two. In the fourth part the author narrates the fears for Emily ...

Sea Oak is a short story that depicts several characters living in poverty-stricken areas across the United States. Some of the characters explicitly express their desire to have a better life. One of the important aspects of the story is the fact that a character dies and resurrects temporarily. The author George Sauder’s has combined fiction with reality so as to demonstrate the extent to which individuals will go in a bid to escape poverty and suffering. By contrasting fiction and reality, the author has demonstrated that suffering is part of life and, therefore, inevitable. Even with assistance ...

HILLS LIKE ELEPHANTS. THE MAIN IDEA OF THE STORY AND ITS CONFLICTS.

Introduction:

background on author and text

Summary of the text

Thesis statement: In his short story, Hemingway discusses such issues as gender role, drugs and alcohol and so forth.
Difficulties of communication
Examples and explanations
summary of gender roles in the story

Symbols used in the story and their explanation

Examples and discussion
Summary of use of form and content of the story
Issues discussed in the story
Discussion of the issues
Summary of discussed issues
Conclusion.
Hills Like Elephants. The main idea of the story and its conflicts.
"Hills Like White Elephants" written by Ernest Hemingway was first published ...

American Literature

One of the most charming and striking characteristics of the American literature of the nineteenth century is its naïveté. The protagonists regardless of being positive or negative heroes have a unique trust to the world and people surrounding them. This naïveté adds to the romantic and sincere nature of the poem or short story. It usually enhances the idea mentioned in the story and is intended to emphasize the meaning of it. To a certain degree, it may be taken as a symbol of American literature of the nineteenth century as naïve ideals and naïveté ...

What is Disobedience? Analyzing Ursula K. Le Guin’s Short Story

The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas
There are various ways disobedience can be defined. In the article of Erich Fromm, entitled “Disobedience as a Psychological and Moral Problem”, he mentioned that there are varieties of obedience, wherein others are life affirming and others, destructive. Fromm proves that there are psychological and moral problems attached to obedience. From this comes the question: what exactly does disobedience mean? This article analyzes the short story written by Ursula K. Le Guin, entitled “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas”, using the essay of Erich Fromm. It appears that there are three ...

Book review: Mother of 1084

The short story titled Mother of 1084 is written by Mahasweta Devi, a prolific writer who mainly writes stories regarding women and their position within the Indian society, as most of the characters are women living in poverty. However, the short story regarding Mother of 1084 is seen to be quite different from the other stories by Devi considering that she concentrates on a woman of middle class. Mother of 1084 is a story of Sujata who hails from an affluent family as she is given permission to pursue her B.A., after which she got married and bore four ...

The text “Here We Aren’t, So Quickly” was written by Jonathan Safran Foer and the text “Communication Styles” was written by Deborah Tannen. “Here We Aren’t, So Quickly” is a short story written in a stream of consciousness mode while “Communication Styles” is a text written in an explanatory way. There are more differences than similarities between these two texts. “Here We Aren’t, So Quickly” is written in a completely different way than “Communication Styles” and the audience and purpose are different, although the tone of both texts is similar.
“Here We Aren’t, So Quickly” ...

Raymond Carver lived between 1958 and 1988. In most cases, his contemporaries considered him as one of the forces that led to the revitalization of the American Short Story genre. He wrote the short story, Cathedral, which was published in 1993 (Peterson 167). Specifically, Cathedral examines and narrates the impact of a blind man in the lives of his friend and her husband. Superficially, Cathedral is a story about a disgruntled man whose meeting with his friend’s blind wife enables him to discover new ways of seeing. This paper examines and discusses the beliefs and values of the ...

“Girl” is a critically acclaimed short story by the Caribbean-American writer Jamaica Kincaid. It was first published in 1978 in The New Yorker magazine. The story revolves around the stream of consciousness interaction between two women, a mother and a daughter. The mother is giving wisdom to the daughter in the form of short, declarative sentences and commands. The conversation ranges from advice about domestic chores to advice about sexual chores, indicating that both housekeeping and sexuality are a part of a woman's domestic labor. The mother dominates the conversation, as the daughter only seems to speak twice, although ...

Composed by Kate Chopin a short story Désirée’s Baby presents passage from life of a girl without a name who finds her love and her bitter end. Désirée was found by Valmondé a wealthy and aristocratic family from the antebellum South who adopts her despite that fact that Monsieur and Madame Valmondé do not know girl`s origin. She is loved and admired not only by her new parents but also by Armand Aubigny a representative of another influential and wealthy Creole family in Louisiana. It seems that Désirée is surrounded by ...

The Guest is a short story written by Albert Camus and first published as a part of the collection Exile and the Kingdom in 1957. The main character of the story is a teacher in a remote school Daru. The man was alone because of the snowfall, until gendarme Balducci with the apprehended Arabic person appeared. Daru was asked to take prisoner to a nearby town Tinguit where he would be tried for relative’s murder. The teacher did not want to take part in these events, but Balducci still left Arab in the school. Daru did not treat ...

“A Rose for Emily,” published in 1930, is one of the classic short stories written by renowned author, William Faulkner. It is a story that has left many questions by readers in terms of the meaning or symbolism behind Emily Grierson’s character and the events that take place surrounding her life and death. The story has a macabre feel to it, as it is examines the possibly insanity of the main character and the strange decisions she has made in regard to the dead body of her father, and then Homer, the man she was hoping to marry. ...

Mark Twain’s short story, “How I Edited an Agricultural Paper”, is a humorous criticism of journalistic standards during Twain’s time. Twain was concerned with the lack of truth telling in journalism especially the way reporters and editors conducted themselves. The use of humor as a device was employed by Twain to mask his misgivings against the journalistic conduct of the day. Mark Twain’s concern was that sensationalism coupled with the lack of editorial competence was eroding the power of journalism. Using Booth’s ideas on the function of rhetoric in fiction, this paper seeks to analyze ...

First, I learned that uneducated, ill-mannered, wild creatures like Mirabella can be more human and sympathetic than her ‘civilized’ sisters. Her example taught me that process of civilization and becoming human-like should not exclude abandoning one`s values and ability to support and sympathize. True human characteristics are already embedded in almost all creatures and the only thing one should do is control and tame all negative and primitive instincts; therefore letting kindness flourish and develop. In fact, I saw that notion and term ‘civilization’ is used as a tool in killing all good and human that are implemented ...

Introduction

It is customary for the non-native speakers to substitute the correct pronunciation of the words with their versions of vowels and consonants. There are patterns of pronunciation of words in every language and it is believed that the non-native speakers utilize their habitual pronunciation of the new language. These patterns in language may persist at different levels. Some of the non-native speakers tend to learn new language faster, the others retain the traces of native language in their patterns of pronunciation through the years. This may root in different factors, such as the duration of practice in new language, ...

Women aren’t that dissimilar from men, although they face different biological, cultural and social pressure, some pragmatic women concede and act in response well to such pressures. The facts remain that the contemporary society treats women in a different ways as compared to men. Therefore, in this paper, I will discuss the role of women and the development of female character in a particular setting as portrayed by Nakamoto Takako short story The Red.
In her work, Nakamoto begins by describing a picture of an unfortunate family that relies on Shige wife to Kanenari for survival. The writer's ...

Charlotte Perkins Gilman was an outstanding American writer and a huge supporter of women’s rights that reflected in her literary works. One of her most famous one is the short story “The Yellow Wallpaper” that is written in the form of a diary of a young lady, who was diagnosed with a mental disease and spent a time living in a room with yellow wallpaper that led to her demise. The story can be viewed as semiautobiographical, as Gilman wrote it after she had a postpartum psychosis. In her story she uses figurative language to reveal the theme ...

O. Henry wrote The Gift of the Magi in 1906 and this short story deals with the warmth that people have around Christmas day. The story happens the night before Christmas and the atmosphere is very familiar and inviting because the main characters are people who care about each other and who are good-hearted. All of the elements in the story suggest that people should have faith in humanity and that the Christmas spirit still spreads love through the world.
This short story is great and both Della and Jim are caring and benevolent characters who show that love ...

Analysis – “Book Burning” by William Faulkner

In ‘Book Burning,’ Faulkner follows Colonel Sartoris Snopes, who is forced to defend his father from counts of arson, which turn out to be true. Sartoris comes of age over the course of the short story, learning the true nature of his father and discovering how to stand up for himself. The primary conflict of the short story is between Sartoris and his father, an emotionally abusive and violent arsonist. Mr. Snopes is almost a metaphysical presence in the boy’s life, Faulkner presenting him as a cold, calculating, unemotional monster. With this in mind, Sartoris has to choose between the ...

Introduction to Business and Society-Persuasive Essay

Introduction
In his book titled The Short Story of Progress, Ronald Wright analyzes civilizations that have witnessed rapid growth and supremacy. He also elucidates the fatal fall of many such civilizations and enjoins that over-exploiting the environment can lead to ecological catastrophe. By finding answers to questions relating to human origins, reasons for existence and destination of the progress pursuit, Wright warns the society from traversing through progress traps, created by humans themselves, blinded by a short term urge to modernize. “We can go to understand the reckless aspects of human nature and circumvent the danger of arrogant self-destruction, ...

“Araby” by James Joyce and “Death in the woods” by Sherwood Anderson are short stories that are written by different writers. However, there are some common and different features that are applicable to both works. Both of the works are similar in their genre and focus on the female character, but on the other hand, they are very different from each other in themes.
Short stories “Araby” and “Death in the woods” are very similar in the way they are structured. Both authors are using a male narrator for their stories. The stories are told from the first person ...

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The story that had impressed me in my recent readings is ‘Heal,’ written by Ankit Raj Bachchan on a short story website, because of its simple, concise, direct and clear narrative. The story was selected as story of the month in July 2012 and had been listed as the Editor’s pick. The theme as the name suggests is about healing. The story is about the narrator, a lady, whose name is not specified, bereaving the loss of Adi, her husband. The story opens with her standing at a seaside home, with coffee in her hand. It is then ...

Edgar Allan Poe, the celebrated American writer, critic and editor, holds a prominent place among the literary circle. He is famous for his excellent short stories and poems, surrounded by an aura of anonymity and obscurity. He can rightly be termed as a Romantic who is often recognized as the forerunner of the detective fiction and science fiction. His personal life endured many ups and downs. The tremors of love and feelings find persuasive expression in most of his works. The Cask of Amontillado, The Tell- Tale Heart, The Black Cat, The Masque of the Red Death are some ...

The short story, “Everyday Use,” written by Alice Walker and first published in 1973, deals with the inherent conflict between racial heritage and modernism. This conflict is best observed in the characters of Maggie and her mother, and Dee or Wangero. In this respect, the plot revolves around the Johnson family in the rural South where Dee pays a visit after spending a number of years in urban America. Here, differences are expressed whereby Maggie and her mother are shocked by the changes that Dee has undergone, both physical and attitude, while away from home. Hence, the said story ...

The short story is the first person narration. It renders the viewpoint of Lyman, who is one of the protagonists. The author uses this technique to provide readers with more background information. Moreover, Lyman’s intuition throws light on Henry’s – his elder brother – emotional state, his feelings hidden beneath a so-called mask that he puts on upon his return from the war.
Lyman proved to be an especially sensitive young man, thus he can be considered a reliable narrator. He felt exited speaking about the convertible he had purchased together with his brother and shared for several years. ...

Aesthetics refers to the philosophical comprehension of taste and beauty, especially in relation to the perception and interpretation of appearance. In most instances, people look critically at the appearance of others to judge them, and it affects more than the persons in question. Since time immemorial, women have always put their best feet forward to look beautiful and achieve somehow a “perfect look”. All the same, the concept of beauty has always been misconstrued and many times people tend to look at the outward appearance of clothing, and physical appearance to rate the beauty of a person rather than ...

The short story “The Storm” by Chopin describes the events that happen during a storm, and, consequently, brings out the characters of those involved in the story. Among the characters in the story is Calixta, who plays the role of a homemaker and has several character traits as shown in the story. Chopin describes the character of Calixta through her interactions with numerous other characters, some of whom belong to her family as well as others who are not part of her family. Kate Chopin’s “The Storm” is an interesting take as shown by the theme and the ...

“Good Country People”, the 1955 short story written by Flannery O’Connor, delves on the lives of Mrs. Hopewell and her daughter, Joy or Hulga, their maidservant Mrs. Freeman, and the Bible salesman, Manley Pointer. What is especially observable in this story is the use of irony and conflict to convey O’Connor’s thematic appeals, which center on deception, rebellion and sexual manipulation. As such, despite of Hulga’s high educational background she still seems naïve to life’s harsh realities, in that Manley is able to deceive her using his manly charms to eventually steal Hulga’ ...

Annotated Bibliography

Snodgrass, Mary Ellen. Encyclopedia of Feminist Literature. InfoBase Publishing, 2006
Snodgrass provides a review of a variety of genres explored over the years by various feminists on topics and issues that affect women. The book provides a broad range of non- fiction and fiction authors who have written various literary pieces on feminist themes that signal the evolution of feminism. The book deals with a wide range of themes, from abortion to male- female violence to rape.
Snodgrass merely reviews fiction and non- fiction on feminist issues. She gives an account of the feminist themes explored in these books ...

The science-fiction authors are interested in writing about the robots which develop the ability to behave or think like the human being. Isaac Asimov and Brian Aldiss are two of these authors. These authors exaggerate the influence of the robotic contribution to the human life. Even, they try to develop the idea of replacing humans with the robots as relatives more than being a part of productions humans need. I will compare and contrast the two authors’ stories in this paper. The main subject I will discuss is the idea of robots can play an essential role in human ...

Our modern world is full of implacable disparities. All living beings are classified into different categories. The animals, for example, will often be categorized into those who can run, feel coming danger and be able to escape it. The biggest diversity ever is probably that of the gender difference and gender stereotypes. No matter how much time passes, there will always exist that inevitable opposition between two sexes. Though stereotypical views of men and women have highly reduced in recent years, many people still believe that some of the gender-role stereotypes retained till the present day.
The two genders ...

Many people assume that our world is full of enigmas or supernatural things which cannot be measured or tested, they are far from human’s understanding. The standard way of thinking about the following concept opens up with the idea that human’s thoughts are controlled by some negative strengths, which have a huge impact on individual’s perception and actions. Many prominent authors of past times had tried to depict and revel the supernatural issues to their readers but the most brilliant among them was considered to be David Herbert Lawrence and his amazing piece of art, the ...

For several centuries writers have been trying to prophesize future of mankind. The more the world is exposed to the influence of industrial and technological progress, the more spectacular prophecies are. For instance, in 1909 E.M. Forster wrote a short story The Machine Stops in which he predicted collapse of civilization due to extreme reliance on technology. At the beginning of twentieth century societies were developing very fast because of rapid industrialization. Telephones and cars, which were quick to assemble, were probably the greatest inventions that influenced society the most. A hundred years later, people continue to introduce state-of-the-art ...

It needs to be reckoned that one of the main aspects of a fictional literary work is the characterization that goes on to bind the entire text together accentuating its affective appeal to the readers. Literary artists too have come to exude their aesthetic and literary quintessence when it comes to the question of penning characters in their respective stories. For the purpose of proper comprehension of the matter in context, one can take into reckoning three very popular short stories that have come to gain the accolades of the literary critics as well as the avid readers all ...

Technology exists as a creation of people, produced through the various ideas to help make the lives of people easier and more productive. However, technology has become too deeply integrated in people’s lives that they start being overly dependent on it, even to the point of stating that they are not able to live without it. Such an idea, significantly evident in today’s society is the thematic background of E.M Forster’s The Machine Stops, serving as a prescient warning of its implications. The isolation and shunning of human nature and a worship of technology will eventually ...

Stories written based on writer`s experience have always been of great demand. To satisfy the readers with an interesting plot and breathtaking scenes, some people use the literary technique, even if primordial aim of the story was to inform readers about some events. The eagerness to make their life-stories popular clouds their minds and they begin think over fiction events or adventures to diversify the plot. This paper is to analyze the ways used by Stephen Crane in his “The Open Boat” to blend journalistic and literary techniques in the story and in his daily newspaper account.
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“The Birthmark” is a short story written by Nathaniel Hawthorne in 1843 and “The Yellow Wallpaper” is a short story written by Charlotte Perkins-Gilman published in 1892. “The Birthmark” deals with a husband’s determination to make his wife look perfect while “The Yellow Wallpaper” deals with the subordination of a woman to her husband which drives her crazy. Both Georgiana and the wife from “The Yellow Wallpaper” are trapped in a marriage in which their husbands are dominant and who determine their fate.
The similarities between “The Birthmark” and “The Yellow Wallpaper” are related to the fact that ...

Literature has the capacity to delve into varied themes and portraitures as per the perspective and vision of the literary artists. Thus, literary works can differ from one another in content and presentation only to enhance the scope and appeal of the field of art in general. As such, one can take into reckoning the short story, The Metamorphosis, penned by the stalwart literary artist, Franz Kafka that delves into the thematic content of existentialism. Again, the famous poem I wandered lonely as a Cloud (Daffodils) penned by the famous Romantic poet, William Wordsworth can be taken to be ...

“The Hunger Artist” is a short story that was written by Franz Kafka that was initially published in 1922. The main character of the story is a hunger artist who remains faithful to his craft and who fears that the people who watch him completely misunderstand him. There is the insight that crowds used to appreciate this kind of “performance”, but that during this time, people refuse to believe in such anymore.
One might say that the main idea of this short story is the alienation of many artists from society. The artist has a very troubled relationship with ...

Comparative paper between “Out of all Them Bright Stars” and “All You Zombies”

“Out of all Them Bright Stars” is a science fiction short story written by Nancy Kress and “All You Zombies” is a short story of the same genre written by Robert Heinlein. These two stories are similar because they are both science fiction and they differ because of the topics they deal with. The stories are different and while “Out of all Them Bright Stars” is about blue men coming from space to Earth, “All You Zombies” deals with a story which involves the time machine.
“All You Zombies” is a story about a man who is young and ...

The early fiction of Capote usually descends into a subconscious and explores a world of blurred realities and uncertainty whose inhabitants are trapped in unbearable isolation. The short story “Miriam” was first published in 1945 and depicts the psychological deterioration of the protagonist, Mrs. Miller. The sense of captivity and fear overshadow this short story and results from the individual’s inability to respond and accept the reality. Mrs. Miller is given an opportunity to accept someone disturbing and strange and push back the frontier of darkness in the soul and the surrounding world. More essentially, it means that ...

“What You Pawn I Will Redeem” is a short story written by Sherman Alexie and it is about an Indian man, whose name is Jackson Jackson, who is in search of his identity in life. Jackson has friends and most of them are Indian and his faith in the humanity of people is great and amazing. He believes that the good he does will come back to him and he lives by this rule. Jackson never says that, but it is obvious from his actions. He is kind and considerate towards people and he is rewarded because of that ...

The first thought in reading the title of the short story Hills Like White Elephants by Ernest Hemingway is to wonder what the title means. Once the reader gets into the story and becomes caught up in the interaction between the man and his female companion, the title may slip away after the first and second mention as symbolism and the author’s presentation of gender characteristics. However important and interesting the other aspects of Hills Like White Elephants may be, it is proposed that the entire story is based around the premise of the representation of the hills ...

Hurston uses a lot of folk sayings while writing about black people from the south. Darwin. T. Turner in his book, “ Zora Neale Hurston: The Wandering Minstrel” writes that “Gifted with an ear for dialect, an appreciation of the folktale, a lively imaginationshe interwove these materials in deceptively simple stories which exhibit increasing artistic consciousness (Turner 98-99).”
“As she approached Blue Sink she all but turned back. It was a dark night but the lake shimmered and glowed like phosphorous near the shore. It seemed that figures moved about on the quiet surface. She remembered that folks said Blue ...

Until 19th century the attitude towards gender was clear: there was a strict limit of occupations available to women as well as there was an established idea of what a good woman should be like. The prejudices of many centuries influenced this sharp definition between men’s and women’s role. Women were considered inferior to men in a number of aspects, which is why they were made mostly to undertake household duties, and were refrained from education or training in any professional sphere. However, with economic and technical progress in early 19th century women became more independent. Several ...

The Great Gatsby and the Cathedral

Introduction
The film the Great Gatsby is adapted from the novel by the same name by F. Scott Fitzgerald' written in 1925.It tells the story of young man who strives to become wealthy so as to win the heart of a lost love. The story is based during the prohibition era where sale of alcohol had been deemed illegal. The book is named after its major character, a 30 year old man, who was able to rise from an impoverished background in North Dakota to become one of the wealthiest men. Jay Gatsby is this man whose life rose ...