Sample response to Short Story Done in class in 30 minutes Katherine Mansfield’s short story The Fly challenges the average reader to rise out of their comfort zone‚ and confront the prospect of losing a loved one. Mansfield was herself affected by the grief of losing a sibling to premature death‚ and cleverly crafted a tale of a middle aged businessman who went into sadness and depression when a chance remark by a colleague reminded him of the death of his son. The remedy came from a lowly member
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FOLLOWED: Fiona had been working on her article for the magazine all week and was ecstatic to have finally finished it on Friday‚ late afternoon. "Have a good night"‚ said Rebekah‚ the receptionist at the front desk of interview magazine. "You too"‚ said Fiona with a wave of her hand. All Fiona wanted to do was drive home to her countryside cottage for some much needed rest. Fiona was a beautiful woman. She was slim and medium height with hazel brown eyes and long‚ silky‚ brown hair which
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Theme and Narrative Elements in the Short Story Christopher J. Pereyra English 125: Introduction to Literature Kathy Knecht 9/24/2012 Theme and Narrative Elements in the Short Story The short story of Little Red Riding Hood is a simple to understand child’s tale and clearly portrays the deceitfulness of appearance. The story is clearly organized with characters and symbols of innocence by a child and the sly dangers represented by a wolf. Throughout the story we see the characters build
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Personal Narrative The fourth quarter had arrived and all the pressure was suddenly nudging against our team and Cadillac. The score was even‚ 65 to 65‚ as the starting five for the quarter huddled around Coach Dubie. Everybody‚ including me‚ were exhausted from a long‚ exasperating battle. “ Alright boys‚ let’s win this thing‚” coach commented firmly. Then‚ we stepped onto the court ready for war. I matched up with my opponent‚ who was considerably larger than I and intimidating to most‚ but that
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My limbs felt like they had been shattered into a million pieces and the numbness was slowly consuming my entire body. My eyes slowly opened‚ leaving me puzzled at the sudden change of light. ’Where was I?’ I thought. The anguish in my head resulted in my incompetence to move and look around my surroundings. The only thing I remembered was getting hit by a car‚ any events that had happened after that were gone from my memory. Slowly‚ the numbness exited‚ setting free my body and allowing me to
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One old man identified me. He recognised me as Baldev. At that time first Raghu came to know my original name. People wanted to know that how I survived from the sea. I understood that still they had believed that I sank in the sea. Raghu told a story as we planned before. The villagers believed that a monk rescued me and After‚initiation I also became a monk.” Jagan stopped “What about your mother and brother?” I anxiously asked. Jagan was silent. After‚almost a minute or two he broke
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Auron stood away from the altar. He could only watch his two companions approach it in abject silence. He’d noticed Davon’s change gradually as they made their way back from Morvac. He was emotionless‚ lending only blank‚ uncaring stares as they traversed the wooded areas to the spire. Matthiu was more beside himself. The unending call for the dagger - the way he described it - was the insatiable need told through far-off whispers that slipped like bells tolling. He could see that it had taken
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“All carriages this way!” shouted a loud voice through the night air. The carriage jolted and bounced as it made its way to the grand banquet hall‚ and poking my head out the window‚ I saw its spires gleaming‚ bright lights streaming from the many glass windows. The sky was clear and cloudless‚ the stars sparkling with all their glory and the air was thick with anticipation and excitement. Ducking my head back into the carriage‚ I rethought my decision of attending this coronation‚ but it was too
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THEME AND NARRATIVE ELEMENTS OF A SHORT STORY Kim Johnson Eng 125: Introduction to Literature Victoria Schmidt May 26‚ 2014 THEME AND NARRATIVE OF A SHORT STORY William Sidney Porter (1862-1910) wrote under the pseudonym O. Henry. “The Gift of the Magi” written in 1906 has become a beloved Christmas tale. It has been adapted into musicals and operas. It is a story about a man and a woman who are so much in love that they are willing to sacrifice their most beloved possessions in order
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Theme and Narrative Elements in the Short Story The short story I have chosen to write about is “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty‚” by James Thurber. I will use this story to write an understanding of literary themes. I will use this to describe the theme of the short story‚ then I will identify two literary elements in the short story that contributes to the point of view‚ tone‚ setting‚ character‚ and symbolism by giving an example of each. Finally‚ I will then explain how the selected literary
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