Short story

In the short story, “Girl,” Jamacia Kincaid chooses to use the word bent twice in the same phrase. The addition of the word bent to this phrase brings a deeper…

“Although the heart may care no more, the mind can always recall.” Ibrahim Jubaira started with that. The main character, Jafaar, recalled all the bittersweet memories he had with the…

Each player must accept the cards life deals him, but once they are in hand, he alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game….

In “The Possibility of Evil” The main character Mrs. Strangeworth shows one personality and keeps the other private. The one she shows gets others people impression as a kind and…

“Acting is not that far from mental disease: An actor works on splitting his character into others. It is like a kind of schizophrenia,” as quoted by famous actor Vittorio…

As I entered the room, I saw what I hated the most. It was the ugliest face I had ever seen. The face was shriveled with a tiny nose and…

Family, Catharsis, and Self-Realization in Viramontes’ “The Moths” Most people believe that it is inevitable for children to grow up and be just like their parents, even though they may…

We agreed that, it is obvious in the story that the relationship between Parvez and Ali is bad because they do not understand each other. A reason of this is…

The “Hills Like White Elephants” by Ernest Hemingway is an excerpt about a couple whom come to a crossroads when they discover they are expecting a baby and are contemplating…

The theme of Vicki L. Sears “Grace” can be seen in the relationship that develops between two of the characters, Billie Jim and Paul. Billie is an orphan who gets…

In Updikes short story “A & P”; Sammy is a nineteen-year-old boy working at a local supermarket, when he is confronted with a distraction of the three girls freshly off…

There are so many things to be thankful for. However the things I’m thankful for the most are what I’m going to be expressing in this short story. The first…

Kew Gardens is a short story by the English author Virginia Woolf. It was first published privately in 1919, then more widely in 1921 in the collection Monday or Tuesday,…

The short story, “Birthday Party,” by Katharine Brush, depicts a couple in their late thirties. The wife prepares a surpise for him because it is his birthday and despite her…

The smile The more I hated everyone, the more I love them now, the more I was sad ,the more I am happy now, the more I had failed ,the…

This essay is a comparison essay between two short stories, ‘The destructors’, by Graham Greene and ‘ The rocking horse winner’, by D. H. Lawrence. The theme, the mood, the…

In the short story, “Fiesta”, Junot Diaz characterizes the main character, Yunior, as a child we should feel sorry for. Much sorrow is felt for Yunior due to him going…

“The Child by Tiger” by Thomas Wolfe is a short story based around a black man, Dick Prosser and the environment of the South. Though the story isn’t based on…

In Edgar Allan Poe’s short story, “The Oval Portrait,” the effect of horror is created. Horror is created within the setting, the painter’s obsession, and in the terminal love between…

Hanif Kureishi’s short story “My Son the Fanatic” is an exquisite piece about a Pakistani father-son relationship and their conflicting ideas regarding their identity. Set in London, the story follows…