Short story

In Edwidge Danticat’s “A Wall of Rising Fire,” majority of the towns’ people were viewed as low class. Working full-time always having to provide for the family with wage below…

In Sandra Cisneros’ short story, “Pilon,” she uses vivid details to make it feel like as if the reader is actually in Mexico, standing on Cinco de Mayo Street, and…

When it comes to choosing whether or not to read the text along with the film, most would recommend reading the story first for “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge”….

The title of this short story is very deceiving the tone is different from the tone of the story. The tone changes from happy to sad as soon as the…

We live in a world where the internet and social media plays a big role. There are constantly becoming less and less physical contact, and fewer face-to -face relations. This…

The narrator in “Cathedral” is a very good example of a “round character”. In this short story, the writer Raymond Carver develops the narrator’s character and gives it a clear…

The short story, “The Doe Season”, is not simply a story about a young girl’s hunting trip with her father and friends. During the few days that Andy is on…

Symbolism is an element present in writing. “The Red Convertible,” a short story written by Louise Erdrich, tells the story of the destructive nature of war. With the name in…

1. In the short story “Always a Motive”, Dan Ross depicts Joe Manetti, the protagonist, as an isolated, and heartbroken young man. 2. Joe Manetti, a confused young man, has…

“The Lamp at Noon” by Sinclair RossThe story “The Lamp at Noon” takes place in a dried up, unfertile desert. Dust storms are causing health problems for the family. The…

This short story takes place in Montreal in a Jewish family. It begins during WW2 and continues 5-10 years. It appears to be a small and mainly poor working class…

“Shooting an Elephant” is an autobiographically influenced short story written by George Orwell and published in 1936. It deals with the inner conflict of an imperial police officer in Burma…

Zora Neale Hurston in “How It Feels to Be Colored Me,” expresses her strong opinion that she is proud to be an African American and is not “tragically colored” as…

Race has always been an important issue to me because it has played a major part in my life. In this paper I will compare and contrast the poems “What…

This story was written in response to the following question: “Some people never give up. They keep going on and on.” Write a story beginning with these words.“Some people never…

All’s Fair in Vietnam 1. What is your opinion about the topic that has been discussed in this short story? In my opinion about the topics that has been discussed…

“The Horned Toad” ‘Your little Juan is safe with God, my son’ she [great-grandmother] comforted”. The realistic short story, “The Horned Toad”, written by Gerald Haslam, is awe-inspiring. In “The…

Alice Walker employs the technique of color symbolism in the story “Am I Blue?”In the culture to which she belongs, African-American, blue color is associated with trust and stability. It…

The two literary works, Randall Jarell’s  “The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner” and Russell Banks’ “Black Man and White Woman in Dark Green Boat”, presents a mode of literature…