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  • Essay Sample on "a Review of Kate Chopin's Short Story the Storm"

    Essay Sample on "a Review of Kate Chopin's Short Story the Storm"

    ESSAY SAMPLE ON "A REVIEW OF KATE CHOPIN'S SHORT STORY THE STORM" In Kate Chopin's short story "The Storm," the narrative surrounds the brief affair of two individuals, Calixta and Alcee. Many people don't see the story as a condemnation of infidelity, but rather as an act of human sexuality. This essay argues that "The Storm" may be interpreted as a specific act of sexuality and passion joined with a condemnation of its repression by

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    Essay Length: 679 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: March 6, 2010 By: Venidikt
  • John Updike's Short Story a & P

    John Updike's Short Story a & P

    Plot and structure summary: In John Updike's short story A & P, a young nineteen year old by the name of Sammy describes what naively will become his last day on the job at the A & P grocery store. The story begins with a situation that will engulf Sammy's day and eventually lead to actions he could have never foreseen. In the late fifty's, early sixties the world was much more discretionary than it

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    Essay Length: 707 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: March 8, 2010 By: Kevin
  • Short Story

    Short Story

    The girl bent down and stretched out her hand as if she were going to touch the body lying on the roadside. “No sweetie!” her mother cautioned. “Don’t touch her.” The child gaped at her mother, obviously shocked and confused. “Why?” she asked, innocently, totally unaware of what had occurred. “Because she’s dead sweetheart,” came her mother’s sad reply. She took a deep breath, trying desperately to control the tears that had started to flow.

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    Essay Length: 793 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: March 10, 2010 By: Jon
  • Amy Tans's Short Story Mother Tongue

    Amy Tans's Short Story Mother Tongue

    Limited English In Amy Tans's short store "Mother Tongue", readers are introduced to Tan who is the daughter of a Chinese immigrant mother. While in school, Tan always excelled in mathematics and science, but felt she had a disadvantage with English and Literature. This disadvantage was caused because her limited English she had to use with her mother. As a young girl growing up Tan was embarrassed because of her mothers poor English "I know

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    Essay Length: 692 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: March 10, 2010 By: Jon
  • Mr.Linden’s Library Creative Short Story

    Mr.Linden’s Library Creative Short Story

    “Mr. Linden?” cried Kiran as she entered the mansion that belonged to Joseph Linden. “Hello? It’s Kiran; I’m here to talk to you about that book you recommended.” She stood in the marble-floored entry hall under the colossal crystal chandelier. An elderly man appeared at the top of the spiral staircase in front of an extensive painting of a woman in robes. “Ah Kiran, I have been awaiting your arrival,” the man said. “Please, follow

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    Essay Length: 1,010 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: March 13, 2010 By: Kevin
  • A Short Story: Do We Have a Choice

    A Short Story: Do We Have a Choice

    Short Story ‘Do we have a choice?’ Laying down on the Hostels Bed, the two best Friends -Zeba and Zaraa- remembered the time they have spent together. The have been friends since the age of five. The started school together, studied together, partied together and whatever they did did it together. Now they graduated together from King Edwards, a university in Lahore- Pakistan, and had to go back to their own homes. “Oh Zeba,” said

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    Essay Length: 1,617 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: March 22, 2010 By: Jessica
  • Short Story (ap English Midterm) 95

    Short Story (ap English Midterm) 95

    Tara and tom, part of an average family living on the northern coast of California, had a lot of family and friends but not many material things. Sure they were happy but they wanted more. Tara spent most of her day at a local clothing shop working and tom at a drug store just making there monthly bills and there small donation to charity. They barely had time to themselves Although Tara and Tom did

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    Essay Length: 393 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: March 27, 2010 By: Mike
  • Presentation and Important of Location in Two of the Short Stories by Katherine Mansfield

    Presentation and Important of Location in Two of the Short Stories by Katherine Mansfield

    Katherine Mansfield’s Short Stories Discuss the presentation and important of location in two of the short stories you have studied In this essay, I am going to discuss about the presentation and important of location in two of the short stories of Katherine Mansfield that I have studied. The two stories are “The Garden Party” and “An Indiscreet Journey”. In “The Garden Party”, we have the Sheridan’s Family who live in the upper class side

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    Essay Length: 512 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: March 28, 2010 By: Venidikt
  • Kate Chopin Short Stories

    Kate Chopin Short Stories

    Kate Chopin was an American feminist fiction writer and a woman ahead of her time. She lived in the socially conservative nineteenth-century, but in her stories, she wrote about unconventional characters, particularly women, that caused others to question her morality. Similar to the female characters in her stories, Kate Chopin was an independent woman. She would often smoke cigarettes or walk in the streets unaccompanied; these practices were considered unusual for a nineteenth-century woman to

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    Essay Length: 623 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: April 5, 2010 By: Jon
  • Short Story “a Conversation with My Father”

    Short Story “a Conversation with My Father”

    The short-story “A Conversation with My Father”, by Grace Paley, combines several themes and the author uses the elements of abandonment, denial, irony, humor and foreshadowing, to bring this emotional story together. This story is mainly about the relationship between a parent and his/her child. The primary characters are a father, and his child. There is no mention of whether the child is his daughter or son. The tone of the story and the conversations

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    Essay Length: 993 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: April 5, 2010 By: regina
  • Elements of a Short Story

    Elements of a Short Story

    Elements of the Short Story Ellison’s “Battle Royal” and Kincaid’s “Girl” were extremely difficult but interesting novels. As I explored these readings, I realized that they had some differences and similarities, but the one’s that stood out, helped me get a better understanding of what these individual characters were facing. They displayed very distinct themes However, uncovered very similar social settings. In Ellison’s “Battle Royal” theme, our narrator is physically humiliated in the "Battle Royal"

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    Essay Length: 451 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: April 10, 2010 By: Fatih
  • Short Story Characteristics

    Short Story Characteristics

    The short story is a concise form of narrative prose that is usually simpler and more direct compared to longer works of fiction such as novels. Therefore, because of their short length, short stories rely on many forms of literary devices to convey the idea of a uniform theme seen throughout the script. This theme is illustrated by using characteristics that are developed throughout the story such as, plot, setting and characters. The three main

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    Essay Length: 656 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: April 14, 2010 By: Tommy
  • From the Collection of Nineteenth Century Short Stories You Have Studied, Select Three with a Supernatural Theme, and Consider Their Effectiveness Within Their Genre.

    From the Collection of Nineteenth Century Short Stories You Have Studied, Select Three with a Supernatural Theme, and Consider Their Effectiveness Within Their Genre.

    Short stories started to gain popularity after the industrial revolution; as printing became more widespread it was much easier to get a short story published in a newspaper or magazine. The advantage of a short story over a novel is that it manages to hold the readers attention, as the short story tends to be dramatic, has no need for a sub-plot and are without lengthy description. Where novel writing is complicated, has many different

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    Essay Length: 383 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: May 3, 2010 By: Mikki
  • The Ben & Jerry Short Story

    The Ben & Jerry Short Story

    The Ben & Jerry Short Story Thursday, April 17, 2008 Name: Jonathan Burnett Class: TTH 12:30 Date: Thursday, April 17, 2008 Title: The Ben & Jerry Short Story General Purpose: to inform about Ben & Jerry Specific Purpose: to get the audience to think about how interesting this topic is Central Idea: Ben & Jerry Main Points of Body: 1. How Ben & Jerry met 2. How they started their business 3. How they contribute

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    Essay Length: 389 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: May 4, 2010 By: Anna
  • A Short Story by Eliza Rowan

    A Short Story by Eliza Rowan

    A short story by Eliza Rowan The house was perfect, sure it needed some repairs but other than that it was just right. It wasn't too big or to small it had just the right amount of room for their family. It was small enough to be cozy but large enough to offer plenty of room for their things. Who ever had owned it before hadn't cared much about the condition that the outside got

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    Essay Length: 2,575 Words / 11 Pages
    Submitted: May 8, 2010 By: Mary
  • First Paragraphs in Short Stories

    First Paragraphs in Short Stories

    FIRST PARAGRAPHS First paragraphs are fundamental to the story and need to “hook” the reader in. If the first paragraph doesn’t grab you, then why would you read further? The first paragraph is where you are introduced to the tone of the story and sets the stage by introducing the main character(s) and giving information to entice us to continue reading. Three stories that have strong first paragraphs that draw us in and help us

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    Essay Length: 410 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: May 10, 2010 By: Monika
  • A Short Story

    A Short Story

    Short Story: “And in the air was murder” by Joel Kininmonth It was the start of summer, the bees were coming out, the birds were chirping and a little house in the town of Meridia is waking up to the coming heat. The mist in the air was disappearing and it was the one time a day when the stale, thick Smokey air coming from the inn next door wasn’t noticeable. In this house there

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    Essay Length: 3,331 Words / 14 Pages
    Submitted: May 10, 2010 By: Tommy
  • Reviews the Short Story Greasy Lake

    Reviews the Short Story Greasy Lake

     Summary: Reviews the short story Greasy Lake, by T.C. Boyle. Summarizes the plot. Discusses the major theme of rebellion. In the short story Greasy Lake, Boyle told of the changing of boys to men in one night. When it was cool to be bad. Senior year in high school, 19 years old and stupid. Not having any real clue as to the real world works, Driving mom's cars using dad's money. In Greasy Lake,

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    Essay Length: 667 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: May 12, 2010 By: Steve
  • The Sculptor’s Funeral - a Short Story by Willa Cather

    The Sculptor’s Funeral - a Short Story by Willa Cather

    There’s No Place Like Home “ The Sculptor’s Funeral”, a short story by Willa Cather, emphasizes the behavior and idea of parochialism & provincialism. What’s interesting is that this idea is shared by Harvey Merrick, the main character, as well as the townspeople who resent him for leaving. “ Harve never was much account for anything practical and he shore was never fond of work” (Cather par. 56) Why is this? Could there be

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    Essay Length: 555 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: May 17, 2010 By: Jon
  • Analysis of Hemingway’s Narrative Technique as a Short- Story Writer

    Analysis of Hemingway’s Narrative Technique as a Short- Story Writer

    Analysis of Hemingway’s Narrative Technique as a Short- Story Writer For many years, the narrative technique of Hemingway has been under debate. Writers before him had already achieved works that bear the characteristics of the modern short story, and many of their works could stand today, with those of Hemingway and of writers like Faulkner, as representative short stories of modern times. What distinguishes Hemingway both from his predecessors and from his contemporaries, however, is

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    Essay Length: 2,223 Words / 9 Pages
    Submitted: May 25, 2010 By: Mike
  • Immigrant Short Story

    Immigrant Short Story

    It started like any other day up on the hills of Rhein, but that day had the scent of freedom floating in the air. The journey ahead of me had been teasing me for weeks, I was just so anxious to get away and start all over again. I had made certain arrangements before I left, our family dog was not allowed on the ship that we were going to be arriving in America, so

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    Essay Length: 1,281 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: June 13, 2010 By: Mike
  • Compare and Contrast Two Short Stories

    Compare and Contrast Two Short Stories

    Compare/Contrast 2 Short Stories, with Research A thought that is ‘seeded' into an author's mind is composed in his or her work. That ‘seeding' of thought could be initiated or influenced by the ‘system', in which the author lives or lived. Since the author is observing the environment, and events the story has taken place, he or she gives an ‘interpretation' in a written form. These short stories are one of the written forms through

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    Essay Length: 2,184 Words / 9 Pages
    Submitted: April 23, 2011 By: jacy2000
  • Short Stories

    Short Stories

    SHORT STORIES QWERTYUIOP Vivien Alcock Jobs don't grow on trees, the principal of the Belmont Secretarial College was fond of saying. "Be positive," Mrs Price told her departing students, as she shook them by the hand in turn. "Go out into the world andwinl I have every confidence in you." When she came to the last student, however, her confidence suddenly evaporated. She looked at Lucy Beck, and sighed. "Good luck, my dear," she said

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    Essay Length: 373 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: May 11, 2011 By: waterwater
  • Short Story Example

    Short Story Example

    THE SUNFLOWER Everyone has a weird friend I reckon. Whether you’re a nerd, a Goth or just like me, a Jock. I’m one of the most popular kids in school. Everyone wants to be friends with me. With my shiny hair and my amazing talent in football, I can get any girl I want at school. Except for one girl who I’m sure will never notice me. She doesn’t even have any friends. Well, she

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    Essay Length: 816 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: August 7, 2014 By: pl14
  • O. Henry - one of the Most Excellent Short-Story Writer

    O. Henry - one of the Most Excellent Short-Story Writer

    A memorable assignment :) BAND 8 ^^ 17 Tháng 6 2014 lúc 23:25 O. Henry was born under the name William Sidney Porter in Greensboro, North California, in 1862. He was known as an American excellent short-story writer. His pen name “O. Henry” was used to name an annual American award – The O. Henry Award - given to short stories of exceptional merit. During his whole life, O. Henry wrote approximately 400 stories and

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    Essay Length: 1,986 Words / 8 Pages
    Submitted: November 6, 2015 By: Hạnh Tồ

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