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...? ANALYSIS OF TWO SHORT STORIES Prepared by ------------- Prepared for -------------- -------- Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? Joyce Carol Oates Thesis statement The theme of the story “Where Are You Going, Where You Have Been?” revolves round the difference between the appearance and reality and between the amicable love and sexual violence. Theme of the story: The main idea of the story defines the line that exists between fantasy and reality. Fantasies are stunning, beautiful and pure while realities are harsh, cruel and brutal. It is portrayed through two main characters Connie and Arnold Friend. Connie is a fifteen years old girl, a typical...
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...Short Stories Summary Introduction In the essay below, three stories have been summarized. One story by James Baldwin that explains how people should deal with their problems, the second story by Willa Cather explaining how emotional confinement can affect people’s decisions and thus affecting their lives and the last story by Flannery O’ Connor explaining that each person is equal before God. Summary of Sonny Blues The story of James Baldwin Sonny’s Blue is mostly narrated in flashback. The narrator tells us that he reads and hears about his brother, who is jailed because of being a drug addict. He also recalls their...
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The supernatural powers are presented in form of strange noises, weather phenomena or unusual images that frightens the reader since they are presented in a manner that is beyond his/her comprehension. The elements of supernatural powers persist throughout the story, only changing at different episodes to reflect in a different form. This keeps the reader always anticipating some wickedness and terrible scenarios throughout the reading. The events occur in a strange and gloomy environment, which is dark and frightening (Saricks, 23). The essence of the inclusion of supernatural elements in Horror stories is to keep the reader in a mood of confusion and lack of comprehension, which intensifies his/her fears. This helps in achieving...
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...Joyce Carol Oates and Flanery O"Connor share some deep similarities. First, both show an excellent degree of talent of an uncanny depth and power. Second, these writers have a talent for describing human frailties in their respective individual characters and they also have an eye for details. O'Connors writes in her story: "a young woman in slacks, whose face was as broad and innocent as a cabbage and was tied around with a green head-kerchief that had two points on the top like rabbit's ear." Similarly, Oates writes in her story: "walking around the shopping plaza in their shorts and flat ballerina slippers that always scuffed the sidewalk, with charm bracelets jingling on their thin...
4 Pages(1000 words)Book Report/Review
...Compare Themes and Characters in Stand by Me and Two Short Stories The common themes that will be examined in these three stories are coming of age, danger, adventure, and mystery. The longest, and therefore most complex and well-developed story is the movie Stand by Me. The evidence of coming of age in this story is that the boys defy parental authority, take on a secret and depressing mission (finding and then reporting the location of the body of a missing boy) ostensibly to gain local fame, and in so doing risk retaliation by a group of older boys who originally found the body. Along the way they must rely on their own...
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... Setting and characters in “The Last Leaf” and “The Ultimate Safari” Setting can have a profound impact on the lives of the people involved, both in real life and in fictitious stories. For the purposes of this discussion, it will be important to remember that setting refers to more than just the place in which a story takes shape. It also refers to time, culture, way of life and shared assumptions and beliefs within the community of the characters involved. A good author will use setting to help define their character, especially in the short story, as it provides a succinct method of description that cannot be obtained otherwise. To illustrate the various ways in which setting can be used to identify and mold the characters... of a...
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...The Black Cat and The Tell-tale Heart The short stories written by Edgar Allan Poe are not only great works of literature; they are also explorations of the mind and studies of the psyche of an individual. The Black Cat and The Tell-tale Heart are two perfect examples of that since they both have a narrator who claims that his mind is functioning and that he is perfectly in control of his senses yet he acts in a manner which is nothing less than insane.
Possibly the best clue for the narrator’s insanity in The Tell-tale Heart comes from the idea that the narrator can not give a real reason for the way he acted. He builds an intense hatred for the old man but it is not based on any real reasons and he...
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...The Story of an Hour The Story of an Hour is one which seeks to describe the events which take place when Louise Mallard finds out about her husband’s death. The story shows that the people around Louise care for her and how they seek to ensure that the impact of the news of her husband’s death does not affect her adversely. It reflects on the thoughts that Louise has concerning how she is going to live her life without her husband and the new freedom that is going to be hers. The Story of an Hour is a tragic story that seeks to show the futility of life and the hopes that accompany it.
Louise Mallard is portrayed as a delicate individual as a result of...
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