Andre Dubus’ “Killings” and Tim O’Brien’s “How to Tell a True War Story” both deal with violence and the moral ambiguity surrounding it‚ although the authors employ different approaches based on the emotional response they are trying to create in the reader. Because the stories are set in dissimilar environments‚ the way in which the authors depict violence is geared to the setting in which it occurs. However‚ the harmful effects of violence on the human psyche are portrayed in similar ways in
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In Andre Dubus’s short story "The Intruder"‚ Dubus tells a story of a young boy losing his innocence to protect his sister’s‚ while struggling to find his place between boyhood and manhood. The young boy‚ who is named Kenneth‚ can be associated with many biblical allusions concerning the scenarios he is put in. In "The Intruder"‚ Kenneth’s relationship with Connie is being intruded on and he must protect it with his gun‚ the only symbol of manliness and power he has. In some ways‚ Kenneth can be
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House of Sand and Fog sense of self essay In House of Sand and Fog by Andre Dubus III‚ the author states an epigraph in the beginning of the novel from (“ The Balcony” by Octavio Paz): “Beyond myself/ somewhere/ I wait for my arrival.” This epigraph defines ones sense of self and Behrani‚ Kathy‚ and Lester in House of Sand and Fog all have a sense of self in some way. It may not be clear at first but the author burn’s an image of each character’s personality into the readers head. By the end
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House of Tragedy The novel entitled‚ House of Sand and Fog was written by Andre Dubus III and is based around the Behrani family who fled from their native country of Iran after the Iranian revolution. They found themselves in America living in an apartment way too expensive for their income. This forces Massoud Behrani to find a job without much training outside of the military this becomes difficult. Behrani takes two jobs one as a trash collector and the other as a convenience store clerk‚ both
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everything can make an identity. There is no wrong answer. It varies from person to person. For example Andre Dubus‚ the author of "Witness"makes his identity clear through stories in which he shows his disability. In his case having a disability is part of his identity "I cannot stand or walk . . . I cannot live as normals do." As for myself‚ I can relate‚ although not to the extent as Dubus‚ I can understand the anger that goes along with a disability. My disability is anemia‚ and while most people
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a primal need to be”childish”; or is it that even as adults‚ human beings still are growing‚ learning and evolving their minds just like in adolescence. These questions are asked in a multitude of coming of age stories‚ like in The Intruder by Andre Dubus‚ The Grave by Katherine Anne Porter and The Passage by Dalton Trumbo. All these stories connect in the way that they
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In order to become a hero‚ one must suffer pain to please themselves and others. In ‘Eveline’ by James Joyce and ‘Killings’ by Andre Dubus‚ the authors show their own versions of heroism. In ‘Eveline’‚ the main character‚ Eveline‚ gives up her future to fulfil a promise made to her mother. As for ‘Killings’‚ the main character‚ Matt becomes a hero for his wife and family when he kills the man who murdered his son. Heroism can be seen in different forms to everyone‚ to some it may look impressive
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written by Andre Dubus. These stories are similar in plot and theme. Both of these stories deal with murder‚ love and revenge. Though‚ love and murder are presented in different ways in the two stories. The main character in both these stories are of the opposite sex and they are both the protagonist. “A Rose for Emily” is about a women named Emily Grierson and her mysterious life as a southern belle. While “Killings” is based on a man named Matt Fowler who commits a bad crime. Faulkner and Dubus start
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The Differences Between This paper is about four different American authors. Two are from the American South and two are from the American North. Their different styles of writing American literature stories are quite obvious. A goal is to point out the differences in these stories and what drove these authors to write these stories. Each region of our country has its own set of values that are unique to that section of the country. These values influence the characteristics of the life and the
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Descriptive Analyses of the Essays and Short Stories Narration and Description THE STRATEGIES Although the narrative and descriptive essays are often given as separate assignments in composition courses‚ they are combined in this first section so that teachers can present expressive writing and still reserve time for the many forms of informative and argumentative writing. This choice is tricky because it confirms the folk wisdom about expressive writing and rhetorical difficulty. According to
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