ENL407 COURSE TITLE THE SHORT STORY QUESTION ‘The short story lacks criticism and lacks form’. Justify this statement using any three stories from THE JAMBULA TREE AND OTHER STORIES. The short was said to lack both criticism and form. These are some of the many false accusations that were levelled against the short story. These allegations‚ coupled with several others‚ have been responsible for the attitude of critics towards the short story. Critics considered the short story to be an inferior kind
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American Short Stories established by Hawthorne‚ Irving‚ and Poe. Using these as criteria‚ decide if “Shaving” is a Classic Short Story. Students should address each rule individually using quotes and specific examples from the story to support his or her opinion. The first rule has been done as an example.In a PowerPoint on Moodle‚ I showed the rules for Classic American Short Stories established by Hawthorne‚ Irving‚ and Poe. Using these as criteria‚ decide if “Shaving” is a Classic Short Story
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would walk out by the lake and watch people drive their boats back to shore. Something about them added piquancy to his day. Sometimes‚ when James was looking he would often see a man walking out in the middle of the lake. James never thought of it him that much‚ he always thought the man was a part of his own chimerical imagination. He always wore a long‚ dark blue‚ coat that reached his knees‚ and had a very dilapidated white captain hat with a blue brim
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and ease the hurt‚ the confusion‚ the anger of the woman I have always adored. And what will Sean think‚ my precious little boy‚ when he sees his Daddy dressed in a pearl-white silk blouse and black knit skirt‚ opaque tights and shiny knee-high black boots? What will my little boy think of his father’s bright red lips‚ of his mascara-coated lashes‚ of his blonde wig? What will Sean think of me then? Will he ever again remember throwing the baseball around together‚ our annual father-son camping trip
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In the short story “Araby” and in the short story “B.Wordsworth” both characters go through life changing experiences. The boy in “Araby” invests his heart and his time into his first love while he dreams about her and follows her. The boy in “B.Wordsworth” learns to think outside society’s view of life because he new friend teaches him to take another look of everything he sees. Unfortunately‚ the boys’ short-term attachment ended. Both boy narrators both gained an enhanced experience‚ which resulted
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She started yelling at me are you death I told you too come inside‚ I still pretend I didn’t listen but then my new foster father came out and with a cigar in his mouth wondering what was going on. My foster mother said they gave us a death one. He approached me and said let’s go my princes even though he didn’t know me he still called me his little princess. I gave him my hand and I left the car and entered my new house. The first thing my foster mother told me was that I will call her mama and he
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critical role throughout a variety of stories. It not only creates suspense but surprises the reader as well. This can be shown through the three short stories entitled‚ “The Possibility of Evil”‚ “Just Lather‚ That’s All” and “The Skating Party”. It is critical that situational irony be used for effect in Shirley Jacksons’‚ “The Possibility of Evil”. The short story‚ “The Possibility of Evil” is an excellent example of situational irony. During the story‚ the reader expects Miss Strangeworths’
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In the two short stories‚ "The Free Radio" and "Everything Rises Must Converge‚" the main characters of each story have to make many important decisions/choices. The choices that are made change how other characters see the main character as well as how they react to them. In the short story‚ "The Free Radio‚" by Salman Rushdie‚ Ram has many choices to make throughout the story. Ram who could have had anything in the world he wanted made many poor choices. Ram was the cutest
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a major role in the short stories‚ The Haiji‚ No Witch Craft For Sale and The Wedge Tailed Eagle In the short story‚ the Haiji‚ irony is shown when Haiji Hassen wants to preserve his dignity in the eyes of society but in the end his dignity is finally destroyed by his stubbornness and pride. in the story‚ Haiji Hassen’s brother‚ Karim is dying and would like a normal Muslim funeral but Karim married a white woman and went over to live with the whites severing his family ties. this trampled
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"...the pain of saying goodbye and moving on." Write a short story inspired by the above phrase. Bright lights. Clean walls. Clean floors. Pale uniforms. People rushing back and forth through the corridors. That nauseating smell that lingers in your nostrils for hours after you leave. Blood slipped down the left side of his face‚ dripping off his chin‚ slowly forming a tiny puddle between his legs. His hair was a mess‚ his clothes soaked - ragged in places where the medics had cut them to check
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