What makes a good scary story? A good scary story is only good if it’s based on something that happened in reality and could happen to anybody. My story is something similar to that. Now that I look back at it‚ maybe it was just the sugar rush I had from the Surge soft drink. It had my blood pumping and my heart beat was racing. I haven’t been back to those woods since that day; however‚ there was still a part of me that wondered if what I saw was there in reality and not just my imagination. Either
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“The Gift of the Magi” by O.Henry is a short story about James and Della Dillingham Young‚ and the events that occur one Christmas eve. The story begins with Della Dillingham Young frantically gathering her money to purchase a gift for her husband Jim Dillingham. Della loves her husband Jim so much‚ that she sacrifices her beloved hair in order to purchase a wrist band for Jims watch. Unbeknownst to her‚ Jim sacrificed his watch to purchase a set of combs that she always desired. Love‚ sacrifice
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access to all of the Stones’ possessions‚ the Millers develop an abnormal obsession with the alternate lifestyle. They constantly find themselves eager to feed the cat and satisfy their curiosities as to the contents of the Stones’ apartment. The story closes as the Millers are locked out of the apartment that they adore so much. The Millers find themselves longing to be with the possessions that are so close yet so far from their grasp. The reader feels the emotions of this grief stricken couple
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Chase Brown Oliva 9/22/12 English 102 Short Story Analysis: The Red Convertible “The Red Convertible” by Louise Erdrich is a short story about two Native American brothers‚ Lyman and Henry‚ and their growing bond as brothers. Symbolism is used rather heavily in this story. One of the main symbols of the story‚ as noted in the title‚ is the red convertible. The red convertible symbolizes the relationship status of the two brothers‚ and the struggles they face as Henry is drafted into the
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Short Story Analysis: Miss Brill In the story Miss Brill‚ details such as the fur Miss Brill wears and how she spends her Sunday evenings shed light into her characteristics and lifestyle. Her point of view shows her to be an unreliable narrator‚ reality being much different than it appears to Miss Brill. In the very first few paragraphs the reader begins to see the loneliness Miss Brill feels and how she responds to it. In getting ready to go out on Sunday evening‚ Miss Brill interacts with
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“Story of an Hour” By Kate Chopin In the dictionary‚ character is defined as the aggregate of the features and traits that form the individual nature of some person or thing. This is what people look for in a person they read about in any kind of genre. There is no perfect character in a story. Every character has some kind of flaw in them that draws us in. This is called a tragic flaw. Tragic flaw is a flaw in the protagonist of a tragedy that brings the protagonist to their down fall. The
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Snickers Kiss Snickers is one of the companies that always produce catchy ‚ funny and controversial commercials for their audiences. Some of the commercials are highly accepted by the audience while others receive tons of critiques. One of the most controversial commercials that received a lot of critiques was the one that they made for the 2007 Superbowl. This commercial was offensive because it openly mocks gay men as being not ‘manly’. The commercial depicts two mechanics working in a workshop
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It was said by more than one author that the ‘golden age’ of the short story was the 1920s‚ and that although varied publications remain (The New Yorker‚ Myslexia‚ The Woman’s Weekly)‚ there is little opportunity in the modern age for the short story writer. Was this‚ as Kurt Vonnegut argued the result of television? Vonnegut claimed: When I started out it was possible to make a living as a freelance writer of fiction…because it was still the golden age of magazines‚ and it looked as though
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What is a short story? A short story is a work of fiction which is often written in prose but it can also be written as a narrative. A short story in narrative form tends to focus on one moment in time in comparison to the works of a fiction such as novels and novella’s. The definition of a short story based upon length‚ style and genre is determined by the individual author’s preference. Short stories are less complex than novel. Generally a short story focuses on one incident‚ has a single
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point of anger where everything is now just funny‚ so tired and yet fully awake? How about a sadness so deep that one can only feel joy‚ only being able to look at optimistically the situation? This is exactly the feeling that Kate Chopin is trying to portray in her story “The Story of an Hour.” This feeling is portrayed by a woman who has a heart condition‚ so when she learns of her husband’s death‚ she is first filled with grief‚ but then overwhelmed with joy. The main literary elements used to illustrate
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