The short story Gryphon by Charles Baxter has an unusual character‚ a new substitute teacher at the rural community of Five Oaks in Michigan. The students meet with the strange lady who brings them strange yet fascinating lectures. Miss Ferenczi could be an exceptional teacher in a suitable environment‚ with her willingness to break the boundary in teaching method‚ her lectures on new materials never presented in textbooks‚ and her influence to help the students explore new things. I wonder if there
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John Updike’s short story‚ "A&P" is fictional in a sense that it has a common pattern that leads the reader through a series of events. These events began when three young ladies in bathing suits walk in A&P‚ and catch the eye of a young man named‚ Sammy. He seems to favor the chunkier girl of the three that walk in to the store. As the story continues‚ Sammy curiously watches the provocative young ladies as they stroll through the store looking for groceries. In this fictional story‚ Sammy describes
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An interesting character in “Yellow Brick Road” by Witi Ihimaera is Matiu‚ a young boy who cares for his family and is very eager to meet with the future. Matiu helps to deliver the idea of going somewhere foreign with great enthusiasm in this story‚ unlike the character Hema from “Big Brother‚ Little Sister.” Hema is also an interesting character as he is protects and cares for the people in his family‚ and instead of purposely harming them when they betray him‚ Hema runs away. Hema and Matiu are
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Looking out the kitchen window‚ the snow was just beginning to fall‚ a light dust covered the roof of the car that sat on the side street. She had hoped that today it would snow‚ it was surely a good day to wish for it. Thanksgiving only comes once a year‚ and this year she had so many things to be thankful for. It had been a nail biting year at times‚ but it was time to start making new memories‚ fresh memories‚ ones that would last for a lifetime. Smiling‚ Kelli daydreamed about what those memories
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“I disagree with your interpretation of the main idea.” Kim said to Austin as they sat on the cement stair in Austin’s backyard and discussed about their short story analysis work from English class. It was just after rain‚ the sky was still filled with gray clouds‚ but at least the temperature had cooled down a little bit. Kim secretly felt bad for Austin‚ that now he was stuck with her for this “working buddies” thing in English. Why would someone stupidly arrived class late and became my deskmate
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For the sake of anonymity I’ll keep some names private‚ and call myself Beowulf. My story happened around two years ago‚ I was 26 years old when my family and I had noticed that my grandmother was starting to forget our names‚ couldn’t recall certain events‚ and at times seemed in a daze and lost from her state of mind‚ completely forgetting where she was in that moment. This was followed by her stumbling around the house and falling a few times. One time it got to the point where she fell down
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“Wait‚ so you’re telling me you got suspended?” Hansol asked as the shorter boy glared at him. “Yeah‚ can you not get it through your thick head?” The red head hissed back at Hansol. Minghao had been suspended just because Hansol dropped the glass bottle full of the ‘mysterious pink liquid’. “Now thanks to you I have no job for three months‚ THREE WHOLE MONTHS!” The shorted suddenly started shouting‚ grabbing the attention of passers-by on the street. They decided to go outside to talk so the other
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" I’m here to kill you!" "Jae get inside the room and lock the door" Jaejoong heard Yunho shouting from the other line but‚ Karam pushes Jaejoong hard against the wall and his back hits it with a slight thud.Karam grabbed the phone on his hand and threw it in the floor. Karam point the gun at the base of Jaejoongs skull and it made Jaejoong whimper. He pushed the barrel a little harder and looked at Jaejoong quizzically. The two of them stood silent‚ staring at each other‚ without moving
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Writers use techniques to position the audience to compare the responses of the characters to convey the guilt and innocence. In ‘The Lottery’ by Shirley Jackson and ‘The Wife’s Story’ by Ursula Le Guin‚ both authors use situational irony‚ point of view and setting to carry the innocence of the characters to the readers‚ displaying the emotions being exposed. Both authors have used situational irony in their texts to lead the readers to an unexpected ending and to display the innocence and or
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the authors‚ Hunter and Dahl‚ created a sinister tone in their short stories you have studied? Tone is of great significance to the storyline as it portrays the reader’s attitude while expressing the genre. Tony Hunter’s ‘Listen to the End’ and Roald Dahl’s ‘The Landlady’ both guide the audience through their violent and mysterious stories that begin with a powerless main character on a dark‚ shivering evening. However‚ through varying and distinctive techniques‚ the two short stories differ notably
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