"Common short story themes" Essays and Research Papers

Sort By:
Satisfactory Essays
Good Essays
Better Essays
Powerful Essays
Best Essays
Page 9 of 50 - About 500 Essays
  • Good Essays

    short story

    • 1769 Words
    • 8 Pages

    Fantasy Story:             Once upon a time there was a girl named Belle. She lived in a magical kingdom‚ but was unaware of it‚ until her 13th birthday. She and her friend Sunny are to discover that there were more than flowers in a garden.             “Let’s hurry!” yelled Belle “We don’t have much time!” “Ok‚ ok‚ I’m coming!” murmured Sunny groggily. It was 3 in the morning after all!             The two girls were heading to the Tulip Meadow. It all had started when they were having a sleepover

    Premium

    • 1769 Words
    • 8 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Denis Johnson uses the short story “Emergency” to convey a few varying themes. One of these themes is unconscious fantasy versus actuality ‚ which is caused by the drugs taken at the beginning of the story. We can recognize Johnson develop this theme when Georgie and the narrator are lying in the flatbed of Georgie’s orange pickup truck. “I want to go to church‚” Georgie suggested. “Let’s go to the county fair.” Given their drug-addled state‚ it is difficult to tell their lucid thoughts from their

    Premium Of Mice and Men John Steinbeck Great Depression

    • 566 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    short story

    • 4963 Words
    • 20 Pages

    • Walter talks about the missed business opportunity with Charlie Atkins. P.32 • Complains that he has nothing to pass on to Travis. “I have been married eleven years and I got a boy who sleeps in the livingroom -- and all I got to give him is stories about how rich white people live…” p. 34 • To Mama: “Do you know what this money means to me? Do you know what this money can do for us? Mama—Mama—I want so many things.” P. 73 • Mama: “Son‚ how come you talk so much ‘bout money?” Walter: “Because

    Premium 2007 singles 2006 singles If You Have to Ask

    • 4963 Words
    • 20 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Powerful Essays

    Short Story: She's Story

    • 2226 Words
    • 9 Pages

    Klingova‚ Milena 10/3 02/04/13 SHORT STORY                                      Final Draft               She was walking home after a big trigonometry test‚ which in her head had not gone well at all‚ even though she had spent hours and hours‚ preparing for it. When I think about it‚ her thoughts cannot be entirely trusted‚ as she was highly competitive and ambitious‚ and even though she was only 16‚ she knew exactly what she wanted to do with her life. Who was she though? Her name was

    Premium English-language films Mother American films

    • 2226 Words
    • 9 Pages
    Powerful Essays
  • Good Essays

    Theme and Narrative Elements of the Short Story: I Used to Live Here Once Lori Howard Eng 125: Introduction to Literature Professor Rozlyn Truss-Linder September 3‚ 2010 To tell a story takes many elements‚ one of the most important elements to your story is the theme. “The theme in a story is associated with an idea that lies behind the story.” (Clugston‚ 2010) It is the idea that gives meaning to the story. You look beyond the plot asking how other elements‚ such as‚ character

    Premium

    • 875 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Short Story

    • 273 Words
    • 2 Pages

    SI can remember that day when I was ten years old. I was going to the primary school with my friends by bus as every day in the morning. On that day‚ I leaved home at six a.m. and got to the bus. After that‚ I saw a strange man was following us in his car. He was about 40 years old with dirty clothes. Before we arrived to school he had shouted‚ "stop stop stop the bus" to the driver and he tried to stop our bus. So he hit the front of the bus by his car. After five minutes the bus stopped totally

    Premium Police Primary school English-language films

    • 273 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Powerful Essays

    Short Story

    • 3396 Words
    • 14 Pages

    Friday‚ December 24‚ 8:40 a.m. Christmas Eve - today’s going to be insane. When I got up this morning‚ it was snowing heavily. The sight made me tingle with excitement. Pumping with adrenaline‚ I fixed myself a cup of water and took a quick wash. I lay down on my snug bed pondering over what to put down for my Christmas list... Life was hard here in Serbia ever since my mum died. Nothing was the same. No more clean water‚ no electronic luxuries and a huge shortage of money. I had to often help

    Premium Christmas FC Barcelona La Liga

    • 3396 Words
    • 14 Pages
    Powerful Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    Short Story

    • 259 Words
    • 2 Pages

    Gary Torry English II July 16‚ 2013 Drill or No Drill? The National Artic Wildlife Refuge (NAWR) is home to many animals‚ such as: moose‚ caribou‚musk oxen‚wolves‚foxes‚ grizzlies‚ polar bears‚ and migratory birds. Leaders in the oil industry‚ however‚ believe that the refuge is the perfect site for the “environmentally sensitive exploration” of oil. Environmentalists are wondering: What will become of

    Premium George W. Bush Arctic Petroleum

    • 259 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Better Essays

    Short Story

    • 1283 Words
    • 6 Pages

    Chapter 1 Mom’s word stuck me like a lightning bolt. I was so shocked that I forgot to give reaction to what I had just heard. Maybe because a part of me still believed this couldn’t be true. Well‚ was it a joke? I looked back into mom’s eyes. She was still looking at me with pitiful look in her eyes‚ which showed me sympathy. I wanted to ask her if she was joking‚ but then I realised it would be hard to bear the pain if she said no. Instead I wanted for her to say something else or give a reaction

    Premium Debut albums

    • 1283 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Better Essays
  • Good Essays

    Short Story

    • 393 Words
    • 2 Pages

    Once upon a time there was a boy laid in a corner of a dark room‚ he was alone and silent. The only noise was that of footsteps which entered the room. "Macro! Get up you swine" said the man. His voice was very deep and menacing. He wore a redcap with a dark green army suit‚ again he shouted and the boy slowly rose from the floor. “We know that you are involved with a gang of villains called the Mad Catz but where IS your secret layer?!!” screamed the man impatiently “I don’t work with them

    Premium Red English-language films 2004 albums

    • 393 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
Page 1 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 50