reside in the opposite side of the spectrum. Moments of lasting pain and trivial endeavors that leave an imprint on us unlike the moments of joy. It is through man’s isolation and pain that tell us not to talk to strangers or play with fire. Franz Kafka explores these ideas. He journeys into the complicated genre of alienations and psychological
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Definition of the short story 1st definition: A short story is a “short piece of fiction aiming at unity of characterization‚ theme and effect. 2nd definition: The authors of the modern English short story “no longer attempt to make daily life more entertaining by inventing exotic plots. Instead‚ modern short story writers have tended to base their narratives on their own experience; here the focus is much more on the less spectacular aspects of life‚ on the significance underlying what is
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CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background Cohesion is a device used in connecting two sentences and indicating the relationship between them. Without cohesion text is merely collections of more or less isolated elements of text‚ which are not related to one another. Cohesion constructs the elements of text relating to each other. This relationship implies the continuity or unity‚ which is necessary for the interpretation of text. Cohesion is used to link one sentence to the preceding one or
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A tale of two stories The phrase “act on your value” sounds great‚ but actually that phrase is very hard to implement because we often have to take the risk of losing something. For fear of losing‚ sometimes we just shrink back. I want to share my two stories. In one story I didn’t act on my value and felt awful and in the other story I gave my voice to my value and felt proud. Several years ago‚ I got an internship opportunity to work in an advertising company‚ which is the biggest advertising
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It was an early spring day‚ and there she was‚ Mrs. Mallard‚ sitting in her well-lit at home office while the kids were at school‚ staring emotionlessly at her laptop screen. Mrs. Louise Mallard heard knocking on her office door‚ rather quickly standing up from her chair‚ she walked peacefully to the door and pulled it open. Her sister Josephine was standing outside‚ a different look of panic flashed in her eye. Josephine told her sister to take a seat‚ because she had something very important to
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inevitable future they create. Pride is great it gives people self confidence and makes them happy. The more pride someone has the more they accept themselves. Excessive pride can leave people to poor choices that cannot be reversed. In the short story “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allan Poe‚ Fortunato is a prideful man with a great life; however‚ he lets his pride blind him to his inevitable faith. Fortunato “prided himself” a little too much “on his connoisseurship” of wine believing himself
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Winchell nervously looks at the clock on the wall‚ which is directly in front of him‚ peers through the glass panel at his left into the engineer´s booth‚ and then glances around the room. It is thirty seconds to nine. A studio visitor‚ seated in one of the four chairs alongside the wall‚ coughs‚ and Winchell looks up anxiously‚ He reaches for the water pitcher‚ fills a paper cup‚ and takes a quick swallow. The buzzer sounds on the keyboard in front of the announcer as the engineer signals fifteen
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The Bicycle Short Story In the story “The Bicycle” by Jillian Horton‚ Hannah‚ the main character‚ is a pianist who lives with her aunt‚ Tante Rose. She is given the opportunity to travel to New York so she can audition at a school. Unfortunately Hannah does not take that opportunity and decides to stay. In this case I agree with her decision at the end Firstly‚ Hannah lived all her life with very limited time for herself. Everything revolved around piano and her Jewish religion. She wanted to live
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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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Courageous and full of determination‚ Jake Garson in one of the short stories I’m Still Here‚ written by Veronica Ross‚ shows the set of characteristics that many Canadians regard as expressing their unique place and role in the world. He tried to fight and stand up for his own rights against the government through his act of bravery. By doing this‚ he had influenced many people in his hometown that faced the same situation as Jake; however‚ they did not show the same kind of courage that Jake showed
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