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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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    History of Short Story

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    The Short Story History: as a form dates back to the oral tradition of the tale written tales emerge in poetic forms - Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales Boccaccio’s Decameron (1351-1353) often cited as the precursor of the short story form‚ as is the French translation of The Thousand and One Nights (1704) short story really begins to emerge as a form in the 19th century Grimm’s Fairy Tales (1824-1826) an early collection of folk stories that paved the way for the development of the genre of short

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    American short stories Joyce Carol Oates: "Capital punishment" (1992) 1. Analyse the father and the daughter relationship in this story in terms of their feelings for one another. How do these feelings illustrate their differences or similarities? The relationship between the father and the daughter is quite tense even though they love each other. We can see proof from the text on page 267 "She thinks of Mr. Brunty‚ whom she loves‚ as a "big lug." A "big dumb lug." A "big dumb ox."" There is

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    A&P Short Story

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    Thesis statement + enumeration of points of similarity or difference (my be 1 or 1 sentences):Araby and A&P are both short stories‚ written by famous authors. Although they were written in different times‚ as well as in different countries‚ they have many similarities. OUTLINE Title:Comparison of Araby and A&P Paragraph 1 (Introduction) Topic Sentence:Although they were written in different times‚ as well as in different countries‚ they have many similarities. Subtopic sentence:These similarities

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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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    The Lottery Short Story

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    In 1948 there was a short story published in The New Yorker Magazine By Shirly Jackson. called The Lottery. The Lottery is a fiction story. On June 27‚ it was a clear sunny morning. It is 10am and the village. They gathered for the lottery. There was only 300 people in the town gathering. The lottery takes place at town square by the bank and the post office. The village is big into farming. At 10 o’clock the lottery starts. The head of the household draws by name in alphabetical order. All of the

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    Prithviraj Cherukuri In the short story called “Optimists” written by Richard Ford‚ tells a story about Frank a fifteen-year-old boy who lives in Great Falls‚ Montana who learns how life can completely change in an instant. In the “Optimists” there are two major events that shape the story. Franks father Roy Brinson who works on the great northern railway see’s a homeless man die in front of him while at work. Another event is when Roy Brinson comes home and explains what happened to his wife

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    Short Story Quiz--due 4.11.14 Short Story Quiz Read "A&P‚" "The Lesson‚" "The Necklace‚" and "The Lady with the Pet Dog" and write a paragraph in response to each question. Explain your points and back them up with detail from the stories. Upload as a Word or Open Office document. Due 4.21.12 1. In Updike’s story‚ what does Lengel stand for?   In "A&P" by Updike‚ Lengel is the manager of the A&P store where the story takes place. He is also Sammy’s boss and a Sunday class teacher. In the short

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    Hemingway Book Banned

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    and the authors who wrote these books because the ban on the book is almost like insult or in this case‚ a "compliment" to Hemingway. A book is challenged when a group or individual attempts to restrict the accessibility of it because of its materials. The initial “ban” is when the book has successfully been removed from libraries and other sources. What confuses people about the banning

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    Short Story "Girl"

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    mills. This was everyday life for this time and most females accepted there fate. As females moved through there lives‚ aspects of this repression began to leaked in to literary work. This is evident in a short story written by Jamaica Kincaid’s. The story was called “Girl”. In the short story the Mother tries to show her daughter‚ there are limitations of being a woman. That being a girl is much different then being a boy. Explaining what she should do to be accepted into society. The things

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