Types of Short Fiction Chapter Review 1. What are the differences between parables and fables? The difference is that the moral of the fable is stated explicitly; while a parable is often of a religious or spiritual nature. 2. How is a Tale different from a parable or fable? A tale does not point to a moral like a parable or fable‚ instead it is almost as generalized in its depiction of character and setting. 3. Briefly summarize Aesop’s “The Wolf and the Mastiff” and explain the moral of this
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Now I lay me down to sleep. Agent Marks was unconscious and handcuffed to a bed in the basement of the Memory Den. It would make for a good story if there had been a shouting match‚ some quick thinking‚ and a syringe of a sedative. But realy Allen took two steps after leaving the memory lounger‚ and promptly fell face first onto the ground. Fortunately Nick‚ Piper‚ and Dr Amari were still quick thinkers‚ and figured that keeping Allen in a bed would be best for his health. They also figured that
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feet from the stalled car‚ Betty wondered what was happening up there. What would she do‚ if they didn’t bring her gas? She couldn’t stay out there alone and would need to start thinking of a way to get some help. Looking at the scary looking two story run-down house in the field on her left‚ she knew she couldn’t go to that house‚ but
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Reality and fiction in Virginia Woolf’s “To the Lighthouse” I have chosen this subject because I found very interesting debate‚ and the author is one of the greatest writers of all times. His works is large and full‚ his characters are contoured such that it fascinate you. Victorian period also is one of the most famous‚ with most changes produced in English literature To the Lighthouse is a 1927 novel by Virginia Woolf. A landmark novel of high modernism
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The Most Important Scene in Your Favorite Movie: Stranger Than Fiction‚ Opening Scene The scene I have chosen as my personal favorite is the opening scene of the movie‚ Stranger Than Fiction‚ 2006‚ starring Will Ferrell and Emma Thompson‚ and directed by Marc Forster from a screenplay by Zach Helm. The American humorous drama-fantasy film (Smith) portrays the self-contained IRS agent‚ Harold Crick‚ whose dull life is perfectly regulated by numbers and calculations until one day‚ when he begins
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War Stories Throughout the years‚ people share stories about war. Whether its in the news‚ or by word of mouth‚ or in a history class‚ people are able to get a feel of what war is said to be like. Many people will never experience war‚ therefore‚ they get to "experience" war through stories. But are all war stories true? Are they believable? In O’brien’s The Things They Carried and the movie documentary Restrepo‚ both tell stories of war‚ but both have a different way of doing so. The
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300: More Fact than Fiction “300” begins by setting the vivid stage of what was to become one of the most inspiring battles of Greek history. Leonidas‚ the Spartan “king‚” is warned by messengers from the Persian empire to kneel before Xerxes‚ the Persian god-king‚ or to see his beloved Sparta be destroyed and it’s loyal people be captured as slaves. Leonidas denies these requests as a free man who will kneel to no one. Xerxes‚ seeing this as a threat to his newly established empire‚ wages war
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BLACK AND WHITE:- A long‚ long time ago‚ when everything was just starting out‚ and even the planets and stars were so young that they were still going to school‚ there was a special class which was everyone’s favorite‚ having by far the most fun filled classmates. The class members were a bunch of rather mischievous colors; from black and white‚ through to red and blue‚ yellow‚ and all the rest. They hoped to grow up to be wonderful colors and this is what they were training for. In addition
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door opened‚ and Earl Genofile stepped out to see what had happened. Earl was at the grand age of 75. He had hearing aids‚ dentures‚ and a cane. He was a nice senior citizen as long as he got his five naps a day. He quickly hobbled back into his two-story house to find his wife. Helga Genofile was also 75 years old. Unlike Earl‚ Helga did not need hearing aids‚ dentures‚ or a cane. She had excellent health. In fact‚ she was sure that she was going to live well over a hundred. She was almost done with
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Within the first pages of the book‚ introduces us to the world of short stories. It lets us know that throughout the 19th and 20th centuries that Americans found stories in random places such as newspapers‚ all manners of magazines and they gained a wide variety of attention from critics as an essential part of literary studies Creative writing classes pop up at American universities and colleges drastically in the past 30 years. Bookstores‚ coffeehouses seemed to sponsor author readings and meetings
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