Mr. Greger made up a game just to infuriate Carrie‚ he called it “Layup War.” It was where you had to make the best lay-up in a group of two to move up. Carrie started at the bottom and never moved up the whole time when she had clearly made the best lay-up most of the time. Mr. Greger decided who got to move up and who didn’t. “I guess that Carrie is the worst at ‘Layup War’ in the whole world! No one had ever in the history of the game has not beat one person! I mean‚ she couldn’t
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Short Story Analysis In this essay‚ your purpose is to fully explain an element (theme‚ characterization or symbolism) in a short story of your choice. I will provide you with examples of each element from stories by Hemingway‚ Updike and Vonnegut ; you may write about any of these authors except the ones that we have discussed in class. However‚ you may choose to investigate an author of your own choice. Below I have listed some contemporary authors and story collections you may want to
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“Hi‚ I’m Marissa.” I said as she came into my house with her belongings. I saw the puffy thick dark brown curls as soon as she walked into the front door. Like most of our foster children‚ she was from Bridgeport the largest city in Connecticut. She was Italian and Puerto-Rican with light beige skin. She was chubby and had awfully large feet for someone who was only 8 years old. She was very hesitant and looked down at her feet with her thick-lensed bifocal glasses and said‚ “Hello.” Julie came
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three short stories and will be explaining through my writing how the stories interest and satisfy the readers. I will express the aims of the stories through the eyes of my writing and evaluate the short stories in detail. The stories that I will be analysing are all set in different places. The first short story I will be focusing on is “The Sniper”. This is a story written by Liam O’Flaherty‚ which is set in a city called Dublin situated in Ireland. The genre for this story is Civil war. The message
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Short story: Title: One girl’s life In some village there is a one girl who did not have her father. Her father left her family at her childhood itself because her mother gave born to two girls so he left them. From then onwards the girl started to work hard and to feed their family. She became the topper of the class in every standard from her childhood. She joined in an engineering college which is medium college even though she got a good rank she
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Assignment: Sexuality in Carmilla Le Fanu’s story of Carmilla has been adapted as a web series‚ in which the setting is modern day society at a college campus. Laura remains the narrator of the thirty-six-episode season‚ where she records all events from her dorm room as part of her journalism class. The web series stays loyal to having Carmilla remain the female vampire in the story‚ while also implying other female romantic relationships. In the short story Le Fanu’s choice of a female vampire alters
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What is a short story? A short story is a work of fiction which is often written in prose but it can also be written as a narrative. A short story in narrative form tends to focus on one moment in time in comparison to the works of a fiction such as novels and novella’s. The definition of a short story based upon length‚ style and genre is determined by the individual author’s preference. Short stories are less complex than novel. Generally a short story focuses on one incident‚ has a single
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And here is the essay: The concept of peace plays an important role in John Knowles’ novel A Separate Peace. As World War II rages in Europe and in the Pacific‚ the sixteen-year-old boys at the Devon school enjoy a sheltered existence knowing they are not yet subject to the call of duty. On the surface‚ "a separate peace" refers to this placid and protected life at a New England boarding school. The novel has darker psychological undertones‚ though‚ as it explores Gene’s savage nature and his journey
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opponent of the main character‚ who in some way prevents or obstructs the protagonists goal in the story. This is often “the bad guy”. Types of characters: Flat: Not much is known about the character. Reader doesn’t usually see this characters thoughts or feelings. Character can be summed up in one or two sentences. Stereotype: a type of flat character that is commonly found in fiction. Round: A more complex character. The reader usually sees this characters thoughts and feelings. This type of character
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deception and masquerade are apparent throughout Neil Jordans’ complex story of love‚ The Crying Game. The subterfuge enters the story on a number of levels and this allows for determining the characters within the film as well as the narrative itself. There are obvious ways in which Jordan has used the idea of deception throughout the film and I will cover these subsequently in this essay‚ namely through the famous ‘twist’ of the story‚ as well as costume and perhaps more obscure ways such as language
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