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    Short stories send varying messages‚ while conveying an overall theme and mood through major elements of the plot. In these stories‚ writers have an extensive amount of dialogue‚ as the narrator does not seem to play a large role in the overall picture. A writer may also have a brief amount of description‚ as dialogue between characters is intended to take up the entire picture. This lack of specific descriptions or narration does not always take away from the theme. Raymond Carver’s original‚ “Beginners”

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    Nightmare also known as a bad dream that is so unpleasant that it can cause a strong emotional response from the mind‚ basically‚ fear and despair possibly anxiety‚ yet depression is most common because of nightmares. Nightmares can cause a lot of damage‚ but it’s how it occurs that can possibly give you a solution/s to them. Nightmares can be caused by emotions‚ thoughts‚ illegal events‚ and actions. For you to understand some of the information I’ve given you I’ll give you an example of how it

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    The Story of an Hour‚ written by Kate Chopin‚ is dramatic story of the taste of freedom. The social context of the story gives the reader a glimpse into the eyes of an average woman back in the nineteenth century. The plot is furthered through the symbols that are in the description of the character and setting. This woman‚ Mrs Mallard‚ is seen as a deceitful woman if seen through the scope of the twenty first century. The Story of an Hour accurately portrays the difficulties of being a wife in the

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    storm or while looking at trash? Plastic: A Toxic Love Story tells about garbage that washes up along a shoreline‚ and how the author feels about it. "A Dirge" tells about how nature sounds during a storm. It also explains how everything sounds very sad by saying‚ "Grief too sad for a song". Both of the story’s themes are alike by the way that the authors are describing each story. The stories are very similar. Plastic: A Toxic Love Story has a theme of how they feel about trash that washes up

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    Jacob’s‚ science fiction story “The Monkey’s Paw” takes place in New England in a near past. The White family was having a meeting the Sergeant-Major Morris‚ about his trip to India‚ and how he found a so-called mystical charm in the shape of a monkey’s paw. This paw is alleged to grant three wishes to three different people‚ but this paw is also a curse. Anyone who uses the paw to wish something‚ that person will obtain a conflict relating to the wish. One theme of the story is that greed is bad and

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    - Text Analysis In this assignment I’m going to analyze the short story‚ Flight by Doris Lessing. This short-story was published in 1957‚ in a collection of short stories entitled The Habit of Loving. This is an old short story but it is a very popular one among many. Dorris Lessing (93) was born in 1919‚ in Khermanhah in Persia (now Iran) and she is a British novelist‚ poet‚ playwright‚ librettist‚ biographer and a short story writer. Her parents were British. At the age of six‚ she moved to Zimbabwe

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    Short Story and Venn Diagram

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    Read the story Can you make any links to the poem we have already studied? What are some differences? Complete a VENN diagram using TWO pages of your book: Close read the short story together Activity Two: Preliminary Activities 1. Re-tell the story in your own words (don’t look at the story)- what words or phrases can you remember? 2. Read the story again. 3. Summarise the short story in exactly 19 words. 4. Draw a SIX box cartoon to represent the story- it is up

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    In these two short stories by Rodney Stark and Theresa Conroy the characters fall under peer pressure‚ which leads to both a negative and positive outcome. Although these two stories are complete opposite from each other‚ through further analysis one can gather that you should be yourself and not follow in ones footsteps‚ be a leader. Group pressure affects everyone involved in the situation. Whether it’s harming or helping others‚ your still being affected. In the short story Group Pressure by

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    Story of an Hour Questions In the short storyStory of an Hour‚ Chopin illustrates that societal expectations will subdue and repress one’s identity. Firstly‚ in the very first paragraph it is noted that Mrs. Mallard is afflicted with heart trouble; naturally‚ one would presume that she is of quite some age‚ however‚ in the eighth paragraph it reads‚ “She was young‚ with a fair‚ calm face‚ whose lines bespoke repression and even a certain strength.” (Chopin‚ 8th paragraph) This comes as a surprise

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    Christian Peters 02/04/14 Telling a True War Story Assignment Vietnam was a place like no other. It was swarmed with presence of stories‚ some strange‚ some nefarious‚ and some just utterly incredible. But for those who think like me‚ Vietnam‚ even in its times of horror and imperfections‚ can really bring out the very true nature in someone. Like the way

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