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    “Hills Like White Elephants” is a short story that begins with a man and his girlfriend waiting for a train in Spain. They drink alcoholic beverages and speak about an unnamed operation. As one reads further into the story‚ it becomes evident that the operation being discussed is an abortion. The man is trying his best to persuade his lover to abort their unborn child‚ but she is uncertain about what she ought to do. The girl‚ called Jig by her lover‚ is torn between a moral responsibility to her

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    member‚ maturing them and having a positive effect on their lives. In “A Rupee Earned”‚ the father teaches the son how to make his own money and be less dependent of others. In “To Everything There Is a Season”‚ the boy’s family tells him that Santa Claus does not exist‚ helping him mature. First‚ in the fable “A Rupee Earned” by I.F. Bultakin‚ the relationship between the father and the son positively affected the son’s life because the father helps his son realize that money he would work for

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    Squatter by Rohinton Mistry is a short story depicting the challenges faced by immigrants in foreign countries. He is very clever in trying to get the message of this story across. Mr.Mistry shows the issues faced by immigrants in a humorous yet attention-grabbing manner. For example‚ Sarosh’s difficulty in adapting to the toilet is a sarcastic way of showing some issues faced by immigrants. Sarosh was so used to squatting he could not adapt to toilets. This clearly shows that‚ what you have been

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    A Good Man Is Hard To Find · In "A Good Man Is Hard To Find‚" after he has shot the grandmother‚ the Misfit says of her‚ "She would of been a good women...if it had been somebody there to shoot her every minute of her life" (290). What does he mean by this‚ and how is he correct-or incorrect-in his assessment? "A Good Man Is Hard To Find‚" a short story‚ written by Flannery O’ Connor‚ is set in Atlanta and details the story of a family who are murdered by three psychopaths and the fate of the who

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    critical role throughout a variety of stories. It not only creates suspense but surprises the reader as well. This can be shown through the three short stories entitled‚ “The Possibility of Evil”‚ “Just Lather‚ That’s All” and “The Skating Party”. It is critical that situational irony be used for effect in Shirley Jacksons’‚ “The Possibility of Evil”. The short story‚ “The Possibility of Evil” is an excellent example of situational irony. During the story‚ the reader expects Miss Strangeworths’

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    “A Good Man is Hard to Find” is the perfect example of this hypocritical period. White people saw themselves superior to everyone else‚ but were still kind of other races. The South’s status was very troubled in which the races‚ social class‚ and the religion were discriminated very often. The grandmother in the short story is a misfit herself‚ seeing herself superior to others‚ but relies on religion when she is in a difficult situation. The grandmother‚ who is unnamed in the story‚ is a very

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    The short story Narrative genres‚ such as the novel or the short story‚ are born out of the very powerful human need to tell stories‚ out of our fundamental desire to give shape to experience in order to understand it and share it with the community. Through story telling early communities made sense of natural phenomena‚ unexpected events‚ and personal experience. Storytelling enabled them to pass on valuable information and to keep the memory of their ancestors alive down the generations. Storytelling

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    the ways of the white man. Archival photographs and clips‚ newspaper accounts‚ journals‚ personal recollections‚ and commentary by historians relate the particulars of this era in American History and its ultimate demise. ~ Rose of Sharon Winter‚ All Movie Guide In 1875‚ Captain Richard Pratt began an ambitious experiment that involved teaching Indians in Florida to read and write English‚ putting them in uniforms and drilling them like soldiers. "Kill the Indian and save the man‚" was Pratt’s motto

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    plays a major role in the short stories‚ The Haiji‚ No Witch Craft For Sale and The Wedge Tailed Eagle In the short story‚ the Haiji‚ irony is shown when Haiji Hassen wants to preserve his dignity in the eyes of society but in the end his dignity is finally destroyed by his stubbornness and pride. in the story‚ Haiji Hassen’s brother‚ Karim is dying and would like a normal Muslim funeral but Karim married a white woman and went over to live with the whites severing his family ties. this

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    The Model Millionaire by Oscar Wilde Introduction Let’s begin with the synopsis of this short story. Hughie Erskine is a gorgeous and well-known man. He has every accomplishment except earning money. He tries everything; from being an investor‚ a tea- merchant‚ to selling dry sherry. Nothing works and what makes thing worse that he is in love. The girl is Laura Merton‚ the daughter of a retired Colonel. Both are madly in love and adoring each other. The problem is‚ Hughie had no idea how he could

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