Central Characteristics That Contribute To a Satisfying Short Story A short story is a brief yet succinct detail into someone’s life. It most often gives a history or background of the individual’s life‚ a decisive moment‚ which is further built up on and then leads to a culmination of events. The goal is to capture and maintain the reader’s interest throughout the story by utilizing a single thought provoking character‚ visual details and a climatic end. These features will keep the reader captivated
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when she got fired the author leads the audience to believe that the short story “The Embassy of Cambodia” is about how society puts restrictions on what someone can and cannot do and how toxic relationships can confine individuals. Zadie Smith wants the audience to understand that most people feel imprisoned to society’s rules and expectations and due to this they cannot break free and enjoy their lives. Society
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of detail‚ characterization and inclusion of a moral are all aspects required to create a satisfying story. Intensive use of details can be seen in all of the three short stories that had been presented in Module 1. Specifically because they were short stories‚ the author had to present a lot of information in a short amount of time. James Baldwin’s story‚ “Sonny’s Blues‚” illustrated the use of intensive details throughout the story‚ such as in the following quote: “The barbeque
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The short story ”Pretending to Know the Words” is about finding your identity. It’s about finding out who you are as a person and who you want to be. In the search of finding your identity you will hopefully end up being conscious about yourself and your manner. Finding our identity is our own responsibility and it’s a personal development. In this short story we are introduced to Luis and Recoba‚ they are both trying to find their true identity and it is seen through Luis who has al-ways dreamed
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will compare and the contrast the short story and film of “The Birds”. The short story was written by Daphne du Maurier and the film was directed by Hitchcock. The plot of the story is about flocks of birds who have started to behave in a weird way and begin attacking humans. In the short story of “The Birds” the main characters consisted of the Hockens family. The story took place in the 1950s in a rural area of England. The way the birds first attacked in the short story wasn’t very serious‚ only
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desired the most is at risk. Phoenix Jackson is an old woman who has the right intentions‚ but meets many conflicts on the way. In the short story‚ “A Worn Path”‚ Eudora Welty predicts that one never knows where a path will end up leading them through conflict and symbolism. Phoenix Jackson warns that one never knows where a path will end up leading to. In the short story “a Worn Path”‚ Phoenix Jackson goes through many obstacles on the path to find medicine for her “grandson” (Welty). Phoenix is
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In the decade between 1880 and 1890 Guy de Maupassant published over three hundred short stories in a variety of modes‚ including the supernatural legend‚ the surprise-ending tale‚ and the realistic story. Although he is best-known for such surprise-ending tales as La Parue (1884; "The Necklace‚" 1909) and most-respected for such affecting realistic stories such as Boule de Suif (1880; "Ball of Fat‚" 1909)‚ Maupassant also contributed to the sophistication of the horror story by pushing it even further
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the two characters in the short stories made me think of a quote‚ I heard growing up as a kid. “Telling a teenager the facts of life is like giving a fish a bath.” Now reading these two stories the truth of that quote rings true. As teenagers we were invisible to life and the consequences of those decisions. I made many mistakes‚ as teenagers that‚ I now realize were foolish and not intelligent. Life lessons are tough as Sammy and Collie both discovered. In the short story of “A&P” Sammy is
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Throughout the short story “The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber” written by Ernest Hemingway‚ the reader is being taken along a journey in which people and animals are fighting over power and dominance. From the killing of the lion and buffalo to the manipulation and infidelity‚ this story is full of disproportion of who and who does not have power. Watching how the fight for power effected these individuals showed the true idiosyncrasy of the people in this story. In all at the end of the it
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Kitteridge short story “Pharmacy”‚ presents Olive as someone who is unhappy with her marriage and as someone who “had a darkness to stand beside her like an acquaintance that would not go away” (6). In “Pharmacy” we can see that Olive has a darkness for Henry by how rude and sassy she is to him. Olive also has a darkness for Denise because throughout the story Olive makes so many judgmental comments about Denise. Finally‚ we discover Olive’s hidden love for Jim O’ Casey. Throughout the short story‚
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