PORTRAYAL OF MALE CHARACTERS IN JHUMPA LAHIRI’S SELECTED SHORT STORIES ABSTRACT This study analyzes the male characters in Jhumpa Lahiri’s three selected short stories. The formalistic theory chosen to dissect the texts has enable readers to be objective in their interpretation by separating the elements of theme‚ plot‚ point of view and the setting of the story. By concentrating only on the characterization factor‚ the characters of each of the male characters were revealed. Using
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SAÁDAT HASAN MANTO Of the several hundred stories‚ the court found only two stories in which he had transgressed the law and was liable for punishment. But his critics and the custodians of society declared Manto to be retrogressive and licentious. Even the so-called "progressives" betrayed him. At one strike they tarnished his entire writing career with the same dirty brush as the others... To call a writer’s work nothing on the basis of two stories is crass injustice. We cannot overlook the fact
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Katherine Mansfield’s Short Stories Discuss the presentation and important of location in two of the short stories you have studied In this essay‚ I am going to discuss about the presentation and important of location in two of the short stories of Katherine Mansfield that I have studied. The two stories are "The Garden Party" and "An Indiscreet Journey". In "The Garden Party"‚ we have the Sheridan’s Family who live in the upper class side of an English Country. They are very high-class
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the short story “Revelation.” One important influence on the story is her Southern upbringing. During her lifetime‚ Southerners were very prejudiced towards people of other lifestyles and races. They believed that people who were less fortunate were less of a person than they were; therefore‚ people were labeled as different and placed into different social classes. The South provided O ’Connor with the images she needed for her characters. This can easily be identified in her short story titled
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reading the two short stories "Powder" by Tobias Wolff and "If the River was Whiskey" by T.C. Boyle‚ which both feature father-son relationships that are placed under a large amount of stress. There are many similarities and differences between these two relationships that are not apparent upon just a cursory glance. A father can be completely inconsiderate of his sons needs or try his best to meet them and still create turmoil within the relationship. After reading Wolff’s short story "Powder‚" one
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Abstract: This paper intends to analyze the image of egg in Sherwood Anderson’s famous short story The Egg. Contextual details having been carefully dealt with‚ various symbolic meanings of the egg are finally revealed. Key Words: the egg‚ Sherwood‚ image‚ symbol Sherwood Anderson‚ an American writer‚ is less famous compared with other great writers. However‚ he wins readers’ love by his graceful‚ smooth writing‚ and the most important of all‚ by his careful description of common people’s
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In the short story “This Is What It Means to Say Phoenix Arizona” written by Sherman Alexie‚ there is a character named Thomas Builds-the-Fire who is considered an outcast in his community. The story starts out with Victor who you would assume is facing some hard times losing his job and having his father pass away. After finding out about his father’s death‚ Victor has to go to Phoenix‚ Arizona to pick up his father’s ashes‚ pickup truck and money from his saving. Unfortunately‚ Victor doesn’t have
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In the short story "The Burning Barn" by William Faulkner the power is clearly yielded by the dominant father figure. Literary pieces from this time period are male dominated no matter what flaws the male characters might possess. The power is held by an ethically and morally corrupt man who does what he wants when he wants no matter the consequences. His wife and children are merely extra possessions and the tools he uses to get what he wants or exact his revenge on the people he thinks has wronged
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Bartleby‚ The Hero in Herman Melville’s short Story Bartleby the Scrivener In Herman Melville’s short story Bartleby the Scrivener‚ Bartleby is the hero. The reasons as to why Bartleby is considered the hero of the story are that first‚ the character refuses to write in his job in the law office. He even starves himself to death by refusing to eat‚ but in the end‚ the spirit of Bartleby still remains alive and haunts the narrator. Throughout his life‚ the narrator remains haunted by the spiritual
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-In the short story “Everyday Use” the characters Dee‚ Maggie and their mother are the ones shown in the beginning and I noticed that Dee seems very self center but I feel like that’s a result of the burn scars they turned into hatred towards her sister Maggie because of her success. In the first scene Maggie is coming home from college so Dee and their mother are waiting for her to come home. When they see the car pull up Dee tries to scurry back in to the house but her mother stops her. Their mother
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