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    Comparatively‚ both my mom’s story version and the history’s version are very alike because in my mom’s version she talks about how she remembers the twin towers being attacked by terrorist planes and he knew that many lives were lost during the attack and comparing it on what my research said was approximately about 2‚996 people were killed in the terrorist attack. My mother talks about how she felt unsafe at first but then she started feeling safe again and if you compare that part with President

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    Within the first pages of the book‚ introduces us to the world of short stories. It lets us know that throughout the 19th and 20th centuries that Americans found stories in random places such as newspapers‚ all manners of magazines and they gained a wide variety of attention from critics as an essential part of literary studies Creative writing classes pop up at American universities and colleges drastically in the past 30 years. Bookstores‚ coffeehouses seemed to sponsor author readings and meetings

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    The short story “Where are you going‚ Where have you been?‚” by Joyce Carol Oates‚ is a tale about a teenage girl making the journey from her known world into something she has never experienced before. The main character lives the normal teenage life listening to the latest music and going out with her friends to the mall. “They must have been familiar sights‚ walking around the shopping plaza in their shorts and flat ballerina slippers that always scuffed the sidewalk” (753). One night with her

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    or for a parent to watch as their son or daughter make life changing decisions. Decisions like which colleges to go to‚ or to decide to marry their high school sweet heart. A teenager’s loss of innocence is the focal point of Joyce Carol Oates short story “Where are you going? Where have you been?” featuring the main protagonist‚ Connie. Connie is forced to face the ordeal of becoming an adult at the age of fifteen in a matter of minutes. She spurns her parents in an effort to be rebellious‚ she

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    Review of Related Literature contains the information about the five selected short stories‚ the biography of the author‚ and the literary approach that is to be used. The Review of Related Studies contains the studies conducted by other researchers that are related to the study. These studies are the analyses and reviews of the short stories. Related Literature This part includes: the summary of the five selected short stories – The Gift of the Magi‚ The Last Leaf‚ The Ransom of Red Chief‚ A Retrieved

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    Shirley Jackson published a short story in The New Yorker called "The Lottery". In 1996‚ a modern version was adapted when a made for television movie was produced by Anthony Spinner. Both versions relay that there is strength in large numbers‚ even when the outcome is immoral. Mindsets and rituals in society are often the result of our complacency; it is easier to keep with tradition then to question its necessity or benefits. The time set of the movie versus the story and the time they were intended

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    In short story “The one about the coyote going west” by Thomas King‚ begins with the narrator telling a story to a coyote about who discover the Indians. The narrator introduces the main character named Coyote‚ who represented the first colonizer. In addition‚ as Coyote explores her new land she finds a straight smooth river‚ and a round mountain. However‚ Coyote does not accept nature’s true form‚ therefore she decides to fix the river and mountain to her standard‚ by added rocks and rapids to the

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    ’A frequent representation of women in literature is the role of the damsel in distress’ Respond to this statement by referring to the character of the landlady in the short story of the same name. Women are often portrayed as a damsel in distress in literature. This stereotype affects our reading of Roald Dahl’s short story‚ The Landlady‚ and the reaction we have with its title character. Style‚ point of view and setting as well as characterisation amalgamate in The Landlady to support this bias

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    one is expected to make the right decisions for one’s child. Which is‚ giving one’s child a chance at every possibility to obtain success. But‚ how much of it is truly for one’s child and how much is for one’s own personal fulfillment? In the short story by Amy Tran ‘Two kinds” we see into the life of a young Chinese American and her mother‚ who wishes for nothing less than her daughter to be a protege. As readers learn about how Mother goes about with this desire‚ one comes to question her motives

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    The short story "Boys and Girls‚" written by Alice Munro‚ was written in a first-person point of view. The main character‚ Alice‚ is a static character. She is the oldest child in the family‚ and has a younger brother‚ Laird. Alice is very helpful around the house with her mother‚ but tends to disappear from the house to help her father outside‚ which she enjoys best. Alive has quite the imagination. At night she would make up rules for her brother and herself‚ such as: "...we had rules to

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