Definition of the short story 1st definition: A short story is a “short piece of fiction aiming at unity of characterization‚ theme and effect. 2nd definition: The authors of the modern English short story “no longer attempt to make daily life more entertaining by inventing exotic plots. Instead‚ modern short story writers have tended to base their narratives on their own experience; here the focus is much more on the less spectacular aspects of life‚ on the significance underlying what is
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10-15% alcohol produced from corn‚ some say the price of food has risen‚ causing hardships‚ increased food prices‚ and other problems. Ethanol has been blamed for the rise of food prices. Since corn is used for many different things such as food for us‚ ethanol gasoline and food for animals. Even though ethanol lowers our gas mileage corn is being used more for ethanol and making it more expensive for the people who would like to eat corn on a cob. In 2013‚ 40% of corn and other crops went to produce
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Planting a Sequoia All afternoon my brothers and I have worked in the orchard‚ Digging this hole‚ laying you into it‚ carefully packing the soil. Rain blackened the horizon‚ but cold winds kept it over the Pacific‚ And the sky above us stayed the dull gray Of an old year coming to an end. In Sicily a father plants a tree to celebrate his first son’s birth– An olive or a fig tree–a sign that the earth has one more life to bear. I would have done the same‚ proudly laying new stock into my father’s
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HAKLUYT___1584_____ A particular discourse concerning the great necessity and manifold commodities that are like to grow to this Realm of England by the Western discoveries lately attempted‚ Written in the year 1584 * known as DISCOURSE OF WESTERN PLANTING [Excerpts] 1. That this western discovery will be greatly for the enlargement of the gospel of Christ whereunto the princes of the reformed religion are chiefly bound among whom her Majesty is principal. . . . Then it is necessary for the salvation
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Assignment: Sexuality in Carmilla Le Fanu’s story of Carmilla has been adapted as a web series‚ in which the setting is modern day society at a college campus. Laura remains the narrator of the thirty-six-episode season‚ where she records all events from her dorm room as part of her journalism class. The web series stays loyal to having Carmilla remain the female vampire in the story‚ while also implying other female romantic relationships. In the short story Le Fanu’s choice of a female vampire alters
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It was an early spring day‚ and there she was‚ Mrs. Mallard‚ sitting in her well-lit at home office while the kids were at school‚ staring emotionlessly at her laptop screen. Mrs. Louise Mallard heard knocking on her office door‚ rather quickly standing up from her chair‚ she walked peacefully to the door and pulled it open. Her sister Josephine was standing outside‚ a different look of panic flashed in her eye. Josephine told her sister to take a seat‚ because she had something very important to
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analysing three short stories and will be explaining through my writing how the stories interest and satisfy the readers. I will express the aims of the stories through the eyes of my writing and evaluate the short stories in detail. The stories that I will be analysing are all set in different places. The first short story I will be focusing on is “The Sniper”. This is a story written by Liam O’Flaherty‚ which is set in a city called Dublin situated in Ireland. The genre for this story is Civil war
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Terrified This short story is called Terrified‚ it is written by C.B. Gilford. This title name gives readers a large attention‚ and this title name is very suitable for this short story‚ because if you were one of the characters in the story you would be a lot more than terrified. This story has four characters‚ Paul Santin‚ Vince‚ Arlene‚ which are both teenagers‚ about 16-18 years old‚ and the policeman. The main character is Paul Santin‚ he is the main point of this story. This story is about a person
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Analyzing a short story The basic components of a short story 1. Plot (introduction‚ conflict‚ climax‚ resolution ) The sequence of events or incidents of which the story is composed. In the plot there may be diffferent kinds of conflicts (person agains person – person agains environment – person against him/herself). Artistic unity is essential to a good plot ; nothing irrelevant should be there that does not contribute to the total meaning.
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Courageous and full of determination‚ Jake Garson in one of the short stories I’m Still Here‚ written by Veronica Ross‚ shows the set of characteristics that many Canadians regard as expressing their unique place and role in the world. He tried to fight and stand up for his own rights against the government through his act of bravery. By doing this‚ he had influenced many people in his hometown that faced the same situation as Jake; however‚ they did not show the same kind of courage that Jake showed
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