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    The short story “ Boys and Girls” describes growing period into womanhood‚ for a young girl living on a fox farm in Canada‚ post World War II. This story also relate to a lot of gender issues that we face in our society everyday. In America’s history women couldn’t voter because of their gender. Why should women be treated differently because of their gender. In this short story the author describe how the young lady is having trouble finding who she is. It describes how the young lady faces difficult

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    "The A&P" In the short story‚ " The A&P‚" by John Updike‚ the author seeks to make his point using an unlikely setting and scenario. Using a supermarket as a metaphor for a society‚ Updike illustrates how breaking the norms of society evokes fear and brings about intolerance in people. When a society is accustomed to only one way of doing things it will not be accept anything different. Members of a society fear change‚ and only behavior that deviates from the status quo. They resist allowing new

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    A Discourse by Three Drunkards on Government by Nakae Chomin explores the various values and ideas of three men‚ in regards to the future of Japan. This trio consists of the Gentleman‚ who enjoys Western ideals; the Champion‚ who prefers traditional Japanese values; and Master Nankai‚ a sage who enjoys to drink and talk politics among others. This story uses these characters‚ primarily the Gentlemen and the Champion‚ to represent political views that were present in Japan during the Meiji Period

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    In the story Two Kinds‚ the title gives a great incite of the meaning of the story. Throughout the whole short story‚ there are many references to “two kinds” of something. The idea is‚ that no one will ever be good enough in another person’s eyes until they think they are good enough for themselves. I think that’s why Jing has such a hard time trying to please her mom. Jing doesn’t love herself enough to think she could actually please her mom. Throughout the story‚ Jing is put down until she finally

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    What Is a Short Story?

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    What Is a Short Story? Short Stories are very interesting to read and can have many different meanings. Usually just one plot or theme‚ but can carry much more significance to reader than given credit for. Short stories are one of the most distinguished types of literature there is. Since they are different‚ they fall into a genre that implies certain expected conventions or traits. A short story is a fictional read which can be exciting because it usually is not going to bore you to death‚ and

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    History of Short Story

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    The Short Story History: as a form dates back to the oral tradition of the tale written tales emerge in poetic forms - Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales Boccaccio’s Decameron (1351-1353) often cited as the precursor of the short story form‚ as is the French translation of The Thousand and One Nights (1704) short story really begins to emerge as a form in the 19th century Grimm’s Fairy Tales (1824-1826) an early collection of folk stories that paved the way for the development of the genre of short

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    Have you ever heard of the word justice? Well justice means impartiality and neutrality. Well the short story “Bargain” written by AB Guthrie talks about justice. It is written about an immigrant (Mr. Baumer) who was thought to have killed a man(Slade) who was a thief‚ couldn’t read and drank a lot. Mr. baumer was not responsible for Slade’s death. One reason that Mr. Baumer is not responsible for slades death is that slade was a thief and hurt Mr. Baumer. All Mr. Baumer did was purchase stuff

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    The short story is a concise form of narrative prose that is usually simpler and more direct compared to longer works of fiction such as novels. Therefore‚ because of their short length‚ short stories rely on many forms of literary devices to convey the idea of a uniform theme seen throughout the script. This theme is illustrated by using characteristics that are developed throughout the story such as‚ plot‚ setting and characters. The three main components are developed throughout the story in

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    Emergence of a New Woman in Kate Chopin’s Short Stories The turning of the 19th century instilled a desire in all women to be free and liberated from their husbands. They desired freedom‚ liberation and happiness. Such characteristics were portrayed throughout the short stories written by Kate Chopin. For the majority of Kate Chopin’s life‚ she was brought up without a male figure and was constantly surrounded by females (Toth‚ 1999). Kate Chopin was a woman whose feminist viewpoints were far ahead

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    Commentary on Short Story

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    It was said by more than one author that the ‘golden age’ of the short story was the 1920s‚ and that although varied publications remain (The New Yorker‚ Myslexia‚ The Woman’s Weekly)‚ there is little opportunity in the modern age for the short story writer. Was this‚ as Kurt Vonnegut argued the result of television? Vonnegut claimed: When I started out it was possible to make a living as a freelance writer of fiction…because it was still the golden age of magazines‚ and it looked as though

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