Hector Hugh Munro was born in Akyab‚ Burma on December 18‚ 1870. Hector’s father was Inspector-General of the Burma Police. The youngest of three children‚ Hector spent most of his early childhood at Broadgate Villa‚ in Pilton village near Barnstaple‚ North Devon. Their father had left the children there in the care of his two sisters and mother before leaving for India. Charles‚ Ethel and Hector grew up in a house populated by three adults‚ their aunts Charlotte (Tom) and Augusta‚ and their grandmother
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The text under analysis is written by Hector Hugh Munro‚ better known by the pen name Saki‚ was a British writer‚ whose witty and sometimes macabre[] stories satirized Edwardian [] society and culture. He is considered to be a master of the short story and is often compared to O. Henry and Dorothy Parker. In this story we learn about a young man James Cushat-Prinkly. He decides to marry and his relatives approve this idea. They find marriageable girl named Joan Sebastable. However‚ he marries another
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general aspcts of the story * Author Hector Hugh Munro‚ who wrote under the pen-name Saki‚ was born on 18th December 1870 in Burma. Munro is best know for his witty‚ sometimes whimsical‚ often cynical and bizarre sentence. Some of his collections of short stories are Reginald (1904)‚ The Chronicles of Clovis (1911)‚ Beasts and Super-Beasts (1914)‚ among others. His two novels are The Unbearable Bassignton (1912) and When William Came (1914). Munro was killed in the trenches of France in World
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THE OPEN WINDOW BY SAKI This short story “THE OPEN WINDOW” is written by “SAKI” is the pen name of “Hector Hugh Munro” (1870-1916). He is a british writer. He is famous for his satires of the upper classes. The theme of the story is appearance and reality and deception. Appearance and reality: It is easy to believe the story of Vera because she begin with an object that is the open window and proceed from there and obviously window is open. So the appearance of open window
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The Last Spin The Last Spin is a short horizontal surface written by Evan Hunter in 1961. Its written most two boys from rival gangs‚ Tigo and Dave‚ who were picked to settle an argument by playacting russian roulette after a shooting at a candy shop. During the story they started to realise that they actually had a lot in common and gradually became friends. Towards the end they determine to call it quits and go for one last shaft of light but it all ends horribly when Dave dies. The story is
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through a French window‚ which was left open until their return. However‚ all three of them were lost in a bog that day‚ Vera asserts‚ and their bodies were never recovered. The aunt‚ driven to distraction by her grief and loss‚ left the window open thereafter‚ anticipating that “they will come back some day” with “the little brown spaniel that was lost with them‚ and walk in that window just as they used to do.” When Mrs. Sappleton finally appears‚ she explains why the window is open‚ apparently confirming
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Research and Writing 8 October 2013 The Self-Possessed Niece Enthralling and surprising‚ “The Open Window” by Saki effortlessly captivates any reader’s attention with dynamic and entertaining characters as well as astonishing plot twists. The antagonist‚ Vera‚ the niece of the owner of the home that Mr. Nuttel is visiting‚ is possibly more important than the person about whom the story is composed. Throughout the work‚ there are three characteristics portrayed – undisclosed to the reader until
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The Open Window Framton Nuttel enters the house of Mrs Sappleton. He is a young man from London suffering from nervous exhaustion‚ and he goes to the country side for some prescribed rest. He decideds to call upon Mrs Sappleton‚ an acquaintance of his sister’s. He is shown to the parlour by Mrs Sappleton’s niece‚ Vera‚ who entertains the man while he awaits the appearance of his host. Vera tells a story‚ the terrible tragedy of Mr Sappleton and his sons. He is told how they went out hunting
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Everyone has lied at some point in their life. What do ‘’Charles’’ and ‘’The Open Window’’ both have in common? Both of these stories are centered around dishonest young people. The kids in these stories are very dishonest to adults Laurie from ‘’Charles ‘’ lies to his family and Vera from ‘’The Open Window lies to Mr. Nuttel and her aunt. Even though these kids lie but they both lie for difference reasons. In the story of ‘’Charles’’ Laurie uses lies to excuse his actions. By making up a persona
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ALICE MUNRO’S THE ALBANIAN VIRGIN IN OPEN SECRETS EXEMPLIES HER CHARACTERISTIC APPROACH To try to trace Alice Munro’s narrative techniques to any particular development in the short story The Albanian Virgin would be difficult. This could be because it is simply written from careful observations as are many of her other short stories. In her short stories‚ it is as though she tries to transform a common‚ ordinary world into something that is unsettling and mysterious as was seen in Vandals
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