“The Black Cat” Analysis When reading a short story many people take the details given to be the unconditional truth. This is probably why so many of these people are confused or repulsed by a story like “The Black Cat.” Throughout the story‚ the narrator makes numerous contradictions. These contradictions‚ combined with his actions make me doubt the legitimacy and truth of what he says. In the first few paragraphs of the story‚ the narrator makes a point of rejecting the idea that he is mad
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Sample Syllabus for English 102 Text in blue requires your review or refers to optional instructions that can be deleted. <Instructor Name> Office: <instructor’s office> English Department Mail Room: E & T 637 Office Hours: <instructor’s office hours—80 minutes per week for each 4-unit class> Campus Phone: <instructor’s telephone number> Email: <instructor’s email address—this is optional> Course Web Site: <URL for course materials—this is optional> English 102: Composition II Catalog Description
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A Family Supper by Kazuo Ishiguro l Plot “A Family Supper” tells the story of a Japanese family after World War II. The son‚ having lived in California for several years‚ returns to Tokyo to see his father and sister Kikuko. The son and the father talk about the death of his mother due to poisonous and the failure of the father’s jointly owned firm. The father tells his son about how honorable he thought his business partner‚ Watanabe‚ was even though he had committed suicide. The daughter
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The short story “Scarlet Ibis” by James Hurt First of all Doodle may be crippled but he is always mentally dynamic throughout the story. ”Of course‚ I was old enough to know this wouldn’t work out‚ but the picture he painted was so beautiful and serene that all I could do was whisper Yes‚ yes.” He has a huge imagination and the stories he makes up amazes everyone mostly because they don’t expect anything from him as he is physically different. “Although his brother is a realist even he enjoys
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Guide to Literary Analysis of a Short Story A short story is a relatively brief invented prose narrative that typically deals with a limited group of characters involved in a single action. It usually aims at unity of effect and often concentrates on the creation of mood rather than the telling of a story. A short story as well as a novel may belong to one of the following types‚ or genres: * social which studies the effect of social conditions at a given time and place upon human life and
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The Ghost Story Because of all the recorded evidence of paranormal activity‚ this leads to the evidence being real. Yet‚ because of skeptics and nonbelievers debunking the evidence‚ some people are led to believe paranormal activity is fake. Many people have obtained facts that suggest ghosts are real. Whether someone believes in ghosts or not‚ there will always be logical theories and unanswered questions to ghostly encounters. Ghost stories have been told through real-life experience (hauntings)
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"The Escape" by Somerset Maugham I have always believed that if a woman made up her mind to marry a man nothing could save him. I have only once known a man who in such circumstances managed to save himself. His name was Roger Charing. He was no longer young when he fell in love with Ruth Barlow and he had had enough experience to make him careful; but Ruth Barlow had a gift that makes most men defenceless. This was the gift of pathos. Mrs. Barlow was twice a widow. She had splendid dark eyes and
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Decoding Stylistics Stylistics of the author and of the reader. The notions of encoding and decoding Decoding stylistics is the most recent trend in stylistic research that employs theoretical findings in such areas of science as information theory‚ psychology‚ statistical studies in combination with linguistics‚ literary theory‚ history of art‚ literary criticism‚ etc. Decoding stylistics makes an attempt to regard the esthetic value of a text based on the interaction
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W.S. Maugham’s stories make exciting reading and give food for reflection The writer is a great master of ironic style. By using a biased 1st person narrator the author pretends to praise and justify what in fact he exposes and condemns. Thus the writer forces the reader to see through this pretence and make his/her own conclusions as to the purport of the work. The story "The Escape" is a fair example of Maugham’s ironic style. The basic theme of the story is marriage in bourgeois society‚ relations
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" I’m here to kill you!" "Jae get inside the room and lock the door" Jaejoong heard Yunho shouting from the other line but‚ Karam pushes Jaejoong hard against the wall and his back hits it with a slight thud.Karam grabbed the phone on his hand and threw it in the floor. Karam point the gun at the base of Jaejoongs skull and it made Jaejoong whimper. He pushed the barrel a little harder and looked at Jaejoong quizzically. The two of them stood silent‚ staring at each other‚ without moving
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