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    Can you inform the headmistress saying it was very urgent. That...that...umm....my cousin has some operation...somewhere...it was an emergency...something like that." "I will cook up some story. Here we are." Rose’s house was wonderful. It was big and very spacious. As they entered‚ the room was lit and a huge chandelier hung from the ceiling. There was a living room on the right side and a a dinning table on the left side. A little away

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    The Story of an Hour Theme The Story of an Hour Theme The Story of an Hour is a short story with vivid and very descriptive dialog detailing the feelings of a perhaps abused‚ neglected‚ or heartless wife. Mrs. Mallard was a woman who felt trapped and was conflicted as to how her life would end up being. She has an epiphany when she suddenly finds out that her husband was killed in a horrible accident that she was not actually in love with her husband; at least not most of the time. While

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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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    Short Stories Review

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    Parts to this review: . Setting Characters Conflict Point of View Climax Irony Theme I. Setting . The Destructors: around 1948 - 1950 England - London Little Cloud: 20th century 1920s or maybe 30s Ireland - Dublin I’m a Fool: 20th century‚ after WWII USA - southern state Just Lather‚ that’s all: early 1900s‚ during revolution Mexico A special occasion: modern day - 1960s USA‚ children’s hospital Defender of the Faith: May‚ 1945 Camp Crowder‚ Missouri‚ USA Paul’s Case: 1900 - 1920

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    beginning around 1764 by Horace Walpole’s The Castle of Otranto‚ whose story contained almost every element of what is viewed today as a Gothic Tale. Most stories that are classified under the subgenre of gothic fiction involve many elements that create a sense of suspense or mystery‚ with features that develop a dark feeling or unsettling atmosphere and sometimes even overwrought emotion. Through the analysis of short stories written by Gothic authors such as‚ “Where Are You Going‚ Where Have You

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    Funny Story Theme

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    The theme of It’s Kind of a Funny Story by Ned Vizzini is life is filled with problems‚ but you need to work through them‚ and learn about yourself. An example of this being the theme is while Craig is in the hospital he discovers his love for art after realizing how much he enjoys art Craig decides to go to art school instead of his original high school. By adding this the author wanted the reader to recognize Craig making concrete plans for his future. This showed that Craig learned about himself

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    Short Story Analysis

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    Short story analysis – There will come soft rains (1950) The short story “August‚ 2026: There will come soft rains” written by Ray Bradbury in 1950 deals with the theme humanity and their technology. The story deals with a nuclear disaster that ruined the entire city despite one house which keeps on living it daily life. It starts with announcing the date of August 4th‚ 2026 and that it is itme to wake up‚ though nobody is there. Breakfast is automatically prepared but no on one is there to eat

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    Dystopian Short Stories

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    word "dys" (meaning "bad") and "topos"(meaning "place). The story "Ones who walked away from Omelas" focuses on the utopia splitting because of ones sacrifice and neglect. For the theme of "Ones who walked away from Omelas" is that to achieve happiness‚ one should not be sacrificed for being neglected by others. The irony here is Omelas seems like a great‚ happy town; however they treat this feeble-minded child horribly. In short story "Harrison Bergeron"‚ the government has altered society to be

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    A Father: Short Story

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    Short Story Explication: “A Father” Bharati Mukherjee’s short story‚ “A Father”‚ begins with an account of an ordinary Wednesday morning in the household of an immigrant Hindu family. Mukherjee writes this story from the third-person point-of-view with informal diction. This makes the reader feel as though they are a part of the story‚ watching and observing. This style allows the reader to feel as though they are physically present in the two-bedroom apartment in Detroit with the Bhowmick family

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    Cohesion in Short Story

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    them. Without cohesion text is merely collections of more or less isolated elements of text‚ which are not related to one another. Cohesion constructs the elements of text relating to each other. This relationship implies the continuity or unity‚ which is necessary for the interpretation of text. Cohesion is used to link one sentence to the preceding one or between clauses to the preceding one. However‚ these elements do not have only the relation of describing the unity‚ but also an arrangement

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