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    Irony in Short Stories

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    of irony can easily captivate or excite us. Many times in order to understand the morals or theme of a story you need to be able to recognise the irony. In the short stories‚ “Lamb to the Slaughter” by Roald Dahl‚ “The Gift of the Magi” by O Henry and “The Suit” by Can Themba various forms of irony are present. These forms of irony include: verbal‚ situational and dramatic irony. The first story “Lamb to the Slaughter” is about Mary Meloney‚ a devoted caring wife that ends up killing her much loved

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    The Necklace and Interlopers are two very well written short stories. In the Necklace‚ Mathilde desires more in her life. In Interlopers‚ Georg and Ulrich desire a piece of land and more importantly revenge. Both of these short stories characters are unhappy about their life‚ but when they try to fix it they cause even bigger problems. If you were never happy for what you had‚ and always wanted more‚ you would live your life like Mathilde. In the Necklace‚ Mathilde was a young woman whose life was

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    Short Story Reading

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    Week 1: Short Story Reading Poison by Roald Dahl The short story Poison by Roald Dahl is set in India when it is still under the British rule. In this story the theme is represented by Harry‚ who thinks that the krait has crawled on his stomach and has made Timber call a doctor for help to solve the situation. The entire time I was reading the story‚ I thought that the main conflict is between the Harry‚ Timber‚ Dr. Ganderbai and the krait on Harry’s stomach. But in the last few paragraphs‚ I realize

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    Short story is fictional work of prose that is shorter in length than a novel. Edgar Allan Poe‚ in his essay "The Philosophy of Composition‚" said that a short story should be read in one sitting‚ anywhere from a half hour to two hours. In contemporary fiction‚ a short story can range from 1‚000 to 20‚000 words. Because of the shorter length‚ a short story usually focuses on one plot‚ one main character (with a few additional minor characters)‚ and one central theme‚ whereas a novel can tackle multiple

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    obsession‚ compulsion‚ and it slowly disables a person’s life until they get treatment. I will take you through and define the obsession‚ compulsion‚ and consequence of the disorder and how it can be treated. [reword? Use a noun phrase also] [good thesis statement with major points] [No line space between paragraphs] Obsessions are defined as

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    Thesis Statement: Saddam Hussein’s actions and brutality towards the Iraqi people prompted the U.S. and other forces to invade Iraq. Body Saddam Hussein’s early life affected his life as a political leader and president. Saddam was born in poverty in a mud hut (9) His full name was Saddam Hussein Abd al-Majid al-Tikriti (5) Before he was born his father left their family and his brother died from cancer (5) His stepfather made his life hard but then Saddam ran away to his uncle (4) Saddam Hussein’s

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    Four Short Stories

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    American short stories Joyce Carol Oates: "Capital punishment" (1992) 1. Analyse the father and the daughter relationship in this story in terms of their feelings for one another. How do these feelings illustrate their differences or similarities? The relationship between the father and the daughter is quite tense even though they love each other. We can see proof from the text on page 267 "She thinks of Mr. Brunty‚ whom she loves‚ as a "big lug." A "big dumb lug." A "big dumb ox."" There is

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    essay thesis and outline   The Lottery – Shirley Jackson The Rocking-Horse winner – D.H. Lawrence   Thesis statement: “The Lottery”‚ written by Shirley Jackson and “The Rocking-Horse winner”‚ written by D.H. Lawrence both use the stories settings in contradicting ways in order to present the seriousness of the stories. Shirley Jackson used the setting as a way to sidetrack the readers while D.H. Lawrence used the setting to construct the story. First Paragraph:             1.) Thesis Statement

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    Fiction and Short Story

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    I will make an analysis of the short story ”A Fortune” written by Joy Monica T. Sakaguchi. In the analysis I concentrate on the title’s importance‚ an analysis of the narrator‚ the style and point of view and the main theme. I don’t keep the wallets anymore‚ but I do keep the cash. Literally. I have this huge cardboard box full of money that I have hidden in the room I rent. I don’t know how much is in there‚ but it’s a helluva lot. One day Pop will show up again. I’ll hand him the boxful of

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    Short Story Of Katekoppen

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    Kattekoppen The short story‚ Kattekoppen‚ is about a Dutch born man named Levi that had joined the U.S Army‚ a navy seal‚ and soldiers in Logar‚ Afghanistan. I feel like this story had a lot of good descriptive detail in it‚ but I didn’t feel like I never figured out the main point of the story. But what I did figure out‚ was that the title of the story came from Levi’s Dutch licorice candy that was sent to him from his mother. This particular candy was his favorite as a child but had grown to

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