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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they tend to reflect on their lives and the issues they have. This is precisely what happens in Sinclair Ross’s "The Painted Door"‚ where the author explores adultery‚ a topic which was taboo back in the thirties‚ the time when the story takes place. This is a story about a woman named Ann‚ who‚ ironically‚ discovers her true feelings for her husband‚ John‚ by cheating on him with his best friend‚ Steven. John decides to invite Steven‚ so that the latter would keep his wife company while he is
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Hope Templeman College English 1104 Professor Scott August 27‚ 2012 Summer Vacation Summer is one of my favorite seasons because school is out and it is a time to relax and be with family. This summer I did several different and exciting things. I went on a family reunion to Florida‚ hiking at Coopers Rock‚ and traveling to Washington D.C with friends. The first thing I got to do was travel to Orlando‚ Florida for a family reunion. It included my intermediate family and my dad’s side
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Creative Writing : The Journalist’s visit Continue the story (The other time‚ by Peter Appleton) ... “Yes.” she answered blankly. At first sight‚ the man standing in front of her wasn’t impressive‚ nor a surprise. “Hum‚ yes uhm‚ my name is Scoop‚ Scoop Appleton. And‚ uhm‚ I am here as a journalist from the Sunday Blare. You see‚ we find your… story… very intriguing‚ interesting. I am sure you have had other people come and ask you for details‚ but we are extremely serious in this relevant loss
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was a better and more experienced fisherman than I was resulting in that he would always catch the bigger and more beautiful fish and almost certainly come home with twice as many fish as I had caught. This was it‚ are summer vacation‚ finally it was time to get out of the intense heat and bordom of Ridgecrest. We packed are bags‚ grabbed are fishing poles‚ loaded the camper and were on are way. Our drive lasted for four very long hours before we got to the Postpile
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Short Story Content Analysis Essay What is the point of any piece of great literature? Or rather‚ what is great literature? Some would say that accomplished literature is a way of exceptionally telling a story. However‚ what is the point of storytelling? In many cases‚ stories are told for entertainment. However‚ most stories have a moral or theme conveying an important message about life or how to live it. This is the point of great literature‚ to convey this message beautifully. Some pieces of
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The Short Story. Basic Literary Elements of The Short Story. 1.1.History of The Development of The Short Story. 1.1.1.Early Forms.Origins. The short story refers to a work of fiction that is usually written in prose‚ usually in narrative format. This format or medium tends to be more pointed than longer works of fiction‚ such as novellas (in the 20th and 21st century sense) and novels or books. Short story definitions based upon length differ somewhat even among professional writers
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Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour” is a short story that tells of the feelings and thoughts of Louise Mallard after she learns of her husband’s death. When the story starts the readers already know of a tragic event that has happened‚ and the characters have no idea. This is because of the POV that Chopin wrote the story in. This story is told in the third person point of view‚ and because of this it makes the story a lot more dramatic but understandable. If the story would have been told in the
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UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS AS LITERATURE IN ENGLISH: SYLLABUS 9695 NOTES FOR TEACHERS ON STORIES SET FOR STUDY FROM STORIES OF OURSELVES: THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS ANTHOLOGY OF SHORT STORIES IN ENGLISH FOR EXAMINATION IN JUNE AND NOVEMBER 2010‚ 2011 AND 2012 CONTENTS Introduction: How to use these notes 1. The Fall of the House of Usher Edgar Allen Poe 2. The Open Boat Stephen Crane 3. The Door in the Wall HG Wells 4. The People Before Maurice
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REPORT (Task 1) by: Claudia Chan Qian Nee Year 11 Virtue Reported to: Mr. Raymond Reported by: Claudia Chan Date: 18th February 2013 In this report‚ it will explain how our group came up with the idea of our project and why did we chose this as our project. I believe that every entrepreneur possess their own qualities and skills. Each of us in our team possessed our very own entrepreneurial skills and that benefits our team by combining all the skills together and coming up our project.
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