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Elementary Schools and Short Story Writing Instruction

In four pages this paper discusses how teachers should implement short story writing instruction in an elementary school setting. ...

'Master and Man' Short Story by Leo Tolstoy

In five pages this paper discusses how the author's beliefs regarding death and Christianity are expressed in this short story by ...

Short Story Analysis of 'Two Kinds' by Amy Tan

The conflict between mother and daughter and the importance of the last paragraph of the short story are the focus of this paper t...

The Short Story Voice of Alice Walker

In this paper consisting of five pages the 'voice' Walker uses in constructing her short stories as expressed in sentence structur...

Theme in Three Flannery O'Connor Short Stories

People, Judgment Day and Everything that Rises Must Converge - is the spiritual side of life, the side that brings together people...

Short Stories of Emilia Pardo Bazan

In eleven pages the feminism of Emilia Pardo Bazan is considered within the context of her style of writing and short stories. Fo...

'Tip of the Iceberg' in the Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway

In five pages 'Soldier's Home' is the primary focus of this examination of the 'tip of the iceberg' theory articulated by Ernest H...

Elementary School and Short Story Writing Instruction

itself; character(s)-the people in the story; plot -what is going on in the story or what happens; and the mood -what is the feeli...

Kate Chopin's Short Story 'The Storm' and Theme of Sexuality

In five pages this paper discusses how in this short story Kate Chopin depicts sexuality as a force of nature rather than as a pas...

Fitzgerald's Short Story, The Rich Boy

This paper analyzes Fitzgerald's short story, The Rich Boy in terms of the protagonist's behavior and refusal to grow up. This si...

Short Story Mimetics and Verisimilitude

By the time we reach mid story, and the speech of Stella-Rondo, we have suspended disbelief, as we might in good theater, and bel...

Short Story Writer O. Henry

In five pages this paper examines the life of William Sydney Porter, a famous American writer of short stories who became more com...

Setting Impact of David Michael Kaplan's Short Story 'Doe Season'

In five pages this paper assesses the impact of the winter woods' setting on 'Doe Season,' a 1985 short story by David Michael Kap...

Two Short Stories on the Family

Raymond Carver's A Small Good Thing and John Updike's Separating both deal with the family. This paper examines the two short stor...

Nathaniel Hawthorne's Short Stories and the Theme of Temptation

In six pages this paper examines how temptation is featured in the Hawthorne short stories 'Young Goodman Brown,' 'The Minister's ...

A Short Story 'Razor in Her Gut'

In a paper consisting of 7 pages a short story about a teenage girl who seeks to feel her own heart is presented and the film she ...

The African-American Experience in the Short Story - James Baldwin and Langston Hughes Compared

This research report compares and contrasts the works of these two black authors. Short stories are discussed which look at how th...

An Analysis of Fitzgerald's Short Story, Babylon Revisited

This paper examines F. Scott Fitzgerald's story, Babylon Revisited and addresses the themes of characterization and addiction. Th...

Short Stories That Are Both Different and Alike

In a paper consisting of 5 pages two short stories featured in an instructional text on writing are contrasted and compared. Ther...

Anne Moody's 'Coming of Age in Mississippi'

This is a 5 page book review in which the author relates her own upbringing which is in sharp contrast to most members of American...

Women Short Story Writers

In five pages four feminist short stories by Alice Munro, Susan Minot, Grace Pale, and Nadine Gordimer are thematically compared ...

Richard Wright and 4 Short Stories

In seven pages the assessments of 3 critics are applied to the Richard Wright short stories 'The Man Who Lived Underground,' 'Long...

Short Stories of Richard Wright

In five pages this paper discusses how social realities are depicted in the themes and characters of Richard Wright's short storie...

Flannery O'Connor's Short Stories, Sociology, and Religion

In 5 pages this paper argues that analyzing the short stories of Flannery O'Connor from sociological as well as Catholic religious...

The Short Stories of Angela Carter

tale: "The stories include The Courtship of Mr. Lyon,] a fairly straightforward interpretation of Beauty and the Beast, which is a...

Raymond Carver's Short Stories and Relationships

clearly shows how the concept of love differs between people, regardless of gender. "There was a time when I thought I loved my ...

Comparative Analysis of Edgar Allan Poe's Short Stories 'The Cask of Amontillado' and 'The Black Cat'

rage (Cutts). Poe, like his stories, was quite unusual. Even his physical appearance hinted that his mental processes were...

Short Story on Everyday Decisions

not been fulfilled as she soon learned that many of the columns in the paper originated from a central syndication network and the...

'I Stand Here Ironing' Short Story by Tillie Olsen

BODY "I Stand Here Ironing" relates the several facts which are pertinent...

Freudian Analysis of Edgar Allan Poe's Short Stories

the beginning. He states, "From my infancy I was noted for the docility and humanity of my disposition. My tenderness of heart was...