A Short Story : A Story Of The Gardener '

” the stranger tells me. As he walks away I notice that he has a limp. When he was talking I also noticed that he had a slight southern accent. Wait! “YOU, I KNOW WHO YOU ARE. Your our gardener. You were on my lawn that day, trimming my bushes. You said you were finding odd jobs here and there and being our gardener is one of those odd jobs isn’t. B- but I don’t understand, why me?” “Oh, what a smart girl. You figured out who I am. The day I was at your house trimming your bushes your mom came out

One of the major theme for this short story is the overwhelming fear of the outside world. The author made it clear that the suburb the family lives in is white, wealthy, and significant on rejection. The family in Gordimer’s fairy tale lives in a nice neighborhood, but as chaos occurs nearby and houses are staring to be robbed, the residents of the neighborhood begin to build and place security measures such as iron gates, bars on the windows and placing alarm systems. But, every time the residents

but there are just as many for the alternate idea that humans are evil. The short stories that best exemplify human nature are “Child By Tiger”, “Am I Blue?”, and “Once Upon a Time”. In all these short stories, there is a climax involving the protagonist and then the author tells us how the supporting characters react. We see how the town reacts to Dick, how the world reacts to Melvin’s second wish, and we see how the gardener reacts to the boy getting caught in the security system. Wolfe, Gordimer

people to share stories through video, animation, photography, and audio. This makes the stories compelling and emotionally engaging, and, like narrative based computer games, often involve user interaction. The resources available to incorporate into a digital story are virtually limitless, giving the storyteller enormous creative latitude. 175 The Wellcome Collection have created a number of digital stories around the history of medicine and tales from Old England. The Curious Gardener is a digital

expensive habits, and began to spend an amount of money that within a few short months I should have thought almost fabulous.” (192)- This quote is timeless because you can go back to any point in history and people are always spending as much money as they can. 4. “ Pip dear old chap, life is made of ever so many partings welded together.” (208)- This quote

Horse Winner” Sometimes, when people want to obtain a certain object or to present another person something special, they will do anything to reveal that person their goals, even making deals with the other side. The main character, Paul, in the short story, “Rocking Horse Winner”, by D.H. Lawrence, tries to earn his mother’s love from her cold heart. When Paul finds out that his mother wishes for more luck than what she currently has, Paul finds ways to obtain luck for his mother, In exchange for

Pierre Berton once said “Racism is a refuge for the ignorant.” This relates to the story “Once upon a time” by showing how the couple in the short story portray uneasiness while giving into fear letting it create their limitations and blinding them from seeing that they were building their own cage still constantly trying to upgrade security leading themselves to loss of their son. In “Once upon a time”, Nadine Gordimer utilities characterization and diction to reveal the complexity of fear and racial

John Steinbeck’s short story, “The Chrysanthemums” features many themes: themes of gender suppression, love, passion, and betrayal. This short story revolves around the character Elisa Allen who has a strong love and a great passion for her flowers, for her beloved chrysanthemums. However, when a mysterious man arrives towards the end of the text Elisa’s love and passion for the chrysanthemums weakens and she feels betrayed by one of the things she loves most. Steinbeck uses the unlikely encounter

brings it about. In the text husband and wife wanted to prevent their family from the danger of black people but their child was entangled in those security measures which were taken by them. Metaphors or other figures of speech: In Nadine Gordimer's story "Once upon a Time" published originally in 1989, the white child caught in the pointed wire and then violently ripped free symbolizes not only the death of white domination but also the birth of a new South African society Modality: In the entire text

narrator becomes increasing mad throughout the short story. The narrator has a “nervous condition” (151) after the birth of her child; under recommendations by her husband and her brother, who are both physicians, her treatment was a Rest Cure which is that narrator cannot nothing anything but lay down and only have two hours of intellectual work a day. The “dreadful” yellow wallpaper that the narrator comes to hate is, of course, a symbol in the story. The yellow wallpaper represents the narrator’s