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The truly great human stories deal with the most basic elements of human emotions and motivations. The Following stories are perfect examples of those elements.

A little girl named Sally, quietly sits alone in a corner, rocking back and forth, humming to herself. Her classmates roam about in a chaotic manner, casually conversing, and inadvertently ignoring the little girl. Sally’s parents begin to wonder; is it just a phase or something more. Her parents soon learn that it is something more.

Mary Moon and the Stars” is a short story written by author Janice Galloway. The story is told from the point of view of an anonymous narrator who gradually becomes friends with The central character, Mary moon, of whom the short story is based on. The narrator uses techniques like word choice and symbolism to tell the story of Mary moon and the narrator and her struggle with prejudice and neglect.

Although, people are unique and have different stories to tell they can connect despite the similarities and differences. Louise Erdrich wrote two short stories called,"A Wedge of Shade" and "The Reptile Garden".

George Saunder’s “Puppy” is a story about two women; Marie and Callie. The story begins with Marie taking her kids to adopt a puppy. In the past, Marie was always the caretaker of her kid’s pets. Mainly because she was worried they might get bitten, “This time would be different, she was sure of it. The kids would care for this pet themselves since a puppy wasn’t scaly and didn’t bite” (188). Marie tries to give her kids the things she didn’t have growing up. Marie wasn’t raised in a loving environment, “At least she’d never locked one of them in a closet (a closet!) while entertaining a literal ditchdigger in the parlor” (188). However, Marie just comes off as a helicopter mom, “Marie had learned over the summer by studying the Noble Baker manual while Josh was asleep” (188). Upon arriving at Callie’s, Marie notices the poverty Callie lives in. She also finds Callie’s son tied to a tree in her backyard. This causes Marie to decline Callie’s puppy. Callie is now torn because she knows what her husband would do with the puppy, so instead she does it herself, “Well, what did it matter, drowned in a bag or starved in the corn? This way Jimmy wouldn’t have to do it” (191). Toni Morrison’s “Recitatif” is also about two women and brief glimpses into different parts of their lives. The story starts with how they met in the orphanage. At first Twyla didn’t want anything to do with Roberta, “It was one thing to be taken out of your own bed early in the morning – it

“Popular Mechanics” by raymond carver and “lamb to the Slaughter” by Roald Dahl have similar short stories in many ways like for an example they had a husband and wife and they both had a baby in some way shape and form and in each short story they have something died because both people got into a fight. next

Your book An Invisible Thread was very inspiring and a heartwarming story of a friendship that has reached thirty years and brought life to an over-scheduled professional and hope to a hungry and desperate boy. When you first met Maurice on a New York City street corner, you had no idea that you were standing on the edge of an incredible and unlikely friendship that would naturally change both your lives. As one lunch at McDonald’s with Maurice turns into two, then into a weekly occurrence, you learn heart-wrenching details about Maurice’s dreadful childhood. Scattered throughout the book is also your own story of your tempestuous childhood. Every now and then, something about Maurice’s struggles reminds you of your past, how your father’s alcohol-induced rages shaped the person you became and led you to Maurice. As your friendship grows, you offer Maurice simple experiences he comes to treasure: learning how to set a table, trimming a Christmas tree, visiting your nieces and nephew on Long Island, and even having homemade lunches to bring to school.

Over the course of the semester, we have read many short stories that have shared very similar themes. The two stories that stood out the most to me were You Want Me White and The Youngest Doll. Not only were the stories both very compelling they share parallel themes such a social issues concerning women and form of gender disparity. Both authors Alfosina Storni and Rosario Ferre wrote during a time male dominance was an issue, women were looked at as objects that needed to devote themselves to their men.

of the most expressive and meaningful stories that have lots of great deep meanings. These stories

Nya salva uncle and marial were walking and then set up camp and went to bed they all slept close together so they do not lose each other in the morning salva did not sleep well and he was the first on up but uncle’s gun was lying on the ground and uncle was not there he looked around and there was a blood trail salva thinks a lion killed uncle he wakes up every one and asks them if they saw uncle or what happened they decided it was a lion and they keep walking next day they started to miss uncle also salva took his gun so he can hunt he was tired so he drank some water and keep walking to next camp and then they keep walking every day but marial and nya were getting close really close salva keep walking till they made it to a refugee camp

I will be discussing two stories that are similar in many ways and different as well. The short stories are “The Gilded Six-Bits” and “Everyday Use”. Both are centered around African American families, and it shines some insight on some of the things they endure from time to time. I’ll talk about how you should appreciate the things you have and not lust for things others may have.

There are lots of great short stories out there, but in my opinion, both ‘Chemistry’ by Graham Swift and ‘The Landlady’ by Roald Dahl are two of the most unique and effective stories. They share both similarities and differences throughout. Comparing and contrasting the way the authors use their inimitable writing style to achieve their intentions in the story will give us more idea how these stories are alike and distinct.

The two short stories that I really enjoyed reading and would like to explore the conflicts in are “Everyday Use” and Where are you going, where have you been.” In my opinion, these two stories are excellent pieces that shows two different families who have a few similarities and differences.

The Tell Tale Heart by E.A. Poe and The Monkey’s Paw by W.W. Jacobs are classic short stories. For fans of horror and mystery, at least. The classic by Poe takes on the story of a narrator who’s committed a murder and been driven mad by the guilt of it. On the other hand, the short written by Jacobs is about a cursed object that destroys a couple’s life. While they have many similarities, they have several differences too.

I returned back to Middleton with messy hair and baggy eyes. In my fifth-period in Spanish, my teacher Ms. Hermani introduced us to a new classmate. She was weird looking. She had light blue eyes, blueish black hair, pale white skin. She was tall and lanky. Her smile was creepy like a carved pumpkin. “Everyone, this is Amelie. She will be joining our class for the rest of the year” the teacher said. Amelie waved at all of us with her long fingers. Olivia leaned forward to my ear and whispered, “She is weird...Stay away from her”. I nodded and replied back, “Definitely”. Unfortunately, Ms. Hermani made Amelie sit by me. My heart pounded faster than a car moving. I could feel the heat in my body. Didn’t you know how nervous I was? I spent the last 43 minutes suffering from her sitting by me. Amelie did strange drawings using black ink only. She did a drawing of a cat and a girl. Her odd and scary appearance disturbed