Elements Of A Short Story

Sometimes when you watch a movie and read a story on the same topic you can see some similarities and also a few differences. Authors such as Katherine Ann Porter, Washington Irving, and Nathaniel Hawthorne all wrote short stories that were similar and different in many ways. In this paper I will compare and contrast the three main literary components, setting, character and plot that were determined through the analysis of the short stories text verses the movie selections.

The protagonist in the story is Buck, and the antagonist is Manuel. A protagonist is the main character in the story so that makes Buck the protagonist. The antagonist is an enemy, but Buck had a lot of enemies, so I picked the one who started it all. Some of the characters are Buck, Manuel, Perrault, François, Spitz, Billie,

antagonist. In The Veldt , George and Lydia are the protagonists and Wendy and Peter

• Do the settings make the stories believable or credible? How does setting impact the plot of the story, and how would the plot be affected if the story took place in another setting?

how they examine a certain theme and how their differences in style are significant (i.e. how they approach that theme and what is says about the story’s message and/or the author’s goals). In either case, you will need to include brief summaries of each individual story.

Short stories can be bland and boring. As you read some of them, you can feel emotion or just read a boring story about how something changed their life, but these three stories are interesting because they develop horror. These short stories use different elements to create horror. “The Tell-Tale Heart,” “A Rose for Emily,”, and “The Lottery” develop horror/gothic elements.

Willie, the antagonist of the story accidentally makes Bobby overcome his fears and stand up to him. In a way Willie could be a protagonist because he helps Bobby overcome his fears. Willie is a crazy person that doesn't know what he is doing.

In this section, identify and discuss the antagonist (person, group, or force that creates conflict for the protagonist). Explain how the antagonist impedes the protagonist’s goals or creates problems for the protagonist. How is the antagonist a problem for the protagonist?

4.Who is the main character?Identify TWO of their character traits.Give evidence (quote and page number) to support the two traits

The most important element of a short story is Characterization as it drives the story as a whole. Characters involved in a story are responsible for creating different types of conflicts, struggles and tensions which in turn affects resolutions. Characterization is the core element that emphasizes the rest of the four elements as everything else eventually streams from character: plot, setting, theme and the point of view. There are no Conflicts without characters. A story only has meaning as the interaction among develops.

Within this analysis, it is necessary to define the major themes. To give the analysis of the main characters and to define what symbols are used to support the storyline and mood of this short story. Without explaining the literary devices that were used, it would be hard to determine what the story is trying to say.

____3. Your author most likely gives detailed descriptions of the characters in the story. Choose three characters and either a) write three paragraphs b) write three poems, or c) draw three caricatures

2. What is the exposition of the story? Summarize it in your own words and provide an example of the text.

Short story is a favourite form in literature in this modern age. It is a story which can be easily read in a sitting and which a type is of prose fiction or short fiction. It has separated norms for itself. It will give pleasure to the reader. According to Edgar Allan Poe, “Short story is a prose narrative requiring form half an hour to one or two hours in its personal.” (Vasans 68)

The short story is a concise form of narrative prose that is usually simpler and more direct compared to longer works of fiction such as novels. Therefore, because of their short length, short stories rely on many forms of literary devices to convey the idea of a uniform theme seen throughout the script. This theme is illustrated by using characteristics that are developed throughout the story such as, plot, setting and characters. The three main components are developed throughout the story in order to guide the reader to the underlying theme, which is necessary as a short story lacking a theme also lacks meaning or purpose.