First Impression Of Short Stories

I have seen short story collections at garage sales, thrift stores, and bookstores. I have never actually picked one up and read the front or the back covers. Short stories never interested me for the simple fact of their being short. With Bonnie Jo Campbell’s writing in her collection American Salvage I can appreciate a story without the full beginning, middle, and end. Readers will be occupied by Campbell’s use of detail and her depressing story lines with hidden love. Campbell writes realistic stories that will grip your bones. As the reader you might forget how short a story may be because of the way Campbell grabs your attention instantly.

     In contrast to these fairly pessimistic views on love, the author describes an instance in which a couple found true love. Mel tells an anecdote of an old couple that was admitted to the emergency room after a very bad car accident. The two people were wrapped up in full body casts, and as a result they could not see each other. Mel noticed that the old man was very sad, even

Miline, Ira Mark. Short Stories for Student. Presenting Analysis, Context, and Criticism on Commonly Studied Short Stories Volume 8Virtual Reference Library. Detroit, Mich: Gale. Web. 13 Jan. 2010.

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.

The hand and 55 Miles to the Gas Pump were pretty good short stories that kept my mind alert. These stories had great meaning and symbolism behind them. They also illustrated other aspects of life that I haven’t noticed before reading these pieces. In conclusion, there

stories of the tragic effect of a love so strong that it can kill sets the table for the

Modern teens tend to use shortened texts, to communicate and get to the point as fast as possible. Looking at all the short stories given, teens would approach and choose the shorter text to read. The reason is, that the teens are used to seeing short paragraphs, and try to put all the ideas into a small simple text. If the text is too long, the teenage brain will start to wonder around, because it does not grab their attention. The longer the text, the more boring it gets. When seeing a 55 word story, teens will take the 50 seconds to read it. If modern teenagers are told to pick a short story, the shorter one would most likely be their first option.

In conclusion, Bernard and Kamau both do not accomplish in seeking their true love. Their financial complications made them take consideration of the future. Therefore, the standard love is equal to the standard of living. The different attitudes within the protagonists made them have a different reaction when they both lost their wives. The male or female dominated societies bring out people’s personalities and it builds a barrier on seeking true love. Both short stories discuss on how men force the situation of losing

The short story, as with other literary forms, is not defined by its actual parameters. Subject and theme may be as varied as those within full-length novels, just as the author's individual style plays an inevitable role in shaping the work. That said, there is a common element uniting short stories; they usually create impact due to the brevity itself, which authors typically rely on to make a more direct impression. Condensed, the form offers more overt power, and this is evident in how William Faulkner and Edgar Allan Poe employ it to achieve distinctly Gothic effects. “A Rose for Emily” and “The Cask of Amontillado” are very different stories set in very different worlds, and the tone of the narration in each is equally

Short-stories have made a name for itself through the various accomplished publications by initiating emotions, imagination and love between the characters and the reader. As Harold Goddard in The Meaning of Shakespeare stated “The destiny of the world is determined less by the battles that are lost and won than by the stories it loves and believes in.”

how stories are what make this world come to life literally. Which connects directly to short

Short stories are entertaining for the audience and the readers. They are not as lengthy as a regular story, but still as intriguing as a regular story. James Hurst has used short stories to entertain his readers for a long time. James Hurst uses diverse literary elements for every altered book he writes. James Hurst uses figurative language, mood, and plot to describe the theme and entertain his readers in The Scarlet Ibis.

“Fiction has been maligned for centuries as being "false," "untrue," yet good fiction provides more truth about the world, about life, and even about the reader, than can be found in non-fiction,” says Clark Zlotchew, a renowned author. This begs us to question, how do short stories portray relevant issues in society?

But all in all my opinion is that the story features many typical elements and you can definitely call it a short

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.