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In their family home, they were shelter from the outside world, with all their cares and wants taking care by their family. The second part of the story is the brothers dealing with the death of their father. I think symbolized them leaving boyhood and becoming men. As I have said in the beginning this was a traditional coming of age story, but was a slight twist. Rick Moody did a great job of condensing these brothers’ life into one bold short story. The brothers come in this world as newborns, then immature children and teens, then ultimately men. The story was a good one but Moody’s constant repetition seem to be him rambling on about the subject instead of telling us what the story is about. The sentimental portion of his story were quite vivid and were written very well. I wish he had use that same style throughout the story. I could only stand certain parts of the story, because it seems like those parts of his story he did not put much effort into. When he took the time to write the story correctly you feel it while you read it. The parts he seem to give up or not pay special attention too did not fit well into this story. I would really like to read his other stories to see if he uses this same type of writing. I think he has passion for his stories but this particular one was too little hard to

(Beginning sentence).In the passage, it says“And the cat and -Old Billy-ah but the world was a lonely thing. So wide so empty.And so bare, so bitter bare”. This shows that the boy thought the world was so bare and so lonely. Also, it states,“A harsher shriller not struck in as if many other ruder voices; above it flew first sweet music that made him creep closer”. This explains how he was interested in the different types of music. Lastly, it states “Hoarse staccato cries and peals of laughter shook the old hut, and as the boy stood there peering through the black trees, abruptly the door

“A&P” and “Girl” both symbolized the protagonists’ oppression by an older, more experienced generation. However, Kincaid’s “Girl” was artistic with an undercurrent of selfless love and hope while Updike’s “A&P” was uninspiring with selfishness and lust. The protagonist of “Girl” discouraged her daughter’s dreams out of love. The protagonist of “A & P” encouraged the antagonists’ out of a selfish desire for self-promotion.

Ambition—the desire to achieve, will to succeed. Every character is defined by his dreams, his goals, and his passions. As individuals, we are confronted with social codes and implications that cause us to revolt and break free from the grasp of uniformity. Oftentimes dreams and ambitions clash with the unwritten laws of civilization. In Willa Cather’s short fiction “Paul’s Case” and Alice Munro’s “Boys and Girls”, the protagonists challenge expectations and rebel against settings governed by uniformity and gender-specific roles. Paul rejects conformity and the uniformity of Cordelia Street, while the girl resists the gender roles placed upon her by her mother. Despite being placed in two very similar situations, both characters come to

Although “A&P” by John Updike and “Araby” by James Joyce both describe a male’s infatuation with a female, the boys actually have appreciably different levels of infatuation with their girls. In “Araby”, James Joyce writes story about a young man with a deep level of obsession for Mangan’s sister and that obsession driven by his need to garner her attention due to the fact that he had not really spoken to her but feels as if he is truly in love with her; but in “A&P”, Sammy’s driven by a lust and not love towards Queenie. Although they both share failed quests they become fully aware that it was just an infatuation on their part and in the end ad they have nothing to show for their futile attempts to get the girls attention.

Male authors and female authors are very similar and very different. The two authors both have a meaning life story to every novel. Both authors express their feelings and frustrations in their stories. Almost every author has a meaning and significance to their story. The two authors use great detail and understanding of their stories. Male authors typically write about freedom, self-seeking adventures and self-instincts. Meanwhile, female authors write about their struggle of freedom and feeling important. There are more contrasts than there are comparisons in male to female authors. The two authors can be very similar and very dissimilar. There are differences between the style, tones and approaches

Some Boys by Patty Blount covers one of the most controversial topics in today's society: rape. I would be lying if I told you that reading this book was easy, because it isn't. How would you feel if no one believed what you had to say? How would you feel if the person that found you bleeding and unconscious didn't believe you, either? What about your own father? This is what Grace is going through, and her story mirrors the story of thousands of girls today.

I the short story “Boys” by Rick Moody it has a weird and interesting way of telling a story. Almost every sentence starts off with “Boys entered the house”, which is neat. This little segment shows that the narration could be told from a mother view even though the other is male and that there are two brothers. For every time the line is said it seems to resemble the boys actually entering the house from the mothers point of view, but only important areas of their lives because it would be hard to narrate their lives from every moment. Additionally, Moody does another unique way of writing a story by having the story be objective and have a playlist of songs that belong to certain parts of the main characters life. For example, in “Wilkie

In “Boys” the narrator is a mother, it is a monologue done in second person point of view. The character development in this piece is very good. Throughout this story we see these twin boys grow-up. As they grow-up we see more and more how they distinguish between them both and how they mature through family problems. In “Lust” the narrator is a teenage girl,

Some Girl(s) is not told from a first person perspective, but it centers on a writer whose past is an important element in his storytelling. As the reader we never hear the actual stories, but it is clear that they contain many aspects about Guy’s “romantic foibles” (LeBute 76). The crime of which Guy is most guilty is his decision to run away when he wanted to end a relationship instead of engaging in confrontation.

Recent trends in literature heavily rely on crossover between genres. Science fiction is becoming more integrated with young adult novels, and even murder mysteries are starting to incorporate romance. This crossover insures authors that they will be able to reach a broader audience, with the hopes that more people will read their books. Short stories have blended countless genres together for a long time, so it’s not surprising to see a short mystery, or a short romance. Poet James Joyce has recently become just as recognized for his prose, especially when that prose is in the form of a short story. His collection, Dubliners, includes a handful of well-recognized stories that have similar themes run throughout. One of the most famous, Araby, quickly melds between a mystery and a love story, famously ending on a cliffhanger that leads readers to interpret the finale for themselves. Throughout the brief entirety of Araby, James Joyce continues to create an aura of mystery and confusion, even going as far as to end the novel in a cliffhanger. This ambiguity allows for the reader to input their own experiences and ideas into the characters, which leads to the extensive feeling of relatability that most readers have with the little boy.

Little Women or Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy by Louisa May Alcott is a coming-of-age story about four girls with all different personalities and different ways of going through the world. Alcott was persuaded by a talented editor from the Roberts Brothers firm to write a story for girls, and while Alcott was hesitant because she was not the largest fan of girls; she began the task. While this piece was originally geared to satisfy younger girls, the piece goes far beyond the point of just being another piece of “chick lit.”

If we are not reading carefully, it’s easy to move from chapter 27 to 28, simply presume that

He cries when it is shaved but is told it is for the better because the black soot will only ruin it. Tom dreams of thousands of boys sleeping in dark coffins which are opened by an angel. In line 11, the boys are given names which personalize the boys as individuals and rehumanize them for the reader. They are all let free to run and play and cleanse themselves in a river and feel the sun. These images again invoke a sense of childlike innocence that the sweeps were not allowed. We see the boys floating on clouds, playing in green fields, splashing in a river all of which can be equated with heaven and peacefulness. The images of the dream and the reality of the situation are very polarized and help the reader sense the bleak, helpless mood of the poem.

To begin with, the reader has no clue as to whether the main character is a boy or a girl. In my head though, I got the image of a girl. The story is about this girl, who gets her heart broken over and over again, by boys as well as girls (she is bisexual). It’s not really a problem for her, because she