Nola Short Story Analysis

In “The Power of a Story,” Nathan Alling Long had lost faith in everything when his dog, Gracie, ran away one afternoon. That day, he scoured the neighborhood for hours and put up signs, but she was gone. On day two, Nathan called his vet and the animal shelter to see if anyone had brought her in, but no luck. On day three, he checked the woods with his friend, Rhea, who said that maybe Gracie was on a great adventure. As a writer, it restored his faith in the power of a story as he remembered that he used to tell people Gracie was half wolf and half dog, which made it easier to believe she was out exploring her wolf side. On day four, he found a nickel which he believed to be a good omen for him and thought Gracie would be back the next day.

Source: CAPPELEN DAMM AS, Oslo 2008 – ''Access to English literature, VG3''. Anthony, Burgess, Mikkelsen & Sørhus. Chapter 1, page 23-24.

In the short story, “Lather and Nothing Else”, the author, Hernando Tellez, creates suspense using a few different techniques. This short story takes place in a revolutionary barber’s shop, where the barber contemplates murdering an executioner by the name of Captain Torres. In order to create suspense, Tellez uses the key elements of limiting information and narrative point of view.

“Compare/contrast Faulkner’s ‘Dry September’ with ‘A rose for Emily’ in terms of writing style and character presentation.”

In the poem, A Story, by Li-Young Lee the complexity of the father’s relationship with his son is highlighted. The shifting point of view along with emotion evoking diction helps to highlight the strength of their relationship along with the rising internal conflict present within the father. The essays provided that answer the prompt each approach the poem in a way to argue the obvious complex and loving relationship that brings together the father and son.

Some of the stories told by O’Brien were a little morbid the way some of the soldiers react to death. Curt Lemmon was killed by a mortar and blown up. O’Brien had to climb a tree to retrieve the remains of Lemmon. One of the soldiers makes a joke about it being a “lemon” tree. After Lemons death a fellow soldier Rat Kiley writes a long letter to Lemmon’s sister to tell her of the bad news. Kiley is very upset that there was never a response from the sister. Another story was told about a baby water buffalo that was tortured and killed after Lemmon’s death in

Choosing industry, and moved to action by the hiring of the guard, Dade apprehends the shoplifter at the climax of the character-driven short story. The woman's repeated quiet confrontation had challenged Dade's desperate inertia, but having taken action, Dade regrets having to turn the destitute woman into the law and lets her go. He walks with her for a few blocks unable to think of how to communicate with her and feeling alone, he walks on by himself.

After reading "A Secret Sorrow," I am left feeling disappointed with the story. I think that the story was well-written as far as structure goes, but I absolutely despise the plot. Love stories with ridiculous plots, such as this one, have never been enjoyable to me, because I can never take anything out of them. You could say that not all stories are meant for enjoyment, but there is not anything about this story to make up for that. There was no lesson to be learned and nothing to think on after reading. Basically, I just feel like this was a pointless read, and I am annoyed that this story had an assignment to go along with it.

Griffin’s story mainly involves specific figures in history, but some stories involve members of her own family interacting with her. This happens due to the fact that during some events mentioned, like Himmler’s participation in the Holocaust, Griffin was not old enough or even alive. Thus she has to use some of her family’s opinions and existence during the time period to show more era-related secrets. For example, both the story with her grandfather and the story with her mother’s mother are technically not her own; however, she uses her role in the stories to interact with the culture at that time. Griffin’s personal story interacts with cultural stories because she effectively manages to connect two or more experiences that seem completely and utterly different while drawing parallels.

Short stories can share themes, motifs, symbols, consequences, and plot lines, even if there is never any intention to share a common element between the stories. The stories can be written close together or in different decades and still be linked to the one another. They can also be worlds apart with different meanings in the end, but that does not stop them from having similar ideas expressed within them. The following three stories, “Lagoon” by Joseph Conrad, “The Rocking Horse Winner” by DH Lawrence, and “The Lady in the Looking Glass” by Virginia Woolf, are three totally different stories that share common threads that make them the stories that they are.

A broken dying man, driven by sorrow and hope, and the father of a lone child, both lost in this apocalyptic world called The Road. The man, or Papa, as he is called in the story by his son, is the main character in The Road. He is a father of a young boy who has been thrust into this new world of carnage and death. The young boy has never known about the world we see all around us. Everything the Papa says is merely a story of a past long forgotten and discarded by most. Everything the boy has known in this current life is summed up in a few words, hope, hunger, and distrust. The Papa is the guide for his son leading and protecting him from the many nightmares that walk the living daylight, and prowl in the sleeping silence of the night.

As a consequence, she decided to send her young daughter, Grace Blanket, to live with her cousin, Moses Graycloud, and his wife, Belle Graycloud, so as to know about the white world. Later, Lila sent her two twin daughters, Sara and Molene to live with Grace and go to school. Molene died due to ''an illness spread by the white men who worked in the railroad'', and Sara became paralyzed (Hogan, Mean Spirit 7). In the early 1900s, each Indian had been given the choice to select any area of land not claimed by the white Americans to farm or sell. After finishing her study, Grace and Sara ''in total ignorance, selected dried-up acreages that no one else wanted. No one guessed that black undercurrents of oil moved beneath that earth's surface''. After being called ''The Barren Land, Grace called it ''The Barron Land'' upon discovering that it was rich with oil (Hogan, Mean Spirit 8). After becoming the richest Osage woman, Grace was murdered by the oil man, John Hale, who sought to control her land. The Grayclouds adopted Nola, Grace's young daughter, who witnessed her mother's murder. Nola suffered for years due to the tragic loss of her mother.

she decided to send her young daughter, Grace Blanket, to live with her cousin, Moses Graycloud, and his wife, Belle Graycloud, so as to know about the white world. Later, Lila sent her two twin daughters, Sara and Molene to live with Grace and go to school. Molene died due to ''an illness spread by the white men who worked in the railroad'', and Sara became paralyzed (Hogan, Mean Spirit 7). In the early 1900s, each Indian had been given the choice to select any area of land not claimed by the white Americans to farm or sell. After finishing her study, Grace and Sara ''in total ignorance, selected dried-up acreages that no one else wanted. No one guessed that black undercurrents of oil moved beneath that earth's surface''. After being called ''The Barren Land, Grace called it ''The Barron Land'' upon discovering that it was rich with oil (Hogan, Mean Spirit 8). After becoming the richest Osage woman, Grace was murdered by the oil man, John Hale, who sought to control her land. The Grayclouds adopted Nola, Grace's young daughter, who witnessed her mother's murder. Nola suffered for years due to the tragic loss of her mother.

On their way to California Marguerite is thinking about all the things she's can do In California but also is a little nervous when she realizes she'll be reunited with her mother .returning to California also makes her think about her rape incident with Mr.Freeman. When they finally arrived and were greeted by her mother ,Marguerite recalls her even more beautiful than before .A month later Bailey Jr arrives and the family settles in Los Angela's temporally .Once a stable home was found in Oakland Momma returned to Stamps where she was needed by Uncle Willie .One night Vivian wakes up the children to take them to a party .An announcement is made that WW2 has began and Marguerite rushes home with fear of being bombed .Marguerite also gains her first real father figure Mr.Clidell .

"Not good, master. The landslide is too severe, we can't push forward any further." A man answered. The rain keeps on pouring, mocking them as they try to search for survivors amidst the sudden squall.