Short Stories Review Essay

Short literary works are confined to the boundaries on length according to their specific genre; they don’t have time for lengthy or slow introductions. William Faulkner’s “A Rose of Emily” (p. 443) begins immediately with a startling statement about Miss Emily’s death. Faulkner creates a first sentence that describes how “our whole town went to her funeral” (1), using of course the first person form of “we” (28, 43, 46, etc…) The narrator is most likely one of the townspeople who represents the…

of women shows how setting can directly relate to the theme of a short story. Plot can also be used as a direct representation of the theme in a short story. Plot is the combination of setting, characters, and the series of events that allow the story to progress. The idea of a unifying event that forces a child into the adult world is identified, by analysis of the plot, as the theme of Alice Munro’s “Royal Beatings”. The story progresses by a series of flashbacks through Rose, the protagonist’s…

door… lay in the bed”(437-8). Generally I can say about the characters, that Faulkner creates in this story, are puzzling, and are revealed throughout miscellaneous stages that are taking place, and through which the reader receives information that show this for them. On the other hand, the other story that is going to be discussed is ‘Dry September’, which as well is a story that keeps the readers’ interest in high levels, due to the interesting plot that it has, and the…

character presentation. There are many characters involved in the story, and Faulkner is presenting information about all of them, in most of the cases he also describes the appearance of them as well; '… a Yankee-a big, dark, ready man with… team of bays from the livery stable';(434). The information that I received can be interconnected and form a point of view for each one of the persons involved. The protagonist in the story is Miss Emily, for whom I have many information. She is aristocratic…

Kandy had a harder time picking out her dress, she was extremely picky. Having to look perfect, Kandy grabbed four dresses and headed off to the dressing room. After trying them all on and modeling them for her friend, she picked out a beautiful short black, spaghetti strapped dress, with a long dark blue see through layer attached. Kandy asked Gary to go to the Homecoming dance with her and he said yes. Homecoming finally arrived, while waiting for the football game to end, and the dance…

lifetime of writing and reveals, through her accounts of her own family history and the places and people she has known, many of the real-life sources for the themes and characters that appear in her fiction. THE RICHER, THE POORER is an anthology of short stories combined with a variety of personal reminiscences and historical sketches, most of which were originally published in periodicals between 1926 and 1987. The collection focuses on African American family life, and the themes of impoverishment, prejudice…

how embarrassed the girls were, he described Queenie as furious and nervous, it wasn't just Queenie that was embarrassed, the other two were also blushing with embarrassment. After the girls left, which now leads us to the depressing part of the story, when Sammy quits his job, hoping the girls would see his courageous deed. Unfortunately, they were not able to see him quit his job, because they walked out furiously. Sammy told Lengel, he didn't have to embarrass the girls in that manner, and…

fought against nature. Another example of conflict in this story is when Rainsford has to fight against General Zaroff, who is an expert at hunting humans on Ship Trap Island. As Rainsford gets challenged by Zaroff, he says, “‘Thank you, I’m a hunter, not a murderer’” (49). This shows an example of another external conflict. But, this one is a man verses man conflict because Rainsford is facing a problem with another character in the story. Therefore, Rainsford faces many situations where he has to…

vehicle expert recognised that they had been left by a transit van. The name Gary popped into mind when he said transit van as he had been known to speed around the local village, and I have arrested him on many occasions. He was a short black haired chubby man who had a distinctive scar down the left side of his face. He always wore jeans that were ripped at the bottom, and he had small brown boots. He was in his middle thirties and was not married. David and I sat…

If there was a list of all the officers in the police in order of usefulness, Mike would have probably come somewhere around the middle. That also meant that he was a useless map-reader. The other man, a short and somehow simultaneously, lanky man slit open an envelope bearing the legend "to be opened upon arrival" and read the contents with his tongue between his teeth. He finished and sighed before burning the papers with a lighter on the roof of the car. He shielded…