The Winchester brothers crept down into the dark alley, their firearms close to their chest as their eyes darted to and fro the place. A dark figure leaned back against the tree, the dark brown curls tainted with blood, her eyes dull as she was holding the bleeding gash on her stomach. Dean rushed over, placing a hand on her shoulder. “What happened?” he asked. Before she could respond, he was hauled away aggressively, plunging to the ground. He turned over to the beast, it’s long canine teeth at
The short story “Happy Ending” is an example of fiction which provides great storytelling. The short story gives six different versions on how and what happy endings mean .First I will compare several versions of each plot. Then I will discuss how these plots have an effect on the couples. Finally I’ll address the how’s and why’s we define happy endings. With different versions comes with great beginnings and end with the same ending. You have the same characters shown in several different scenarios
Critical Analysis: A Life Worth Ending Within the article "A Life Worth Ending" Michael Wolff recounts the events of his ill mother at her final stage of life. Along with his own battle with a flawed healthcare system. Wolff Brilliantly intertwines literary elements with the use of characterization and his first point of view to tell his story. In his use of characterization, he descriptively talks about the different states his mother undergoes in her illness and the surrounding events and emotions
the writers of the novel and short story deal with the ending in relation to the whole. In your answer you should refer to two or three novels or short stories you have studied. The end of a short story is as important as the start. Some short stories end abruptly, leaving it open for the readers to interpret while others have a moral. In the short story Holiday by Rabindranath Tagore the end is interlinked to the title, ‘Holiday’. In face after reading the story we finally understand why it
“A Happy Ending” By: Zach Douglas and Mosses Hufford-Bucklin A Soldier's Heart Fanfiction ©Gary Paulsen- Owner of all rights to the original story- No profit will be made from this work. On the train ride home it was dead silent. It seemed as if no one knew where they were going to. I didn't really even think about what I would be doing after the war and where I would be going, till now. I think I will just be going back home to my mom and go see my brother wherever he is. I want
Edgar Allen Poe, an American writer, was known as a poet and critic but was most famous as a master of short stories, particularly tales of the mysterious and the macabre. Some would claim may claim that Poe was the greatest author, or that Poe’s use of symbolism is the best while others would contend that he is overrated. However despite such controversy his works have continued to be popular and many American and European writers have declared that his use of symbolism, imagery and foreshadowing
People often say that short stories are incomplete, completely vague and leave the reader wondering. So if the author gives the reader an incomplete ending, will the reader ever know what truly happened to the characters? Most likely the answer is no. The reader never finds out what the author`s intended ending will be. Writers like to leave the reader wondering. It 's a part of what makes the story more interesting and fun. The authors themselves leave the reader to imagine what might happen next
Short story, according to dictionaries is a work of fiction that is shorter than a novel, is a great art. It has plenty of definitions. The first definition is that "short piece of fiction aiming at unity of characterization, theme and effect". Fiction is a style of writing depending on imagined events and characters. The modern short story authors concentrate on the real life that means they tend to focus on the less impressive aspects of life but on the significance behind what is seems to be
The story “Will You Please Be Quiet, Please?” by Raymond Carver and the story “Lawns” by Mona Simpson share some similarities. These similarities are not ones found in the context of the story, but in the element of craft. In “Wonderbook” by Jeff Vandermeer, it gives the readers an “illustrated guide to creating imaginative fiction”. This book helped to distinguish some of the similarities that both short stories shared. The stories share resemblances of craft in their beginning, their plot or problem
but different endings. Which one do I like? The short story, as the original source, provides much of the background that would lead to its ending. However, the movie, an extended version, and facts pulled from Camus’ life, provides a similar background, with a multiple ending situations. The film version provides us more details about the two men’s lives, that the story could not, and we see the expansion of their possible friendship before their departed ways. In short, the short story and the movie