The Tail Short Story Theme

In setting out to find the Elk Dog, I already threw my life away." Because the boy had been left to die in the past, now to survive he had to conquer his fear; but he already conquered his fear before starting his journey to find the Elk Dog. The tone of this story is triumph. "But you, grandson, were brave enough to plunge in, and therefore you are chosen to receive a wonderful gift to carry back to your people."The theme of this story is that despite being flawed and rejected, he did not give up; by facing hisfears he was triumphant; this is the theme.Setting, Symbolism and figurative language all help the reader visualize and create the story in there mind. "In the days when people had only dogs to carry their bundles, two orphan children, a boy and his sister, were having a hard time." In the distant past before the introductionof horses, the only pack animals these people had were dogs. The author utilizes the setting to show that this story takes places in a time where these people's resources were limited. "When Long Arrow arrived at last in his village, the people were afraid and hid. They did not recognize him astride his beautiful Elk Dog but took him for a monster, half man, and half animal."

In the story “ Thank you, m’am “, the little boy known as Roger is motivated to get money to buy blue suede shoes. Roger’s emotional needs have gotten him in a situation that motivates him to steel. One of Roger’s major flaws are that he tried to steal a purse to get money for shoes. Roger may have done that because he doesn't have a family and so he resorted to stealing as a way to get money. In conclusion Roger was driven by his flaw in expectation to get his blue suede shoes, and because of the generosity of Mrs. Jones Roger get his blue suede shoes, so her generosity is the

One night a young girl named Lily Foster is left alone for the night in her very large country house, while her parents drove out of town for a party. This was fine with Lily especially since she had her faithful dog, Scout, and her cell phone. Finally, her parents said, ‘’Be safe and don’t go outside.’’ Lily gave them a hug and said, ‘’Of course and have fun!’’ Once her parents drove off in their car, she made herself something to eat and sat down at the kitchen table.

One of the more poignant moments in the story is when the daughter comes to realize her gullibility in believing the family dog had escaped death to live a long happy life on a farm (Barnet 1205). It is important to realize that this "new" little family is taking care of

Once there was this red house at the end of the street. Who lived in there you ask well there is this 17 year old girl and her mom. The girl's name is Z she plays baseball she loved baseball till one day she went blind because when she was walking home with her friends suddenly there are a gang of girls from her school went to go pick a fight with her.

Later that night Amira started singing because singing always makes her feel better. When Amira was singing quietly to herself she imagined her grandma there with her. Soon enough when she finished she noticed how quiet everyone in the auditorium was. Everyone had been listening to her but everyone liked her voice. The people clapped and clapped and cheered her on “Bravo, bravo!”

From chapter 5 in the story it says “A warm puppy tongue caressed my sore foot.” This Shows that he is a hard worker through the fact that his foot is sore from walking so long. This ties back to the theme because he spent so much effort and energy walking all the way to get his dogs. This is the first example of the big theme of the story.

The little girl sat in the hospital bed crying as her doctor left, leaving the door open. She couldn't believe the news, her dreams; ruined. She wouldn't graduate college, she wouldn't get married and have kids, she wouldn't even get to see her little brother do the same thing. Oh, her brother, her little brother is going to be devastated when he hears the news!

It all started with a normal girl. Or as everyone thinks she is normal. Her name is Julie and she has 3 sisters and 2 brothers and of course a mom and dad. One day she asks her mom and dad to take her to the library to look for a science book because she loves science. Then the whole family decides to go because they wanted to get a book too. All of the sudden when they were driving a car comes out of nowhere and smashes into them. BAM!!!!!!!!!!! They were all rushed to the emergency room. After ,the doctor came into Julie's room and had to wake her up from her nap to tell her something important. So as soon as Julie woke up she didn't know where she was, so she asked the doctor where she was.

Both stories had a wide river that the animals had to cross. Also, they both explain why cats and rats are enemies. And, the rat bribed the cat with fish in both. Some of the differences in the story were that in the first one, it was a cat and a rat, and in the second one, it was a cat and a mouse. In the second one, there was

As her mother told her the amazing news, she was going to have another baby, Analeigh was shocked. She just knew better than to let her true feelings show, instead a grin appeared on the twelve year old's face as she told her mom how amazing that was and how excited she was to be a big sister. Because that's what's expected of a Remington. As soon as possible she excused herself before running up to her bedroom and shutting the door quicker then she ever had in the past. She turned on some music, loud but not loud enough to lead anyone coming up to her room just to tell her to turn it down but still loud enough so that no one would hear her cry. Analeigh threw herself on her bed before the tears started streaming and sobs started escaping her

If you were faced with the situation that for everyone of your three newborn children that one person must give up their life, what would you do? In the story 2BR02B writen by Kurt Vonnegut, everything was swell in their world. Death by old age and diseases were problems that were fixed too. Despite this, every time a child was born, a person must volunteer to die. Wehling’s wife just had triplets, meaning three people must die. His grandpa already volunteered, but in the end Wehling ends up killing the hospital’s chief obstetrician Dr. Hitz, a woman in the service named Leora Duncan, and himself. As stated earlier, he did this so all of his kids could survive. The theme of this text would be that family is one of the most important aspects

How do these two stories share a theme? Well, look at the differences between the two stories, first “The Stolen Party” the poor girl was invited to

In the two stories there were differences in the stories like. The Cat got mad at the Rat by doing a selfish thing in Cat

Susie’s mother opened the door to let Molly, Susie’s babysitter, inside. Ten-month old Susie seemed happy to see Molly. Susie then observed her mother put her jacket on and Susie’s face turned from smiling to sad as she realized that her mother was going out. Molly had sat for Susie many times in the past month, and Susie had never reacted like this before. When Susie’s mother returned home, the sitter told her that Susie had cried until she knew that her mother had left and then they had a nice time playing with toys until she heard her mother’s key in the door. Then Susie began crying once again.