The World 's Greatest Short Stories

There are several similar themes occur in these different short stories. They may be put differently but speak or address the same thing. This shows how prevalent such an issue is in the society. In the case of this paper, I wish to use the story of 12 angry men, Good Country People and The Shooting an Elephant. In these three short stories, various themes that are common come up. These themes include the theme of death, theme of identity and the subject of love.

When reading a book, the reader is always trying to figure out the theme of the story. Is it love? Is it death? Every writer puts a different theme in their stories. Some themes relate to each other. However, there are some that are a bit different. A theme is the subject of a talk, a piece of writing, a person's thoughts, or an exhibition. In other words, the theme is considered the topic of the story. In this essay, I will talk about the themes in three of the stories this trimester. I will then compare each one of them to each other.

There are various stories that include suspense, but none like these two unpredictable short stories. In the short stories “The Gift of the Magi” by O’Henry, and “The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant, the characters share many similarities dealing with sacrifice. Both include unforeseen surprises and miscalculations. Both stories deal with young poor couples who face certain trials, and are surprised by an unexpected, ironic twist at the end of the stories. While the stories have some contradicting feelings, they both include unattainable trials and mistakes. The two stories both include love, sacrifice, and hard work.

Two months later on a Saturday morning, Charlie threw a dish rag over her shoulder and answered the knock at her door.

Jon was moving his room upstairs. Sure, it would be a smaller room, but still. He couldn’t deal with the two alphas in this house. Mainly when they were in rut, the grinding and growling from the two downstairs was distracting when he was trying to practice his violin, and not feeling weird and rutting against his own pillows, confused as he acted like he was in his heat with no other signs of being in heat. (-- removed HTML --)

Sweeter words, Carl Dupont had never heard, and when Cassidy screamed and lunged out of her chair, the man didn't move an inch or bat an eyelid. Instead, he remained motionless, with a smirk pasted across his features, and cold blue eyes following his victim as the bailiff's dragged her away. He'd warned her not to testify and, in the end, his Lawyer had come through. An improper search meant all physical evidence had been ruled inadmissible and without that, Cassidy's testimony was useless. There'd be no re-trial, Carl was a free man.

Freeing myself from his embrace, I asked, "What if I say I don’t want to work for you?" He laughed and muttered, "Then you don’t. I remember how often you asked me to release you from your contract. I thought I should honor your wishes. C’mon. Let eat."

“Good Afternoon passengers. I am your captain on this mighty ship. I hope you are ready for a great week,” The captain said as they started to move. The Amidski’s are on a cruise to Trieste, Italy from New York City. Most cruises don’t go to Italy and so they got a big discount to a great destination. Violet, the oldest at 10, Billy the only boy, Molly the energetic one, and Nora they youngest, are on the vacation with their Mom.

I woke up the next day to the sound of walkers banging on the door. I was still kinda sleepy but immediately jumped to my feet and grabbed a knife. I grabbed my bag with a little food and water and barged through the door. Walkers snarled and snapped at me but i was too quick for them. I ran through the woods and only stopped when I was on a road. Far in the distance I saw a town that filled me with hope, and I started walking to it. I started clearing houses,but as I did I grew more and more tired. My cuts bled more and moreso I had to stop. It’s funny how hope can come and go so easily. I set up camp in the road. It wasn’t nighttime but I was exhausted. I made a small fire and sat there. Staring out at the horizon and feeling like shit. I still wasn’t going to give up on Rick, Carl, and Judith. They were tough and wouldn’t die so easily. So, I decided neither would I. I got up and angrily destroyed my camp. I got my knife and supplies and started running down the road.

On a bright sunny day in the middle of summer, I woke up wrapped in my warm fluffy blanket with a dog. With my mom saying, “Austin wake up your cousin will be coming visiting us.”

Mrs. Johnson awoke up to the sound of birds as the sun shone in her window. Today will be a great day, she thought. She made a big breakfast for her husband, Mr. Johnson, and then after that she went for the door. “Don’t forget your Hershey's!” Mr. Johnson exclaimed. “Oh, thank you,” she replied as she grabbed them. As she walked out the door she felt a cool autumn breeze. She smiled to everyone she passed, and even helped an old lady cross the street. When she got to her bus, she gave up her seat to many other people. When she finally got to her stop, she thanked the bus driver and paid him a big tip. She walked off of the bus and saw a child crying on a picnic bench. She walked up to him and asked him what was wrong. He told her, “I lost my momma in all of these people and I can’t find her.” Mrs. Johnson took the boy to the police station and stayed with him as they waited until his mom came in. “Thank you, thank you for taking my son here.” The mother said relieved to Mrs. Johnson. “Oh, your welcome!” Mrs. Johnson told her.

“Say cheese girls!” her mother sang as they squeezed in close before the flash solidified the moment for eternity.

“My sister is dead!” I said, yelling it out towards my dad, “I never even gotten a chance to met her why did you keep this from me, She dead and it all your fault she died because of you”” I hate you, leave me and my mother alone we never want to see you again or that women who has ruined our lives and cause emotional damage to my mother”

Walking home from school on her last day of school for the year, Avalon thought about all the people she had told she’d hang out with over the summer, but in reality, she’d see them once school started back up and lie to their faces, claiming she was sick or too busy with other activities to hang out; it happened every year, but this year she didn’t feel bad about knowing she wouldn’t hang out with anybody from school. As she made her way past the golf course, she subconsciously picked up her pace, thinking back to the day she almost drowned, and how today was the last day she’d be wasting in the search to find her mother. Her bags were all packed, and her mom had agreed to let her go to “Dr. Dinglers Summer Camp”. She would be dropped off at the hospital tomorrow morning and then her mom would sign some papers and leave, allowing Emily and Takoda to pick her up and take her to Atlantis.

“Ugh, go away!”,yelled Sarah to her little brother. Wait you don't know who these people are, well then let me introduce them to you.This story is about a little family who lived in a small house in New York City. This family consisted of the mom, the dad, Sarah the big sister who we were just talking about, and Sammy the little brother which we were also talking about. Anyway, Sarah is a sixteen-year-old girl who loves music, talking to her friends, and being on social media. Sammy, on the other hand, is a seven-year-old boy who loves magic, talking to his sister, and socializing with everyone around him. As I said Sammy loves talking to his sister and this is where the problem of the story comes in.