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    Stories are written to give a moral lesson for its readers and the best way to bring a moral message is to choose the right themes for your writing. In the stories “The Ingrate” and “Albert and Esene” we can feel how authors want to convey their readers in problems main characters are facing in their lives. “The Ingrate” is about African American slave who was raised by white, intelligent and rich family. “Albert and Esene” is describing a good relationship between a husband and a wife. However,

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    In the following short stories “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins and “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin they target just how women were viewed. These two stories show similarities, but also contrast in some ways such as the fact that both women were controlled by domineering husbands, both express their freedom, both are from a feminist point of view, however they have different life changes. First comparison and the most obvious view from these stories is that both women were

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    struggle when they face the tragic loss of their children. In their short stories, Mukherjee and Lahiri both incorporate the journey of grief a mother faces, however both texts offer a vast difference surrounding each woman’s attitudes toward losing children. While Mukherjee’s “The Management of Grief” and Lahiri’s “Interpreter of Maladies” both highlight the overwhelming grief that surrounds the loss of children, Mukherjee’s story allows the interpretation of a protagonist holding onto hope, and finding

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    and the story “Flowers for Algernon” written by Daniel Keyes, the main character,Charlie Gordon, is an adult man who has a mental disability. He doesn't feel like he is smart enough to fit in ,so he gets brain surgery to make him three times smarter. But the operation makes him too smart and he ends up not fitting in. Eventually, the operation wears off and he end up still being mentally disabled. The movie Charly , changes the point of view, characterization, and foreshadowing of the story, “Flowers

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    Kate Chopin and Saki are both dramatic authors in these two short stories. “The Interlopers” by Saki, and “The Story of an Hour” by Chopin, are two different stories with only the dramatic ending as a similarity. In this compare and contrast essay, you will be able to clearly see their differences in character, and climax with their ending tying them together. Mrs. Mallard from “The Story of an Hour”, is very different from Ulrich and Georg from “The Interlopers”. Mrs. Mallard is a feeble, old

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    “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin and “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman are both 19th century progressive short stories. Both of the stories tell the story of women trapped by the control of their husbands, and the adverse effects that are wrought upon them because of this bondage. In the late 1800s to early 1900s, women faced sexism brought upon them by their spouses and society. Kate Chopin and Charlotte Perkins Gilman used their stories to promote social change by emphasizing

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    Comparing the Use of Images in The Other Wife and The Story of an Hour The Other Wife and The Story of an Hour are two short stories both seemingly similar and contrasting in different ways. In Chopin’s story we see that Louise Mallard reveals her ironically natural feeling of joy and freedom following the news of her husband’s death. Louise’s sensation of freedom is conveyed through the use of vivid natural images and color. While in Colette’s story the two female protagonists contrastingly

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    When we compare contrast the two stories "The Yellow Wallpaper" vs. "The Story of an Hour”. If we first look at the similarities that they have, they are both about women who are controlled by their husbands, and who desired freedom. But both women had different reasons for their freedom. It sounds as though both husbands had control over their lives and both women had an illness. But I don’t believe the husbands knew their wives were so miserable. So as we look at the lives of women back in the

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    The short stories “The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin and The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman are full of similarities in content, especially in the portrayal of certain themes and images. One of the most prominent images is shown in the protagonists’ desire for freedom from their marriages. Both stories, however, contain fluid images that contribute to the understanding of that message in each story. Nevertheless, “The Story of an Hour” provides a richer display of images that accentuates

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    The Stories Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creek and “The Guest” by “Uma Krishnaswami” both share a similar theme, Don’t judge a person by the way they look. Both of these stories show this theme throughout the both stories. Even though they share the same theme they show it in different ways. In Walk Two Moons the character the theme develops through the characters thoughts and actions. Sal the main character of the story meet a woman named Margaret Cadaver who had wild red hair, had a creepy voice

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