Short Story Page 3

The most striking feature of this short story is the way in which it is told. It is not a story in the classical sense with an introduction, a development of the story and an end, but we just get some time in the life of two people, as if it were just a piece…

A thirty-year-old detective-novelist living in southern California named Tommy Phan is on top if the world. He had just purchased a brand new Corvette and is living his fantasy of living the American dream. On his way home he calls his mother to inform her of his new toy. After feeling guilty about the conversation,…

The “Walking on Water”, by Janette Turner Hospital, explores the connection between fear and foresight. This is accomplished through the lense of a mother, named Gillian, and her teenage son, James, talking about his plan to spend some time living with his aunt and uncle in California while he attends High School there. In the…

The Steel Windpipe because of its mood and the style of the writer. The content is fresh and the theme is clearly depicted through the characters. The plot starts in a moderate manner, with the new doctor browsing through his books. I was about to think about reading another story when the complication pulled me…

Hatchet Hatchet I read the book Hatchet by Gary Paulsen. The book was about a thirteen-year-old boy named Brian Robeson who was stranded in a plane crash. He was out in the Canadian wilderness trying to visit his dad. Brian is left with nothing but his clothing a tattered windbreaker, and the hatchet his mother…

In the story “working at Wendy’s” the author is trying to make a case whereby he is setting aside the pride of someone which is provided in the family. The author is trying to support that argument of pride whereby he recounts the experiences he is seeing from his friends and family members who have…

The scene of where Andy wanted to take off the purple Royals jacket has a huge importance within the story “On The Sidewalk Bleeding” by Evan Hunter, not only does is provide further insight of the significance of the jacket to Andy but it also provides information of what role it plays in the story…

This story that you about to read is about two young teens who had been raised by a drug dealer mom’s, even she was doing bad thing she had been taken care of her two children, but at the end they have to go to a care and separated. Before all those dramas, James was…

Some of the literary techniques Poe uses are repetition of words and italics. Poe uses repetition a lot throughout the short story. For example, “I moved it slowly?very, very slowly, so that I might not disturb the old man’s sleep”(Poe 90). Poe does this because it helps the readers imagine how slowly and carefully he…

It’s a Saturday night and you want to go out for the evening. To do this you need the car, what do you do? Flattery is the way to go: ” Mom, did you lose weight? You look amazing! Is that a new hair color? New outfit? “Your mom is so flattered that when you…