In the short-story, she let her imagination run wild while she is in the bathtub. ... This shows that, in both, the short-story and the movie, she does not feel attracted, at the beginning. ... We do not know much about her past activities, as we get to know some in the short-story. ... All in all, we can see that the movie has several differences in relation to the short-story. ... It also depends on the audience's perspective if they enjoy most the movie or the short story. ...

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There are several incongruous scenes between the short story and the way the movie unfolds. ... There are three main characters in this short story/movie. ... Even the closing speech that Daniel made wasn't told word for word in the short story, but the way it was spoken in the movie seemed to sum up the way it was supposed to be in the short story. ... Her mother and the farmers, who weren't even mentioned in the short story, were there to act as Jabez's conscious. The mother always seemed to appear after something bad happened. ...

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Everyday Use, a short story written by Alice Walker is one of those stories that is considered to be in the canon. ... They tie the story together as a whole and represent much conflict and turmoil between the mother-daughter relationships. ... The mother in the story, Mrs. ... When you read a short story such as Everyday Use you can compare it to everything else that you have read. ... There are great uses of mother-daughter relationships in countless other stories so why is Everyday Use any better those other stories? ...

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His mother had help raising Edward from his paternal great-aunt Marianne Thornton. ... Although his mother is thought to be irresponsible she gave him an awareness of injustice. ... In 1904 the Independent Review published Forster's first short story, "The Story of a Panic". ... Throughout the rest of his life Forster never wrote another novel, however he published several short story and essay collections. ... Another book of his to be published after his death in 1972 was The Life to Come which was a collection of short stories, many involving homosexual themes....

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Maggie: A girl of the streets by Stephen Crane is a short novel about a young girl and the people in her life. Despite its shortness , this book tells many significant themes that its author twist throughout the book. ... Maggie's mother, Mrs. Johnson, is a symbol of hypocrisy in the story. ... She wants to be seen as the perfect mother. ...

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The recent death of her mother sends her on a quest for the ideal family, or anywhere her father, who had shown apathy to both she and her fragile mother, was not. ... The fond memories she possessed of her mother and the harsh ones of her father are reflected in the thoughts and actions of Ellen. ... The novel is written in a short, choppy sentence structure using simple word choice, or diction, in a stream of consciousness to enable the reader to perceive the novel in the rational of an eleven-year-old girl. One short, simple sentence is followed by another , relating each in ...

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His mother often read aloud to the boys. ... Hyde and when he was around seven Stephen began writing horror stories of his own. ... Every now and then he would sell one of his short stories, which brought in some money, but more often brought rejection slips. ... He still managed to produce many short stories and even novels, though none were accepted for publication until 1973. ... Since then he has published countless novels and short stories, over half of which have been made into movies. ...

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The first chapter is called Hands and involves the sad story of Wing Biddlebaum. ... For example, the short moments of embrace shared between him and Elizabeth Willard. ... This happens when George Willard tells his mother that he is going to leave Winesburg. ... His mother senses great strength when she is in his presence. ... Through the use of short tales combined to create a novel, Anderson is able to communicate many themes. ...

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Anne Tyler Well-known contemporary novelist and short story writer, Anne Tyler, was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1941 to Lloyd, an industrial chemist, and Phyllis Tyler, a social worker. ... By the age of seven Tyler had already begun writing stories. ... Most of Tyler's time in Baltimore has been spent raising her two daughters, running her household, and publishing twelve more novels, a children's book, numerous short stories, and several reviews. ... One of her more popular short stories that has given Tyler much attention is "Teenage Wasteland". ... In this story Tyler...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

As the story progresses, Edna "awakens" to the oppressive role she holds in society, and realizes that she is unfulfilled. From this point on in the story, she changes her approach to life. ... She learns that she cannot be "herself" and be a good mother at the same time. ... She feels that taking her own life would be less of a scandal for her children rather than having a mother that rebels against the norms of society. ... After her awakening her life is very short compared to the time that she lives repressed. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Knowing this, she does a beautiful job of taking what were originally meant to be a series of short stories and creating continuity in what became a novel - with one small exception. ... This intentional breaking point is evident also in the shift from story to story, even within the groups of daughters or mothers. ... It gives a purpose to telling the stories of all the mothers and daughters - to explaining how the intricate relationships and interactions that now exist came to be. ... The novel continues with each mother and daughter explaining through their stories what led to their own ...

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Louis on February 8, 1850 to an Irish immigrant father and a French Creole mother (Classicnotes 1). ... Much of the influence for Chopin's work comes from the writing of French short story master Guy de Maupassant. ... In the spring of 1894, Houghton-Mifflin published Chopin's first short story collection, entitled Bayou Folk. ... After a short vacation in the summer of 1899, Chopin wrote less frequently. ... "Ti Demon" was rejected by two publishers and a third collection of short stories was also rejected by Chopin's publisher (Ewell 26). ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Haddon's uses of short, declarative statements effectively enable the audience to understand the relationship between Christopher and truth. ... The short and declarative statement "my mother died two years ago" is an example of Christopher's unconventional emotional detachment, and as Christopher highlights the story of his mother going to hospital with no emotion he merely discusses the likelihood of an aneurysm. ...

• Word Count: 561
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• Grade Level: Graduate

In the short story Powder by Tobias Wolff there is an irrefutable relationship that is quite dissimilar. ... The standard role of father and son has been reversed in this story. ... The development of the father character begins with his son's flashback of being brought to a nightclub against the will of his mother. ... This story becomes so easy for many of us to relate to. ... This story becomes a timeless transcript modern day family life. ...

• Word Count: 657
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• Grade Level: High School

In the short story Powder by Tobias Wolff there is an irrefutable relationship that is quite dissimilar. ... The standard role of father and son has been reversed in this story. ... The development of the father character begins with his son's flashback of being brought to a nightclub against the will of his mother. ... This story becomes so easy for many of us to relate to. ... This story becomes a timeless transcript modern day family life. ...

• Word Count: 657
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• Grade Level: High School

Laurence is a well-known Canadian novelist and short story writer. ... The Diviners is a story of Morag's life, told in chronologically arranged flashbacks and events in her present. ... At that time it was very hard to be a single mother and an unmarried woman. ... Laurence's mother died when she was four, nearly the same age when Morag's parents died. ... Laurence was raised by her aunt, who married her father one year after Laurence's mother had died. ...

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Perhaps, one of her most notable works is the short story Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been? "The material for Oates's writing comes from everywhere [and] her characters are admittedly composites of real people" (3: 120) this statement could not be more true when you consider the origin of the short story "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?" The story is roughly based on a true story of a young killer in Arizona. ... She also claims Connie's" mother was always nagging her with comments such as "why don't you keep your room clean like your sister? ... It also s...

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Some of Vonnegut's short stories reflected on his life as a young adult, as well. most of his short stories and essays are now collected into one book called, "Welcome to the Monkey House". ... Since then, Vonnegut has gone on to write many more novels and a countless amount of short stories. ... Since then three other movies have come out based on Kurt Vonnegut's novels and several short tv programs have been dedicated to his short stories. ... This affected many things in "Slaughter House Five" along with other short stories that he wrote. ... He expresses his thoughts on life...

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• Grade Level: High School

He did however have a very good relationship with his mother (Morrill, J.D. ... He attended New York University for a short period of time where he "didn't apply himself." ... Burnett recognized Salinger's talent and ran a story by him, "The Young Folks" in Story Magazine. ... The first of his short stories appeared in several well-known magazines. He was inspired to write by his short story writing professor as well as events from his own life (Jerome). ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Choose a novel or a short story in which a character gains your sympathy because of the situation and how the character deals with it. ... In the prologue, the young boy's mother is undergoing surgery. ... He can tell that his mother has changed but doesn't know the reasons for it. ... Before his mother died, Robbie began to take an interest in the violin. ... Even when his mother flinches with pain 'he was not fretting. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

In short stories, language is particularly notable because the decision to include each word is likely scrutinized by the author. This is particularly the case in Hemingway's short story because of his creation of the literary style called, "The Iceberg Theory". ... The phrase, "like white elephants" is used in the short story five times. ... The short story introduces the two people as "The American and the girl with him," which leaves a very vague understanding of how they know each other or why they are together (Hemingway 1). ... This theory can be suppor...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

He felt he would have much to write about especially since he had a close relationship with his mother and older brother Benjamin. ... By 1908, his mother and father had taken up separate residences, and Wolfe began to live with the former in her boarding house, an arrangement that provided him with ample future literary material. ... In Look Homeward, Angel Thomas Wolfe's brother Ben is portrayed as a loner who hides his love for his youngest brother behind a mask of short temperedness and sarcastic denial. ... After Thomas Wolfe...

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The author Gabriel Garcia Marquez uses satire throughout many of his novels and short stories. Two examples of his use of satire are in the novel Chronicle of a Death Foretold as well as the short story Monteil's Widow. ... Since she deceitfully convinces Santiago's mother that he is upstairs, causing her to lock him out. ... If someone insults you verbally, you reply with a statement about that person's mother. ... These are just a few examples of how Marquez's stories can relate to us today....

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Paul, Minnesota to father Edward Fitzgerald, and mother Mary (Mollie) McQuillan. ... Following this, Fitzgerald assumed his career writing short stories for magazines. ... In its tryout in November of 1923 it failed and Fitzgerald was back to writing short stories to get out of debt. ... He put his novel writing on hold and wrote short stories to pay for the psychiatric help for Zelda. ... When his contract was up, he made his money writing free-lance short stories and scripts. ...

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James Baldwin is considered one of the most important African American writer of novels, poetry, short stories and essays, as well as a civil right activist. ... Due to his mother's inaccessibility and his stepfather's stern and remote manner, Baldwin felt isolated and retreated into the world of literature. ... The short story "Sonny's Blues" is considered one of Baldwin's amazing works. ... Sonny is a main character in this story. ... In the short story, the author uses the images of light and darkness to illustrate the theme of man's painful quest for an i...

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