Her father had collections of short stories and novels throughout the whole house. ... Jhumpa's first short story collection she put out was Interpreter of Maladies. ... Another short story that shows how Jhumpa Lahiri shows her Indian background in texts is Unaccustomed Earth. ... Only goodness is one of my favorite short stories by her. ... This short story is about a brother and sister who are having family problems. ...

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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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Mother Savage In the short story of Mother Savage by Guy de Maupassant, we learn of what life was like for a widowed mother whose only son goes off to war, the setting taking place in Virelogne, France during the Franco-Prussian war. ... Formally known as Guy de (Henri René Albert) Maupassant, he was a French novelist and short-story writer. He is deemed one of the modern masters of the art of the short story and has influenced practitioners of that genre from his time to the present. ... (http://www.online-literature.com/maupassant/ Literature Network) As is evident with the sho...

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This is the situation Zoe's mother is faced with in the short story The Juggler, written by Ursula Hegi, and in this essay I will take a closer look at Zoe, Zoe's mother (the narrator) and Zoe's lover, the nearly blind Michael. Finally, I will conclude by commenting on the title, as I think it sums up the essence of this short story perfectly. ... All in all, this is a story about coming to terms, about accepting people as they are, even though they are different. ... This is why the short story is titled The Juggler. ... Throughout the story, the juggler is actually showing ...

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A Mothers" Love As I was reading the short stories that you assigned, I was thinking about this essay that I would have to write. I felt that the story "In the Gloaming" by Alice Elliot Dark reminded me of another story that I have read before, it is "The Children Stay" by Alice Munro. In both of these stories a mothers" love is shown; yet it is shown in two very different ways. ... Now in the story "The Children Stay" the mother shows a different kind of love. ... In both stories the mothers show love for their children. ...

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" In the short story "Two Kinds", it is made clear early in the story that the family immigrated to America from China to give their children a shot at the American dream. ... The story begs that in the beginning stages of Jing-meis inevitability to be a child prodigy, that she was, in fact, excited to become the perfect image her mother had made up for her. ... In the end of the short story, the mother returns the piano to Jing-mei for her thirtieth birthday. ... This short story, I believe, was a way for Kincaid to express the norms of which females are held to by society and ...

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This is exemplified in many of Joyce's short stories in Dubliners. ... The short story shows this feeling especially through the Alfred Prufrock-like sense of self pity that the narrator feels. ... The short story of "Eveline" portrays a similar sense of helplessness and the oppression of society and how these can lead someone to want to "flee" away from all of it. Eveline tells the story of a young girl, beaten and abused by her father and brother. She feels an obligation to take on the role her mother once played after her mother passed away, doing the house chores...

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The short story, "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber", focuses on the theme of the misanthropic characterization between the two sexes and the role reversal of husband and wife. This is a story about a rich man's fear when he must confront danger. ... The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber" focuses, among other things, on the misanthropic characterization of the sexes. ... Hemingway, in the story "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber", concentrates on the role reversal of the sexes. ... Over his childhood he was very attached to his mother, Grace Hemingway. ...

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Introduction "Reunion" is a short story written by John Cheever. The story takes places in the 1960's. ... The story reunion tells about a young son who gets disappointed over his father. ... He is the complex character in the story. ... Mother The son lives with his mother. ...

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In short stories, there is always some sort of conflict. The two short stories "It Used to Be Green Once- and "Bambinger- both possess a character vs. character conflict. ... Furthermore, events that occurred within each short story greatly contributed to the character vs. character conflict. ... Lastly, the conflicts in both short stories were resolved with a gain of maturity. ... Hence, in both short stories, the conflict is resolved with a gain of maturity. ...

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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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"Sweetie, would you like to hear a story?... She messed all up, made trouble with her sisters and even to her mother, started to decide for her own, and her pride started to swallow her. ... The way she was as a mother was preferably astounding. ... " And that was her story.... "And I'm glad you do like my story....

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Jamaica Kincaid as the "Girl" Jamaica Kincaid's short story "Girl" is simply a story that involves a mother and daughter in a seemingly one-way conversation. ... The story creates two very distinct characters, a nagging mother and her daughter. ... The story also uses the mother's voice as way to deliver instructions to her daughter in a nagging manner. ... The mother in Kincaid's story seems to be very cautious and protective of her daughter. ... From the examples given, there is an obvious conflict between the mother and daughter in Kincaid's short story "Girl". ...

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The short stories " The Rocking-Horse Winner", "The Lottery", and "War", all focus on sadness that results when children lose their innocence pre-maturely. In the short story "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson, the residents in a small farming village gather each year in the center of town for an annual lottery. ... In the short story "War" by Timothy Findley, a Father enlists in the army and leaves his family to do what is best for his country. The youngest child in the story feels he is being abandoned and feels violated. ... In the short story "The Rocking-Horse winner" by David Herber...

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I had read the short story "Graduation" by Maya Angelou. In this short story, the author Maya Angelou had a similar talent as Ralph. ... The short story, "I Stand Here Ironing", by Tillie Olsen is a symbolic representation of a girl Emily who did not have much attention of her mother as every child gets. ... Her mother was proud to have a girl like her. This short story is portraying the life and regret of a young mother struggling to raise her oldest daughter to whom she could not give her love and time, which she should have given. ...

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This short story provided excellent descpitions of beliefs and betrayal in the characters. ... (O"Conner pg.130-143) I chose this short story because it expressed the common facts of reality. ... My grandfather was the bread maker of my mother's family. ... My mother was probably the first to stop and point this out. ... The short story gave you an idea of how beliefs and betrayal can always take you by surprise. ...

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In Katherine Mansfield's short story "Miss Brill", symbolism is used to bring about a greater understanding of the character, Miss Brill. ... In the story, there is a short passage where Paul's mother comes to realize what Paul has been doing with his rocking horse. ... It was mentioned earlier in the story as a wooden horse, but only as a detail note. ... Paul's mother never showed him any love, so Paul devotes himself to try to win love from his mother. ... The use of symbolism in these short stories carries out different functions the author selected prior to writing his/her ...

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In Gary Gildner's short story "Sleepy Time Gal" the narrator had heard the story from his mother and his father so he combines the two perspectives to make his story more complete and interesting by at the same time adding his own point of view. ... It is really impressive how even though the story was first told by the father to the mother, they make emphasis in different points of the story from the way each one felt it without changing the story and making us notice they both have different points of view. ... The last paragraph of the story were the narrator mentions that they had be...

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Lawrence's short story, Master Paul rides his rocking horse to find "luck". ... His mother watched him with an anxious expression on her face (408-9). ... I think that a major mistake in looking for love and happiness through money is that money and luck are short term. ... The mother, in the short story, gains the winnings of Paul's gambling but loses her son: My God, Hester, you"re eighty-odd thousand to the good, and a poor devil of a son to the bad. ... Lawrence's short story, The Rocking-Horse Winner, is a good representation of how we as people should not go through ...

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His mother was a young bride of only fifteen, who made attempts to leave the small town of Stanley, Nova Scotia but continuously reconciled with her husband and stayed. ... I find this fact to be the most obvious parallel between Nowlan's mother and Ethel (Skipper's mother). ... The most notable difference between the short story and the life of Alden Nowlan is that Nowlan was able to escape the town of his youth. Nowlan's mother, though unable to escape the town, did, however, escape the man. Ethel was not able to escape either situation in the short story. ...

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These are two famous short stories from different female writers that were written in the late 19th century and that illustrate the gender role at that time. ... Kate Chopin exemplifies in the short story her beliefs in the role of women in marriage and feminine identity ("The Story of an Hour" 263). ... Another feminist short story from the 19th century is The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. This story was published in 1892 in the New England Magazine and was considered as Gilman's best work of short fiction ("The Yellow Wallpaper" 277). ... The short story was ...

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EVELINE BY JAMES JOYCE The main figure in this short story is Eveline. ... Ernest, one of her brothers has died and so has her mother. ... The period of time in this short story is one evening. ... The theme of this short story is Eveline's battle between staying home or leaving it. ... Catholicism is present throughout the story. ...

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EVELINE BY JAMES JOYCE The main figure in this short story is Eveline. ... Ernest, one of her brothers has died and so has her mother. ... The period of time in this short story is one evening. ... The theme of this short story is Eveline's battle between staying home or leaving it. ... Catholicism is present throughout the story. ...

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EVELINE BY JAMES JOYCE The main figure in this short story is Eveline. ... Ernest, one of her brothers has died and so has her mother. ... The period of time in this short story is one evening. ... The theme of this short story is Eveline's battle between staying home or leaving it. ... Catholicism is present throughout the story. ...

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Here he found materials to turn into short stories. ... Cable continued to write about the South and published three more collections of short stories until his death on January 21, 1925. ... In his story ""Tite Poulette," Cable introduces Zalli, a quadroon, single mother, and her daughter "Tite Poulette. As one reads this story, it becomes seemingly apparent that mother and daughter are very fond of each other and enjoy each other's company. ... By 1889, Chopin had written four short stories and was in the process of writing her first novel, At Fault. ...

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