One dreary, winter night, some birds manage to get inside the children's bedroom and deliberately attack them. ... That night the birds find a way into the children's bedroom where they are attacked viciously and had Nat not stepped in, the children would have been killed by the birds. ... The next morning Nat goes down to the farm to see if anyone else had had trouble during the night. ... The previous night had been a turn of the tide for mankind. ... The BBC declared a National Emergency and stopped broadcasting for the night. ...

• Word Count: 4405
• Approx Pages: 18
• Grade Level: High School

One dreary, winter night, some birds manage to get inside the children's bedroom and deliberately attack them. ... That night the birds find a way into the children's bedroom where they are attacked viciously and had Nat not stepped in, the children would have been killed by the birds. ... The next morning Nat goes down to the farm to see if anyone else had had trouble during the night. ... The previous night had been a turn of the tide for mankind. ... The BBC declared a National Emergency and stopped broadcasting for the night. ...

• Word Count: 4431
• Approx Pages: 18
• Grade Level: High School

Along the way he will spend the night at the home of the narrator and his wife. ... "This blind man, an old friend of my wife's, he was on his way to spend the night," announces the narrator conversationally in the first line of the story. ... Summary The narrator, or storyteller, of Raymond Carver's short story "Cathedral" opens by saying, "This blind man, an old friend of my wife's, he was on his way to spend the night." ...

• Word Count: 11148
• Approx Pages: 45
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Introduction Raymond Carver is said to be one of the most influential American short-story writer and poet in the second half of 20th century, a major force in the revival of the short story in the 1980s (Kennedy, X. J. and Gioia, Dana, 2005). In this essay, we aim to analyze the main characteristics of short story which can be found and applied in Carver's well-known short story Cathedral. The short story Cathedral was included in Best American Short Stories, 1982. It is the final story in Carver's collection Cathedral published in 1983. ...

• Word Count: 3978
• Approx Pages: 16
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Lion (1987) is a novel which takes place in Toronto in the years following the First World War. Ondaatje's next novel, 1992's The English Patient, won the Governor General's Award and the Booker Prize, and was made into an award-winning film. In The Skin Of A Lion is a love story and an irresistib...

• Word Count: 3985
• Approx Pages: 16
• Grade Level: High School

Being from Canada and coming down to the South, I honestly didn't know what to expect. You hear stories about how bad racism is and the rich history the South has. As soon as I got down here I could already tell that it was going to be a lot different. Racism is everywhere I go down here and I can't...

• Word Count: 2519
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

(4282 words) I have chosen to research and write my Extended Essay on Edgar Allan Poe and his portrayal of perversion, which is present in every human's heart. I read many of his short stories and realized that his mysterious style of writing greatly appealed to me. I have watched movies that were created from his textual creations, read his poems, and his stories. Though often referred to as a psychopath I believe that Edgar Allan Poe is a genius in his own right, and has written more reliable products analyzing the human psyche than was possible for anybody in his time, perhaps e...

• Word Count: 4324
• Approx Pages: 17
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Introduction In this world of plurality and polivocality, it has become a challenge for both educators and learners to negotiate their voices and opinions on a number of things the way that they should move forward and hence give the pedagogy a go, keeping the tunnel open for any sort of heightened ...

• Word Count: 2530
• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Hawthorne's Portrayal of Puritanical Hypocrisy Throughout time, there have been many great American novelists and short story writers. To some, Nathaniel Hawthorne has earned both of these titles. From writing several successful novels, and many short stories, Hawthorne has introduced the way of...

• Word Count: 3188
• Approx Pages: 13
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School