... why by Sherwood Anderson, The Rocking Horse Winner by D.H. Lawrence, The Grave by Katherine Mansfield and My Son The Fanatic Hanif Kureishi. These short stories are all associated through the theme of childhood and youth and can be comparatively and contrastively discussed by using this theme as well as different ... fazade of his religion and culture they could hardly condemn the boy for his devotions'. The fictional element of irony is useful within this short story as it helps to portray to the reader Ali's sense of isolation as well as rigid fundamentalism. This can be seen in the ....

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... in number than the other two regions. While I wanted to stick to my own list, some of my students were in favour of including short stories from other regions such as South Asia, Africa, Latin America and Caribbean Islands, being prone to embrace the works from periphery. The ... very rewarding. Another confrontation I faced with my students was the selection of topics for term final papers. Once again, as is the case with short story selection, I came up with my own selection of topics that they found exclusionary. In my effort to find a middle ground, I called for at ... students is ...

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... Elders by Austin Clarke is about West Indians and the complications they face when separated from their native land and culture. Clarke assembles eight short stories each having unique characters and plots that tell about different aspects of the lives of immigrants in Toronto. Most of the stories are ... after the passing of his mother. Similarly we see how age difference contributes to the separation of family in book There are No Elders. In the short story entitled "They"re not Coming Back" the mother, named Claudette, is a single parent of two daughters. One day when the children arri...

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• Grade Level: High School