...Finally (adverb modifier), due to overcoming the burden cancer has brought on the protagonist and his family, they have converted their lives from sorrow into peace and acceptance. In Ron Rindo’s short story “Learning to Drive”, the protagonist and his family travel through the passage of time withstanding the struggles life brings them, and from experiencing the stages of grief they learn to move on and reach acceptance. The protagonist and his family are grieving (gerund) due to his downward battle with cancer causing them to spiral into the stages of grief. The first stage being denial, is displayed most prominently by Sarah and Elaine in which Sarah cannot accept her father’s situation as she elucidates with her inappropriate gifts. Elaine...
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...The Arena The short story ”The Arena”, written in 2008 by Martin Golan, circles around an unnamed protagonist and narrator, who is driving his son to the Arena, where he is to make his bus for the lacrosse trip. The themes of the story involve the strong bond between child and parent, escaping ones past and self-acknowledgement. The assignment partly focuses on the way the story is structured and on the use of contrasts as well as an interpretation and analysis of the story. “The Arena” is written with a special focus on the protagonist, who is the father of two children, one with his current wife, and one who suffered an early death with his last wife. It takes place in the suburbs of New Jersey and the protagonist has been living there for some time. The story is of little dialogue as the story wanders and dwells in the mind of the protagonist, as an inner dialogue of questioning his self-realization: “… the smell of toast, of longing itself, or is it of memory?”. In the start of the story, he describes a Arena in town, in which he is going to with his son: “It’s a circular, roughly built structure of steel and cinder block that houses an ice-skating rink… I could never relax… The Arena somehow manages to be too cold and too hot at the same time….”. He seems quite discomforted and ambivalent by the surroundings of the Arena, which is somehow connected to his past. The drive he and his son is on to the Arena starts out early in the morning, and as the story proceeds, the...
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...Ghosts by Naomi Wood The short story by Naomi Wood was written in 2012, and is about Pia, who is a middle-aged woman and the day where the short story takes place, is her 40th birthday. In this story we meet Pia, her partner Daniel and random people from the streets and of course Pia is our main character. The short story starts in the middle of Pia’s day, she just finished working and she is about to leave the car park at work. She is on her way home, where her partner Daniel waits to take her to a restaurant to celebrate her birthday, but on her way home she is reflecting over what it means to turn 40. The short story is told in a chronological order, but with flash back-like situations “Giving in, she ghosted back through memory. She drank the coffee, ate the omelette, took down the laundry...”. What’s most important is the middle and the ending of the short story, how Pia starts by thinking that turning forty will only be the first of many depressing situations, but actually comes to the conclusion that it is only as depressing as you make it. It is kind of an open ending where the author puts in a line saying “Time waits for no man” which sums up on every reflections Pia had during her drive home. The atmosphere of the story is to begin with really tense and dim because of how Pia feels about herself. Turning 40 should be something to celebrate but for Pia it is the same as starting digging your own grave. When she hears the news of the neutrinos she “…wondered...
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...Grove In the short story ”Grove”, there is written by Erin Brooks Worley, we read about a first-person-narrator, that is a girl. She has some confrontations with a guy and his parents. The story takes place in Florida, in a town called Frostproof. Here lives the guy, but the author never mention his name. It is always I, he and she in the story. Here he lives nearby his parents. We also do not know the names of the parents. The guy has a strange relationship to a girl, there is the first-person-narrator. First you think, she is his girlfriend, but then she says in the text: “I never asked him to leave his wife”, and later in the text the first-person-narrator says: “He likes kids, I say. And his wife can’t have them”. Therefore, they are trying to have a kid, because his wife cannot make kids, so I think that they do not have a relationship to each other. The guy’s mother seems not to like the first-person-narrator, but he’s father like her. The girl seems very insecure; while she is apologizing a lot, and the guy says that, she has to stop apologize so much. The girl is also an alcoholic, and one night she sneaks out on the bathroom, where she is hiding some whiskey in a shampoo bottle. She is trying to conceal, that she has a drinking problem, but the guy knows that she is a alcoholic. He get also very upset, when she hides liquor in his parents bathroom. One day when the girl are alone with the guy’s mother in the living room, the mother says to the girl, that she...
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...Presentations: Some of you will be chosen to present your topic in front of class (5 minutes). You must provide the rest of class with useful notes about your topic: Google Drive: 2xEn Rediger EVIL “The Lottery, NOTES”. TASKS: 1. Analyze and interpret the following quotes from “The Lottery” a. “Mr. Summers spoke frequently to the villagers about making a new box, but no one liked to upset even as much tradition as was represented by the black box” (p. 2) b. “Lottery in June, corn be heavy soon” (p. 4) c. “Although the villagers had forgotten the ritual and lost the original black box, they still remembered to use stones” (p. 6) 2. Themes – what are the central themes in “The Lottery” and why? Your arguments must be well documented. 3. Symbolism – find important symbols (like the title, names of characters etc) in the short story and interpret them. Support your arguments with examples from the text. 4. Foreshadowing – how is the violent ending foreshadowed in the short story? Give examples from the short story. 5. Suspense – how does Shirley Jackson build suspense in the short story? Support your arguments with examples from the short story 6. Response to the short story and interpretations of “The Lottery” a. Go online and find out why response to the short story was extremely negative and why outraged readers canceled subscriptions and sent hate mail to the author and the magazine The New Yorker throughout 1948. Visit this...
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...The short story “Harrison Bergeron” is about a dystopian society in the year 2084. The short story revolves around the lives of George Bergeron, his wife Hazel Bergeron, and their rebellious son, Harrison Bergeron. There are many literary lenses that one can use to interpret this short story, one in particular is the psychoanalytic lens. By reading a story through a psychoanalytic lens, a person uses the work of Sigmund Freud’s theories of psychology to interpret the text they are reading. Through the psychoanalytic lens, the reader is able to compare the characters of Harrison Bergeron to parts of a person’s personality, for example, Harrison Bergeron can be compared to the Id, George can be compared to the ego, and the Handicapper general can be compared to the Superego. The Id runs on the pleasure principle whose goal is to increase pleasure and decrease pain, like the Id, Harrison’s goal is to break free of the handicaps that he is forced to wear in order to increase the quality of his life. The Id is the basic storehouse for human’s basic needs and drives. Harrison contains such an incredibly strong drive that it causes him to make irrational decisions. One can say that Harrison even suffers from cathexis because of his obsession with rebellion. Similar to the Id, Harrison does not learn from its mistakes. When Harrison...
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...The story The Journey to the brothers’ farm is a short story written by the British author Pippa Gough. The short story is from Once Upon a Time There Was a Traveller. The Journey to the brothers’ farm tells the story of a woman named Annelie Louw who runs Louw Stores on her own since her husband, Vernon Louw, died three years ago. Every Monday she drives to Tweekopfontein to stock up on good for the store from Van Riebeck Wholesalers. Her journey takes her past the turn-off to Veldplatt, the Krugers’ farm. During her car journey she gets flashbacks of her childhood, when she used to live at Bloumeer Farm, the farm closest to the Krugers’ Farm. On her way to the Tweekopfontein a figure grabs her attention. On the ground lays one of her good childhood friends, Thabo, injured. He tells her about the accident that took place last night at the Krugers’ Farm and drives off to the farm. She finds two of the Krugers’ brothers dead and the third, Hendriks, lying on a path. She pointes the gun at him and tell him about his brothers death and he kills himself. The main character in the short story is Annelie Louw. She is a woman in her late thirties perhaps. In the begging of the story she is a seven years old girl and in the present time it is 30 years later. She was married to man who died three years ago. She owns a store and is doing the job on her own. Throughout the story we learn to know her better. We learn about her past and her present. Her actions prove to the reader...
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...literature in his short story “Under the Lion’s Paw”, published in 1889. In this short story, many of Dr. Stephen doCarmo’s characteristics of Naturalism are visible. Dr. doCarmo describes three broad characteristics of Naturalism: individuals are subjected to larger uncontainable forces, political undertones are prevalent within the work, and the subject matter of the work appeals to the middle-class. “Under the Lion’s Paw” possesses all three of these characteristics and radiates naturalism. Dr. doCarmo’s first and most important characteristic of a naturalist work, as well as what he refers to as Naturalism’s central belief, is that “individual human beings are at the mercy of uncontrollable larger forces that originate both inside and outside them” (doCarmo). Mr. Haskins is subjected to a larger force in the environment, “He’s been eat up ’n’ drove out by grasshoppers” (Garland 755). This environmental catastrophe diminishes Mr. Haskins livelihood and leads to another uncontrollable force as described by doCarmo: “‘animal’ drives, such as the need for food, sex, shelter” (doCarmo). Garland also acknowledges these “animal” drives: “There is no despair so deep as the despair of a homeless man or woman. To roam the roads of the country or the streets of the city, to feel there is no rood of ground on which the feet can rest, to halt weary and hungry outside lighted windows and hear laughter and song within—these are the hungers and rebellions that drive men to crime and...
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...In the short stories, Hop-Frog, by Edgar Allan Poe, and Killings, by Andre Dubus, the theme of revenge is dominant. Hop-Frog and his friend, Trippetta, are outcasts of the society and is quite often the butt of the King’s temper and jokes in the story Hop-Frog. After many years of this, Hop-Frog grows angry and seeks revenge. Similar to the story Hop-Frog, the main characters of Killings are rancorous people who seek revenge on the one who did wrong by them. In the short stories Hop-Frog and Killings, the characters’ need for revenge fuels them to stray from their normal thoughts and actions. The story Hop-Frog depicts a court jester named Hop-Frog and his interactions with the King. The King acquired his jester by sending his men to a faraway land. The men returned with a crippled midget and his companion, Trippetta. Because of the nature of the man they returned with,...
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...Section B Lies, a short story by Ethan Canin Summary. The short story ”Lies” is about a boy named Jack. He has a bad relationship with his parents, and his father kicks him out of the house. Jack wanted to get out of the house, and it was one of the two things he wanted to do, get out of the house, and to go up to Fountain Lake with his girlfriend Katy. He is eighteen and is going to get married to his girlfriend Katy, and the first time he met her was at the movie theater. After graduated from high school Jack gets a job at Able’s, and it is the same place where he meets the beautiful Katy. Katy falls in love with him, but jack is not in love with her. Jack gets invited to Katy’s sister’s wedding, and has an awkward meeting with Katy’s parents. He realizes, that he is getting tired of his friends. One day while Jack is at work, he sees Katy in a Cadillac outside honking at him. He decides to leave in middle of his work, and drive with her to Fountain Lake, which he wanted in a long time. He is excited and happy, and finally says, that he loves her. Characterize the narrator. The main character of the short story “Lies” is Jack. He is a first-person narrator, and a rounded character, because his personality is complicated. We do not get to know how he really feels about his parents, and how his parents look like, other than his father kicks him out, and he finds out that his mother was lying to him, when she said: “he can be anything he wants”. It is like he does...
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...Hullinger Mike Fiscel English W132 26 September 2013 From Tribes to Literature The word Goth derives from a German tribe referred to as the Goths. The term Gothic was later used during medieval times for the construction of buildings with pointed arches and vaults (Lad). In my essay, I chose to discuss two pieces of Gothic fiction. The first piece of Gothic fiction I decided to discuss is, “The Cask of Amontillado.” It was published in 1846 by the famous short-story writer and poet, Edgar Allan Poe. The second piece of Gothic fiction I chose to discuss is, “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” It was published in 1966 by Joyce Carol Oates. In Gothic literature there any many characteristics to its writing and famous short-stories such as “The Cask of Amontillado” and “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” contain many of those Gothic fiction characteristics. Summary “The Cask of Amontillado” is a short story written by Edgar Allan Poe. Montresor is the main character of the story and also acts as the narrator. The story begins by him vowing his vengeance towards Fortunato for insulting him. Montresor hides his animosity towards Fortunato so he does not expect anything. He maintains a deceiving presence towards Fortunato and plots to exploit Fortunato’s weakness for luxurious wines. Carnival season came upon the city and Montresor finds Fortunato at the carnival. He invites him to try some of his sherry at his home. Montresor doubts Fortunato’s skill with wines which...
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...Essential Elements of the Short Story There are a few key elements essential to any successful or engaging story. But a well-crafted short story should have two central characteristics. Firstly, it must have a strong, albeit condensed, narrative. A novel can indulge in slow plot development but the short story must immediately delve into the drama. The short story needs to progress quickly from conflict or crisis, to climax and subsequent resolution. Secondly, the short story must have an affable or at least relatable protagonist as the primary character. If the reader can recognize the ‘hero’, empathize with their plight, or emotionally connect with their journey, the short story remains intriguing. This essay, using examples from two classic short stories, illustrates how narrative and character development is intrinsic to a good short story. James Baldwin’s short story, “Sonny’s Blues”, begins with “I read it in the paper, in the subway, on my way to work. I read it, and I couldn’t believe it, and I read it again” (37). The mystery of what the narrator read immediately draws the reader in and an engrossing plot unfolds quickly. A series of recollections and flashbacks reveal the internal conflict of the narrator as he struggles with his family obligation to his drug-addicted brother. An argument between the brothers is the climactic moment as angst gives way to anger and frustration. There is almost a moment of suspense before the narrator hears Sonny play at the club for...
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...During his escape, Farquhar sees everything in grave detail, he sees insects as if he is looking at them under a microscope, and he sees the gun man’s eye color, he even describes them to the readers. Ambrose uses foreshadowing and literary techniques to create a shock effect in “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” and leads readers to a surprise resolution in the short story. Bierce uses Farquhar’s detailed vision, neck pain, and Farquhar running and running down a long drive trying to get to his home to foreshadow what’s actually happening. Peyton‘s detailed vision foreshadows him being in a dreamlike trance because he was just hanged and he is dreaming about his surroundings and what would happen if he escaped. Farquhar’s neck pain foreshadows him being strangled but the noose with which he was hanged with and his neck being broken. Farquhar...
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...Imagine waking up and not knowing what's going on, where you are, who you are. The thought would drive you crazy as the writer of the short story “The Outsider” by H.P Lovecraft has tried to give you this sense of eeriness and self unaware fear that strikes you deep. The ambiance of the story is a weary man not knowing where he is at and not knowing who or what he is. The author used very descriptive imagery words so the reader would feel the same as if he or she reading it would feel as if they were also in the story. This story entails a series of horrible events that are used so the reader may feel the same as if they were in the story. It unfolds on the viewpoint of a sadly confused man wondering around what is perceived to be a mansion. The man scared and confused tries to figure out what exactly has happened to him. As the story progresses, he looks into a mirror and sees what he thought was a “monster”. H.P Lovecraft uses very descriptive words in order to paint an image in the head of the reader using terms and phrases such as, “thickly wooded parks”, “a venerable wide castle … which seemed madly familiar”. These words and phrases used create a visual image in the head of the reader....
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...IPTS 7I: knows assessment and progress monitoring techniques to assess the effectiveness of instruction for each student. IPTS 3D: understands when and how to adjust plans based on outcome data, as well as student needs, goals, and responses. IPTS 5Q: uses effective co-planning and co-teaching techniques to deliver instruction to all students; Performance Activity 52: How does the teacher use assessment to drive instruction? Assist a special needs student. Describe how is assessment different for a special needs student in this classroom? The competent teacher uses assessments to drive instruction to plan and determine what to teach, how to teach content, and how content will be measured. Unfortunately, Ms. Boerema and I did not get to finish the lesson, but if we had more time, we would have given students an exit to complete. The exit slip assesses the following:...
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