1. The Gift of the Magi "The Gift of the Magi" is a short story written by O. Henry (a pen name for William Sydney Porter), about a young married couple and how they deal with the challenge of buying secret Christmas gifts for each other with very little money. As a sentimental story with a moral lesson about gift-giving, it has been a popular one for adaptation, especially for presentation during the Christmas season. The plot and its "twist ending" are well-known, and the ending is generally
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“Everyday Use” and “A Worn Path” were both favorites of mine. I could relate to each in different, yet, some similar ways. Seeing mine, as well as my son’s, mother’s, and grandmother’s everyday life, past, present, and future in these stories. I, now with my son, as my mother was with me, both would walk the world over, climb any mountain, cross any sea, all in order to get what our child needs. This is just what the grandmother did in “A Worn Path” (Welty, 1940). We do without and will take on
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the ending was not a “happy” one, I think this short story highlights the preciousness of life because death is absolute. The gifts also seemed to be aligned with the common view of maturing, and what is desired at specific stages. (Twain, 1902) 2. Describe in detail at least one aspect of the work that most interests you. Each new gift was a reaction to the one before it, everything selected based on the negative outcome of the gift before it. Love selected because pleasure was shallow, fame because
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Thesis Torn Between Two Worlds There is a similarity of self-conflict in the fictional short stories of “Young Goodman Brown” by Nathaniel Hawthorne, and “The Rocking Horse Winner” by D.H. Lawrence. Both main characters want to be pleasing and accepted in their tumultuous worlds. However, both fall short in finding their place in a dark, cold world. Outline 1) Fictional Short Stories to compare and contrast a. “The Rocking Horse Winner” by D.H. Lawrence b. “Young
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member who has never seen A Chorus Line before, I did not know what to expect. I knew the music slightly from hearing it on my Pandora radio station and from clips on YouTube but I had never seen the show completely put together. The show was exciting and fun to watch, and the moment the song “What I did for Love” started and the actors told me what they did for their love, I felt a deep connection with each and every actor on the stage. The song is at the end of the show, but the connections I felt
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personally felt religious experience in the most random places and times. I find bus rides to be a religious experience for me. It clears my head, puts “conflicts” into perspective, and gives me a sense of “oneness” with the world. The feeling one gets during a religious is priceless and something we live for. It is also something found by being present. Brautigan’s A Short History of Religion in California revolves around the concept of religious experience. The narrator found his “electric surge” of
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In the short story “A Christmas Memory” Truman Capote designed the two characters, Buddy and his friend, after Truman’s childhood. When he grew up in Alabama he thought it would deserve a story from the place to the best friend he will forever have. The only way to understand his feelings the reader needs to understand the context of everything that is carried out throughout the story. Mr. Capoter was a fantastic writer who knows how to touch the feelings of every reader by writing with his heart
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greatest love stories of all time. This story has been known to be timeless even though it was written around 1595. This play is a story of forbidden love that is resolved in two tragic deaths of Romeo and Juliet, who come from feuding families. Their ignorance of defy and falling in love is not accepted by their families. For the five short days they share love, many events take place. All of the events surround characters from both the Montague and Capulet families. The powers and affects of love and
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that I would give you the back story on how I know Fred. I was fortunate enough to grow up in a home with both my mother and father until I was 18. In 2012, my world came crumbling down when I got the news that My father had passed away. That was definitely the hardest thing my family has ever had to go through. Of course it was really hard for our whole family to go through, but it was so hard for me to see my mother go through this. Not only had she lost the love of her life, but also the father
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alienation in Dagberto Gilb's short story, "Love in L.A." From its ironic title to its sense of continual longing for something "that would even make it better, “Jake,” the protagonist’s definition of “love” is expressed in different fashions, none results in anything positive; He portrays being lazy, somewhat poor, irresponsible, and perhaps a scam artist, lusting for materialistic things. Several essences reveal the main character true identity throughout the story: a love for image, self-conceit, and
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