What makes a good scary story? A good scary story is only good if it’s based on something that happened in reality and could happen to anybody. My story is something similar to that. Now that I look back at it‚ maybe it was just the sugar rush I had from the Surge soft drink. It had my blood pumping and my heart beat was racing. I haven’t been back to those woods since that day; however‚ there was still a part of me that wondered if what I saw was there in reality and not just my imagination. Either
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John Updike’s short story‚ "A&P" is fictional in a sense that it has a common pattern that leads the reader through a series of events. These events began when three young ladies in bathing suits walk in A&P‚ and catch the eye of a young man named‚ Sammy. He seems to favor the chunkier girl of the three that walk in to the store. As the story continues‚ Sammy curiously watches the provocative young ladies as they stroll through the store looking for groceries. In this fictional story‚ Sammy describes
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It was said by more than one author that the ‘golden age’ of the short story was the 1920s‚ and that although varied publications remain (The New Yorker‚ Myslexia‚ The Woman’s Weekly)‚ there is little opportunity in the modern age for the short story writer. Was this‚ as Kurt Vonnegut argued the result of television? Vonnegut claimed: When I started out it was possible to make a living as a freelance writer of fiction…because it was still the golden age of magazines‚ and it looked as though
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The Ghost Story Because of all the recorded evidence of paranormal activity‚ this leads to the evidence being real. Yet‚ because of skeptics and nonbelievers debunking the evidence‚ some people are led to believe paranormal activity is fake. Many people have obtained facts that suggest ghosts are real. Whether someone believes in ghosts or not‚ there will always be logical theories and unanswered questions to ghostly encounters. Ghost stories have been told through real-life experience (hauntings)
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A Very Short Story; Analyzed through a Narrative Perspective Often times‚ in the heat of the moment‚ we are blinded by what is real and what is just an illusion. At the same time this could be as a result of one’s maturity vs. immaturity. This story by Ernst Hemingway portrays what seemed to be real love by the American solider and the European nurse however‚ turned out to be lust because of a lack of maturity‚ hegemony and quench for power. This short story will be analyzed through a narrative
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“When Everyone’s Turning their Back” My story is about a family that is been destroyed because of the selfish actions of the adults. This narrative is about the story of my friend who watched her parents separate because of her father’s another woman. She tells us that at first her parents are like the others‚ happy and full of love but as time passes it seems to her that her parents are falling out of love because unlike before‚ she said her parents always sort their misunderstandings‚ but as
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Short Story Analysis In this essay‚ your purpose is to fully explain an element (theme‚ characterization or symbolism) in a short story of your choice. I will provide you with examples of each element from stories by Hemingway‚ Updike and Vonnegut ; you may write about any of these authors except the ones that we have discussed in class. However‚ you may choose to investigate an author of your own choice. Below I have listed some contemporary authors and story collections you may want to
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Elements of Short Stories Plot (what happens) conflict (the basic opposition or tension that sets the plot of a short story in motion; it engages the reader‚ builds suspense or mystery‚ and arouses expectation for events to follow.) open-ended at both ends exposition (background information‚ setting the scene‚ establishes situation‚ dates the action) rising action (complication) (develops and intensifies the conflict) climax (crisis) (the moment at which
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Can you inform the headmistress saying it was very urgent. That...that...umm....my cousin has some operation...somewhere...it was an emergency...something like that." "I will cook up some story. Here we are." Rose’s house was wonderful. It was big and very spacious. As they entered‚ the room was lit and a huge chandelier hung from the ceiling. There was a living room on the right side and a a dinning table on the left side. A little away
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Sample Narrative Essay Granny As I glanced past the lit Christmas tree in the window‚ I could see endless rain pouring down and splashing into the large puddles that now filled the road outside my grandparents’ home. I shivered slightly and turned back to watch my grandmother sharpening her pencils with a razor blade and unpacking her watercolor paints and paintbrushes from their special travel box. She was wearing a loose lambswool cardigan that covered the top of her long‚ gently patterned skirt
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