A Study of Two African Short Stories: “The Garden of Evil” by William Saidi and “The Wicked Tongue” by Mohammed Moulessehoul The stories incorporated in the book‚ Hot Days Long Nights‚ which also comprises the two stories to be studied‚ relate different scenarios and pictures of the African continent. They are compact and precise‚ giving the readers an insight to the customary laws and traditions of its people. Some of them depict the painful collective memory of wars‚ while the others narrate
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Wow‚ it’s weird picturing yourself twenty years in the future‚ but I love making goals for myself. First off‚ my job has to be the right one for me. I was thinking about managing hotels‚ like the Hilton‚ hotels that are all around the world. I want to be able to travel and see them in person. The money figure doesn’t really matter to me. I just want to have the job that I love‚ so that it won’t really be like working. Secondly‚ I want a marriage that will last forever. Looks aren’t really important
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Short story: Definition and History. A short story like any other term does not have only one definition‚ it has many definitions‚ but all of them are similar in a general idea. According to The World Book Encyclopedia (1994‚ Vol. 12‚ L-354)‚ “the short story is a short work of fiction that usually centers around a single incident. Because of its shorter length‚ the characters and situations are fewer and less complicated than those of a novel.” In the Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary
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fAfter 1000 years At the beginning of the last century‚ near the end of his tragically short life‚ James Elroy Flecker addressed these words "to a poet a thousand years hence": I care not if you bridge the seas‚ Or ride secure the cruel sky‚ Or build consummate palaces Of metal or of masonry. Well‚ we may not have bridged the seas‚ but millions now ride secure the cruel sky. And how astonished Flecker would have been to know that‚ a mere half-century after his death‚ men were preparing
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English Sac – Short Stories Analytical The stories ‘The Happy Prince’ by Oscar Wilde‚ ‘The Gift of Magi’ by O.Henry and ‘The Four Horsemen‘ by Jenny Pausacker all explore the themes of love‚ sacrifice and being non judgemental or judgemental. Throughout this topic‚ love‚ sacrifice and being non judgmental or judgemental of people are qualities that not all people value. But there are still many people who value and support it. The theme love is clearly highlighted in “The Happy Prince and ‘The
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Ten Years? Life is very short! It is not important how much long life we have lived‚ but it is most important how we live our life. Generally people want to add days to life whereas‚ I believe to add life to days. Everybody has an idea of the type of person they would like to be and what they will have liked to accomplish within a span of the next ten years. No one can predict the future but I do have some ideas of what I would like to do in the years coming up. In my next ten years‚ I want
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hospital mattress. "Mama‚ don’t leave me!" I cried as my mother rushed out of the room in tears. "You’re not the one who’s dying you selfish pig!" I screamed‚ pulling on my hair. "Help me‚ p-please!" _________________ I’m Winona Finley. I am 16 years old and I am very sick as my mother says. I don’t know what’s wrong with me though‚ the doctors refuse to tell me. They say it should be the last of my worries and that I just needed to be focused on being happy‚ which quite frankly is impossible to
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Short Story Unit Plan By: Steve McCauley & Bruce Robinson Subject: English Unit: Short Story Theme: Irony Short Story Unit Contents: Short Story Unit Overview Lesson 1 – Elements of the Short Story Lesson 2 – Cask of Amontillado Lesson 3 – The Lottery Lesson 4 – A & P Lesson 5 – Gentlemen‚ Your Verdict Lesson 6 – Short Story Workshop Lesson 7 – The Big Snit Lesson 8 – The Sniper Lesson 9 – The Fall of a City Lesson 10 – The Secret Life of Walter Mitty Lesson 11 – Two Fishermen Lessons
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The story is very compelling‚ to say the least. In this story‚ Katherine Mansfield introduces the reader to a woman who is very much distraught over the death of her son. He was killed in a war and never came home. The lack of closure that she feels from never having even seen her son ’s body leads her to believe that he may not be dead‚ but instead‚ her son is just having a horrible nightmare from which he cannot wake up. She feels compelled to comfort him‚ but cannot‚ and it is tearing her apart
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"The First Seven Years" "The First Seven Years" is a short story in which the protagonist‚ Sobel‚ becomes a prominent yet unstable character as conflicts that threaten his goal in life emerge. Through Sobel‚ the author deals with love‚ a general truth of human nature to which all readers can relate. At the beginning of the story‚ the author introduces Sobel as being a common citizen who works hard in a shoe store. The main conflict arises when Feld asks Max to go out with his daughter. Sobel’s
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