THE OPEN WINDOW BY SAKI This short story “THE OPEN WINDOW” is written by “SAKI” is the pen name of “Hector Hugh Munro” (1870-1916). He is a british writer. He is famous for his satires of the upper classes. The theme of the story is appearance and reality and deception. Appearance and reality: It is easy to believe the story of Vera because she begin with an object that is the open window and proceed from there and obviously window is open. So the appearance of open window
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The Last Spin The Last Spin is a short horizontal surface written by Evan Hunter in 1961. Its written most two boys from rival gangs‚ Tigo and Dave‚ who were picked to settle an argument by playacting russian roulette after a shooting at a candy shop. During the story they started to realise that they actually had a lot in common and gradually became friends. Towards the end they determine to call it quits and go for one last shaft of light but it all ends horribly when Dave dies. The story is
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of Clovis (1911)‚ Beasts and Super-Beasts (1914)‚ among others. His two novels are The Unbearable Bassignton (1912) and When William Came (1914). Munro was killed in the trenches of France in World War I in 1916. * Subject-Main Topic The Open Window is about a fifteen-year-old girl called Vera‚ who enjoyed inventing stories and telling them to the people around her. * Setting The story takes place in a house situated on a farm‚ in October (the city or country where the action develops
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through a French window‚ which was left open until their return. However‚ all three of them were lost in a bog that day‚ Vera asserts‚ and their bodies were never recovered. The aunt‚ driven to distraction by her grief and loss‚ left the window open thereafter‚ anticipating that “they will come back some day” with “the little brown spaniel that was lost with them‚ and walk in that window just as they used to do.” When Mrs. Sappleton finally appears‚ she explains why the window is open‚ apparently confirming
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Research and Writing 8 October 2013 The Self-Possessed Niece Enthralling and surprising‚ “The Open Window” by Saki effortlessly captivates any reader’s attention with dynamic and entertaining characters as well as astonishing plot twists. The antagonist‚ Vera‚ the niece of the owner of the home that Mr. Nuttel is visiting‚ is possibly more important than the person about whom the story is composed. Throughout the work‚ there are three characteristics portrayed – undisclosed to the reader until
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The Open Window Framton Nuttel enters the house of Mrs Sappleton. He is a young man from London suffering from nervous exhaustion‚ and he goes to the country side for some prescribed rest. He decideds to call upon Mrs Sappleton‚ an acquaintance of his sister’s. He is shown to the parlour by Mrs Sappleton’s niece‚ Vera‚ who entertains the man while he awaits the appearance of his host. Vera tells a story‚ the terrible tragedy of Mr Sappleton and his sons. He is told how they went out hunting
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of them tend to come to the realization that selfishness just results in conflict. This is evident in the stories The Open Window‚ Like the Sun‚ and Contents of the Dead Man’s Pocket. These three stories clearly depict that when characters begin to lose consideration for others and act in a selfish manner‚ conflicts tend to arise‚ and it often does not end well. In The Open Window‚ the protagonist‚ Framton Nuttel was on a rural retreat as part of his nerve cure. He was greeted by a fifteen year
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Everyone has lied at some point in their life. What do ‘’Charles’’ and ‘’The Open Window’’ both have in common? Both of these stories are centered around dishonest young people. The kids in these stories are very dishonest to adults Laurie from ‘’Charles ‘’ lies to his family and Vera from ‘’The Open Window lies to Mr. Nuttel and her aunt. Even though these kids lie but they both lie for difference reasons. In the story of ‘’Charles’’ Laurie uses lies to excuse his actions. By making up a persona
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“Like the Sun” and “The Open Window” are two both very similar yet different stories. “Like the Sun” happens to be about truth‚ and its effects while “The Open Window” is based around deception. Both authors do a great job at setting examples of paradoxes and irony in their stories. In “Like the Sun” Sekhar‚ the main character repeats multiple times “Truth is like the sun.” I understood this as saying without truth‚ you can’t grow‚ like living things can’t survive without sun. One example of irony
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The Open Window and Charles‚ both show how children can use their imagination to empower adults. The children in the stories used their advantage to convince the adults into believing something that wasn’t true. The adults seemed so unobservant and unconcerned to what was really happening around them. The kids knew that it would be easy to get the adults to believe them‚ even though they knew it was wrong. These two stories were both written about‚ in my opinion‚ a deception of curiosity. Laurie
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