I have read ’The Story of an Hour’ by Kate Chopin and ’The Interlopers’ by Saki‚ and have noticed they both have a few elements in common with one another. The main character in The Story of an Hour is Louise Mallards‚ a fragile hearted woman who has been just told her husband died. While reading‚ you would think Mrs. Mallards would grieve and mourn over her husband’s death but that’s one of the twists in the story. Mrs. Mallards does grieve at least a little and feel awful for her husband‚ but she
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Both authors William Golding and saki introduces the world totally taken over by barbarity.Throughout the stories “The lord of the flies “and “The toys peace” reveal the unseen message of mankind’s essential illness .The authors William Goulding and Saki foreshadowed in Lord of the flies and Toys of peace shows mankind’s essential illness that savagery and cruelty is all hidden inside human and in just matter of glimpse how it can possess. In both stories lord of the flies and toys of peace demonstrates
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a short‚ hoarse cry came from his lips as he realized he had reached too far and had lost his balance( Richard Connell 9)” is much more suspenseful than “And as he stepped round the trunk of a huge beech he came face to face with the man he sought(Saki 83).” In the sentence written by Richard Connell‚ he explains what is going on with a much better vocabulary. In this sentence‚lunge tells everyone that he jumped for his pipe‚ hoarse tells everyone that it was a cry of desperation‚ reached too far
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Although in “The Interlopers”‚ a short story by Saki‚ tells a tale of two men‚ Georg and Ulrich. Georg and Ulrich have had hatred for each other ever since they were younger. They chance upon a very difficult situation‚ when the two men get trapped underneath a tree together. This incident led them to put aside their differences and become friends‚ until fate decides that there will be no happen ending for the two men and they both unhappily die. Saki uses situational irony in “The Interlopers” to
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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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The story is set in a dark corner of the park where the dusk has fallen heavily. The author presents the dusk as the hour of the defeated‚ an ideal setting for people who have fallen fortunes or lost all their hopes. The dusk represents the cynical and pessimistic attitude of the people who come to the park in this hour to avoid being noticed. These people are completely merged with the darkness of the park and they do not want themselves to be noticed by other people which is in contrast to the
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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
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Interlopers: Constructing the Theme Some of the most impactful stories are ones that readers can relate to the deepest parts of the human mind. Through the relationships and characters‚ readers can further connect with the texts. Hector Hugh Munro‚ Pen Name‚ Saki‚ was known for being a master of dark wit. The Interlopers is a reflection of his mind. Despite both of the men finally healing their relationship in the end‚ the rest of the story contributes to how putting energy into hate will just come back to
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of clues from a student who wrote a research paper on the hoax. (Saki) Russell Gibb‚ a disc jockey for the Detroit radio station‚ WNKR‚ then got a copy of it from a friend of his‚ and on his radio show‚ proceeded to read them and even make up his own on the spot. Within a few days‚ Gibb and his coworkers were astonished to see that newspapers and reporters took his on-air joke too seriously and spread the story more widely. (Saki) More clues came about when Fred Labour‚ arts reviewer of the University
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have different personalities. Laurie is undisciplined and deceitful young boy. Also‚ Laurie fooled his parents into believing he was an angel. Vera is actually smart and convincing young lady. Lastly‚ Shirley Jackson wrote “Charles” in first person. Saki wrote “The Open Window” in third
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