ANALYSIS OF THE SHORT STORY “THE BIRTHMARK” Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “The Birthmark” illustrates how one’s obsessions and moral weakness leads to another’s questioning of their self-image and drives the pursuit of perfection in our society. The main character‚ Aylmer‚ develops an obsession with becoming a world renowned alchemist‚ yet falls short when he sets his goals and cannot accomplish them. The unrealistic goals that Aylmer sets reflect how his character is composed; he consistently strives
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Short Story Analysis of "Araby" by James Joyce In James Joyce’s short story "Araby‚" the main character is a young boy who confuses obsession with love. This boy thinks he is in love with a young girl‚ but all of his thoughts‚ ideas‚ and actions show that he is merely obsessed. Throughout this short story‚ there are many examples that show the boy’s obsession for the girl. There is also evidence that shows the boy does not really understand love or all of the feelings that go along with it. When
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Xavier Cuevas Cuevas-1 of 11 LA 110‚ Narrative Storytelling‚ Mon/Fri‚ section 03 Instructor: James Sidel Class Time 12:00-2:50 Class Location: Northpoint Date of Submission: 7/26/2013 Short Story: The Guest House (Draft 4‚ word count 3‚891) I closed my eyes and fell into an abyss of dreams and nightmares crafted by painful memories. I found myself walking through a golden field of crops in Northern Mississippi; at my side was my childhood crush‚ but before
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The Schoolteacher’s Guest tells the story of Ines‚ a retired schoolteacher who runs the first hotel in the town‚ Agua Santa. Her son had previously been killed and his murderer had fled. Years later the murderer returns. Ines kills him and confesses to her best friend Riad Halabi. They bury the body and the whole community help to keep it a secret. It is set in Latin America. The town is described as being quiet‚ uneventful and cut off from the mainstream of activity; an ’insignificant backwater’
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As I walked my fingers across the brown flimsy opening of the cardboard box my other hand reached for my tattered old teddy‚ I’d had him ever since I can remember – he was a gift from my aunt Elizabeth. While my hands were holding the bear a tidal wave of memories came rushing back into my mind of the moments that him and I shared‚ alas they are now just memories. I don’t recall why but ive always known my tattered teddy as peter‚ I guess I just thought he looked like a peter. His fur used to be
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Bottled up Inside Word Count: 343 Footsteps ran up the stairs‚ followed by a slamming door. Wendy followed behind trying to calm her daughter down until she was standing face-to-face with the closed door. “Stevie‚ let me in now. I want to help. Please just let me know what’s going on‚ I can’t help unless you talk to me.” Wendy pleaded behind the door “Leave me alone Mum‚ I don’t want to talk about it‚ I just want to be on my own.” Sobbed Stevie in reply “Darling please let me in…. I have
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When I was a senior in high school‚ all seniors were to do a senior project. That consisted of choosing a topic and doing volunteer work that has to do with your topic. So I chose The American Red Cross. I was going to be going to a blood drive for my volunteer work. I was a very nervous person and pretty shy. I had to drive 45 minutes to the Red Cross center. Once I got there‚ the lady brought me to my station and showed me what I would be doing throughout the day. I was told to cross the donors
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As Jim and Bob came running down the boulevard‚ they saw an elderly women struggling with carrying her groceries into her house. She had been hard of hearing‚ so Jim had to repeat himself about three times until she understood what they were saying. She mumbled‚ “Thank you so very much for extending an olive branch to a helpless women like me.” The old woman wound up giving them a little tip for helping her without her asking. Since they are young‚ and have never seen her before they did not respond
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The poor Minor Canon would rather have had his hand cut off than go out to meet an angry griffin; but he felt that it was his duty to go‚ for it would be a woeful thing if injury should come to the people of the town because he was not brave enough to obey the summons of the Griffin. So‚ pale and frightened‚ he started off. 1.Gather a large number of fractured fairy tales for students to explore. Use books from your own collection along with those from the school and/or public library. Keep these
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“What are your interests‚ Candidate 217?” The entire room was pure‚ brilliant white. The lack of colour was making him blink a little too much‚ so he chose to focus on the only object in the room that didn’t harm his eyes; a stunning brooch that graced the lapels of his interviewer’s jacket. Simple and elegant in design‚ a square‚ red ruby sat in its flawless nest of silver or platinum‚ his money on the latter. “I…don’t really have any‚ to be honest.” He felt like an idiot the moment he’d
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