...Every second, about one hundred lightning bolts strike Earth’s surface. Bolts that hold the power to set a house ablaze, destroying everything inside of it. Wars can begin with the blink of an eye, sending terror down the boulevards. For these reasons and many more, appreciating what you have is paramount because it could be gone at any moment; you only realize how important something is once it’s gone. Throughout most of his childhood, Oleg, a young Ukranian boy, didn’t take time to appreciate what he had. He grew up in a small, rural mining village called Nikishino. This boy had everything that any child could ask for: an education, plentiful food and water, clothing, and, most importantly, a roof over his head. However, he always wanted more. Whatever the newest gadget was,...
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...Maria was an intelligent young lady, but she was daring. She was 27 years old, she has two kids’ one boy and girls. Their names were Meghan and joseph. Meghan was 9 years old and joseph is 6 years old and Maria is married to Christopher. He is 29 years old. Maria always wanted to go to war. So she went to war she got her horse ready and she went to try to get in she got there and they said woman are not allowed in the war. So she left and she went home shaved her head and changed her name to john.so she went back and they let her in. A few months later she came home. And her children were so happy to see her Maria asked Meghan where her father was and Meghan said nothing. Maria started to get worried so she went to ask joseph and he said...
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...Once up a time, there were two sisters named Ellie and Hannah. They were both princesses of Peaceful land, but once Ellie turns 21 she will become queen of Peaceful land. The city of Peaceful land was a very peaceable city because they didn’t allowed any firearms whatsoever. Now it didn’t used to be this way, it was said that every citizens who had a license was allowed to own a gun to protect themselves or use it for hunting. That all changed when Princess Ellie and Hannah witnessed a mass shooting at a market nearby the castle. They called it an act of terrorism and decided to ban all firearms. Now the founding Kings and Queens of Peaceful had built their city on the right to have guns to defend themselves and slay animals. But when Ellie became the queen and witnessed the horrific incident, she decided to put an end to violets. Queen Ellie asked every citizens with a firearm to turn it into her or else they will be put out to the walk of hot coal while listening to some horrific music. The people of Peaceful land was furious because this was a difficult decision to make and it’s not very peaceful! However, a wicked group of people called OSOS, the ones who started the mass shootings began to take advantage of this situation. They began to shoot up local schools, shops, and evens homes where people don’t have anything to shot back with. The mortality rate began to triple since the gun ban and OSOS is laughing at the Queen’s amazing decision. Princess Hannah was livid at her...
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...Conner said that in two weeks the boy he chose would be turned into a gentleman then tested. We asked what would become of the boys not chosen. Judging from his response, the boys that weren't chosen would be killed. When we finally pulled into Conner’s house, Conner identified it as Farthenwood. It was impressive, three storys, made of brick and stone. Once we were all inside, Conner gave us servants told us to make ourselves presentable, then come down with him to eat. When we arrived at the dining table after being thoroughly cleaned by Errol, a personal servant Conner had assigned me, food was not long in being served. I noticed a serving girl who someone intentionally bumped into when she was pouring a drink. She rushed out. The meal was delicious though....
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...Matt put his gear fast as he could so when it started he had a lot of snow balls than the other people and made a fort at that time for he could hide and he didn’t want to waste time. When Anna Tomy came they didn’t see Matt but they did see his fort that he made in the morning but they knew that it was suspicious and something was going down. They were standing there for three minutes and they were just looking at it and Matt knew it was the only time to do this he came up and throw snowballs Anna and Tomy went to their forts and started the war of snowballs. They both had something for the war that they brought, Anna and Matt new what Tomy had but they didn’t know that what Anna had but for Matt they knew that what he did when Matt was down...
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...During the American civil war lots of men where forced into the battlefield. They had to obey orders. Several men very killed, other turned into cold-blooded murders. Men who used to be good working fathers, where thrown into the war. ”The thing you want” is a short story written by Jack Trammell. The short story deals with the topics; war, desire, madness and power. It pictures a man after the war and the consequences of his participation in the American civil war. The short story is told though a third person narrator and he is using past tense. “At that moment someone else entered the room. Cabe had the sixth sense common to survivors of war…” At some points in the text the third-person narrator seems omniscient, because we have access to the characters feelings and mind. “They assumed it was abandoned…” “No one asked any questions. Something inside of him was dead, though, and at the same time, a tiny spark was flickering.” There is used direct speech in the story “,,Looking for food, sir” ,, You won’t find it in her dress, Private”” This narrative mode gives a “filmic-twist” to the story, because we often connect direct speech with manuscripts. The short story starts in medias res and takes place in the real world, in continuation of the Great War (WW1). It elapses chronological and lasts no longer than 1 hour in the “great brick house”. The language is formal and very describing. “A withered, languorous old woman stared at them blankly.” The sentences are very...
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...change in the course of the story, remaining essentially the same at the end as he or she was at the beginning. A dynamic character, in contrast, is one that does undergo an important change in the course of the story. More specifically, the changes that we are referring to as being "undergone" here are not changes in circumstances, but changes in some sense within the character in question -- changes in insight or understanding or changes in commitment, in values. The change at stake in this distinction is a change "in" the character of the character. In the stories a soilders home by Ernest Hemmingway and A Good Man is Hard to find by Flannery O connor we see this occur. Many people worry about what happens during war but no one realizes what happens to the young people coming back from war. The young people that go to war will change them dramatically when they come back. In the short story “Soldier’s Home”, by E. Heimingway, he writes about a young man’s after war experience, returning home and into society. In another short story called “Speaking of Courage”, by Tim O’Brien, he too, explores the after effects of war and how it can impact a young person’s life. The short stories, “Soldier’s Home”, by E. Heimingway and “Speaking of Courage”, by Tim O’Brien are more differences than similarities. There are a lot of similarities between the two stories. First of all, both of the stories share the some theme. The theme of both stories is, war makes people engaged at...
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...human history the Artist weren't depended on just drawing what the world looked like. They could leave the world of perfect drawing and pursue a different aspect of art. The realist movement didn't just help artist, it helped authors. Authors didn't have to write about romance, or fictional. Author could just be realistic. they did not need elaborate settings, weird/ attention grabbing stories. they wrote simple stories with extraordinary detail which made the story that much more better. Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy also known as Leo Tolstoy, was a Russian writer who primarily wrote novels and short stories. Tolstoy was a master of realistic fiction and is widely considered one of the world's greatest novelists. He is best known for two long novels, War and Peace (1869) and Anna Karenina (1877). Tolstoy first achieved literary acclaim in his 20s with his semi-autobiographical trilogy of novels, Childhood, Boyhood, and Youth (1852-1856) and Sevastopol Sketches (1855), based on his experiences in the Crimean War. 3 questions is another master piece that Leo Tolstoy created. The story starts out with king that wanted to know the answer to three simple questions: What was the right time for every action, who were the most necessary and how he might know what was the most important. the king promised anyone who could this question would get a great reward. many people gave the kind different answer that he did not like. he dismissed the idea of any man answering his question...
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...A heart symbolizes love as white symbolizes purity. Without symbolism stories wouldn’t be as deep or interesting as many are today. Along with symbolism, allusions really help when creating a fascinating story. The short stories named “Harrison Bergeron” , ‘2BR02B” , and “The Lottery consists of many symbolism and allusions. To begin with, the short story Harrison Bergeron written by Kurt Vonnegut symbolizes many dark history moments. For example, the handicapper general symbolizes a dictator whom we can allud with Adolf Hitler back in World War 2. Symbolism also occurs when Harrison breaks and tears off the handicaps of the most graceful ballerina along with his. As he breaks off the handicaps he is symbolizing freedom. He is breaking free from their so called perfect utopia. Before the tearing of the ballerina’s handicaps, there is a moment when Harrison asks if there is anyone who'd dance with him or break away. At this moment the ballerina rises to her feet volunteering herself, which could...
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...My nomination for best short story will be “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner. The reason I selected this is my interest in the Civil War era. This short story is intriguing by the use of changing the chronological order to hold the reader’s attention. The story is broken into five sections and each section has the reader wondering what Ms. Emily Grierson has done. The use of Homer Barron schemes the reader into believing that the two had fallen in love with each other, even though in the end, Homer was poisoned by Emily. The setting of the short story is the historical Mississippi southern town after the civil war. Emily is the protagonist of the story, while Homer is the antagonist. Homer is a northerner or outsider and is seen in the town as someone trying to take over the town. The third element is the point of view, which is the ghostly view of the narrator of the story (Klien, 2007). The use of the characters, historical setting and point of view provide the reader interest of what the plot will...
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...In the short story , the Sniper , by Liam O’ Flaherty shows us how war is bad , and that it can cause families, neighbors, and friends to be split up upon the divide of the conflict. In the story , there is a rivalry between the republican sniper , who is the main character, and a free-state sniper. The two constantly fight between each other , exchanging shots at each other too. Eventually the republican sniper is in contact with a man who is in an armed vehicle , and a woman , who was an informant.The main character , the republican sniper , was hit in the arm by the enemy. They fire until the republican sniper shoots and kills the free state sniper, who turns out to be his brother. This is to the theme of that war is bad because it divides...
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...The Things They Carried, by Tim O’Brien, is a short story written and based on his own experiences and trials that he faced in the Vietnam war. Many people remain skeptical about the authenticity of the story, as the short passage does contain horrid details that make people question if this drama should be considered a documentary rather than a novel. While writing this short story, Tim O’Brien did in fact mean to portray his work as a fictional story while at the same time continue to use detailed description and realism to capture the audience's attention and try to draw them into the actual events in the story. Tim O'Brien's overall goal was not to create a novel or a documentary but instead help portray the hardships of the Vietnam war to the reader by creating a gateway that would allow each person to experience and feel the burden of the emotional and physical weight on the soldiers who were desperately fighting for their families, countries, and lives. Some of the major themes that are shown in the novel include the terms hardship and baggage. Throughout the story, O’Brien uses the term “baggage” as a symbol to help portray the hardships that these soldiers had to endure day after day throughout the war. As the story goes on it shows not only the literal meaning of what they carried but also symbolically the burdens that...
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...About a War Story The short story “Where Have You Gone Charming Billy” is about a new soldier in the Vietnam War. The author Tim O’Brien was a soldier in the Vietnam War and now he writes war stories. In his story, he tries to get you to understand different things about war. One of thing he wants you to know about war is what it's really like. Another of the things he tries to show you in his story is what it was like being there during the war. Another thing he shows in his story is that soldiers are afraid too. These are a few of the things that Tim O’Brien tells you about war in the short story “Where Have You Gone Charming Billy”. War is very painful. In his story, the soldiers were drinking Coca Cola that afternoon, not knowing that later that day one of them would die. The main...
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...* The short story ”Be Here Now” written by Miguel Syjuco, was published in 2012. The short story is from Miguel Syjuco’ anthology “Elsewhere”. We meet a journalist who is struggling with PTSD, and his girlfriend Jenna. The story is about a mixed race man, his grandfather was Asian. He is a photographer, and he has previously been taking war pictures in an Arabic country. “I browse through some of my photos that made front pages. A soldier on his knees defusing an IED on the roadside […] A group of boys hiding behind mothers and sisters dressed in niqabs”. This quote shows that he has been in a warzone in an Arabic country. The short story takes place in their house, and follow them through there first days after moving in. The journalist recently came back from the Arabic land where he took war pictures and is now having a difficult time coming back from reality. Jenna is his fiancé and she is the one keeping the relationship going, planning the weeding and the setting up the apartment. After he came back from the war, he has been neglecting his relationship with Jenna, and he is just realizing how important the present and his future. The journalist is having a hard time getting over the things that happened in the war, and he is struggling coming back to the reality. In the short story he has been described as if his life is about checking his email, Facebook and being mentally everywhere else then where he physically is. The story covers about 2 day because we hear...
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...news and science articles from the internet, and occasional bed time stories with my son. I enjoy reading news rather than watch or listen to news, mainly because it allows me to gather and analyze information from various sources without the filter or the bias of television or radio networks news anchors. In addition to news and various articles I prefer to read short stories. My fascination with short stories began at around age 12 or 13. At the time, since access to television in Iran was very limited. We had to entertain ourselves and being a mischievous child I spent a lot of time in my room (being punished) either listening to radio or reading. My favorite books at the time were horror books. I remember buying these paperback books and reading them cover to cover in two or three days and be scared out of my wits for a few days. I recall at the end of some of these books were teasers about the next story that was due to arrive next. However, at the end of one of the books there was a short story by Edgar Allan Poe titled “The Cask of Amontillado”, I read that story several times and every time I found something new that I Had missed previously. That was the reason I got interested in short stories. My fascination with short stories always have been with a given writers ability to develop main characters, , story plot, and a that in novels might take chapters to develop, in a page or two. The stories are rich in content and packed with symbolisms that requires multiple...
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