The short story known as Shooting an Elephant and an excerpt called Two Views of a River contain similar literary elements, writing styles, and common themes. The author of Shooting an Elephant is George Orwell, and the author of Life on the Mississippi (where the excerpt was derived) is Mark Twain. Theme Both short stories use a similar theme. The theme of Shooting an Elephant is that are two choices, and the correct choice depends on the chooser. The theme of Two Views of a River is there are
The true testament to superior literature is a clear connection between various literary elements throughout a novel, short story, or poem. The author’s ability to connect elements produces a work where character development is enhanced, creating a well rounded character. Throughout the short story, Lets Go to the Videotape, Fiona Maazel utilizes social media, which demonstrates its catastrophic effects to parent-child relationships. Through Nick’s need for validation and Gus’s loss of trust in
events to advance their stories or even bring them to an end. They also put their characters into situations where they have to survive, though they have different definitions of what survival is. Only one author decides to use the Canadian tradition of making nature a cruel
Authors compose their novels and short stories with fictional reasonings of how to live life. Some writers create a theme of stress and the industrial development of the societies social mobility with one another. Luxury elements filled the houses of those who were wealthy, while those who struggled to have a roof over their head could only afford little. Authors such as F.Scott Fitzgerald wrote mainly about men and their motifs on how to get the girl they have dreamt about living a perfect life
Unbroken, written by Laura Hillenbrand, and it’s major motion picture replica directed by Angelina Jolie; tells a real-life story of a young man who could be considered a hero. Louis Zamperini was an Olympic runner and World War II aircraft aviator and bombardier. During his WWII tour, the plane he is on crashes into the Pacific Ocean. Only three people survive the crash: Louis, Phil, and Mac. They have to take drastic measures in order to survive, one of which Louis decides to wrestle a shark and
successful Irish businessman that died when she was five years old. Her mother was Eliza Faris came from a old French family that lived closely to St.Louis. Chopin spent her childhood in a attic constantly reading new books as well as being told stories about her great-great-grandmother who was a very successful person. Chopin had high hopes as being as or more successful as her great-great-grandmother.After attending an all girls school and moving on to college, she met Oscar Chopin, a french born
Comparing and Contrasting Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour”, and James Joyce’s “Araby” are both centralized short stories that couldn’t be anymore different in their context. Each story takes place in a very different time period, along with different plots, settings, and styles of writing. At first glance, the reader would not notice the similarities that are buried deep within these two stories. But with further analyst, these stories actually have very distinct thematic similarities that in
Analysis “People are certainly not nice like they used to be” (205). Flannery O’Connor’s “A Good Man Is Hard to Find” is a short story that expresses an idea of what constitutes as a good man. The story flows from a family wanting to take a vacation to an abrupt plot twist of the family ending up murdered. Although the narrator is limited to one character’s thoughts and feelings, this short fiction is focused on two characters: the Grandmother and the Misfit. It is apparent that their personalities differ
" A good man is hard to find" is a short story written by Flannery O'Connor. The main character of this story is the Grandmother. She is a very blunt old women that speaks her mind. She decided she wanted to go on road trip to Florida with her son Bailey, his wife and their two children. In this story Bailey plays a man that loves family and his mother but her behavior seems to bother him the most. His wife is actually the only one injured in this story but plays the mother of three children.
Storm is a racy account of events, more so considering the time at which Kate Chopin wrote it towards the tail end of the 19th century. The characters are presented as sexualized adults of the story. The principle characters, Calixta and Alcee previously had a relationship prior to the beginning of this story. However, they ended up marrying other suitors and had since not kept contact. Presently, Calixta and Alcee are reliving a time when their passion was at a high point. "The Storm" avails to us