In the short story “American History” by Judith Ortiz Cofer, the green door symbolizes hope for Elena, the main character. The short story is about a girl named Elena who is struggling to fit in. Elena is the outcast in her school, but when Eugene comes along, she finds she is no longer alone. Even though Elena is a straight A student, she is not allowed to be in advanced classes like Eugene because English is not her first language. Eugene offers to have a study session with her, but when President
In the short story “A Curtain of Green” written by Edora Welty, the womanly setting of the flower garden is mostly used to explore the relationship between fertility and death, between gardening and fiction. This short story's gardener confronts the mysterious emptiness of human understanding and attempts to agree with that irrationality. Mrs. Larkin watched her husband get killed by a falling Chinaberry Tree and has convinced herself that her love couldn’t keep him. "A ‘Curtain of Green’ concerns
Thesis: Imagery signifies the development of conflicts and time in the short story “Strays.” Kincaid uses images of the seasons as it is changing into the reader’s mind to recreate the scene so that the reader can see how the story is progressing. Kincaid sets up the beginning of the story using imagery to show the state that the narrator is in and where the time initially starts which can empathize the time it took for the conflict to happen. “Our father has meant to put the screens back on the
soldiers made their way back home to their families and property others were still not heard from or seen. Ten years might have seemed like a lifetime to some people, but for Odysseus who has been on what seems like a never ending journey back to Ithica, would have been a short period of time. The story takes off ten years after the Trojan War was over and leads to Odysseus being gone from his home for a total of twenty years. Twenty years since he first left his home, wife and son Telemachus, who
In the short story “The lamp at Noon”, written by Sinclair Ross, the symbols reflect and resemble the characters’ attributes. Firstly, the lead characters’ perished farmland mirrors Ellen’s, the protagonist, emotions and capability to stay whole and unbreakable for her family. Additionally, the detrimental wind exemplifies the main characters, Ellen and Paul’s disorientated marriage. Finally, the lamp in the main characters home and Ellen and Paul’s baby are alike and both symbolize hope for the
The short story “A Good Man is Hard to Find” is written by Flannery O’Connor and published in 1953. “A Good Man is Hard to Find” has become one of O’Connor’s most highly advertised short fiction works because it displays all the characteristics for which she is best known. This short story has a contrast of violent fiction with characters that were drawn humorously and carefully and also a philosophy that underlines O’Connor’s devoted Roman Catholic faith. “A Good Man is Hard to Find” serves as the
Humanity as Depicted by “Rashomon” Rynosuke Akutagawa’s “Rashomon” takes place in a declining society weakened by natural disasters, war and hunger. The story shows humanity’s dark side and suggests that human nature is a cause entirely without hope. When faced with dire circumstances the short story “Rashomon” shows that it is human nature to disregard one’s set of beliefs in order to justify unmoral actions, to adjust to toxic situations and ultimately survive in a world different from what is
O’Brien’s “The Things They Carried,” yet their presence is felt strongly throughout the story. In most war tales, and certainly in reality, many of the men on tour have women they yearn to be with and fight to live another day in hopes of seeing that special someone one day in the future. In “The Things They Carried,” many of the material objects carried are essential to survival and mentioned in the short story. Objects ranging from M&Ms to guns, and dog tags to pocket knifes all play a key role in
Bridge “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” by Ambrose Bierce, tells the story of a confederate secessionist, who is being hung by Union troops in Northern Alabama. At the time, the protagonist Peyton Fahrquhar, is about to be hung by soldiers dropping him from the bridge. Fortunately, he plummets from the bridge facing certain death when the rope snaps and he dives into the “sluggish stream”. This event alone would grant hope to even the most unfortunate soul in the most peerless of times. He astoundingly
AA100B Asmaa Saadi AL Sammarraie 2140225 When we say Cultural Encounters we are talking about motivating things, on a space of levels in short story anthology title A world of Difference. Hope and disappointment after the revolution of Castro Cuba, comfort and fear in USA with all its beauty and sadness ,cultural ties that bind families and the difference between people’s dreams and reality, In working up with such theme we transact with complicated and distressing