Literary Analysis of ''a Very Short Story

Determining what point of view the writer is telling the story from can be quite tricky but, in fiction one must look at whose eyes the reader is experiencing the story through to make that determination. There are five primary narrative viewpoints: 1) First person 2) Third Person Omniscient 3) Third person Limited Omniscient 4) Third Person Objective 5) Stream of Consciousness all having equal importance as to how they reader interprets the information. As our text states, “to identify a story’s point of view, describe the role the narrator plays in the events and any limits placed on his or her knowledge of the events” (26). Although the point of view is usually established at the beginning of the story and is maintained throughout it until

Do you think stories have the power to change the world? I think stories can change a person’s perspective on things or life. If we find the deeper meaning of a story, we can relate the story to our lives easier. Once we relate the stories to our lives, we would be able to reflect on it better and understand how the people in the story feel which would cause us to see people differently. Stories have the power to change the world because they usually have deeper meaning that we can relate to our lives which help us understand why this world is what it is today.

In the beginning, the characters are John and Lorraine. John is a drinker and a smoker, he is always sloppy with his appearance. Not to mention, he even considers himself as a maniac. Then there’s Lorraine, Lorraine was a lonely new kid at the Highschool that both John and her attended. Lorraine is a kind young lady; however, she doesn’t seem to fit in until John appeared to her on the bus. Both of them met on the bus, they were sitting next to each other at the time, when suddenly, John just started laughing out of nowhere. Lorraine was thinking that he was crazy when she suddenly snapped at him to be quiet and called him a maniac. John stopped laughing, but then said into Lorraine’s ear, “I am a maniac.” The two continued to talk and both just ended up looking like maniacs because they were both

This is not how the story progresses chronologically or chapterly, but merely how I decided to organize things based off of how the chapters fit together and what I am choosing to ignore for brevities sake.

Short stories can share themes, motifs, symbols, consequences, and plot lines, even if there is never any intention to share a common element between the stories. The stories can be written close together or in different decades and still be linked to the one another. They can also be worlds apart with different meanings in the end, but that does not stop them from having similar ideas expressed within them. The following three stories, “Lagoon” by Joseph Conrad, “The Rocking Horse Winner” by DH Lawrence, and “The Lady in the Looking Glass” by Virginia Woolf, are three totally different stories that share common threads that make them the stories that they are.

Are you ready to analyze three stories? Yes? Awesome! No? Too bad, because here we go! The three stories in question are The Leap by Louise Erdrich, The Contents of a Dead Man’s Pockets by Jack Finney, and Ambush by Tim O’Brien. The authors of these stories use aspects of their stories to shape the plot, show the theme, and to change the views and opinions of the characters in the stories.

She looks behind her then screams as she is tackled by a much larger person. She twists around then glares at her best friend "get your heavy ass off me" she growls. The larger girl laughs and shakes her head as she straddles Alex. "But I missed you" she says with a pout, "Megan I saw you three hours ago" Alex complains trying to wiggle away groaning. Alex could barely control her nervousness and excitement as her best friend sat on top of her.

Unease. Thrilling. Surprise. These are simply three feelings thrown at the reader all happening in a one-page story. Short-short stories often have the affect of making the reader feel uneasy. The reason behind this, is because the stories are so short the writer needs to jump directly into the story with something interesting or alarming to grab the reader’s attention. Often, the more uneasy the writing is, the more it leaves an effect on the reader. Clearly, some stories are more uneasy than others.

The story is about a 22 year old man, Chengez Khan, who hails from Pakistan but studies at America. He is a diligent student and succeeds to land at a decent job in a reputable company. Once he happens to visit Greece where he falls in love with an American girl, Erica. The two soon develop liking for each other but Erica is a bit reluctant to be intimate with Chengez because she still misses her ex boyfriend. However, despite her lack of intimacy, Chengez is still optimistic about their relationship and he finally succeeds to win her love.

A boy named Santiago was searching for a hidden treasure at the pyramids of Egypt. He slept at an abandoned church with a half-destroyed roof. He had a lot of sheep and used a book as a pillow. The boy knew an old woman that lived in Tarifa and interpreted dreams. When he was there he told her that he has dreamt the same dream twice and a little boy transported him to the Egyptian Pyramids and told him about a treasure. The woman told him that not to pay him for his visit, for she wanted one-tenth of the treasure he told her about. Then he went to the market for something to eat, he traded his book with a thicker one. He sat at a bench and started to read his book, when he finally understood the book an old man who was a king in a small land called Salem sat next to him and told him that the book he was reading said the same thing as almost all of the books in the world. Then he gave him two rocks, one black and one white. The black rock meant yes, and the white rock meant no. The king told him if Santiago had trouble reading the omens, he could just ask a question and the stones would help him. Then the king told him a story and Santiago understood that a shepherd like him may like to travel, but he should never forget about his sheep. Then he knew that he would give the sheep to the old man. Santiago needed money to go to the Egypt Pyramids so he worked for a month with a crystal merchant. When he had the money he went with an English man to Egypt. They met a girl named

Summary The story starts out with the main character, Tom Joad, being released from prison after being held for four years for a conviction of manslaughter. He makes his way back with a preacher named Jim Casey (a man who gave up his calling due to belief that everything is holy) to his family’s farm in Oklahoma only to find that his farm along with all the neighboring family’s farms deserted. Muley Graves, an old neighbor, wanders by and tells the men that everyone has been “tractored” off the land. Most families, he says, including his own, have headed to California to look for work. Tom finds his family at his uncle’s house packing up to find work. His family had followed advertising fruit picking jobs in California. They thought of the trip to California as their only hope of getting their lives back on track. The road to California in a rickety used truck is long and tiring. Grampa Joad dies on the road shortly after the family’s departure. It seems the entire country is in flight to the Promised Land of California. As the Joads near California, they hear ominous rumors of a depleted job market. One migrant tells Pa that “20,000 people show up for every 800 jobs” and that his own children have starved to death. Their family moves from one crappy camp to the next, looking for work, struggling to find food, and trying desperately to hold their family together. Noah,one of the Joad children, abandons the family. Later, Connie, a man who is married to Toms pregnant sister,

"We should probably head into the jungle to look so then at least we won't be as vulnerable as we are out here in the open "commented Carlos "Alright then," agreed Shane "let's head out first thing in the morning, but until then we should try and get some sleep" As the four children wandered into the small cave Carlos had created, the sun seemed to dissolve over the horizon and disappeared for the night.

“I still don’t think this is a good idea,” Steve’s voice brought me out of my mental planning.

Billie is walking down the street, on her way home from school. She stops for a second, she sees a van pull up beside her on the road. That was very abnormal in her small town. The window to the van rolls down slowly, there is a guy with a mustache in the front seat, he says to her, “Where you heading to little girl.” She says nothing to him and continues walking. He once again pulls up beside her and she says, “go away.” He then pulls up to her a final time and asks her to get in the van, and that he knows what house she lives in. She firmly says no and continues walking down the road.

As I stood in the lifeless and cold forest, I could hear the distant speech of my counselor. I began to wonder off as droplets of the cold rain began to run down my rosy cheeks. I wondered what hike we would have to go on that night. You see, for the past days that I had spent at camp we had been advised about a special hike. As I began to wonder back, I felt a warm hand on my icy shoulder. Startled, I quickly turned around to see the confused faces of my friends. In unison my friends Andrea and Ally asked, "Are you okay?" Andrea had pale skin with long curly black hair. While Ally had slightly tanned skin, short brown hair with dirty blonde tips and purple braces. " Of course, I'm okay. I'm just a little anxious to find out what hike we would go on.", I responded. Emma, my friend with short blonde hair, glasses, very pale skin, and the most mesmerizing blue eyes that twinkled with the slightest hint of light, said "Don’t worry well find out soon enough." Our conversation was interrupted by our counselor to inform us about our hike. My pulse accelerated with every word he spoke. It had gotten to the point where my head began to tune out any information that wasn’t important. When the blonde-haired counselor got to the words "On today's hike you will be" my heart skipped a few beats. Anxiousness and excitement ran through my head. For I loved to go on adventures, especially those in a frightening and never ending forest.