the masters of minimalism. In the short stories of Hemingway Hills like White Elephants and Carvers short story What We Talk about When We Talk about Love, both use minimalist techniques such as open endings, symbolism, omission, and characteristics of main characters. When a person reads a book or a short story there is an ending in which the main character and the reader normally find on answer for what is happening. But In Carvers and Hemingway’s short stories they both use open endings. For example
Loss of Self in Hemingway's Soldiers Home, Cather's Paul's Case, and Melville's Bartleby the Scrivener Hemingway's "Soldiers Home," Cather's "Paul's Case," and Melville's "Bartleby the Scrivener" all present a loss of self. These stories prove that there is a fine line between finding one's self and losing one's self. I believe this loss can occur at any age or station of life. This idea is seen in each story's main character. Hemingway's "Soldier's Home" depicts a young man in his early
Massachusetts. He was a proud son and grandson of New England seafarers. His father pass away leaving his mother widowed. Hawthorne and his family consist of his mother, and his two sisters. After finishing college, he returned to Salem determined to be a writer. He fought twelve years to perfect his literary skills. Then in 1851, he wrote The House of Seven Gables. On May 19, 1864 Nathaniel Hawthorne met his death. Hawthorne describe his work, The House of Seven Gables to be a romance: “the point of view
Raymond's Run In the short story “Raymond’s Run,” by Toni Cade Bambara, the main character spot lighted is Hazel Elizabeth Deborah Parker, also known as Squeaky; for those lucky enough to call her that. Squeaky is a skinny armed tom boy that takes on the role of a protective sister over her mentally challenged older brother, Raymond, against other kids that attempt to bully him. Squeaky demonstrates different identities throughout the story and new achievements are born for Raymond despite his disabilities
Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “The Birth-Mark”, Raymond Carver’s “Cathedral”, and Randall Kenan’s “The Foundations of the Earth” illustrate how arrogance undermines knowledge and individual power and humility enhances those qualities. In each story, characters with parochial worldviews encounter people who challenge them to change. Other perspectives are available if they are able to let go of their superior attitudes. For example, Hawthorne’s protagonist, Aylmer, believes he has the ability and right to
with the Native Americans and the colonist. As America grew new immigrants, cultures, and ways of living began to develop which increased the number of social conflicts. In the early 1900’s both F. Scott Fitzgerald and Edith Maud Eaton or pen name Sui Sin Far comment about some of these struggles in their time. Fitzgerald highlights the difference between northern culture and southern cultures in his story “The Ice Palace”, while Far shows the clash between of the Chinese American and the white man
In the stories of Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour” and Sherman Alexie’s “The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven there is an external conflict of man vs. man. A conflict is the struggle between opposing forces in a story or a play, according to Prof. Clay. The conflict can either be internal or external, but in this case it is external because both characters struggle with a man vs. man conflict. Both stories also share a motif of a love/hate relationship. A motif is an idea or symbol that
The structure of a story is the main key which provides a better understanding and insight analysis to the reader. The elements of structure are time, setting, and character. Each individual element shapes the world of a story, and outlines the values or information which the writer is trying to the readers. In the articles¡¨Boys¡¨and ¡§Orientation¡¨ we can see totally different structures. By comparing these two stories, the two writers present their stories in totally different ways. The ¡§Boys¡¨
develop different themes and perspectives. These two stories are similar in some ways and different in others because, one is in the Northwest of Arizona vs. the Deep South. Depending on where you are can determine the mood, tone, and sometimes it can even symbolize something. In “This is what it means to say Phoenix, Arizona” the settings change throughout the story. As for “A Rose for Emily” the setting stays the same through the whole story. The setting helps to set the mood, it can have a symbolic
Throughout the early 1840’s up to the early 1900’s American authors were either classified as realist or naturalists. Realism is a faithful representation of life that focuses on middle class people and their problems and a form of writing where god is absent. Naturalism is an exaggerated form of realism where nature is an independent force. Some of these authors like Kate Chopin, Jack London, and Ambrose Bierce are all naturalist because of their exaggeration of life and life events. Stephen Crane
When people tell stories they tend to be about what they know. One thing that most people know is the environment around them. They pick up habits from their family, friends, and neighbors. They begin to talk like them using dialect and slang inherent to their region. Also, it is not uncommon for people to write about a fictional community that is based from their own community. As community affects how we write, writing can also affect the community. In other words, communities influence authors
However they both look at it a different way. Sherman Alexie was surprised that he became a writer. “Despite all the books I read, I am still surprised I became a writer. I was going to be a pediatrician. These days, I write novels, short stories, and poems (Alexie 498).” When he was younger, Indian children were expected to be school stupid. He overcame that and today he visits schools and teaches creative writing to
that is defined by the culture aspect, gives details about such fascinating and affluent information or context. Certain works, and words used in literature can help the reader understand and describe the sense of the community being read in the story. In addition, it is not uncommon for people to write about an imaginary community that is based from their own community. Community affects how we write; writing can also affect the community. It is clear, communities influence authors of literature
Veto, Graham Greene's The Basement Room and alan Sillitoe's Uncle Ernest In each of the three stories, 'The Son's Veto' by Thomas Hardy, 'The Basement Room' by Graham Green and 'Uncle Ernest' by Alan Silitoe, the respective writer conveys a sense of isolation regarding the central character. There are numerous similarities between the characters based on their common plight, but each story differs in the portrayal of these characters. The writer's effectively present the characters using
essayist, short-story writer and critic, is among the generation of African American writers and intellectuals who were inspired and mentored by Ralph Ellison. Ralph Ellison was a highly acclaimed scholar and writer. Ellison used racial issues to express universal dilemmas of identity and self-discovery, but didn’t use his writing as a propaganda tool to heighten his people. "Literature is colorblind," he once said “and it should be read and judged in a larger framework.” Many writers disagreed with
Nathaniel Hawthorne was an early American writer that has had a powerful influence on literature for literally centuries. He was known for penning short stories that still have a powerful impact. This writer had a unique style and incorporated definite themes in his writings. This essay will explore Nathaniel’s early life, writings and delve into his specific style of storytelling. Hawthorne was born on July 4, 1804 in Salem, Massachusetts. He had 2 siblings and was the child of Nathaniel and
amount of writers and genres. Poems, novels, and short stories are the main forms of expression, and these were produced by writers from around the world. “Many of the books in the 1970’s revolve around a general theme of man’s alienation from his spiritual roots”(Gillis). One author of the seventies is John Updike. He portrayed his characters “trying to find the meaning in a society spiritually empty and in a state of moral decay”(Gillis). Interest in the 1970’s focused on writers as disparate
The following three chapters of this thesis discuss the writings of Francis Scott Fitzgerald and his concentration on dreams and wealth. By detailing his significant short stories, namely “Winter Dreams”, “The Rich Boy” and “Babylon Revisited” the thesis will provide interpretations which focus on how money can affect dreams and idealism. The thesis of this paper is that money, in most cases does not bring what one has anticipated. Fitzgerald himself was always concerned about wealth and fitting
dynamism that characterizes the cultural tone of the 1920’s in American cities also in Berlin and Paris (Boundless). During the 1920’s expatriates was a major literary movement “until the Wall Street crash of 1929 that this remarkable era ended and the Great Depression spread worldwide” (Boundless). Expatriates were people who live outside their native country. Expatriates from the United States settled in Paris, wrote novels, and short stories expressing their feelings. Expatriates were young men and
Therefore, the more you know about the author, the better you can understand the messages of the author's work. Wolff influenced American literature by exploring his difficult childhood in a memoir, This Boy’s Life, and through his other short stories which greatly influenced himself as a person and a writer. From a very young age, Wolff’s parents shaped Wolff to the writer he is today both in positive and negative ways. His mother, Rosemary Loftus Wolff, was the daughter of a navy man who beat her