Fiction Essays

“The Unicorn in the Garden” is a story written by the American cartoonist, author and journalist James Thurber. He was well known for his cartoons and short stories, mainly published in The New Yorker magazine. “The Unicorn in the Garden” is about a man and his wife. One morning he …

Prompt: Sometimes a conflict that appears to be external emerges, on closer examination, as an internal struggle. Explain this concept in your story.  In literary works, there is always an obstacle between the protagonist and their task. Usually, that interference is an internal or external struggle between the protagonist himself, …

Poverty is a subject that is very relevant all over the world today. It is an issue, which affects many people and families. Many people have to struggle everyday just to survive. They starve and struggle while other people live happy lives without having to worry about if there are …

In “Shame”, Dick Gregory uses indirect characterization to show that an original is worth a lot more than a copy.In this story, Gregory uses the character Richard to prove his statement. Richard does a series of actions to look good in front of Helene Tucker. The story says: “I brushed …

“They’re Not Your Husband” is a short story by Raymond Carver, where he writes about the man named Earl Ober, who is an unemployed salesman, with his wife (Doreen) working as a waitress, at a 24-hour coffee shop. After a night of drinking as he usually does he goes to …

What you need to know. Background information is presented, main characters are introduced, and the conflict is established. Act 1 Rising Action: The conflicts and challenges encountered by the characters. How they respond keeps the story moving forward. Act 2 Climax: The turning point in the conflict. Tension builds until …

In the short story by Katharine Brush, her purpose is to make the readers feel sympathetic to the women. Brushes use of point of view and attention to detail to convey the purpose of the short story. Brush uses a person sitting in the restaurant to get the point to …

Jakob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm are famous brothers who are known for their folk stories that are inside the book Grimm’s Fairy Tales_. _Grimm’s Fairy Tales_ is a collection of famous works, featuring stories we all have heard of such as “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,” “Rumplestiltskin,” and “Godfather …

A novel named “Lilies of the Field” was written by an American author William Edmund Barrett, in the year of 1962. With the assistance of the idea from Barrett’s novel Ralph Nelson made a tremendous movie in 1963. Discussion A small but excellent novel “Lilies of the Field” made into …

In her two short stories, “A Good Man Is Hard to Find” and “Everything that Rises Must Converge”, O’Connor reveals much about her identity as writer. Both stories are told in a serious moral tone that set the mood for the reader. The theme of race is brought to life …