this will be three different short stories analysis different page for each
instructions are as follows-
First Short Story – Hills Like White Elephants by Ernest Hemingway
As you read the short story Hills Like White Elephants by Ernest Hemingway, pay close attention to what you recognize as symbolism in the text. Examine how objects in the story represent, or symbolize, other things. Keep in mind that there is no one correct interpretation of the text. You may notice something that others don’t.
Here are some questions to consider to help guide you through the reading. I highly recommend you read and reread the story at least twice!
Things to consider:
Where does the story take place? Is there anything in the setting that could symbolize or represent something else?
Look closely at where the characters are and what’s around them.
Where are they specifically? What about the landscape?
What are the characters doing?
Examine their actions
Consider their words, spoken and unspoken
Consider the title
What is a white elephant? How does Hemingway use this image as a symbol of something else?
For the Assignment:
In a short constructed response of at least two paragraphs, choose two symbols you have identified from the text and explain the meaning of the symbols you have chosen within the story. Use evidence from the text to support your response. You can use direct quotations and/or paraphrasing to support your analysis. You may choose two symbols from the list below or you can add your own.
hills
white elephants
railroad tracks
green side of the station
alcohol
baggage
beaded curtain
train station
Be sure to use proper MLA in-text citations for your quotations. You can find additional guidance for in-text citations on the Purdue University OWL English Writing LabLinks to an external site. website. A few examples follow from the OWL English Writing Lab website:
Include the author’s name in the sentence and you only need the page number in parenthesis after your quotation:
Wordsworth stated that Romantic poetry was marked by a “spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings” (263).
2. No author name in the sentence, both author name and page number go in parenthesis after the quotation:
Romantic poetry is characterized by the “spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings” (Wordsworth 263).
3. Author name included in sentence with a paraphrase of the quotation/idea, just the page number is needed at the end of the sentence:
Wordsworth extensively explored the role of emotion in the creative process (263).
Requirements:
at least two well-developed paragraphs in length
include evidence from the text to support your analysis
Express complete thoughts
2nd short story -Haruki Murakami’s On Seeing the 100% Perfect Girl One Beautiful April Morning
For the Assignment:
Choose one question below to complete a short literary analysis of one element of the short story.
The story takes place on a busy street in the Harajuku fashion neighborhood of Tokyo. How does the setting impact the story? How does it help develop the plot?
Some of the topics explored in this story include love, loneliness, and lost chances, among others. Identity a topic and develop a thematic statement for that topic, what do you think Murakami trying to convey about that theme? If your topic is love, what do you think is being conveyed about love through the actions, words, and thoughts of the characters?
Choose a symbol that you have identified from the text and explain the meaning of the symbol you have chosen within the story. Use evidence from the text to support your response.
Requirements:
at least two paragraphs in length
3rd short story – Beginning, End by Jessica Soffer
read the short story Beginning, End by Jessica Soffer and answer the following prompts. Your response to each question should be one paragraph in length. Use examples from the text to support your response.
In your opinion, what is the theme of the story? What is the author trying to convey through the characters’ words/actions?
This story heavily emphasizes the plot and reads almost like a list of events. How does this affect the overall impact of the story? Do you like how it’s constructed?
Your response needs to be:
at least two paragraphs in length
