Notes on 5 Different Short Story

Notes on Short Story THE GIFT OF THE MAGI By O. Henry view 26 September 2012 surname The Gift of the Magi Author William Sydney Porter besides known as O. Henry punctuate of the O. Henry O. Henry was born(p) on September 11, 1862, in Greensboro, North Carolina. Both his mother and stupefy died before O. Henry turned 20. As a teenager, he worked as a pharmacists assistant in his uncles pharmacy to help support his family. At age 19, he moved to Texas to con advantage of its warmth and dry climate. There he worked at a farm that belonged to a friend of his familys. Vocabulary * Instigates To cause by exhortation Subsiding To sink to a low or lower aim * Coax To attempt to influence by gentle persuasion * Faltered To waver or waver in action, purpose, intent, and so forth * Ravages To work havoc upon * self-assertion A positive statement or declaration, often with turn out reason or support * Tresses A plait or braid of hairsbreadth * perfervid Having, expressive of, or char acterized by intense feeling * Dandy A man who is excessively concerned around his clothes and appearance * till A box or trough in a stalls or barn from which horses or cattle eat Setting Christmas Eve, impertinent York City Characters Delia Young * James Dillingham Young * Madame Sofronie literary Devices * Allusion The magi, as you know, were smart menwonderfully wise menwho brought gifts to the Babe in the manger. * reduplication And sixty cents of it was in pennies. Pennies saved one and two * Polysyndeton a cartridge clip by bulldozing the grocer and the vegetable man and the merelycher. * Personification The dull precious metal seemed to flash with a reflection of her bright and ardent soul. * Repetition looked out dully at a gray cat walking a gray fence in a gray backyard. * Simile about her rippling and shining like a cascade of brown waters. * fiction Oh, and the next two hours tripped by on rosy wings. * Situational Irony Della receives combs for her hair that is no longer there. * Synecdoche White fingers and nimble tore the string and piece of music * Alliteration that life-time is made up of sobs, sniffles, and smiles. Symbolism The symbolism in The Gift of the Magi is based upon the gifts given by Jim and Della. Both Jim and Della gave up a possession the forfeited the brilliance of the gift they would receive from their spouse.The gifts showing the importance of giving everything of themselves. Theme * Love * Sacrifice * Wealth * Women and Feminity Point of image Third Person THE NECKLACE BY GUY DE MAUPASSANT Date 10 October 2012 Title The Necklace Author Henri Rene Albert Guy De Maupassant Background of the Author Henri Rene Albert Guy De Maupassant was born on August 5th, 1850 and was declared deceased on July 6th, 1893. He was a cut writer known for his short stories, which painted the life of people in the 19th Century of France.He was prolific, published 300 short stories and 6 unuseds, precisely he died at a very young age referable to physical and mental illness. Vocabulary * Blundered A gross, or stupid misinterpretation * Wit The keen perception and cleverly apt expression of those connections amongst ideas that awaken amusement and pleasure. * Antechambers A chamber or elbow room that serves as a waiting room and entrance to a larger room or an apartment * Peopling Indefinitely or Collectively * Trifled An article or thing of very little value Setting Paris, 1880 Character * Mathilde Loisel * Monsieur Loisel Madame Forestier Literary Devices * Situational Irony * Authorial Intrusion * Anaphora * Alliteration Symbolism The Necklace The necklace, elegant but worthless, represents the power of perception and the split between appearances and reality. Mathilde wants to borrow the necklace from Madame Forestier, but she did not tell Mathilde that it was a fake. Mathilde never underestimated Madame Forestier due to her wealth. Themes * Wealth * Women and Feminity * plume * Suffering A V ery Old reality with Enormous go By Gabriel Garcia Marquez Date 31 October 2012Title A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings Author Gabriel Garcia Marquez Background of the Author Gabriel Garcia Marquez was born on March 6th, 1928. He was a writer who grew up listening to family tales. His novels and direct drawn worldwide audiences. He won the Nobel Prize in 1982. afterward College, he became a journalist who introduced readers to magical realism. Vocabulary * Stupor breakage or great diminution of sensibility as in indisposition or as caused by narcotics, intoxicants, etc. Grandeur The quality or state of being impressive * Dialect A variety of manner of speaking that is distinguished from other varieties of the same language by features of phonology, grammar, and vocabulary and by its use by a group of speakers who are set false from others geographically or socially. * Bailiff An officer, similar to a sheriff or a sheriffs deputy, employed to execute writs and processes, ma ke arrests, keep order in the court, etc. * Reverence A feeling or attitude of deep honor tinged with awe * Frivolous Characterize by lack of seriousness or sense * Robust Strong and Healthy Impertinences Unmannerly intrusion or presumption Setting Characters * The Old Man * Pelayo * Elisenda * Father Gonzaga * The Neighbor muliebrity * The Spider Woman Literary Devices * Verbal Irony * Synesthesia * witching(prenominal) Realism * Onomatopoeia * Allusion Symbolism * Wings Wings represent power, speed and infinite freedom in motion. Ironically, the wings of the angel in the story get under ones skin only a sense of age and disease. When the village doctor examines the honest-to-god man, he notices how naturally the wings fit in with the rest of his body.The eventual(prenominal) effect is to suggest that the old man is both natural and unearthly at once. * The Spider Woman The spider woman represents the fickleness with which numerous self-interested people approach their own faith. Not surprisingly, the old mans reputation wanes when he proves capable of performing only minor quilt miracles. Themes * Family * Moral * Religion * Magical Realism The Pedestrian By barb Bradbury Date 7 November 2012 Title The Pedestrian Author Ray Bradbury Background of the Author Ray Bradbury was born on August 22nd, 1920, Waukegan, Illinois.He was an American fondness and horror author who rejected being categorized as a sci-fi author, claiming that his work was based on the fantastical and unreal. His best known novel is Fahrenheit 451. He is also remembered for other of his popular works including and . He was declared deceased just recently, June 5th, 2012 at the age of 91. Vocabulary * Seams The gillyflower formed by sewing together pieces of cloth, leather, or the like. * Intermittent fillet or ceasing for a time * Wintry Of or characteristic of overwinter * Doot N/ASetting November, 2053 A. D. Characters * Leonard Mead Literary Devices * Personification * Im agery * Symbolism * Simile * parable * Alliteration * Irony Symbolism On their way to the psychiatric shopping centre for Research on Regressive Tendencies, they pass Meads house. It is ablaze with lights in contrast to the dark city. It is a symbol of hope of vibrant life light is a universal symbol of hope, but the car is swallowed up once more into the darkness, literally and figuratively. Themes * Technology * Society loses its humanity * reality cease to exist * Distrust and Ultimate Destruction * Propaganda * Pessimistic