‘The Lottery’ by Shirley Jackson: Short Story Analysis ‘The Lottery’ is a puritanical short story with a macabre twist penned in 1948 by American writer Shirley Jackson. The story is one of Jackson's best pieces that took America by storm when published in ‘The New Yorker’ magazine in June 1948. People were outraged by the hauntingly unnerving twist in this otherwise … [Read more...] about ‘The Lottery’ by Shirley Jackson: Short Story Analysis
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‘The Hunter’ by E. L. Doctorow: Short Story Analysis
‘The Hunter’ by E. L. Doctorow: Short Story Analysis ‘The Hunter’ is a surreal modernist short story penned by one of the greatest American writers of the last century, namely E. L. Doctorow. The writer's full name is Edgar Lawrence Doctorow, and he was a resident of New York. He was an award-winning author of many books, and President Barack Obama was very fond of him as … [Read more...] about ‘The Hunter’ by E. L. Doctorow: Short Story Analysis
‘Children are Bored on Sunday’ by Jean Stafford: Short Story Analysis
‘Children are Bored on Sunday’ by Jean Stafford: Short Story Analysis ‘Children are Bored on Sunday’ is the modernist realistic short story penned by American novelist, short story writer, and Pulitzer Prize-winning writer, Jean Stafford. It narrates how two young people Emma and Alfred, the former a novice in everything intellectual and the latter a real intellectual, … [Read more...] about ‘Children are Bored on Sunday’ by Jean Stafford: Short Story Analysis
‘The Tryst’ by Joyce Carol Oates: Short Story Analysis
‘The Tryst’ by Joyce Carol Oates: Short Story Analysis ‘The Tryst’ is a post-modernist short story by highly acclaimed American writer, educationist, and winner of numerous awards, Joyce Carol Oates. ‘The Tryst’, which means keeping a private romantic rendezvous between lovers, is an ‘edge of your seat’ short story about two lovers, Annie and John. They misunderstand each … [Read more...] about ‘The Tryst’ by Joyce Carol Oates: Short Story Analysis
‘The Pilgrimage’ by William Maxwell: Short Story Analysis
‘The Pilgrimage’ by William Maxwell: Short Story Analysis ‘The Pilgrimage’ is a satirical modernist short story by American writer William Maxwell (better known in the USA as William Keepers Maxwell Jr.). This short story was penned by Maxwell in the year 1953 and satirized the way American tourists usually behave when they go on a holiday to a foreign locale, especially … [Read more...] about ‘The Pilgrimage’ by William Maxwell: Short Story Analysis