‘The Lives of the Dead’ by Tim O’Brien: Short Story Analysis ‘The Lives of the Dead’ is a short story in memoir form by American writer Tim O’Brien from his book The Things They Carried. Tim O’Brien, while a young man, was drafted into the army and sent to Vietnam. His books are part fiction and part autobiographical about his life as a soldier and then as a writer. … [Read more...] about ‘The Lives of the Dead’ by Tim O’Brien: Short Story Analysis
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‘A Distant Episode’ by Paul Bowles: Short Story Analysis
‘A Distant Episode’ by Paul Bowles: Short Story Analysis A Distant Episode' is a modernist realistic short story based in the regions of Algeria, Western Sahara, or Morocco in the 1940s. The author of this piece is the American writer, music composer, and world traveler Paul Bowles. 'A Distant Episode' was penned by Bowles in the year 1947. He had explored North Africa by … [Read more...] about ‘A Distant Episode’ by Paul Bowles: Short Story Analysis
‘Jacklighting’ by Ann Beattie: Short Story Analysis
‘Jacklighting’ by Ann Beattie: Short Story Analysis Jacklighting’ is a post-modernist realistic short story penned by American author Professor Ann Beattie. Ann Beattie has received an award for excellence from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters and the PEN/Malamud Award for excellence in the short story form. She has penned many short stories written … [Read more...] about ‘Jacklighting’ by Ann Beattie: Short Story Analysis
‘The Lottery’ by Shirley Jackson: Short Story Analysis
‘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
‘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