‘The Insult’ or ‘Hatak’ is a realistic feminist short story written by one of India's greatest short-story writers, Saadat Hasan Manto. ‘Hatak’ or ‘The Insult’ is a story about the life of a prostitute during the last phase of India’s struggle for Independence and in the first decade of Independent India. We know this because Ram Lal, the pimp of the main protagonist Saugandhi, … [Read more...] about ‘The Insult’ or ‘Hatak’ by Saadat Hasan Manto: Short Story Analysis
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‘The Blood of the Lamb’ by Bernice Rubens: Short Story Analysis
‘The Blood of the Lamb’ is a humorous short story penned by Booker Prize-Winning Welsh author Bernice Rubens. Bernice Rubens was the first woman to win the Booker Prize in 1970. In this comic short story, the narrator, in a tongue-in-cheek manner, narrates how her friend Rose inherits a lot of wealth and expensive linen and silverware from her otherwise irritating mother. The … [Read more...] about ‘The Blood of the Lamb’ by Bernice Rubens: Short Story Analysis
‘The End of the World’ by Dino Buzzati: Short Story Analysis
‘The End of the World’ is a nihilistic story of the fantastic penned by twentieth-century bestselling Italian author Dion Buzzati. Buzzati usually wrote haunting stories of the fantastic and arabesque, which were nihilistic, simple, and to the point. This short story titled ‘The End of the World’ is also haunting and nihilistic but moralistic. A reader would typically compare … [Read more...] about ‘The End of the World’ by Dino Buzzati: Short Story Analysis
‘A Single Night’ by Rabindranath Tagore: Short Story Analysis
‘A Single Night’ is a realistic romance or dramatic short story penned by Indian writer Rabindranath Tagore also known as Gurudev. The story is simplistic and centers around the narrator’s role in life or existence. The narrator, a young eighteen plus boy, seeks to find a reason for his existence. He tries to find it while participating in the activities of the Indian National … [Read more...] about ‘A Single Night’ by Rabindranath Tagore: Short Story Analysis
‘Babylon Revisited’ by F. Scott Fitzgerald: Short Story Analysis
‘Babylon Revisited’ is an autobiographical ephemeral short story penned by famous American author F. Scott Fitzgerald in 1930. However, the story was published in 1931 when Fitzgerald was struggling with his alcoholism and the strained relationship with his wife Zelda and his daughter. Using familiar nostalgia as one of the themes, Fitzgerald gives his take on how he visited … [Read more...] about ‘Babylon Revisited’ by F. Scott Fitzgerald: Short Story Analysis