‘The Selfish Giant’ is a parabolic fable set in a fantasy background penned and published in May 1888 by Oscar Wilde, an Irish poet and writer of great repute. The Christian element in the short story is evident. The story is one of the many literary styles that the writer, poet, and public personality Oscar Wilde experimented with throughout his literary career, especially … [Read more...] about ‘The Selfish Giant’ by Oscar Wilde: Short Story Analysis
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‘Elias’ by Leo Tolstoy: Short Story Analysis
‘Elias’ is a realistic Christian parabolic short story penned by the Russian writer Leo Tolstoy in 1885. Leo Tolstoy wrote this short story after his moral crisis and spiritual awakening post-1870. ‘Elias’, also sometimes titled ‘Ilyas’, is the story of a Muslim Bashkir of Russia in the Ural Mountains. Elias undergoes prosperity and then failure in his life through the changing … [Read more...] about ‘Elias’ by Leo Tolstoy: Short Story Analysis
‘The Cherry Tree’ by Ruskin Bond: Short Story Analysis
‘The Cherry Tree’ was written in 1980 by Anglo-Indian writer Ruskin Bond also known as the writer from the Hills of India. Ruskin Bond penned this realistic short story of the hills of Mussoorie in India. Ruskin Bond wrote this short story while still living at the Maplewood Lodge in Mussoorie. This short story is styled like a bedtime story and is based on the scenic natural … [Read more...] about ‘The Cherry Tree’ by Ruskin Bond: Short Story Analysis
‘He’ by Katherine Anne Porter: Short Story Analysis
‘He’ is a post-Southern realistic contemporary short story penned by American writer Katherine Anne Porter. This short story is set in Texas in Porter’s native town, where an unnamed special needs child is often abused, pitied, and ultimately abandoned in a poor institutional home by his family. Katherine Anne Porter differs from the post-Faulkner school of Southern novelists … [Read more...] about ‘He’ by Katherine Anne Porter: Short Story Analysis
‘Men’ by Kay Boyle: Short Story Analysis
‘Men’ is a World War Two historical short story penned by American writer Kay Boyle. The short story is about the lives of some French prisoners of war who were missing their families and homes because of the never-ending war and their confinement in the prison labor camps of France. Kay Boyle highlights the sense of conflict between those whose eyes are open to the actual … [Read more...] about ‘Men’ by Kay Boyle: Short Story Analysis
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