Name: Emmanuel AlvarezProf. Brinda Surendar

ENC 110204/25/2016

SETTING• A setting in a story is the

environment in which the story will take place.

• The setting also referred to the background. It also shows the time in which the event occurred.

• The setting exists in every form of action, representing not only the time; also will show the place and the social context throughout the work.

“A ROSE FOR EMILY,”WILLIAM FAULKNER’S

• . The setting in “A Rose for Emily” is Faulkner’s fictitious post-civil war small town in the deep south of the United States.

• The uses of Faulkner of this particular time period are successful in giving the reader an understanding or background to the values and beliefs of the characters in the story.

• In Kate Chopin's short story, The Story of an Hour shows a short hour of a woman's life.

“The Story of an Hour”. Kate Chopin

In the story, Louise Mallard hears the rumor of her husband's sudden death and begins to think of what lies ahead of her now that she is free.

“The Lottery”Shirley Jackson

The story sets up the reader to expect good things from the lottery.

The story focuses on a small village that has a “lottery” every year.

"To Build a Fire" Jack London

The story "To Build a Fire" is about an unnamed man who embarks on a nine hour walk across the Klondike's harsh winter landscape to meet his companions at a mining camp.

• Edgar Allan Poe wrote that the single effect was the most important aspect of a short story, which everything must contribute to this effect.

“The Black Cat”

Edgar Allan Poe

• Godfather Death is a short story written by the Grimm brothers.

“Godfather Death”Grimm brothers

• This story contains several literary elements and one major theme.

Two of those literary elements are "conflict and "foreshadowing and underlying theme of the story is "the greed and ignorance of man.

POEMS

Toomer’s poem People examines the tendency to focus on appearance.

People Poem by Jean

Toomer

Toomer goes on to say that those who see the world this way "never see themselves", "or you, or me".

Things to Thinks

Robert BlyThis poem, by Robert Bly, from his collection Morning Poems is a wonderful reminder to allow miracles to come in wonderful ways, to be open to the moment, whatever the moment may be.

HYSTERIAT.S. ELIOT

• T.S. Eliot, in the short poem "Hysteria," explores and indirectly comments on a frantic state of mind, which in the poem is associated with the female gender.

“That time of year thou mayst in me behold”William Shakespeare

In the poem "That time of year thou mayst in me behold”, author William Shakespeare attempts to explain to his readers the emotions one would likely feel during the passing of time and entering into old age, when one senses the end of their life is near.

“I Have Found What You Are Like”

E.E CummingsThis poem is about loves strong desire just for a kiss.

The whole poem is based off of nature, every word bringing a new element to life, just as the women’s love brings a new part of him alive.