Short Story Review



Short Story Review

CHARLES

Theme: Lying

Character: Laurie/Charles, Mom, Teacher

Conflict: Man vs. Society

Setting: Home & School

Mood: Funny

Plot:

THE SOUTHPAW

Theme: Friendship / Gender bias in sports

Character: Janet, Richard

Conflict: Man vs. Man

Setting: Baseball Season

Mood: Amusing

Plot:

A SECRET FOR TWO

Theme: Friendship

Character: Pierre, Joseph (horse), Jacques (boss)

Conflict: Man vs. Nature – Pierre vs. blindness

Setting: Montreal

Mood: Sentimental

Plot:

THE FUN THEY HAD

Theme: School needs human contact / hard copy books have advantages

Character: Tommy, Margie

Conflict: Man vs. Society

Setting: Future

Mood:

Plot:

THE DINNER PARTY

Theme: Men and women are of equal nerve

Character: The American, hostess

Conflict: Man vs. Nature (snake) , Man vs. Man

Setting: India

Mood: Suspenseful

Plot:

THE MOUSTACHE

Theme: Individuality

Character: Mike, Grandma

Conflict: Man vs. Himself

Setting: Nursing home

Mood: Sad

Plot:

THE WAXWORK

Theme: Imagination is strong

Character: Dr. Bourdette, Raymond Hewson

Conflict: Man vs. Himself

Setting: Wax museum/ Murder’s Den

Mood: Suspenseful

Plot:

THE CEMETERY PATH

Theme: Imagination is strong

Character: Ivan

Conflict: Man vs. Himself

Setting: Cemetery

Mood: Suspenseful

Plot:

THE TELL TALE HEART

Theme: Guilt

Character: Narrator (madman), old man with the weird eye, the police

Conflict: Man vs. Himself

Setting: At the home of an elderly man, around midnight

Mood: Suspenseful

Plot:

THE NECKLACE

Theme: Jealousy

Character: Mr. & Mrs. Loisel, Madamme Forestier

Conflict: Man vs. Himself

Setting: France

Mood: Sad and Serious

Plot:

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