Short Story Reviews
In The Unexpected by Kate Chopin we have the theme of freedom, control, independence, honesty, escape, love, change and responsibility. Narrated in the third person by an unnamed narrator the reader realises after reading the story that Chopin may be exploring the theme of love. At the start of the story Randall and Dorothea are […]
Read moreIn The Recovery by Kate Chopin we have the theme of beauty, disillusion, insecurity, change, happiness and acceptance. Narrated in the third person by an unnamed narrator the reader realises after reading the story that Chopin may be exploring the theme of beauty. Though Jane has recovered from the loss of her sight there is […]
Read moreIn The Blind Man by Kate Chopin we have the theme of conflict, struggle, independence, change and connection. Narrated in the third person by an unnamed narrator the reader realises after reading the story that Chopin may be exploring the theme of conflict. The blind man is not only hindered by the fact that he […]
Read moreIn God Sees the Truth, But Waits by Leo Tolstoy we have the theme of guilt, forgiveness, faith, conflict, freedom and acceptance. Narrated in the third person by an unnamed narrator the reader realises after reading the story that Tolstoy may be exploring the theme of forgiveness. Despite the fact that Aksyonof has spent twenty-six […]
Read moreIn Three Pictures by Virginia Woolf we have the theme of connection, desperation, mortality, change, struggle and control. Taken from her The Complete Shorter Fiction collection the story is narrated in the third person by an unnamed narrator and after reading the story the reader realises that Woolf may be exploring the theme of connection. […]
Read moreIn A Woman’s College from Outside by Virginia Woolf we have the theme of independence, class, equality, struggle, acceptance and confusion. Taken from her The Complete Shorter Fiction collection the story is narrated in the third person by an unnamed narrator and from the beginning of the story the reader realises that Woolf may be […]
Read moreIn Monday or Tuesday by Virginia Woolf we have the theme of writing, insecurity, confusion and struggle. Taken from her The Complete Shorter Fiction collection the story is narrated in the first person by an unnamed narrator and after reading the story the reader realises that Woolf may be exploring the theme of writing and […]
Read moreIn A Canary for One by Ernest Hemingway we have the theme of control, identity, discontent and separation. Taken from his The Complete Short Stories collection the story is narrated in the first person by an unnamed man and after reading the story the reader realises that Hemingway may be exploring the theme of control. […]
Read moreIn The Social Sense by W. Somerset Maugham we have the theme of appearance, freedom, insecurity, independence, acceptance and control. Taken from his Collected Short Stories collection the story is narrated in the first person by an unnamed narrator and after reading the story the reader realises that Maugham may be exploring the theme of […]
Read moreIn A Face in the Dark by Ruskin Bond we have theme theme of fear, perception, control and connection. Taken from his Collected Short Stories collection the story is narrated in the third person by an unnamed narrator and after reading the story the reader realises that Bond may be exploring the theme of fear. […]
Read moreIn Princess September by W. Somerset Maugham we have the theme of confusion, identity, jealousy, resentment, freedom, trust, control and innocence. Taken from his Collected Short Stories collection the story is narrated in the third person by an unnamed narrator and from the beginning of the story the reader realises that Maugham may be exploring […]
Read moreIn Straight Flush by W. Somerset Maugham we have the theme of connection, trust, individuality, fear, arrogance and letting go. Taken from his Collected Short Stories collection the story is narrated in the first person by an unnamed narrator and after reading the story the reader realises that Maugham may be exploring the theme of […]
Read moreIn Springtime à la Carte by O. Henry we have the theme of love, worry, dedication, loneliness, connection and sacrifice. Taken from his Selected Short Stories collection the story is narrated in the third person by an unnamed narrator and after reading the story the reader realises that Sarah is very much in love with […]
Read moreIn Here Comes Mr Oliver by Ruskin Bond we have the theme of loss, letting go, kindness, loyalty and gratitude. Taken from his Complete Short Stories collection the story is narrated in the first person by a young boy called Bond (assumed to be the author) and after reading the story the reader realises that […]
Read moreIn The Roman Image by R.K. Narayan we have the theme of opportunity, fame, honesty, enthusiasm, reputation, appearance and change. Taken from his Under the Banyan Tree and Other Stories collection the story is narrated in the first person by a man called the Talkative Man and after reading the story the reader realises that […]
Read moreIn A Hero by R.K. Narayan we have the theme of fear, insecurity, control, powerlessness, bravery and independence. Taken from his Under the Banyan Tree and Other Stories collection the story is narrated in the third person by an unnamed narrator and after reading the story the reader realises that Narayan may be exploring the […]
Read moreIn Civil Peace by Chinua Achebe we have the theme of gratitude, optimism, struggle, survival, resilience and acceptance. Taken from his Girls at War and Other Stories collection the story is narrated in the third person by an unnamed narrator and from the beginning of the story the reader realises that Achebe may be exploring […]
Read moreIn Through the Tunnel by Doris Lessing we have the theme of connection, isolation, determination, failure, independence, conflict and coming of age. Narrated in the third person by an unnamed narrator the reader realises after reading the story that Lessing may be exploring the theme of connection. Jerry longs for the older boys in the […]
Read moreIn Second Opinion by R.K. Narayan we have the theme of conflict, failure, connection, acceptance, independence and appearance. Taken from his Malgudi Days collection the story is narrated in the first person by a young man called Sambu and after reading the story the reader realises that Narayan may be exploring the theme of conflict. […]
Read moreIn God and the Cobbler by R.K. Narayan we have the theme of connection, endurance, discontent, struggle, guilt, isolation and disillusion. Taken from his Malgudi Days collection the story is narrated in the third person by an unnamed narrator and after reading the story the reader realises that Narayan may be exploring the theme of […]
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