Short Story Reviews
In A Worn Path by Eudora Welty we have the theme of struggle, sacrifice, determination, perseverance, selflessness and love. Taken from her A Curtain of Green 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 Welty may be using […]
Read moreIn A Cup of Tea by Katherine Mansfield we have the theme of jealousy, insecurity, materialism and class. Taken from her The Doves’ Nest 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 Mansfield may be exploring the theme […]
Read moreIn The Fly by Katherine Mansfield we have the theme of control, ignorance, sacrifice, responsibility and war. Taken from her The Doves’ Nest 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 Mansfield may be using the setting of […]
Read moreIn A Jury of Her Peers by Susan Glaspell we have the theme of connection, inequality, independence, control and oppression. Taken from her collection of the same name the story is narrated in the third person by an unnamed narrator and after reading the story the reader realises that Glaspell may be exploring the theme […]
Read moreIn The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman we have the theme of control, freedom and powerlessness. Taken from her collection of the same name the story is narrated in the first person by an unnamed female narrator and after reading the story the reader realises that Gilman may be exploring the theme of control. […]
Read moreIn The Storm by Kate Chopin we have the theme of liberation, freedom, passion and sexuality. Set in the late nineteenth century the story is narrated in the third person by an unnamed narrator and after reading the story the reader realises how important the setting of the story is. In many ways the storm […]
Read moreIn Bernice Bobs Her Hair by F. Scott Fitzgerald we have the theme of identity, acceptance, popularity, betrayal, jealousy and rejection. Taken from his The Short Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald collection the story is narrated in the third person by an unnamed narrator and after reading the story the reader realises that Fitzgerald may […]
Read moreIn The Kiss by Kate Chopin we have the theme of passion, money, choices, reliance, independence and acceptance. Taken from her The Kiss and Other Stories collection the story is narrated in the third person by an unnamed narrator and after reading the story the reader realises how significant the opening line of the story […]
Read moreIn The Doll’s House by Katherine Mansfield we have the theme of class, prejudice, connection, hope, appearance and equality. Taken from her The Doves’ Nest 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 Mansfield may be exploring the […]
Read moreIn Teddy by J.D. Salinger we have the theme of dysfunction, acceptance, materialism and spirituality. Taken from his Nine Stories collection the story is narrated in the third person by an unnamed narrator and after reading the story the reader suspects that Salinger may be exploring the theme of dysfunction. Teddy’s parents appear to have […]
Read moreIn De Daumier-Smith’s Blue Period by J.D. Salinger we have the theme of loneliness, isolation, identity, misrepresentation, reinvention, connection and escape. Taken from his Nine Stories collection the story is narrated in the first person by a young man called Jean De Daumier-Smith, or at least that is the name that the narrator calls himself […]
Read moreIn Pretty Mouth and Green My Eyes by J.D. Salinger we have the theme of conflict, honesty, deception, betrayal and paralysis. Taken from his Nine Stories collection the story is narrated in the third person by an unnamed narrator and after reading the story the reader suspects that Salinger is exploring the theme of conflict. […]
Read moreIn For Esmé—with Love and Squalor by J.D. Salinger we have the theme of ignorance, alienation, loneliness, hope and recovery. Taken from his Nine Stories collection the story is narrated in the first person by a man (and former soldier) named only as Sergeant X. However it is worth noting that there is a shift […]
Read moreIn Down at the Dinghy by J.D. Salinger we have the theme of acceptance, innocence, sensitivity, escape, connection and racism (or anti-Semitism). Taken from his Nine Stories collection the story is narrated in the third person by an unnamed narrator and from the beginning of the story it becomes clear to the reader that Salinger […]
Read moreIn The Laughing Man by J.D. Salinger we have the theme of innocence, escape, change and coming of age. Taken from his Nine Stories collection the story is narrated in the first person by an unnamed narrator, who is looking back at a period of his life when he was nine years old. The story […]
Read moreIn Just Before the War with the Eskimos by J.D. Salinger we have the theme of rejection, alienation, connection and change. Taken from his Nine Stories collection the story is narrated in the third person by an unnamed narrator and after reading the story the reader realises that Salinger may be exploring the theme of […]
Read moreIn The Voyage by Katherine Mansfield we have the theme of innocence, responsibility, change and moving on. Taken from her The Garden Party and Other Stories collection the story is narrated in the third person by an unnamed narrator and it would appear that the narrator’s point of view, mirrors that of the main protagonist […]
Read moreIn The Singing Lesson by Katherine Mansfield we have the theme of despair, sadness, reliance, appearance, desperation and happiness. Taken from her The Garden Party and Other Stories collection the story is narrated in the third person by an unnamed narrator and from the opening line of the story it becomes clear to the reader […]
Read moreIn Life of Ma Parker by Katherine Mansfield we have the theme of struggle, hardship, acceptance, escape (lack of it) and letting go. Taken from her The Garden Party 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 […]
Read moreIn Hands by Sherwood Anderson we have the theme of isolation, loneliness, alienation, fear, freedom and connection. Taken from his Winesburg, Ohio collection the story is narrated in the third person by an unnamed narrator and very early on in the story the reader realises that Anderson may be exploring the theme of isolation and […]
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