Story Analysis

TITLE: The fisherman and the jinnee AUTHOR: The fisherman tells the tale to the Jinnee The Tale of  King Yunan  and Duban the Doctor Once upon a time there reigned in the land of Persia a  rich  and mighty king called Yunan. CHARACTERS: Shahrayar In "The Frame Story," he rules over the kingdom of India and begins the practice of marrying wives and killing them the next morning until Scheherazade begins to tell him stories every night. Brother to Shahzaman. Shahzaman In "The Frame Story," he rules over the kingdom of Samarkand and reveals to his brother Shahrayar that his wife is cheating on him. Scheherazade Scheherazade is the primary storyteller of  The Arabian Nights , according to "The Frame Story." The daughter of Shahrayar's vizier, she marries the king and tells him stories every night to keep him from killing her or any more of his wives. She is renowned for both her talent and beauty. PLOT: An old, poor fisherman ba...

TITLE: The Lion Maker AUTHOR:  The Lion Makers ( Panchatantra ) by  Vishnu Sharma . CHARACTERS: There are many characters in lion king. Simba, Cub Nala, Scar, and Sarafina. The importent character was Simba. PLOT: The Indian literature “The Lion Makers”was easy to understand the flow of the story because of its point of view. The first person who speak in the story is the narrator. By that, the reader will easily interpret the story. Based on what I have red, there are some symbol that are used in the story like the lion which means for me as the sign of the failure of three intelligent Brahmans. Scholarship that stands for selfishness. Sensibility, wisdom and friendship are the main theme of the story which reminds me about the quotation of John Ruskin “What we think or what we know or what we believe is in the end of a little consequence. The only consequences is what we do” so it means that its theme gives the reader a moral lesson after reading it. On my op...

TITLE: Eveline AUTHOR: "Eveline" is a short story by the Irish writer James Joyce. It was first published in 1904 by the journal Irish Homestead and later featured in his 1914 collection of short stories Dubliners. CHARACTERS: Frank meets Eveline  on a visit to Dublin. Eveline describes him as “kind, manly, open-hearted” and likes hearing his stories about his travels. Frank begins walking Eveline home after she is finished working at the Stores and eventually starts courting her. He likes music and singing.  Eveline ’s father was abusive to her siblings and  mother , but spared Eveline   when she was young since she was a girl. He used to go searching in the field for her and her siblings with a blackthorn stick to call them inside, and appears to be a figure feared by all of the neighborhood kids.  Eveline ’s mother made a lot of sacrifices for her husband and family, and according to Eveline, didn’t receive respect from her peers and perhaps had...

TITLE: A Rose For Emily AUTHOR: Falkner) was born on September 25, 1897, in New Albany, Mississippi. Eventually known for his innovative novels about the highs and lows of life in the American South, young Faulkner began his writing career as a poet. His first collection of verses,  The Marble Faun , was published in 1924 to little acclaim. He then tried his hand at prose with 1926's  Soldiers' Pay , a novel about World War I and its aftermath. CHARACTERS: Emily Grierson  - The object of fascination in the story. A eccentric recluse, Emily is a mysterious figure who changes from a vibrant and hopeful young girl to a cloistered and secretive old woman.  Homer Barron  - A foreman from the North. Homer is a large man with a dark complexion, a booming voice, and light-colored eyes. A gruff and demanding boss, he wins many admirers in Jefferson because of his gregarious nature and good sense of humor.  Judge Stevens  - A may...

TITLE: The Cask of Amontillado AUTHOR: Edgar Allan Poe, an American short-story writer, essayist, and poet, published “ The Cask of Amontillado ” in 1846. It was his last, and some say greatest, short story. It’s a tale of revenge, murder, torture, and addiction set in a vast underground Italian catacomb (underground cemetery). It’s also a journey into the dark and mysterious recesses of the human psyche. CHARACTERS: PLOT: The story's narrator, Montresor, tells an unspecified person, who knows him very well, of the day he took his revenge on Fortunato (Italian for "the fortunate one"), a fellow nobleman. Angry over numerous injuries and some unspecified insult, Montresor plots to murder his "friend" during  Carnival , while the man is drunk, dizzy, and wearing a  jester 's  motley . Montresor lures Fortunato into a private wine-tasting excursion by telling him he has obtained a  pipe  (about 130 gallons, [1]  492 litres) of what he be...