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Fall 1998: MP # 1
A Set of Essays on Short Stories
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Links to Individual Essays
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| N982 | 95 / 94 | 12.0 | Munro's "How I Met My Husband": The theme of this story is under certain circumstances people can sometimes be blind to the truth. |
| N196 | 93 / 106 | 10.2 | Chopin's "Story of an Hour": In “The Story of an Hour,” Kate Chopin suggests that in certain situations, the death of a loved one may be a blessing. |
| N821 | 86 / 52 | 6.0 + | Chopin's "Story of an Hour": Kate Chopin’s theme in this story is marriage may be a prison sentence to some. |
| N758 | 85 / 87 | 18.0 | Hawthorne's "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment": As the theme of this story reveals, given a second chance at life, is it possible for a person to change their behavior. |
| N587 | 85 / 91 | 9.6 | Steinbeck's "Chrysanthemums": The theme of this story is that although most people are eager to do more and try different things with their life, not everyone will succeed with this attempt. |
| N422 | 85 / 0 | 10.9 | Munro's "How I Met My Husband": The theme of the story is because love is blind, it can take you on a journey full of unexpected turns. |
| N523 | 83 / 86 | 20.0 | Chopin's "Story of an Hour": Through Chopin’s use of characterization, conflict, and symbols, the author reveals the theme that like Mrs. Mallard, some people can achieve freedom through eternal life. |
| N715 | 80 / 0 | 5.5 | Chopin's "Story of an Hour": The theme of the story is that you are never really free from the troubles of life until you are dead. |
| N248 | 77 / 0 | 17.3 | Hurston's "Sweat": The theme of this story is survival in the face of (or in spite of) adversity. |
| N385 | 76 / 0 | 11.0 | Hurston's "Sweat": The theme of "Sweat" is that in a fight between good and evil, good wins out eventually, because any evil done will come back to the source in time. |
| N477 | 72 / 0 | 10.9 | Hawthorne's "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment": The theme of this story is that morals established in one's youth remain unchanged throughout one's life. |
| N691 | 66 / 99 | 12.5 | Hurston's "Sweat": Living a life of fear and helplessness allows the dominant figure of that person's life to continue to have total control until the fall of that dominant figure. |
| N633 | 59 / 0 | 11.7 | Hawthorne's "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment":
Hawthorne uses his characters to describe how life
experiences should have an impression in our lives. |
| N206 | 58 / 0 | 9.4 | Hawthorne's "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment": In this work, there are many principles of irony used to illustrate the seemingly endless aspects of reality that people are somehow able to overlook in an effort to overcome the effects of advanced age. |
| N865 | 55 / 0 | 2.8 | Chopin's "Story of an Hour": The theme of “The Story of an Hour” is do not believe everything that is told to you until you see it yourself. |
My logs indicate that I devoted approximately 49.5 hours to grading
this set of papers and preparing them for this web site. I say "approximately"
because a total of two or three of the hours were probably spent grading
short homework assignments along the way.