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Fall 1998: MP # 1
A Set of Essays on Short Stories


 
 
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Grades
(Official / Self)
HoursRecorded
Story & Thesis
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.


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