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The Short Story
A set of stories from "The Short Story and it's Writer
11
English
Undergraduate 2
05/05/2008

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Sweat
Definition

Zora Neale Hurston

 

"Even good Christian women can have goodness sweated out"

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Saboteur

Definition

Ha Jin

 

"Even a good person pushed far enough will push back"

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How to Date a Browngirl, Blackgirl, Whitegirl, or Halfie
Definition

Junot Diaz

 

"Racial stereotypes shape our opinions of others"

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Where are You Going, Where Have You Been
Definition

Joyce Carol Oates

 

"Adulthood comes with the price of sacrifice"

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Good Country People
Definition

Flannery O'Connor

 

"Tragedies transform those who dont believe"

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The Man Who Was Almost a Man
Definition

Richard Wright

 

"Manhood is about self responsibilty not material objects"

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Happy Endings

Definition

Margaret Atwood

 

"Endings are all the same, what matters is what we do up until they happen"

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The Hunger Artist
Definition

Franz Kafka

 

"An artist is lost with an audience"

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The A&P
Definition

John Updike

 

"Part of growing is rebelling against the norm and accepting the consequences"

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The Lottery
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Shirley Jackson

 

"Personal choices should be based on morality not on tradition or normality"

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Araby
Definition

James Joyce

 

"Entering adulthood is entering a harsh reality"

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