Interpreting Short Stories by Ahna https://padlet.com/msmissy340/3f708da820gc Made 3/20/2017 en-us 2017-03-20 14:25:42 UTC 2025-12-21 04:49:09 UTC hello@padlet.com Strategies for Analyzing Short Stories msmissy340 https://padlet.com/msmissy340/3f708da820gc/wish/161190793
  • Read atleast two times
  • Look up words that you  don't know
  • Look for possible symbols
  • Look for synonyms, metaphors, and the such
  • Read outloud
  • Think of a character's motivation
  • Compare and Contrast
  • See how the title fits the story... before and after the story
  • Learn about the Author's life
  • Note the setting and the mood
  • Point of view
  • Notice developmet of the plot
  • Identify source of conflict
  • Notice where the climax is
  • Pay attention to the feel of the story
  • Note how the protaganist changes and why
  • Consider deeper meaning
  • Infer the author's purpose
    • ]]>     2017-03-20 14:29:08 UTC https://padlet.com/msmissy340/3f708da820gc/wish/161190793     The Sniper Author's purpose msmissy340 https://padlet.com/msmissy340/3f708da820gc/wish/161827648 I think that the author's purpose for writing this piece is to show the struggle between friends and families during the war. O'flaherty wrote this story because so many people have no idea what happened in the war. Some people didn't even know it happened. He wrote this peice to show things that would be insanely difficult to talk about. He told us through a short story about a young man that was put through the war and had to shoot his own brother. Through this story, he expresses to us so many things about the war. The excitment, the betrayal, the arrogance. O'flaherty inspired us with this story to look more into the history of this war, and to ask more questions about it, to express an interest in something that was severly depressign so that we could understand what went on in such a war that puts brother against brother, father against mother, mother against daughter.]]> 2017-03-22 14:20:07 UTC https://padlet.com/msmissy340/3f708da820gc/wish/161827648 An Occurence at Owl Creek Bridge msmissy340 https://padlet.com/msmissy340/3f708da820gc/wish/162421291 Peyton Farquhar is being executed because he was set up by an Union  Scout. He went to the bridge and tried to sabotage it, but was caught. 

    Something that is odd is that he is taking a really long time to die. It's been like five pages and he hasn't died yet. When will he die?
    He can hear really well.
    Seems to slow down time.
    Can see really really well.
    Not focusing on that someone was shooting at him, but instead focuses on the guys eyes.
    He seems very intellectual. 


              Man sabotages
    He gets hung for his crimes
         He somehow survives

    oops. nevermind he's dead.
    ]]>     2017-03-24 14:14:33 UTC https://padlet.com/msmissy340/3f708da820gc/wish/162421291     "The Most Dangerous Game" 4-3 msmissy340 https://padlet.com/msmissy340/3f708da820gc/wish/164350654 It is set on a boat, where they are very close to an island that is supposedly a place where several ships dissapear. There is a man that doesn't believe, and he stays up for a smoke. He later falls off the boat and it leaves him behind. He swims to the island and finds blood and a bullet shell. He goes up to a large building and is let in. He eats dinner with the other guy as he explains that he captures people from other ships, trains them, and hunts them down in the forest. ]]> 2017-04-03 14:30:07 UTC https://padlet.com/msmissy340/3f708da820gc/wish/164350654 "The Most Dangerous Game" Prediction msmissy340 https://padlet.com/msmissy340/3f708da820gc/wish/164358611 I tihnk that after Rainsford jumped into the water, the dogs will lose his scent and he will swim a little ways away. I don't think he will get very far though, until the coldness of the water reaches him and he gets hypothermia. I think that he is going to die in the waves, and General Zaroff will keep on doing his thing.]]> 2017-04-03 14:48:55 UTC https://padlet.com/msmissy340/3f708da820gc/wish/164358611