Chapter One?Plot1 Story One?A Retrieved ReformationO.Henry?2 Story Two?An Occurrence at Owl Creek BridgeAmbrose Bierce?12
Chapter Two Point of View22 Story Three?The Tell-Tale HeartEdgar Allan Poe?23 Story Four?The Open WindowSaki (Hector Hugh Munro)?30
Chapter Three Character36 Story Five?The Garden PartyKatherine Mansfield?37 Story Six?The Revolt of “Mother”Mary E. Wilkins Freeman?52
Chapter Four Setting69 Story Seven?ArabyJames Joyce?69 Story Eight?RainWilliam Somerset Maugham?77
Chapter Five Style117 Story Nine?Cat in the RainErnest Hemingway?117 Story Ten?The Lady, or the Tiger?Frank Stockton?124
Chapter Six Theme132 Story Eleven?Young Goodman BrownNathaniel Hawthorne?133 Story Twelve?A Rose for EmilyWilliam Faulkner?148 Chapter Seven Symbol161 Story Thirteen?The Luck of Roaring CampBret Harte?162 Story Fourteen?The FlyKatherine Mansfield?171
Chapter Eight Irony179 Story Fifteen?Told by the SchoolmasterJohn Galsworthy?180 Story Sixteen?A Cup of TeaKatherine Mansfield?188
Supplementary Reading197 I?The Story of an HourKate Chopin?197 II?My Oedipus ComplexFrank O’Connor?199 III?The LotteryShirley Jackson?209 IV?The Unicorn in the GardenJames Thurber?216 V?The EggSherwood Anderson?217 VI?A Clean, Well-Lighted PlaceErnest Hemingway?226 VII?Love of LifeJack London?230 VIII?The LuncheonWilliam Somerset Maugham?245 IX?The Open BoatStephen Crane?249
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