Cherry Blossom Alternate Ending Essay

Paul Jennings’ “A Dozen Bloomin’ Roses” is an effective and well written short story. It is part of a larger text called Quirky Tales which is part of the “Un” series written by Paul Jennings. It is a ghost story that may mistake for a sad romance as it contains death, shyness, unrequited love and bullies. The author uses a device called misdirection which makes you think one thing deliberately. Along with this, Paul Jennings’ effective use of language techniques leaves the reader with a striking imagery in their minds. But the things that stand out most for me are Paul Jennings’ clever use of characterisation and the interesting storyline.

"A Rose for Emily” written by William Faulkner is a short story that gives most people quite a shock when it comes to the ending. The story tells about how Miss Emily Grierson changes after her father dies. Miss Emily lives in a beautiful home with an African American servant named, Tobe. After Miss Emily’s father passed away she would never leave the house. Miss Emily was in denial about her father's death. For three days Emily would tell the townspeople that her father was not dead. The townspeople began to think Miss Emily was crazy because of her behavior, “Emily’s subsequent behavior clearly shows that the death of her father was a piece of reality disavowed by her ego” (Scherting). Including, Miss Emily wouldn't pay her taxes, the eerie smell around her house and the fact she killed her lover. Emily’s life, like her decaying house, starts to suffer from attention. What else could go wrong?

7) What is the significance of Miss Emily’s actions after the death of her father?

“Now and then we would see her in one of the downstairs windows—she had evidently shut up the top floor of the house—like the carven torso of an idol in a niche, looking or not looking at us, we could never tell which. Thus she passed from generation to generation—dear, inescapable, impervious, tranquil, and perverse.” (128)

“Oh fine, well a few days back, my Papa asked me to bring a crokersack full of turnip greens to Mr Johnson's house. It was a long an' miserable walk an' rain started pouring heavily. I open the door to the house to find that no one was home an' placed the crockersack down inside. Then I notice a pile of coins oddly lying on the table so I…”

     William Faulkner wrote, “A Rose for Emily.” In the gothic, short story he contrasted the lives of the people of a small Southern town during the late 1800’s, and he compared their ability and inability to change with the time. The old or “Antebellum South” was represented by the characters Miss Emily, Colonel Sartoris, the Board of Aldermen, and the Negro servant. The new or “Modern South” was expressed through the words of the unnamed narrator, the new Board of Aldermen, Homer Barron, and the townspeople. In the shocking story, “A Rose for Emily,” Faulkner used symbolism and a unique narrative perspective to describe Miss Emily’s inner struggles to accept

There was a girl named Taylor, and all day she would ride her horse. She would ride it in the morning, in the afternoon, and then at night. Taylor only ride her horse at her house, but she felt like she should do more than just ride it at her house. She goes to a place where you can ride your horse in competition. The people at the desk tell her that they would have to see how good she is first. They all go out the the horse track. Taylor tries her best to do everything as good as she can. When she was done she goes up to the people, and nervous about what

I lifted my first forkful of, well, whatever this meat is, and carefully placed it in my mouth. My eyes eased shut in amazement as the perfectly cooked square of pure happiness collided with my tongue. Never in my life have I tasted something so magnificent; so – satisfying. My eyes snapped open and I shoveled more of the gourmet meal into my mouth. Potatoes, corn, beans, and my favorite: a warm biscuit topped with melted butter. This meal reminded me of the good ol' days. Back when we had it all.

This paragraph is found near the end of the short story, “A Rose for Emily,” by William Faulkner. In this excerpt, we are thrust into the funeral of Emily, and the effect of her death upon the townsfolk. Emily, a reclusive and apparently mentally disturbed spinster, has been a talked about figure in the town for the majority of her years. Her life and death have been all about relationships – both of the ones she had, as well of the ones she did not have. We learned that, although her relationships with the townsfolk were at times both cordial and strained, they came to her funeral in order to pay a kind of tribute to an object of their pity for,

The deconstruction of the conventions of the theatre in Anton Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard predicts the more radical obliteration presented later by Pirandello in Six Characters in Search of an Author. The seed of this attack on convention by Chekhov are the inherent flaws of all the characters in The Cherry Orchard. The lack of any character with which to identify or understand creates a portrait much closer to reality than the staged drama of Ibsen or other playwrights who came before. In recognizing the intrinsic flaws of its characters, we can see how Chekhov shows us that reality is subjective, reality is not simple, linear, or clean, and that the real benefit of theater is to show this inane, subjective reality.There are essentially

As “A rose for Emily” by Williams Faulkner is read, it is really questionable as to what is really going on in the story. It is one of those story’s that allows people to think about what is going to happen throughout and during the end of the story because it’s hard to determine where the author is wanting to take his readers. It is really just a story about how depressing of a life Emily has until you reach the very last section of the story and then everything comes together and the story finally makes sense as to why the author wrote the story how he did. People don’t expect the story to turn out like it does because the story comes off in a different manner than how the story winds up in the end.

Once upon a time there was a little girl name Fran. Fran always dreams of a wonderful place called Ithersa. In Ithersa everywhere you see there were little people like fairies and fruit creatures. It’s a beautiful place with its growing trees and the sunshine, which made everyone happy every day. But one day Fran was walking through the woods trying to find her kitten Mr. Midnight that got lost. While walking through the woods Fran found Mr. Midnight scared and lost beside a willow tree. When Fran found Mr. Midnight she asked “Are you okay my kitten?” “Yes I am okay Fran but we have to be careful out here. When I was trying to find my way home I saw something in the distance.” “What did you see?”She asked. Mr. Midnight replied and said “I don’t

“Be at the gates in ten counts,” Alexandal said. The captain and his men rushed out the door.

The thrilling cry rang around our swarming decks, lifted its troubled voice above the roaring of the elements, and caused strong hearts to tremble, and weaker ones to sicken over the perils of the unknown victim.

One day, a thirteen year old girl named Lexi, was just waking up to go to school. When she woke up she felt weird because her eyes were twitching and her head hurt. But she thought it was she was just tired because she was doing all of her homework till one in the morning, because she had to study for three tests and she had give a speech in history about ancient Egypt. She was getting ready until she realized that she was late and that she had to walk to school. So she ran as fast as she could to school.