Story Analysis A Short Story - 1150 Words

The Short Story Analysis Short stories can share themes, motifs, symbols, consequences, and plot lines, even if there is never any intention to share a common element between the stories. The stories can be written close together or in different decades and still be linked to the one another. They can also be worlds apart with different meanings in the end, but that does not stop them from having similar ideas expressed within them. The following three stories, â€Å"Lagoon† by Joseph Conrad, â€Å"The Rocking Horse Winner† by DH Lawrence, and â€Å"The Lady in the Looking Glass† by Virginia Woolf, are three totally different stories that share common threads that make them the stories that they are. â€Å"The Lady in the Looking Glass† is a simple,†¦show more content†¦But, poor devil, poor devil, hes best gone out of a life where he rides his rocking-horse to find a winner.† (Lawrence 15). This sentence shows the common thread of money cannot buy happiness or weal th is dangerous. Epiphany and an illusion of time is also present throughout this story. Thirdly, â€Å"Lagoon† is roughly a ten page short story where the character Tuan goes down the rivers of the Malay Peninsula. He ends up staying with an old friend who goes by the name Arsat. Arsat tells Tuan the story of how he and his wife came to be, but also of how he betrayed his own flesh and blood. His wife dies within the story and he is left alone and seeks revenge over his brother’s death. The last sentence of this particular story reads:â€Å"He stood lonely in the searching sunshine; and he looked beyond the great light of a cloudless day into the darkness of a world of illusions†(Conrad 10). This quote shows another common link of an epiphany, but also a common link of an illusion of time. This story also shows selfishness which all of the other stories carry as well. Firstly, the common link that is the most prominent in all three stories is a climax that results in an epiphany for a character of the story. â€Å"The Lady in the Looking Glass† shows its epiphany when she realises what the looking glass in her bedroom has done to her. This epiphany results in a main character realizing great wisdom too late. â€Å"The Rocking Horse Winner† shows an epiphany when theShow MoreRelatedShort Story Analysis3036 Words   |  13 Pagesmoralistic principles had been evident in his writings especially in his short stories. It had awaken the ethical standards of late Russia into a more monotheistic nation. Stories like â€Å"God Sees the Truth, But Waits†, â€Å"The Three Questions† and â€Å"What Men Live By† have deep-rooted principles that are trying to tell everyone how to live a good life. 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