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Short Stories
Tuesday, 31 March, 2015
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You will need to pick one of these
AWESOME short stories!
 The Lottery
 The Tell-Tale Heart
 The Sneetches
 The Landlady
 The Necklace
 A Worn Path
The Lottery, Shirley Jackson
 Dystopian (explores social and political structures).
 Published in 1948.
 Said to have inspired The Hunger Games.
 The macabre subject matter of “The Lottery”
caused outrage and controversy when it appeared
in the New Yorker in 1948, but many critics now
consider it to be Jackson’s most famous work.
The Tell-Tale Heart, Edgar Allan Poe
 Psychological thriller.
 Published in 1843.
 Inspired ‘The Tell-Tale Head’ -E08 S01 The Simpsons.
 Event this is one of Poe's shortest stories, it is
nevertheless a profound and, at times, ambiguous
investigation of a man's paranoia.
 Kat Von D named her cat Poe, after Edgar Allan Poe!
The Sneetches, Dr Seuss
 Children’s Literature.
 Published in 1961.
 Dubbed one of the Top 100 picture books of all
time.
 There a many different interpretations of this short
story. Some say that Dr Seuss what commenting on
the events of the Holocaust. Others say, it was a
commentary on racism, having been published after
Dr. Martin Luther King’s, “I had a dream” speech,
while others say the story is about social class.
What do you think?
The Landlady, Roald Dahl
 Horror.
 Published in 1959.
 This incredibly creepy story has been dramatized
into a number of TV series’ episodes!
 This short story makes a big impact. The beauty is in
reading between the lines – what isn’t said is
scarier that what is said. A great choice if you want
chills running down your spine!
The Necklace, Guy de Maupassant
 Mystery.
 Published in 1884.
 This short story is Ms. V’s favourite!
 This short story is one of the finest examples of
realist fiction, a style of writing first appearing in
the mid nineteenth century that sought to expose
the grittier realities of ordinary people’s lives.
A Worn Path, Eudora Whelty
 Heroic Journey.
 Published in 1941.
 At first the story appears simple, but its
mythological undertones and ambiguity gives a
depth and richness that has been praised by critics.
Welty has said that she was inspired to write the
story after seeing an old African-American woman
walking alone across the southern landscape.
Pick your short story!
 Sit at the table with the short story you would most
like to explore over the next 7 weeks,
 Volunteer to read the story to your group (or take
turns – your choice).
 Each member of your group is to complete a
bookmark.
 Once your bookmark has been completed, please
put it in the silver tray, with your peg attached to it.