"Miss Brill"/Simile

"Although it was so brilliantly fine- the blue sky powdered with gold and great spots of light like wine splashed over the Jardins Publiques..."  This is an example of a simile.  The author is comparing the spots of light to wine splashed over the Jardins Publiques.  "Miss Brill" is an interesting story!  She is watching everyone in this park.  However, she starts to think that it is all a play, and everyone is acting.  In my opinion, this is a little crazy.  At the end, something is crying.  I think it is the little child within her, realizing she was grown up and old now. 

"Once Upon a Time"

"And then last night I woke up-or rather was awakened without knowing what had aroused me."  This was the quote from "Once Upon a Time."  This was a unique story!  In this quote, the woman is awakened by a loud noise.  She thinks that the sound is either a murder/rapist or the house falling in the ground.  This scene adds fear and suspense to the story.  "Once Upon a Time" is a title that is usually part of a fairytale.  However, this story is not a fairytale at all.

"A Worn Path"

"She was very old and small and she walked slowly in the dark pine shadows..."  This was a quote describing Old Phoenix from the "Worn Path."  This story is a bit of a funny story.  This is because there is an old lady wandering through the woods by herself not knowing why she was walking in the first place.  As said in the quote, Phoenix was an old, small lady who walked very slowly.  Also, she was a confused lady.  She would forget things very easily.  I am not exactly sure what the theme is in this story, but I feel that it may have to do with the saying: "It's the journey, not the destination that matters."

"Eveline"/Personification

"All the seas of the world tumbled about her heart."  This is an example of personification because the author is giving the sea human-like characteristics.  "Eveline" is a very interesting story!  However, it is a bit sad!  In the story, Eveline does not have much of a voice.  She does what people tell her do to, and I feel that a little of that comes from fear.  This is because when she was little, her dad was very abusive.  He would abuse her brothers, and she would just have to watch.  However, he would threaten to abuse Eveline.  He never did, though, because she was basically the house keeper of the house since the mom was gone.  He needed her!

"Bartleby the Scrivenes"

"Bartleby the Scrivenes" was a very long story.  Bartleby is a very unique character!  He is very awkward; however I find him kind of funny.  I think that he acts the way he does because he is scared to reach his full potential.  Also, only making copies as a career may have drove him a bit crazy!  However, he is actually a pretty hard worker.  "All who know me consider me an eminently safe man."  This quote describes the narrator.  He is the boss and a lawyer.  He is more of a push-over, and he is pretty sympathetic because he does not fire people, no matter how bad of a job he does.  Nippers and Turkey were characters who were not mentioned very much throughout the story.  However, I know that Nippers is a young, ambitious, and nervous man.  Also, Turkey is a man who can get irritated very easily.  I found these characters very interesting and funny!   

"Everyday Use"

"Every Use" is a very interesting that has much drama within the family in the story.  "In real life, I am a large, big-boned woman with rough, man-working hands."  This quote describes the mother and how much of a hard worker she is.  Her two daughters, Maggie and Dee add much drama to the story.  I feel that they are both jealous of each other.  Maggie is jealous of Dee because she is attractive, and she does not have burns or scars on her body.  Dee is jealous of Maggie because she receives much of the mother's attention.  Dee is more of the intimidating character, and many people would follow her around because they wanted to be just like her.  Maggie is actually very insecure because her scars and burns from the fire.  In the story, she hid behind the door because she did not want to be seen. 

"Hunters in the snow"/simile

"Except for the blood he looked like a small bear skin rug."  This is an example of a simile.  This was said the moment when the dog was shot.  They are comparing the way the dog looks on the snow to a small bear skin rug.  In addition to the last blog, this blog I am going to talk more about the characters.  First, Tub is more insecure because he is overweight.  Also, he is the bud of every joke with Frank and Kenny, at least at the beginning.  Frank is the mediator in the story.  He tries to stay out of the fights.  Kenny is the instigator meaning he tries to bring people to get into arguments.  These characters added much drama to the story!

"Hunters in the Snow"/ personification

"You can't worry nature."  This is an example of personification because nature is being personified and is being talked about as if it had feelings.  Nature cannot worry!  Anyways, "Hunters in the Snow" was a weird, but a funny story.  At the beginning of this story, Frank and Kenny would team up against Tub, but they still called each other friends.  However, Tub and Frank shared some of their deep secrets and became best buds.  Frank's confession was that he was in love with the fifteen year old babysitter.  This I felt was wrong because first she is fifteen.  Second, he is married, and he should not be having an affair!  Tub admits that his problem has nothing to do with his glands; he is just fat and loves to eat. To satisfy his own wrong doing, Frank gives Tub four stacks of pancakes.  This was just so Frank would feel better about his faults.  This story was very interesting!

"A Rose for Emily"

"She will persuade him yet."  This was a line from "A Rose for Emily."  This story was a bit creepy and suspenseful!  This line shows that Emily was very persuasive and usually got what she wanted.  The guy she was interested in did not feel the same way about her.  It turned out that he was gay.  However, one day she went to buy poison.  Suddenly, the guy she was interested in disappeared, and she was not seen very often either.  It turned out that Emily poisened him.  Emily wanted to be with him so badly that she killed him, and left him in the attic.  Then she would go up there and cuddle with him.  After she died, people went up to the house and were shocked by what they saw.  The people in the town were the one's that discovered all of this.

"Interpreter of Maladies"

"Mr. and Mrs. Das behaved like an older brother and sister, not parents."  This is a line from "Interpreter of Maladies."  This story was a very interesting one, that was more suspenseful.  Throughout the story, I could tell that Mr. Kapasi was devoloping feelings for Mrs. Das.  However, when Mrs. Das asked Mr. Kapasi on advice because she thought he could fix problems to due his job, then I could tell that she was not very interested in him.  I feel that Mr. Kapasi developed feelings for Mrs. Das because of the cruel way his wife treated him.  He just wanted to be loved!  At the end of the story, Bobby was attacked by monkeys.  It was basically Mrs. Das fault because she was eating the rice that surrounded Bobby when the monkeys attacked him.  However, she and the family took care of Bobby after he was attacked.  This gave a more happier ending to the story!

"How I Met My Husband"/allusion

"Muriel Lowe and I used to sleep on her front veranda and watch her sister and her sister's boy friend saying good night."  This was the time in "How I Met My Husband" when Edie was watching Chris and his "fiance" on their "date."  This is an example of an allusion because Edie is thinking about a time in the past when she and her friend would watch her friend's sister and her boyfriend.  The reason I put fiance and date in quotes is because it really was not his fiance.  I think that Alice is one of Chris' girls he got with when he landed in some town.  She is just one of the girls who is very clingy and thinks there is actually something between them.  Chris did not have sex with Edie, but he was close.  He got her hopes up telling her that he would write to her, but he never did.  However, she found happiness in the end with what seemed to be a great man.

"How I Met My Husband"/diction

"...the first close-up plane I ever saw."  This line came from the cute story of "How I Met My Husband."  This line shows the improper diction that Edie had when speaking to people.  It shows that she was not very rich or educated.  I really actualy enjoyed this story!  It had a neat little twist at the end when Edie ended up with the mailman.  Now they have five kids, showing that they truly love each other.  There was a part in this story, when I thought that Chris and Edie were going to get married, that it reminded me of "Cinderella."  Chris saw Edie when she was dressed all nice.  However, he found out that she was not like that most of the time, and he still liked her.  However, Chris basically turned out to be a jerk.