In-class Journal Writing:
What are your expectations for a short story? What elements do think a story should have? Did the stories, "Happy Endings," by Margaret Atwood, and "Nobody's a Mystery," by Elizabeth Tallent, fulfill your expectations for a short story? Why or why not? Provide specific details from each story as support for your opinion.
Follow-up class discussion ideas for possible essay topics:
- How does each title reflect something the story?
- What are the characters' motivations in each story?
- How do characters' motivations cause them to have conflict with other characters?
- How are conflicts resolved or not?
- How do the characters and conflicts connect to larger assumptions about human behavior and values?
- What larger ideas about people do these two stories share?
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