The Jokers of New Gibbon by Jack London — Review

You shouldn't joke with the leader of the tribes, even when it's just a matter of alcohol. The consequences can be devastating…

The story is full of light irony, brightness and expressiveness of images. It gives clear pictures of the island and its inhabitants flaches before the eyes of the readers.

This is a small sketch about the fact that it is not always appropriate to joke about everyone and about how savages can and know how to take revenge.

Here is the link to the text of the story:

https://americanliterature.com/author/jack-london/book/a-son-of-the-sun/iv-the-jokers-of-new-gibbon

How I Met My Husband by Alice Munro - Review

Alice Munro's short story "How I Met My Husband" focuses on themes of social position.

No longer a young maiden, she recalls the times when she was young and worked as a maid in a wealthy family. And there she met a pilot much older than herself. Nothing bad happened. He just flew away, but promised to return.



Here is the link to the text of the story:

https://www.homeworkforyou.com/static_media/uploadedfiles/1679096968_306395__681..pdf

The Ordeal by Scott Fitzgerald — Review

The plot or action of the story “The Ordeal” by Scott Fitzgerald is how a person awaits the initiation rite of the monks.

The main character of the story remembers his childhood and how he came to this decision, he doubts whether this decision was right.

In fact the story tells about the transformation of a person who wants to become a priest.



Here is the link to the text of the story:
http://fitzgerald.narod.ru/juven/12e-ordeal.html

The Kiss by Kate Chopin — Review

The short story “The Kiss” by Kate Chopin is about a woman who wants to marry a rich man. She carefully plans how to achieve her aims using all her charm. She is narcissistic, vain and manipulative, and she thinks that she has a right to play with people's emotions.

There are two male characters in the story. One is naive and has a weak character. Another, on the contrary, doesn't let women manipulate him.

These characters play in love like in a game of chess. The question who is the winner has a connection with the last line of the story: ‘A person can't have everything in this world’.



Here is the link to the text of the story:
https://americanliterature.com/author/kate-chopin/short-story/the-kiss

Man From the South by Roald Dahl — Review

The plot of the story “Man From the South” by Roald Dahl includes intriguing circumstances related to the Cadillac as a high-stakes commodity. The terms of the argument between a young American and an older man are eerie but very interesting.

Roald Dahl writes cheerfully about terrible and scary things. He turns everything upside down so the reader sees an unexpected denouement in the end.



Here is the link to the text of the story:
https://www.classicshorts.com/stories/south.html

Death of a Traveling Salesman by Eudora Welty Review

The story “Death of a Traveling Salesman” by Eudora Welty reflects modern American reality from the point of view of the loss of true values - the disintegration of the human personality.

The main character of the story is under the pressure of bourgeois morality, imbued with the psychology of money-grubbing society. The story is the ultimate confession of a dead man.



This is link to the text of the story:
http://writing2.richmond.edu/jessid/eng423/restricted/2welty.pdf

Boys And Girls by Alice Munro — Review

The story “Boys And Girls” by Alice Munro tells about a young girl who lives in a harsh Canadian wilderness. She helps her father in daily situations as if she was a boy.

With the onset of adolescence, the parents suddenly become concerned that their child did not correspond to the generally accepted stereotype of a mother's helper.

She never suffers from the problem of gender self-identification, until a certain age comes.

However, over time, in a completely natural way, she rediscovers her role as a girl and she finds a lot of advantages. The moral of the story is that everything has its time; nature sooner or later takes its toll.


Here is the text of the story:
https://womeninlit.tripod.com/alicemunro.htm