Short Story Themes
Courage
John Steinbeck - The Leader of the People
Kate Chopin - Beyond the Bayou
Ambrose Bierce - An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
Eudora Welty - A Worn Path
William Faulkner - Barn Burning
Kate Chopin - Beyond the Bayou
Ambrose Bierce - An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
Eudora Welty - A Worn Path
William Faulkner - Barn Burning
Isolation
Ernest Hemingway - Soldier's Home
Thomas Wolfe - No Door (Part 1)
Ernest Hemingway - A Clean Well-Lighted Place
Edgar Allan Poe - The Fall of the House of Usher
Sarah Orne Jewett - A White Heron
Thomas Wolfe - No Door (Part 1)
Ernest Hemingway - A Clean Well-Lighted Place
Edgar Allan Poe - The Fall of the House of Usher
Sarah Orne Jewett - A White Heron
War
Ernest Hemingway - Cafe Cova
William Saroyan - Resurrection of a Life
Tim O'Brien - Speaking of Courage
William Saroyan - Resurrection of a Life
Tim O'Brien - Speaking of Courage
Good vs. Evil
Ernest Hemingway - The Killers
Shirley Jackson - The Lottery
Edgar Allan Poe - The Tell-Tale Heart
Nathaniel Hawthorne - Rappaccini's Daughter
Shirley Jackson - The Lottery
Edgar Allan Poe - The Tell-Tale Heart
Nathaniel Hawthorne - Rappaccini's Daughter
American Dream
O. Henry - Mammon and the Archer
Sherwood Anderson - The Egg
F. Scott Fitzgerald - Winter Dreams
Sherwood Anderson - The Egg
F. Scott Fitzgerald - Winter Dreams
PRide
William Faulkner - A Rose for Emily
Freedom
Washington Irving - Rip Van Winkle
Edgar Allan Poe - The Cask of Amontillado
Edgar Allan Poe - The Cask of Amontillado
Man vs. Nature
Stephen Crane - The Open Boat
Bret Harte - The Luck of Roaring Camp
Bret Harte - The Outcasts of Poker Flat
James Hurst - The Scarlet Ibis
Bret Harte - The Luck of Roaring Camp
Bret Harte - The Outcasts of Poker Flat
James Hurst - The Scarlet Ibis
Patriotism
Stephen Vincent Benet - The Devil and Daniel Webster