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Friday, November 11, 2011

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Sunday, November 6, 2011

Famous Short Story Authors



Saki----- Saki was a pen name for the author Hector Hugh Monroe who lived from 1870-1916.  He is a British author and was considered the master of short stories for his witty and suspenseful stories.  He started out his writing career as a journalist writing for newspapers.  After his journalism career he wrote lots of short stories which have gone down in history, and that are very popular.








Edgar Allan Poe-------  Edgar Allan Poe was an American poet who lived from 1809-1849.  He is mainly known for his mystery short stories like the "Tell-Tale Heart" and "The Raven".  He is also known as the earliest American writers of the short story.  Only making a living off of writing, Edgar Allan Poe was the first America writer whose only source of income was his writing. He lived a very poor life due to the fact that he had no other job and died on the streets on Baltimore in a supposed alcohol overdose.  




O'Henry------    O'Henry was the pen name for the American write, William Sydney Porter, who lived from 1862-1910.  O'Henry is well known for his short stories, which were written with clever wit , wordplay, and twist endings.  His stories can be so surprising at the end, that some people now call a story with a twist ending a "O'Henry ending".  Most of his stories takes place during his present time which was the 20th century at that time.  O'Henry had numerous famous stories and was a well-known author for his time.






William Faulkner-------   William Faulkner was an American writer from Oxford, Mississippi, who lived from 1897-1962.  Faulkner wrote many genres of writing including novels, short stories, plays, poetry, essays, and screenplays, but is mainly known for his short stories.   He is considered one of the most important writes of the Southern literature in the United States right up there with authors like Mark Twain and Robert Penn Warren!   In his career he wrote 13 novels and numerous short stories which became very popular.






Saki:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saki
Edgar Allan Poe: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Allan_Poe
O'Henry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/O%27Henry
William Faulkner: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Faulkner

Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Saki Short Story

I found this story called The Evil Tribe in an abandoned library in the city of New York.  The papers were found in terrible condition so I could only make out part of the story.  What I could make out of the story is that its about a man named Aqeequa whose son and daughter was killed the Gupta tribe.  His wife's name was Ouputu and his sons name was Mukkakadah.  At the end he got revenge on the tribe and killed them all.  Here's the part of the story I could fully make out.

Aqeequa desperately looked for the Gupta tribe for 20 years and he finally found him.  The day was scorching hot and everything was silent.  He had wandered through the desert for the last 3 days on one last search for the tribe.  Aqeequa finally thought he found the tribe in the hot desert that he was searching for, but it was just a marrage.  He was on the brink of death wandering without food for a week now and he finally found them.  With a boost of adrenalin he was able to kill the Gupta tribe that killed his family and he was able to avenge his son, Mukkakadah and his wife, Ouputu deaths.  After he killed them he ravaged their tribe for some food so he could stay alive and not die, and found rice.  He was able to stay alive for 5 days walking back to his city by eating the rice, but when he was a mile away from his city he heard a rattling sound and he was bitten by a poisonous snake, he slowly and painfully died in the desert with his own city in sight.  

Welcome Back, Quarter 2

Welcome back to my English blog for the second quarter.  This quarter we will talk about some short stories by writes like Edgar Allen Poe, O. Henry and Saki.  We have already talked about Saki a little bit before and I like him.  His style of writing can really keep you attached to the story because if you know his writing style you will know to expect a twist in the story which can be exciting.  Also we will be reading A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare and we will also learn about some aspects of his life.  This quarter seems like an interesting one so stay tuned.