Here is framework for analyzing short stories, and you can apply it to analyzing any of the ten (10) short stories on the CSEC English B syllabus. Read the story then consider the following: Plot Summary: Begin with a brief summary of the story’s plot. What are the key events that occur? Who are the main characters, and what are…
SUMMARY This short story is told from the first-person perspective of a little girl called Dorian York. The focus of her thoughts is her mother; the games that they play together, and the games that she plays with her friend, revolve around her mother. The first-person perspective of the narrative gives the reader an intimate view of how the little…
Summary Berry is about a young black man called Millberry Jones who is employed at Dr. Renfield’s Home for Crippled Children. He was reluctantly employed by Mrs. Osborn, the housekeeper, because the Scandinavian kitchen boy had left without notice, leaving her no choice in hiring Berry. Her reluctance to hire Berry stemmed from his race, which initiated questions such as…
Sullivan is a little boy of ten years. It’s a small family of two persons with meagre means. The mother is working and the son like any other boy of his age goes to school. He is a loving son and for the mother her son is as good as gold itself. SUMMARY The story starts with the terrible sound…
‘‘To Da-duh, in Memoriam’’ is an autobiographical story told from the point of view of an adult looking back on a childhood memory. The story opens as the nine-year-old narrator, along with her mother and sister, disembarks from a boat that has brought them to Bridgetown, Barbados. It is 1937, and the family has come to visit from their home…
