The Jewelry by Guy De Maupassabt

I thought it was ironic how his wife like fake jewelry. Why wouldn't she like the real? The saying is 'diamonds are a girls best friends' does that mean that her best friend is cubic zerconium? I also thought it was ironic that she was provided her husband with a luxurious lifestyle. Usual the man provides for the wife so they can kind of have that male dominance. I thought it was ironic how she died so quick of pneumonia. Most disease I thought takes a little while for you to die. I also would like to know how much was his wife making to support both of them luxouriously. It was also ironic how that necklace he sold when his wife died was worth so much. I thought it was also ironic that he married again and his next wife was the opposite of his first. I guess he was trying to find love and happiness. But everyone knows there is no rules or reasoning of love.

The Cask of Amontillado

I think the names are ironic. Fortunado is an ironic name because it's usual and when I hear that name it makes me think that the person is very lucky. But in the story he really isn't lucky because he has a drinking problem to me and he gets killed by Montresor. Another thing I found ironic was that in the end Montresor killed him and wants him to rest in peace. I'm a little curious about what made him that mad to make him want to kill Fortunado. Another thing that's ironic to me is that when they both are walking through the vault and there are dead bodies. If I seen dead bodies I would turn around and his was choking on that stuff that was in the air in the vault. Most times when you see dead bodies in vaults that means that there is danger and run! I also thought Monstresor's family motto was ironic because he was mad at Fortunado and wanted revenge on him. That is another hint to me that he should have turned around.

Recitatif by Toni Morrison

Twyla- Round and Dynamic because at first she doesnt like Roberta because her mama told her bad things about white people. Roberta- Round and Static because she doesnt change but she has a lot of character traits. I think the story is good because it has a lot of drama and i really like stories with a lot of drama.

Araby by James Joyce

The characters in this story are:
The priest (Flat and Static) :He's a sweet man that left all his money to institutions and gave his furniture to his sister when he died.
Narrator (Dynamic and Round): He has a crush on his best friend's sister.
The Coachman (Flat and Static): He takes care of the horses and shakes music out of the buckled harness.
Mangan (Flat and Static): The narrator's best friend. He likes to tease his sister because he does anything she tells him to do.
Mangan's Sister (Round and Static): She tells him what to do and calls him in the house.
Narrator's Aunt (Flat and Static): She takes him to the market and takes care of the narrator.
Narrator's Uncle (Flat and Static): He takes care of him also. He believes in all work and no play makes people dull.
Mrs.Mercer (Round and Static): she's a old widow that collects stamps. She gossips.
The woman at the shop (Flat and Static): She is the sales lady. She doesn't really want to be bothered from her conversation with the two men and she makes sure the boy senses that and goes away.

I thought the story was kind of cute because it was kind of like a love story because he had a crush on his best friend's sister. The first time I read it I seems like he was crushing on his best friend's sister and they both wanted to go out of town. But she couldn't go he said he would get her something. The second time I read it I picked up a little more details. That Mangan's sister was so much on his mind that he couldn't concentrate in school and that he really wanted to go to the bazzar and bring his crush a gift. So he waits around for his uncle to come home from work and give him money to catch the train and go. But his uncle comes home late and wants to talk and sing. But finally gives him the money and he goes to the Bazzar only to find out that almost all the shops are closed except for one. He walks up to the counter and this woman is talking to two men and doesn't really want to be bothered by the narrator and the narrator sense that so he doesn't buy anything from her. In the end he's mad because he doesn't have gift for his crush and there's no other place to get out. When I read it the second time I liked it a little bit more because it reminds me of when I was a kid. If I really liked someone I wouldn't go out of my way to impress them like buying them something to drink or making sure I looked extra cute when I was around them. But that's life everyone does that so I can understand where the narrator is coming from.

A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner

The settings for this story is it took place in the late 1800s to the early 1900s in Alabama at Emily house. Everyone came to her funeral to see what she had in her house because no one had been in there for 40 years. I think this story was okay. I think I seen this in a movie. My question is why no one went looking for the man that was in her bed. How did he die? Why was he there? I have a lot of questions about the story. But overall it was okay. It was kind of interesting and had a good story line and plot. I liked how they kept it a secret that the man was in there until the very end. It kept my attention because I was the like the towns people I wanted to know what was in her house.

The Lady with the Dog by Anton Chekhov

I think the setting for this story in in russian city on the Black Sea at a resort where Dmitri sees nna (lady with a dog). The public gardens where they actually meet and have and have a conversation. Every evening for a week they meet at Oreanda to watch the sun set. Another locationis Anna's hometown where Dmitri goes to persue Anna because he realized he can't live without her in Moscow. At Anna's house where he trys to get her to talk to him. In a threatre where he tells her his feelings while her husband is outside smoking. In Moscow where she goes back to visit Dmitri but tells her husband that she is going to see a doctor. When I looked in the book it said setting may be customs or things of that nature so another setting couldn't be that they may not believe in divorces because he's not happy with his wife and doesn't really love her. But yet he's still with her. He doesn't talk about getting a divorce he just cheats and has affairs with a lot of women. He doesn't even respect his wife. I like this story because it's interesting and has drama and it's not boring literature that seems like goes on and on just to fill up pages. There are a lot of men out in the work that cheat on their wives because they feel once they are married there's no way out.

Occurance at Owl Creek Bridge

The plot for this story is that Peyton was being hung for going somewhere doing war time and then he got caught and they sentenced him to be hung and but he fell into the creek. He thought hwas safe but he really wasnt. He managed to break free of the rope that was tied around his neck and hands. Then he swam to the top and start seeing things. He thought he had a dream and none of it was real. He thought he was at his house and seen his beautiful wife and kids. But he wasnt the place he was at was kind of like a desert and he got shot at and they fired cannons at him. The first times they messed. But eventually they didnt and he died.