"A Rose for Emily" by William Faulkner

The point of this story is to show how tragic a life could be if one feels they are better than everyone else. It seemed like everyone had compassion for her yet Emily didn't seem to care about any of them. When Emily bought the arsenic I thought she was going to murder Homer, but it did not seem like that was the case for Homer up and left too long after she bought it. I guess she could have still used the poison to kill him, but it would have been a much more diabolical plan if that is true. It wasn't that bad of a read, but it is not what I would consider a classic either.

"The Lady with the Dog" Anton Chekhov

This story came off a little weird to me at first but I reread some of the parts and came to realize some of the details. I had to read the last paragraph a few times to get a theory as to what they meant at the end. I believe that they were either going to end up divorcing their significant others or they were going to commit suicide. Regardless, I think this story was a simple fobbiden love story and it wasn't a terrible read.

Ambrose Bierce's "Occurance at Owl Creek Bridge"

The basic outline of the plot in "Occurance at Owl Creek Bridge" is the execution of a man who gave away information to a federal scout. This man miraculously escapes and makes it away from the guards by using what seemed like "super-human strength" to break to ropes and get his hands free. As he is about to find his wife and flash ofwhite light takes him to his awaiting death. Now the way this story is arranged it tricks the reader into believing the man has escaped until the end. The 1st time I read this story I was shocked to find that he was actually dead. When I read it again I saw some good proof that it was a vision. For example, when the "grey-eyed marksman" missed his shot, and when he was shot in the neck and did not become badly wounded. The arrangement of the vison sequence into the story itself was incredible. On a side note, they made a "twilight zone" episode of this story that was awesome and everyone should see it.

Jamaica Kincaid's "Girl"

It seems as though the plot of "Girl" is to teach a girl how to be a woman in an incredibly condensed time. It kinda seems like the mother thinks te daughter is going to be a hooker for a living if she doesn't do something about it as well. The mother just seems to be teaching the daughter how to be proper and not look like a total fool to their culture. My personal thoughts on this short story is that the author is giving away far too many of women's secrets. Bye readers!