As one of Langston Hughes' best stories,the short story Early Autumn gives a vivid account of the unexpected meeting between two lovers years after they part and reveals the theme of the character's emotional undercurrents beneath the calm surface.This paper intends to explore Hughes' unique writing skills in this short story from the respects of brief narration,dialogue technique and setting description.
This paper makes comments on conflicts in a micro-story of 527 words,The Ray,written by American writer Ron Milner.The story,from a unique perspective of narration,attracts and strikes the reader as a loud protest amidst silence,against human beings' self-destructive abuse of nuclear technology and craziness of arms races during the cold war.The paper,from the historical,cultural,and religious contexts,presents an analysis of the hero's death and of the message the reader can draw from the story.
