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Initiation: AuthorSylvia PlathInitiation: Major Characters-Millicent Arnold
-Tracy (Friend)Initiation: Settingfall at Lansing High (early school year)Initiation: PlotMillicent is getting initiated into a sorority she ends up with the toughest ‘big sister’. She gives her really hard tasks and puts Millicent in a tough place. Millicent begins to question whether or not she even wants to be in the sorority. Initiation: Themebe yourself and your true friends will accept you for who you really are; do what makes you happy, not othersInitiation: Conflict(s)-Man vs. Man
-Man vs. SelfThere will Come Soft Rains: AuthorRay BradburyThere will Come Soft Rains: Major CharactersThe Maclellen HouseThere will Come Soft Rains: Setting-Post-nuclear fallout
– future (2026)There will Come Soft Rains: Plotthe daily routine if a smart home without it’s owners… there will be no tomorrow for humansThere will Come Soft Rains: ThemeMan destroys all technology and advances in warThere will Come Soft Rains: Conflict(s)-man vs. himself
-man vs. manSearching for Summer: AuthorJoan AikenSearching for Summer: Major Characters-Tom (husband)
-Lily (wife)
-Mr. NoakesSearching for Summer: SettingMolesworth, EnglandSearching for Summer: Plotnewlyweds searching for the sun, post-nuclear warSearching for Summer: Themeappreciate what you have because you don’t know when it will be goneSearching for Summer: Conflict(s)-Man vs. man
-Man vs. natureOne Thousand Dollars: AuthorO. HenryOne Thousand Dollars: Major Characters-Bobby Gillian
-Miss HaydenOne Thousand Dollars: Setting-New York City
-early 1900’sOne Thousand Dollars: PlotGillian’s Uncle died and left $1, 000 and if he spends it will he gets $50, 000 more, but if he spends it badly he gets nothing and it goes to someone else… Gillian doesn’t know any of this except for that he has his rich uncles $1, 000. One Thousand Dollars: Themelearn to appreciate what you have and be greatful for itOne Thousand Dollars: Conflict(s)Man vs. selfEveryday Use: AuthorAlice WalkerEveryday Use: Major Characters-Dee (older sister)
-Maggie (younger)
-MamaEveryday Use: Settingthe Deep SouthEveryday Use: PlotDee comes home to visit and decides it’s time to divide up the heirlooms. Dee wants them for all the wrong reasons and Maggie gets upset with herEveryday Use: Themethe meaning of heritage; knowing what you have and where you came from, whether you see it or not, it has meaning behind it and it is a part of youEveryday Use: Conflict(s)Man vs. manThe Prisoner Who Wore Glasses: AuthorBessie HeaddThe Prisoner Who Wore Glasses: Charaters-Brelle (black) (political prisoner)
-Hanne (prison warder) (white)The Prisoner Who Wore Glasses: Setting-South African prison camp
-1980’s
-ApartheidThe Prisoner Who Wore Glasses: PlotNew tough guard takes charge of span one, group of African political prisoners. He punishes the one prisoner with glasses, Brelle, then Brelle catches him doing something and blackmails him to get what he wantsThe Prisoner Who Wore Glasses: Conflict(s)Man vs. man ONSHORT STORIES SPECIFICALLY FOR YOUFOR ONLY$13. 90/PAGEOrder Now

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