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As An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge unfolds, the main character, Peyton Farquhar is wearing a rope around his neck, in preparation for his hanging. It is implied later in the story that he is being executed for the burning of the Owl Creek Bridge, where Union soldiers have set up a blockade. Farquhar is…

Comparison between Washington Irving’s “Rip Van Winkle” and Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “Young Goodman Brown”             Two stories that have several similarities and differences with one another are Washington Irving’s Rip Van Winkle and Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “Young Goodman Brown.” Both stories generally tell the tale of a male protagonist who goes through several extraordinary experiences that significantly…

Why Does O Henry Call His Story the Gift of the Magi? “The gift of the Magi” is a famous short story by O. Henry. It may be mistaken to be a fairy tale when it is given that name. However, O. Henry calls his story “The gift of the Magi” because he wants to…

Junot Diaz’s “How to Date a Browngirl, Blackgirl, Whitegirl, or Halfie” uses second person point of view to tell us the story. This point of view gives us limited views about what is happening throughout the story. I think that this point of view makes this short story more interesting and have us wondering about…

  Acknowledgement I spent my summer here at TriNet Inc. as a Product Management Intern. It was indeed an insightful and remarkable experience to have worked in a welcoming as well as a challenging environment and I am thankful to have gotten this opportunity. First, I am immensely thankful to Mays Business School, Texas A&M…