Sections:

Short Essay

Short Essay: Introduction

Prior to completing this writing assignment, please be sure that you have received and carefully reviewed the document called “The Short Story Study Guide: Suggested Responses.” To generate ideas for this writing assignment, it is expected that you have a thorough understanding of both “The Story of an Hour” and “The Whirligig of Life.” The suggested responses on the study guide combined with your original responses should form a nice foundation upon which this short paper can be written.