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According to Ellison, the short story is a warning about "the misuse of technology" (especially military technology), [12] and its ending is meant to represent how there's "a spark of humanity in us, that in the last, final, most excruciating moment, will do the unspeakable in the name of kindness", even sacrificing oneself for others' sake. [11]
Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?" is a frequently anthologized short story written by Joyce Carol Oates. The story first appeared in the Fall 1966 edition of Epoch magazine. It was inspired by three Tucson, Arizona , murders committed by Charles Schmid , which were profiled in Life magazine in an article written by Don Moser on March 4 ...
A short story is a piece of prose fiction.It can typically be read in a single sitting and focuses on a self-contained incident or series of linked incidents, with the intent of evoking a single effect or mood.
Further inspiration for the method of Fortunato's murder comes from the fear of live burial. During the time period of this short story some coffins were given methods of alerting the outside in the event of live entombment. Items such as bells tied to the limbs of a corpse to signal the outside were not uncommon.
The 13 most essential L.A. works of short fiction, from a Little Tokyo proto-noir to Fitzgerald, Wodehouse, Bradbury and generations of Chicano pioneers.
Melville's major source of inspiration for the story was an advertisement for a new book, The Lawyer's Story, printed in the Tribune and the Times on February 18, 1853. The book, published anonymously later that year, was written by popular novelist James A. Maitland. [2]
Proulx won a third place O. Henry Award for the story in 1998. A slightly expanded version of the story was published in Proulx's 1999 collection of short stories, Close Range: Wyoming Stories. The collection was a finalist for the 2000 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Screenwriters Larry McMurtry and Diana Ossana adapted the story for the 2005 film.
V. H. Belvadi's 2012 short film, Telltale, credits Poe's "The Tell-tale Heart" as its inspiration and uses some dialog from the original work. Poe's Tell-Tale Heart: The Game , is a 2013 mobile game adaptation in which players enact the protagonist's actions to recreate Poe's story on Google Play [ 36 ] and Apple iOS.