Literary Analysis

       The three stories I read independently were "The Return", "The Sniper", and "Hills Like White Elephants. In "The Return" Wanjiku comes out as a very dynamic character. He comes across dramatic and was described in the story as akin. Wanjiku was a character who argued with himself. Also as he walked there was a cloud of angry dust that would rise and then settle again.
       I choose "The Sniper" as my short Story literary analysis. I am going to focus on the setting. In this short story the setting is particularly important. The sniper is jumping from roof to roof, ally to ally, and running from place to place. He is hiding from shooters, and trying to shoot other hiders. The story took place during June and was at the beleaguered Four Courts.
      "Hills Like White Elephants" is a story where setting is very well portrayed. For example there are multiple paragraphs with descriptive scenes that include the setting in depth. There in the hills across Ebro. In this place the hills are long and white, there is no shade, no trees. The main characters are going to Madrid on a train. While on the train the girl describes the hot, dry, white sun beamed hills as looking like white elephants, hence the name of the title.

10/24 The Sniper- 15 min

10/22 Hills Like White Elephants- 10 min

10/24 The Return- 26 min

22/28 Matched- page 55-129 (1hour, 30 min)