the shadow

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In reading "The Shadow", by Hans Christian Anderson, and " The Nose" by Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol, they both surprise the reader by having an unrealistic initiating incident. Both stories give the reader full of excitement, and unexpected ending. "On the Aim and Technique of the Short Story", by Edgar Allan Poe, indicates techniques and the main criteria to be a formal short stories, and hence I will compare what is said in Poe's article and the two stories.

As in Poe's article been described, a short story shouldn't be too long, or too short. This mean a short story should be able to read within an hour. Every scene is important in the story, and it must be write in full length in order to unify the entire story, and not leaving for the reader to guess what had happened in that scene. In "The Nose", Gogol is separating the story into three chapters. Separating the story in chapters can identify difference stage of the story, or different passage that is important to the author. The length of "The Shadow" is less than "The Nose", because different story has different plot, we can't only judge by its length, but we should look for its contents. For a short story to be extinct to others, the author might create his own narrative

Through Poe's standard on short stories, we can fairly distinguish the main difference between "The Shadow" and "The Nose". This two story meet the standard mention in Poe's article. And Poe's standard is basically the main rules of writing a short story.In reading "The Shadow", by Hans Christian Anderson, and " The Nose" by Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol, they both surprise the reader by having an unrealistic initiating incident. Both stories give the reader full of excitement, and unexpected ending. "On the Aim and Technique of the Short Story", by Edgar Allan Poe, indicates techniques and the main criteria to be a formal short stories, and hence I will compare what is said in Poe's article and the two stories.

Also, Poe said the author of a short story should know what direction he is writing. This mean, the author knows what is the main idea to write the story for. There must be a reason why the author wrote the short story. In "The Nose", Gogol himself has a big nose, but he wasn't shame of himself. Also, the author has to know where his story is heading, or as I previously mention, the author must know the entire story before he writes the story. Also, the story will establish a relationship between the author and the reader. For example, in "The Shadow", because everyone has his own shadow, ones will want to know what will happen if someone loses his shadow.

Through Poe's standard on short stories, we can fairly distinguish the main difference between "The Shadow" and "The Nose". This two story meet the standard mention in Poe's article. And Poe's standard is basically the main rules of writing a short story.

voice. This is what the author trying to give idea to the readers. Using correct use of grammar and proper noun is also important, since this is what the reader will understand from the author,

As in Poe's article been described, a short story shouldn't be too long, or too short. This mean a short story should be able to read within an hour. Every scene is important in the story, and it must be write in full length in order to unify the entire story, and not leaving for the reader to guess what had happened in that scene. In "The Nose", Gogol is separating the story into three chapters. Separating the story in chapters can identify difference stage of the story, or different passage that is important to the aut

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