Introduction Reading a Story
Chapter One Plot
A & P
The Furnished Room
A Rose for Emily
Chapter Two Point of View
The Tell-Tale Heart
Araby
Chapter Three Character
The Jilting of Granny Weatherall
Tickets, Please
Chapter Four Setting
The Storm
The Three Strangers
Chapter Five Style
A Clean, Well-Lighted Place
Barn Burning
Chapter Six Theme
Young Goodman Brown
The Killers
Chapter Seven Symbol
The Lottery
Chapter Eight Reading Long Stories and Novels
The Metamorphosis
Chapter Nine New Fiction
The Balloon
Chapter Ten Writing about a Story
Appendix Ⅰ
Why Do We Read Fiction?
Appendix Ⅱ
How I Write
Appendix Ⅲ
Samples of MLA Style "Works Cited" in Research Papers
Bibliography