By reading short stories by American writers, we can see not only a development of the genre but also a reaction to contemporary ideas and a different kind of unfolding of the history of our country. 1967-to the Present, Gloria Naylor, ed. Unannounced quizzes will take place in the first minutes of class, so it will also be important to be on time for class. The quizzes will be a reading check and will cover vocabulary as well. The more closely you have read the stories, the more enjoyment you should receive from the discussion and the course.
Nothing wears on the human soul like waiting.
If the stranded mariner, searching the sun-bright seas, could once give up hope of a ship, that horrible grinding on his brain would cease. It was this waiting, hoping, on the edge of despair, that gave Emma Smith no rest. By the time Krebs returned to his home town in Oklahoma the greeting of heroes was over. He came back much too late. The men from the town who had been drafted had all been welcomed elaborately on their return.