Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Sketch of Book Cover
Here is my sketch for my book cover design. My idea was to use images and have a hand coming in from the right of the cover holding a chain with a locket attached to the end of it. Inside the locket would be a picture of the author that the girl in the short story is obsessed with. In the background are ripped pages from a book. These are to represent books written by the author.
Sunday, February 12, 2012
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Summaries of short stories
Memoirs of a Muse:
This short story was about a young girl who after seeing a picture of an author named Dostoyevsky, fell in love with him. When her grandmother became ill, she learned more about this author and his wife, Anna. She often fantasized about being with Dostoyevsky. She was assigned a research project and focused on Dostoyevsky’s life married to Anna. After learning about his wife, she became very angry and jealous towards her. She was angered at the thought that Anna was his muse. She was excited to later learn that Dostoyevsky’s book, The Gambler, was inspired by another woman, who she approved of.
Why Don’t You Dance?
In this short story, a man who may or may not have lost a women, decided to put all of his furniture and items from inside his house out into his front yard. A passing boy and girl noticed, and thought that it may be a yard sale and decided to take a look around. Minutes later, the man who owned all of the stuff returned from a trip to the store and the boy and girl made a few offers on the man’s things. The man offered them a drink and put a record on the record player. He told the boy and girl do dance and this continued for hours. Afterwards, the girl was trying to explain what had happened in that mans yard but had a difficult time explaining.
Birthmark
This short story is about a girl who had a large, red birthmark on her face that she wanted removed. When she finally got it removed, she was upset and felt she lost a part of her. She got married to a man and felt anger towards him because she believed that if she still had that birthmark, her husband would not have married her. Things with her relationship over the years became rough, until one day she spilled jam in her kitchen, causing her birthmark to return. She was very upset about this, but her husband was thrilled and felt that this gave them the opportunity to have a better relationship and have children.
This short story was about a young girl who after seeing a picture of an author named Dostoyevsky, fell in love with him. When her grandmother became ill, she learned more about this author and his wife, Anna. She often fantasized about being with Dostoyevsky. She was assigned a research project and focused on Dostoyevsky’s life married to Anna. After learning about his wife, she became very angry and jealous towards her. She was angered at the thought that Anna was his muse. She was excited to later learn that Dostoyevsky’s book, The Gambler, was inspired by another woman, who she approved of.
Why Don’t You Dance?
In this short story, a man who may or may not have lost a women, decided to put all of his furniture and items from inside his house out into his front yard. A passing boy and girl noticed, and thought that it may be a yard sale and decided to take a look around. Minutes later, the man who owned all of the stuff returned from a trip to the store and the boy and girl made a few offers on the man’s things. The man offered them a drink and put a record on the record player. He told the boy and girl do dance and this continued for hours. Afterwards, the girl was trying to explain what had happened in that mans yard but had a difficult time explaining.
Birthmark
This short story is about a girl who had a large, red birthmark on her face that she wanted removed. When she finally got it removed, she was upset and felt she lost a part of her. She got married to a man and felt anger towards him because she believed that if she still had that birthmark, her husband would not have married her. Things with her relationship over the years became rough, until one day she spilled jam in her kitchen, causing her birthmark to return. She was very upset about this, but her husband was thrilled and felt that this gave them the opportunity to have a better relationship and have children.
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