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An Analysis Of Katherine Anne Porter's Short Stories

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Katherine Anne Porter was born on May 15, 1890 and died September 18, 1980. Porter was known to be an amazing writer and author in the mid to late 1900s. Known for her smart and clever insight, many of her short stories deal with dark themes such as betrayal, and death. Born and raised in Indian Creek, Texas, she had a short marriage to her first husband, John, and left him to pursue an acting career. “First she moved to Chicago, where she was a journalist and movie extra; then Denver, Colorado, where she worked as a drama critic for the Rocky Mountain News; and then New York City” (LitFinder par. 2). From there on she excelled as a short story writer and won a Pulitzer Prize for her work known as “The Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter”. Most of Katherine Anne Porter’s short stories are an auto-biographical experience, one of these short stories is called “The Grave”. Porter found a way to channel her experiences as a …show more content…

“On these expeditions Miranda always followed at Paul’s heels along the path, obeying instructions about handling her gun” (Porter 253). Miranda sees Paul as the man in her life. Paul is guiding her through how to hunt and use a gun properly. Miranda is always willing to seek knowledge on how to do new tasks just like Porter was when she was younger. Porter grew up very poor moving a lot from state to state. Porter took her experiences and found a sense maturity and willingness to learn at a young age. This connects back to Miranda because although she knows nothing about hunting, it is a way to connect with her bother Paul as they cope with being on their own and discover more about themselves. Paul taught her how to stand a rifle up properly, she takes everything he says seriously and respects him by waiting her turn until her brother takes his shots not interrupting him as he focuses on the

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In chapter two, we see Paul reminiscing over his poems and plays that he wrote abundantly while at home. Paul and the other soldiers have lost their zeal and human need for curiosity and growth as a person. When out on the front, the risk of them dying is high and survival is of utmost priority. The men are currently living at the bottom of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, a psychological theory, in the Physiological section. This means that the top priorities of the men are eating, sleeping, and basic bodily functions while they did not spend time or energy focusing on meeting their personal potential or “self-actualization”, which is at the top of the pyramid.

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Paul was a young soldier who did not have much to go back home to besides his family, but many other soldiers had families of their own. We saw Paul go through many challenges if it being watching his friend die, going back home, or killing his enemy. Paul was by his friends side the whole time that he was dieing. Paul friend Kemmerich had got his foot amputated and had died from all the bleeding and pain. In the novel we saw at the hospital how poorly the patients got treated and how quickly they got kicked out.

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To spread her love for poetry and literature to others, she taught college students the clarity of writing poetry. With this, her legacy will continue on through this as several have gone on to write poetry using her skills and ideas. Through all of her achievements, she was able to obtain

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We see this change when Paul goes from shy kid to daring hero in seconds to save his classmates “We pulled and grabbed at kids as they made their way up the slippery incline to the top.” (82). This was one of the first big dynamic change we see in Paul. As Paul is exposed to more his character grows immensely. The biggest risk we see Paul take is when his new friends decide to give Erik and Arthur what they deserve during the senior football night.

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In almost every scene, there are hardships that Paul and his friends go through. The novel deals with how the soldiers react to those hardships and whether or not they overcome them. For instance in chapter one, Paul and his friends have to comfort their classmate, Kemmerich as he had just had his leg amputated and lays on his death bed. Their classmate is dying, but all they care about is his boots. A cheap pair of boots was more valuable than a human life.

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