It's for school. I need to memorize a short story by December 20th and present it in front of class. It should take me no more than 5 minutes. I'm having trouble finding a good one, does anyone have any suggestions?
-The length should be no less than 500 words, no more than 1000
-It should be a known story, I can't do anything that hasn't been published
-Anytype of story will do. A war story would be fine, love story, mystery, story w/ irony, childrens story. Anything is good.
-I don't have to memorize EVERY word but I should know it well enough to be able to get most of the words right
2006-12-03 10:14:34 · 4 answers · asked by LaissezFaire 6 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
Kate Chopin's "The Story of an Hour" would be great for this assignment, it sounds like. Very short, but easy to memorize, I would think.
2006-12-03 10:26:26 · answer #1 · answered by xgravity23 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have no idea as to the word count, but here are two short stories that I really liked:
The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell, 1924
The Lady or the Tiger by Frank Stockton, 1882
2006-12-03 11:08:13 · answer #2 · answered by Jeannie 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Short Story Classics:
The Best from the
Masters of the Genre
http://shortstory.byethost6.com/index.html
Good luck.
Kevin, Liverpool, England.
2006-12-03 10:21:37 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Check out Hemingway's stuff "ON the Quai at Smyrna" is a good one. There is probably a book at your library or Barnes and Noble that is a collection of his short stories, you could go through them and find one you like.
2006-12-03 10:18:33 · answer #4 · answered by angrylittlefisherman 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋