Intro to Lit: the Second Short Story Unit: Theme

With Introductory Notes

MAN V.  MAN:  "The Sniper," Liam O'Flaherty; "A Horseman in the Sky," Ambrose Bierce, "the Cask of Amontillado," Edgar Allen Poe

MAN V. SOCIETY". "The Piece of String," Guy de Maupassant; "The Lottery," Shirley Jackson; "The Blues Ain't No Mockin' Bird, Toni Cade Bambara

MAN V. TECHNOLOGY: "Daedalus and Icarus," Ovid; "Harrison Bergeron," Kurt Vonnegut, "If I Forget Thee, O Earth,"Arthur C. Clarke

MAN V. NATURE: "Leiningen Versus the Ants," Carl Stephenson; "The Birds," Daphne du Maurier; "The Nine Billion Names of God," Arthur C. Clarke; "The Mysterious Stranger," Mark Twain; "The Devil and Daniel Webster," Stephen Vincent Benet

MAN V. HIMSELF:  "The Lady Or the Tiger?" Frank Stockton; "The rocking Horse Winner," D. H. Lawrence; "Araby" James Joyce

Second Short Story Unit: 140 pages,  67,695 words, visuals