Short Stories

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     For my three optional short stories, I chose Araby, Sucker, and The Catbird Seat.  My favorite one of these stories was Sucker because I could relate to it and it made the most sense to me. To make a general thesis for all three of these short stories, it would be that each short story has an antagonist.

     The antagonist in Sucker is Maybelle.  Maybelle ruins the relationship between Sucker and Pete, making her the antagonist.  The Antagonist in Araby, is Mangan's sister.  The narrator falls so in love with this girl that he simply doesn't know what to do with himself and gets lost.  She is the antagonist because I feel like she ruins the narrators confidence as well as his feelings. The antagonist of The Catbird Seat is Mr. Martin because he plots to kill one of his coworkers.  Even though he doesn't accomplish this goal, he is still the antagonist because he is the bad guy throughout the story and is planning to kill.