Short Stories

"Harrison Bergeron" | "Soft Rains" | "Pedestrian" | "Sound of Thunder" | "Searching for Summer" | "Waters of Babylon" | "Pit and Pendulum" | "Interlopers" | "Rainy River" | "Everyday Use" | "Thousand Dollars" | "Two Friends" | "Destructors"


"Harrison Bergeron"

Read the story on page 20 of your McDougal Littell The Language of LIterature Grade 10 book.

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"There Will Come Soft Rains"

Read the story on page 86 of your McDougal Littell The Language of LIterature Grade 10 book.

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Resources:

  • Online Copy of Story -- The story is not in the public domain, so the link can become obsolete very quickly.
  • Bradbury on Fresh Air -- an interview with Bradbury. He talks about his influences and education.
  • Computer House -- this an article about a house similar to the one in the story. Also look at Bill Gates's house.

Allusion:

  • Quote from Story: "There, down tubes which fed into the cellar, it was dropped into the sighing vent of an incinerator which sat like evil Baal in a dark corner."
    • Baal is the same as Beelzebub, who is an old pagan god that appears in the Old Testament. Search the Bible to see passages. His name translates into Lord of the Flies. He is also Satan's best friend in Milton's Paradise Lost (Book 1: line 75).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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"The Pedestrian"
Read the story on page 96 of your McDougal Littell The Language of LIterature Grade 10 book.

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  • Story Online -- Read the story. The story is not in the public domain, so the link can become dead at any time.
  • MULTIMEDIA -- Click the link to watch a short film of the short story.
  • Bradbury on Fresh Air -- an interview with Bradbury. He talks about his influences and education.

 

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"A Sound of Thunder"
Read the story on page 72 of your McDougal Littell The Language of LIterature Grade 10 book.

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Vocab

  • flashcards (words)
  • flashcards (definitions)
  • vocab matching quiz

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"Searching for Summer"
Read the story on page ? of your McDougal Littell The Language of LIterature Grade 10 book.

Vocab

  • flashcards (words)
  • flashcards (definitions)
  • vocab matching quiz

 

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"By the Waters of Babylon"

Read the story on page 43 of your McDougal Littell The Language of LIterature Grade 10 book.

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"The Pit and the Pendulum"

Read the story on page 559 of your McDougal Littell The Language of LIterature Grade 10 book.

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"The Interlopers"

Read the story on page 8 of your McDougal Littell The Language of LIterature Grade 10 book.

Story -- Click here to read the text of the story

Audio & story -- click here (You need the password).

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"On the Rainy River"

Read the story on page 627 of your McDougal Littell The Language of LIterature Grade 10 book.

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"Everday Use"

Read the story on page 504 of your McDougal Littell The Language of LIterature Grade 10 book.

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"One Thousand Dollars"

Read the story on page 388 of your McDougal Littell The Language of LIterature Grade 10 book. top
"Two Friends"

Read the story on page 546 of your McDougal Littell The Language of LIterature Grade 10 book.

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"The Destructors"

This story is not in our textbook.

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Updated
August 18, 2008