"The characters in a story usually are a parellel to the writers life or view of life"/ this question was the direction of writing for this essay.

Information is based on reading of 3 short stories.In addition; you had to relate this to a common event taken from some form of current media. Short stories read were; Sherman, Alexie. This is What It Means to Say Phoenix, Arizona, Fiction 100 An Anthology of Short Fiction, New Jersey, Prentice Hall, 2004, (11-19) King, Stephen. The Man in the Black Suit, Fiction 100 An Anthology of Short Fiction, New Jersey, Prentice Hall, 2004, (832-847) Walker, Alice. To Hell …

…Alexie. This is What It Means to Say Phoenix, Arizona, Fiction 100 An Anthology of Short Fiction, New Jersey, Prentice Hall, 2004, (11-19) King, Stephen. The Man in the Black Suit, Fiction 100 An Anthology of Short Fiction, New Jersey, Prentice Hall, 2004, (832-847) Walker, Alice. To Hell with Dying, Fiction 100 An Anthology of Short Fiction, New Jersey, Prentice Hall, 2004, (1302-1306) From staff and wire reports. Lincoln woman has not heard from son, Lincoln Journal Star, Tuesday, Dec 28, 2004, (Cover)