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Portrayal of Love and Death in the Stories of “The Wheel of Love” and “The Four Summers”

Introduction

Life is beautiful full of joy. So, in order to increase the pleasure that life extends to us we indulge in different activities and habits. One of the most common habits of people is to read books and novels. In our lives, during the period of academic life and sometimes just for the sake of pleasure we read a lot of books. Books provide us with handful of knowledge and lend a hand to us in increase the language related benefits. There are some books that leave a long lasting impression on us. The aim and objective of this paper is also to talk about two novels or short stories. In the following part of the report a discussion is undertaken to discuss the facet of love and death. For this purpose the stories that are selected include “The Wheel of Love” and “The Four Summers” by Joyce Carol Oates.

About the Author

For almost three decades, Oates has continually produced highly acclaimed fiction, poetry, drama, and essays. She has been the recipient of many awards, including a Guggenheim Fellowship and the National Book Award. Nearly every story in The Wheel of Love has won an award. Oates received the O. Henry Award for “In the Region of Ice,” which went on to win an Academy Award as a short film. Sensitivity to women's issues has been a hallmark in Oates's writing. Many of her stories lend themselves to feminist readings. In Understanding Joyce Carol Oates, Greg Johnson wrote that the story “Where Are You Going? Where Have You Been?” is a description of “a young and sexually attractive girl's enslavement within a conventional, male-dominated sexual relationship.” Other stories in this collection, specifically “You,” “Four Summers,” “Accomplished Desires,” “Demons,” and “Shame,” also portray a cycle of young women repeating the previous generation of women's servitude to men.

Thesis Statement

The purpose of the discussion is to show that the elements of love and death are present to a greater extent in both the stories.

Discussion

Every story that a writer writes is followed or inspired by certain factors. These factors can easily be observed in the story. Similarly, the stories that would be discussed in this paper would be discussed from the point of view of love and death as these two factors of love and death are prevalent and are notable in the story. The following discussion shows how the factors of love and death are present in the story of “The wheel of love” and in the story of “The four summers”.

Portrayal of Factors of Love and Death in the Story of “The Wheel of Love”

The presence of factors of love and death can easily be observed in the story of “the wheel of love”. Let's start by the title of the story. The title of the story clearly indicates that it is a love story. The title itself has the word love. Secondly, ...