Desires!!

In the three short stories, "Paul's  Case", "The Chrysanthemums", and "Barn Burning", they all have a theme of desire. All the main characters want something out of their lives. In "Paul's Case" Paul feels like an outcast. He wishes he has the money to be with the upper class. He desires to fit in with the rest of society, but is doomed from the beginning. In "The Chrysanthemums" Elsa wants more out of her life, and feels that she can do more than what she is doing now. She is more capable than some of the men at their work, but she is kept doing women's work. She desires to go out on the road like the stranger she met, but she is stuck doing gardening and house work. In "Barn Burning" the dad is poor, and has a deep desire for money. He walks in to the house of Major De Spain and purposefully rubs manure all over his fancy rug. He did this because he is jealous of the Spain's money so he tries to ruin it. His desire for money eventually leads to his death. In all three of these short stories their is a desire to be something other than they are. I chose the quotes and pictures that I did because I thought that they all represented a desire which they all had.


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