Chapter Ⅰ Plot and Structure O. Henry The Furnished Room Margaret Atwood The Whirlpool Rapids Chapter Ⅱ Character James Joyce Araby Alice Walker Everyday Use Chapter Ⅲ Point of View Edgar Allan Poe The Tell-Tale Heart Katherine Mansfield Miss Brill Chapter Ⅳ Setting Amy Tan A Pair of Tickets Cynthia Ozick The Shawl Chapter Ⅴ Theme Bernard Malamud The Jewbird Gish Jen In the American Society Chapter Ⅵ Symbolism and Allegory Ann Beattie Janus D. H. Lawrence The Rocking-Horse Winner Chapter Ⅶ Lage and Style Ernest Hemingway A Clean, Well-Lighted Place John Updike A & P Appendix Ⅰ How to Write about a Story? Appendix Ⅱ Sample Essays: Analyzing James Joyce' s Short Story "Araby" Appendix Ⅲ Glossary of Literary Terms Bibliography