Academic Journal of Humanities & Social Sciences, 2020, 3(6); doi: 10.25236/AJHSS.2020.030609.
Xixi Yang
Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, 330045, China
The paper analyzes the thematic meanings of some American short stories Hills Like White Elephants,In Another Country, A Good Man Is Hard to Find, In the Zoo, The Man Who Was Almost a Man, King of the Bingo Game, and tries to discuss issues of human nature, identity crisis and other outstanding American social problems.
Thematic meaning, Irony, Human nature, Identity crisis
Xixi Yang. Understanding the Thematic Symbolic Meanings of Some American Short Stories. Academic Journal of Humanities & Social Sciences (2020) Vol. 3, Issue 6: 89-92. https://doi.org/10.25236/AJHSS.2020.030609.
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