ENGLISH ESSAY The short story "Debut" by Kristin Hunter and "Manhood" by John Wain both explore central issues like masculinity and femininity. Through the use of narrative conventions, such as point of view, characterisation, selection of detail, conflict, descriptive language and symbolisation, the authors present issues more effectively. By using social, cultural and gender expectations in the context, the authors give a better understanding throughout the text, considering the different time frames. At the time …showed first 75 words of 1194 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1194 total…think about what the future would really be like considering the influence of teenagers parents. The short stories analyse and explore the ways central issues might or should have portrayed depending on the reader's context. Narrative conventions help state issues like gender, race and social class. Without having narrative conventions and the context we would not sucessfully be able to interpret our issues, thus these are the main elements in effictively exploring a short story.