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Mortals by Tobias Wolff
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Works Cited
American Short Stories. Logan, IA: Perfection Learning, 2012. Print.
"Balancing the Books." : Author Tobias Wolff to Speak at The Haverford School Oct. 17. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Oct. 2012. <http://balancethebooks.blogspot.com/2012/10/author-tobias-wolff-to-speak-at.html>.
Mortals by Tobias Wolff
Symbolism
The story symbolizes the dark side of people and the lies we tell. It also shows unfulfillment of taking a job you hate
Tone
The tone Wolff sets for the story is dark and cynical. It helps to amplify the symbolism in the story.
Point of View
This story was told in first person. This really effects the story because it gives the story a more personal feel.
About the Author
Born in Birmingham, Alabama
Vietnam Veteran
Taught at Oxford and Stanford University
The Story Mortals
The story Mortals is about a metro editor who writes obituaries for the newspaper. Whenever someone dies he calls the family and morgue to confirm there death. That is what he's supposed to do but after having this job for a long time he starts to skip these steps. this causes him to proclaim a very much alive person dead. After his boss figures out he is fired. Mr. Givens ,the man thought dead, feels bad and offers him a meal. While they were eating he ask Mr. Givens who could have said he was dead and after a long list of questions he came to the conclusion that Mr. Givens had called in his own death. He thought that the reason he did this was for attention. At the end of the story he is already planning to sell the story to the news and get his job back.
Characterization
The way Wolff described the characters unusual because like the story He you do not know the name of the main characters.
Irony
There was a lot of irony in this story. In fact the entire story is immensely ironic.
Recommendation
I recommend this story to anyone who his a fan of irony. This story was interesting as well as a page turner.