Wide Reading Assignment: Comparing Two Short Stories Introduction In this coursework assignment, I am going to compare two short stories. They are Night Fears, by L.P. Hartley, and Into The Unknown - A Superstitious Mans Story by Thomas Hardy. These Stories are written in different centuries, but are still in the horror genre. In this essay I am going to be comparing the two of the short stories. 'The Superstitious Man's Story' and 'Night …showed first 75 words of 1466 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1466 total…intimate, matter-of-fact, distant, comfort in, tense, and sympathetic. L.P Hartley managed to achieve this by a short sentences that he used. Conclusion Out of the two stories I found that Night Fears is the most effective. It is because the stranger in the story adds a little twist when his identity is not mentioned. Also, it is a more modern story and uses simpler language than the Superstitious Man's Story. by Josh de Salles