Part Ⅰ Elements of the Short Story Unit 1 Setting The Three Strangers The Man Who Was Almost a Man Unit 2 Character The Gardener Dry September Unit 3 Plot A Good Man is Hard to Find Winter Dreams Unit 4 Point of View The Story of an Hour A Rose for Emily Unit 5 Telling and Showing The Killers Barn Burning Unit 6 Stream of Consciousness The Mark on the Wall Unit 7 Language and Style Araby A Hunger Artist Unit 8 Atmosphere The Signal-Man Miss Brill Unit 9 Irony and Humor The Lottery Luck Unit 10 Symbol The Shadow in the Rose Garden A Woman on a Roof Unit 11 Theme The Celestial Omnibus The Bet Part Ⅱ Comprehensive Reading and Interpretation Unit 12 The Minister's Black Veil:A Parable Unit 13 Markheim Unit 14 The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky Unit 15 The Chrysanthemums Unit 16 The Magic Barrel Unit 17 A&P Unit 18 Everyday Use Unit 19 Yellow Woman Unit 20 In the American Society Unit 21 Puppy Appendix Bibliography