Perspectives

This part of the study guide will give you a few extra points to put the text in perspective, considering the literary period and similar fiction text…

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Literary period

The short story “Waiting for Her” by Amina Henry is a work of contemporary postmodernist fiction. Postmodernism is a literary movement that began to develop in the 1960s and continues to influence literature today. Some typical traits of Postmodernism that…

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Works with the same theme

You can expand your analysis of Amina Henry’s short story by looking at texts that have similar themes.

For example, the short story “Popular Girls” by Karen Shepard is a postmodernist short story that also explores the consequences of parental neglect and teenage sexuality. The story follows a few high school girls from wealthy families, looking at the importance they place on material things, but also at how they engage in self-destructive behaviors such as doing drugs and having underage sex with strangers.

Similarly, the short story “Prospect House” by Frances Childs follows…