Best Strategy

The best applied strategy to my short story paper is the formalist strategy. "Mines" contains many formal elements and most of its importance lies in its symbolism, tone, diction etc. The story is not a reflection of the author because she is white and the story is narrated by a black woman. It is an independent work of art with it's own meaning hinted through it's literary elements. There is a lot more said in between the lines then on the actual lines which makes the formalist strategy the best fit.