Project Gutenberg 2024-05-07 Public domain in the USA. 113 Whitehead, Henry S. (Henry St. Clair) 1882 1932 Whitehead, Henry St. Clair The thin match $aIndianapolis, IN :$bPopular Fiction Publilshing Company, $c1925. Produced from the March 1925 issue of Weird Tales magazine. Roger Frank and Sue Clark "The Thin Match" by Henry S. Whitehead is a short story written during the early 20th century. The narrative unfolds the journey of an unassuming match, highlighting themes of individuality and destiny against the mundane backdrop of its life and the lives of others around it. The story illustrates the existential journey of an entity perceived as inferior and its quest for purpose. The plot follows a thin match that struggles with feelings of inadequacy due to its unusual characteristics, such as its crooked head and brown streak. Throughout its journey, the match experiences a series of owners who unknowingly overlook it, while grappling with the very real possibility of never fulfilling its purpose of igniting a flame. The climax builds as a desperate man named Pete, snowed in and without fire, discovers the match in a moment of urgency. When Pete finally strikes the thin match, it surprisingly lights up and sets a fire, showcasing that even the most overlooked individuals can shine when given the opportunity, ultimately fulfilling their destiny in the face of great adversity. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/WeirdTalesV05N03192503 20240505183801whitehead 1925 US Reading ease score: 78.9 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Short stories Matches -- Fiction Anthropomorphism in literature PS Text Category: Short Stories Category: American Literature 42203 2025-09-29T06:42:04.641768 text/html 18083 2024-05-07T07:17:58 text/html 266898 2025-09-29T06:42:06.986793 application/epub+zip 265698 2025-09-29T06:42:05.517799 application/epub+zip 151263 2025-09-29T06:42:04.986764 application/epub+zip 685102 2025-09-29T06:42:08.170774 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 679191 2025-09-29T06:42:06.634767 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 36068 2025-09-29T06:42:04.552777 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16341 2024-05-07T07:17:58 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16117 2025-09-29T06:42:08.295752 application/rdf+xml 27780 2025-09-29T06:42:05.232762 image/jpeg 4678 2025-09-29T06:42:05.110760 image/jpeg 541180 2025-09-29T06:42:04.652788 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia