The Social Reflection and the Strategy of Presentation the Short Story in “Koosang Koosom Magazine”

Abstract

The author had studied about the social reflection and the strategy of presentation the short story in “KOOSANG KOOSOM MAGAZINE” published and distributed during January 2557 B.E. to December 2558 B.E., total of 139 stories. Only short stories related to the past and true stories from story tellers were studied and the result is shown by using descriptive analysis.

The magazine had showed 5 changing way result. 1) Economics resulted, Industrialized country had great impact on consumers due to higher price of goods and commodities, poor quality of products and advantage taking resulted in debt. 2) Education resulted, Parents preferred sending their children to well known schools in the cities whereas children in the rural area had much less opportunity to access good education. 3) Culture resulted, Most Thai people were Buddhists. However, some still had supernatural belief.  4) Materialism resulted in respect to people with asset when people with high moral were not as well respected. 5) The stories also showed family result problems and the differences between urban and rural ways of living.

Writing techniques varied. Most writers started the story by 5 mentioning. 1) About the incidence, scene, characters, using conversation as a tool. 2) The stories were written according to the timeline to help better understanding among readers. 3) Most short story writers wanted to express 3 ending by happiness, sadness, loneliness and sarcasm. 4) To present the case as good example to the readers. 5) The writers presented happiness sadness lonely confused and remark giving for the reader.