The title of a short story is essentially the attention grabber of the story, if the title is uninteresting it will receive less attention than a title that is interesting.<span />
I would think novels focus on character development
In This Side of Paradise, why was Amory's allowance lower than expected?
His parents thought he was irresponsible.
This is an excerpt from the "Pardoner´s tale which is one of the Canterbury Tales written by Michael Young. Three young men depart to encounter Death and kill it. The adversary mentioned is "Death".