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    doesn’t speak much. I catch his eye and smile politely. He smiles back....an embarrassed/ uncomfortable smile. He’s about to insert needles into my ankle. I sit up‚ facing him. My legs‚ together‚ dangle off the edge of the table. I’m wearing blue shorts. I place my hands on either knee and slowly move my legs apart‚ looking downward with no expression the whole time. Although his eyes widen a little‚ he only looks at me. He moves back one step. With my hands still on either knee‚ I smile at him.

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    Short Story and Pride

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    wonderful thing‚ but too much pride may blind someone to the inevitable future they create. Pride is great it gives people self confidence and makes them happy. The more pride someone has the more they accept themselves. Excessive pride can leave people to poor choices that cannot be reversed. In the short story “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allan Poe‚ Fortunato is a prideful man with a great life; however‚ he lets his pride blind him to his inevitable faith. Fortunato “prided himself” a

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    Five (Short Story)

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    Five Somebody told me before that when you feel almost nothing at all‚ only plain unhappiness‚ then just die. You always want to find an explanation for feeling so empty‚ but what was that for? Nothing. If you feel that way‚ then that’s depression‚ and I’m telling you‚ that thing kills every part of you. Well‚ at least‚ that’s what it does to me. Dr. Marie once said that she knew everything about my condition and she’s dead wrong; I know myself more than everybody does. After that check-up‚ I

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    Short Story Comparison

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    Scales 1! Katrina Scales David Miles ENC-1102 16 July 2015 A Yellow Rose It is likely that after reading short stories The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman and A Rose for Emily by William Faulkner‚ any sensible reader will feel disturbed in at least the slightest. Both texts contain neurotic women of unsound mind who have deathly obsessions. At first glance‚ these stories do not seem to have much in common; they have been written through opposite perspectives‚ one neglects to be chronological

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    The Birthmark Short Story

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    I chose this source from Encyclopedia‚ because I think it best relates to the subject from the short story “The BirthMark”. In this source‚ it does talk much about the Age of Enlightenment‚ not only that but the feud between science and religion. For one when there is two sides‚ just like in the short story‚ the article describes what cost it took to take one side. As in the short story‚ the wife didn’t want to get rid of her birthmark until her husband’s influence spread onto her to take the other

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    Looking out the kitchen window‚ the snow was just beginning to fall‚ a light dust covered the roof of the car that sat on the side street. She had hoped that today it would snow‚ it was surely a good day to wish for it. Thanksgiving only comes once a year‚ and this year she had so many things to be thankful for. It had been a nail biting year at times‚ but it was time to start making new memories‚ fresh memories‚ ones that would last for a lifetime. Smiling‚ Kelli daydreamed about what those memories

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    Short-Story Paper

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    SHORT STORY PAPER “Compare/contrast Faulkner’s ‘Dry September’ with ‘A rose for Emily’ in terms of writing style and character presentation.” What is going to be analyzed in this paper are the two short stories by W. Faulkner ‘A Rose for Emily’ and ‘Dry September’. Basically‚ what is to be performed is a comparison/contrast analysis in terms of the writing style and character presentation. More specifically‚ I will provide

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    The Cabin Short Story

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    Cabin Story Sitting here by the beach with my two best friends Aketzeli and Jordyn drinking piña colada waking the waves. Well at least I was thinking of the trip being like that. I’m Jasmine I’m 18 and I will be telling you about are trip to Hawaii. We are on are own private plane flying to Hawaii. You are probably thinking why are they going to Hawaii we’ll we just finished school and I thought that on your graduation party I would surprise them to go on a trip with me. Finally we land here

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    The Bicycle Short Story

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    The Bicycle Short Story In the story “The Bicycle” by Jillian Horton‚ Hannah‚ the main character‚ is a pianist who lives with her aunt‚ Tante Rose. She is given the opportunity to travel to New York so she can audition at a school. Unfortunately Hannah does not take that opportunity and decides to stay. In this case I agree with her decision at the end Firstly‚ Hannah lived all her life with very limited time for herself. Everything revolved around piano and her Jewish religion. She wanted to live

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    Short Story Analysis

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    Short Story Analysis 2 2. In order to delineate the notional structure for The Velveteen Rabbit‚ one must first assess the correct discourse type. In reviewing the narrative‚ procedural‚ behavioral‚ and expository discourse types‚ The Velveteen Rabbit is undeniably a narrative discourse in surface and notional structure. The plot or notional structure of the story provides insights into what one would imagine is a toy’s ultimate dream of being loved and becoming real. The story begins with the

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