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    Short Story Reading

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    Week 1: Short Story Reading Poison by Roald Dahl The short story Poison by Roald Dahl is set in India when it is still under the British rule. In this story the theme is represented by Harry‚ who thinks that the krait has crawled on his stomach and has made Timber call a doctor for help to solve the situation. The entire time I was reading the story‚ I thought that the main conflict is between the Harry‚ Timber‚ Dr. Ganderbai and the krait on Harry’s stomach. But in the last few paragraphs‚ I realize

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    No Alarms, No Surprises

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    Faiyz Siraj #6110991 Professor Bider 603-103 EPIPHANY AND THE SHORT STORY 29 April 2013 The Frivolous Obsession of the Hobbling Creature in “Shiloh” The short story “Shiloh”‚ which has a partially omniscient narrator‚ is written by Bobbie Ann Mason. It is about a failing relationship of a couple who has been together for 15 years. After an accident Leroy Moffit‚ a truck driver‚ finally returns home‚ expecting to spend time with his wife Norma Jean and he is determined to build her a log cabin

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    Terrified(Short Story)

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    Terrified This short story is called Terrified‚ it is written by C.B. Gilford. This title name gives readers a large attention‚ and this title name is very suitable for this short story‚ because if you were one of the characters in the story you would be a lot more than terrified. This story has four characters‚ Paul Santin‚ Vince‚ Arlene‚ which are both teenagers‚ about 16-18 years old‚ and the policeman. The main character is Paul Santin‚ he is the main point of this story. This story is about a person

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    " I’m here to kill you!" "Jae get inside the room and  lock the door" Jaejoong heard Yunho shouting from the other line but‚ Karam pushes Jaejoong hard against the wall and his back hits it with a slight thud.Karam grabbed the phone on his hand and threw it in the floor. Karam point the gun at the base of Jaejoongs skull and it made Jaejoong whimper. He pushed the barrel a little harder and looked at Jaejoong quizzically. The two of them stood silent‚ staring at each other‚ without moving

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    Surprise of a Lifetime

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    Surprise of a lifetime The sun was shining in brightly and violently onto our pale skin through the small crack of the curtain that was left partially open from the night before. As I slowly began to wake I realized a shadow standing off to the side of my bed‚ quickly I opened my eyes straining to see this figure through the incoming sun beams. The figure moved and I soon realized it was just my husband Cody as he came closer I let out a long sigh in relief‚ and giggled a little out loud

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    short story in England

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    Short story is fictional work of prose that is shorter in length than a novel. Edgar Allan Poe‚ in his essay "The Philosophy of Composition‚" said that a short story should be read in one sitting‚ anywhere from a half hour to two hours. In contemporary fiction‚ a short story can range from 1‚000 to 20‚000 words. Because of the shorter length‚ a short story usually focuses on one plot‚ one main character (with a few additional minor characters)‚ and one central theme‚ whereas a novel can tackle multiple

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    The Surprise Party

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    The Surprise Party At eight o’clock of the evening of my lucky birthday‚ I was alone at home grumbling and frowning‚ shouting furiously and pitying myself for my misfortune. I thought it was going to be a special day filled with presents and fun‚ but all I received was a “Happy Birthday”. All of a sudden‚ the electricity cut off and there was a complete darkness in the house. I couldn’t do anything therefore I decided to go to sleep and end this unlucky day. Out of the blue in that

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    Everone Has a Story

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    Maria Cornejo English 101 09/09/13 Everyone Has a Story Every Sunday morning‚ since I can remember‚ we got up around 7 a.m. and drove 25 minutes into downtown Cincinnati for church service. It was a cold early Sunday morning in autumn of 2010 when I first saw a man‚ who I would later get to know‚ named Kevin Moyer. Church was just about to begin‚ so needless to say my dad was in a hurry to get inside and find a seat. As I scattered to get out of the car and fix my messy hair‚ I saw out of

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    The Big Surprise

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    The big surprise. Two years ago I was with my family visiting Chiapas‚ we were in Palenque and we rented a car so that it was easy for us to move around the entire city and visiting all the nearest towns around‚ the plan was to go in the car around the country. One of the first days we went to visit the entire archeologist zone and the pyramids. My brother and I went to the car like at 10 am to leave some souvenirs and a big statue of a cougar that my mother bought so we can walk more easily and

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    Scary Story: A Short Story

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    What makes a good scary story? A good scary story is only good if it’s based on something that happened in reality and could happen to anybody. My story is something similar to that. Now that I look back at it‚ maybe it was just the sugar rush I had from the Surge soft drink. It had my blood pumping and my heart beat was racing. I haven’t been back to those woods since that day; however‚ there was still a part of me that wondered if what I saw was there in reality and not just my imagination. Either

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