Lamb to the Slaughter’s Ending It’s the same nightmare that haunts me every day. I wrapped bed sheet around my fragile frame covering my body‚ which is drenched with cold drops of sweat. I crawled to the darkest corner in my bedroom trembling of fear as I sank in the darkness. The voices never leave my side; they echo in my head like a drum whether I am awake or asleep. The moon light was tickling my eyes. I felt like an empty shell as I sat there on the freezing-cold ground while my high
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Aspects of Postmodernism in "Happy Endings" and "Videotape" According to Neil Bessner (Bessner)‚ postmodernism is a "slippery term to define" (15). If we look at the literal meaning of the word in a regular dictionary‚ we may encounter something like "a style and movement in art [ ] in the late 20th century that reacts against modern styles‚ for example by mixing features form traditional and modern styles" . In fact‚ it has extended many of the fundamental techniques and assumptions of modern
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Winston walked down the sidewalk‚ a sense of apathy after his encounter with O’Brian in room 101 on several occasions‚ a sense of love; apathetic‚ emotionless love‚ for Big Brother. Winston did not remember what had happened in Room 101‚ nor how long he had been there for. Winston headed towards the park where he would meet the dark-haired girl he knew as Julia. Winston had an unexplainable emotion trapped inside his conscious‚ wanting to break free. Winston stopped for a moment to look up at a poster
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The Beauty of Life: How Atwood Constructs Her Message in “Happy Endings” Readers around the world are drawn to happy endings. We thrive on the “happily ever after‚” the tying up of loose ends that ignores the frays in the strings – the consequences of the conflict‚ the other sides of characters‚ and the scenes that made us take a step back‚ but are tolerable in the end because the last page has been turned. The universe that we left behind on our bookshelf is fine and dandy‚ so the intricacies that
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“Every good story needs a good ending. Don’t write the beginning of a novel without knowing the end of it.” When A.D.Y. Howle wrote this short piece of advice‚ he was putting one of the most important components of writing into words. The ending is the key to any and every good story‚ and without one‚ the literary work ceases to be effective. The ending must be logical and fit in with the story. The conclusion must also provide a sense of closure with the reader; however‚ effective endings will often
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This paper discusses the ending of Jane Eyre‚ discussing whether it is a "good" ending. The paper draws on three criticisms of both the novel and Romantic literature in general to conclude that‚ yes‚ it is indeed a good ending because it both fits the prevailing realism of the main character’s worldview‚ and conforms to the predominant literary trends of the period. The climate in which Charlotte Bronte wrote her magnum opus was one that had almost fully recovered from the rationalist excesses
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I awoke in the early hours of the morning as usual. The air was thick and wet‚ but the day’s hunt wouldn’t wait. I got up and stretched my legs before checking the traps I set the evening before. The forest seemed unsettlingly too quiet. Did I wake up earlier than I usually would have? I walked down to the waterhole‚ to see if any of my nets were filled. There was a soft mist over the shallows‚ creating an ominous feel. I checked up and down the banks‚ but my nets had all vanished. With the sounding
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his eyes as he tries to reach his hand out to stop them‚ but the chains binding him‚ restricted his movements. They jumped. Ignoring their son’s cries and protests. They jumped into the sea and never to be seen again. *** He jolted upwards in surprise‚ crashing into something hard. Massive amounts of sweat was trickling down the boy’s face. He was panting heavily and opened his mouth‚ gasping for air. It felt like if he was shut off from all the oxygen in the world. Opening his eyes‚ he saw a
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CHAPTER NINE Troll Snatching I opened my eyes and two giant wart covered trolls who bore an eerie similarity to the creature that had haunted me in my nightmare were standing over me glaring down. Their red beady eyes were filled with detest and I screeched loud enough to wake the dead. One of the monsters stuck his hairy hideous hand over my mouth and the other sprinkled around some kind of teal colored magical dust. I breathed it in and I was under their spell. "Get up and get dressed boy!" One
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The Civil War and Its Ending of Slavery This paper is about the civil war and about how it ended slavery with the emancipation proclamation . I will also talk abou the physical loses of the war. The South‚ overwhelmingly agricultural‚ produced cash crops such ascotton‚ tobacco and sugarcane for export to the North or to Europe‚ but it depended on the North for manufactures and for the financial and commercial services essential to trade. Slaves were the largest single investment in the
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