his senses. The hunter thought to himself “I wish this smell would go away”. With a flash of light the cloak began to glow and the smell lifted. Its power became apparent to the hunter in that moment he realized it to be a wishing cloak from the stories of his childhood. The hunter understood that if this was the wishing cloak he heard about as a child then it must be in possession of a witch which meant this old woman upon the ground must be said witch. In this instance the hunter had a million
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Never a Happy Ending In Shakespeare’s Macbeth‚ violence is a powerful action that can reveal the true intentions of a character. Readers learn by the end of the play that everything has consequences. Both good and bad violence always have a negative outcome. Through all the chaos and war in Scotland‚ characters always find a way to be cruel to one another. Some playing the valiant part and some play the evil part. Either way‚ it always ends badly. In the play Macbeth Shakespeare demonstrates
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III honors 14 October 2011 The Short Stories Quiet‚ But Aggressive Approach Novels are superfluous while short stories strive for flawlessness‚ ensuring meticulously picked details and succinct plots. The short story utilizes the complex and vivid words the English language has to offer‚ painting pictures in the minds of the reader‚ while the novel overwhelms the reader with redundant and arbitrarily picked language. Steven Millhauser says that Short stories illustrate the message or meaning
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Tom screamed and hopped over the carcasses desperate to escape the hospital. The doctor was close behind him pushing the stretcher gaining speed. Tom reached the window and looked down. It was too high of a jump and nothing soft to break his fall. The doctor had cornered him. Tom could smell the rank and pungent smell of rotting flesh and eggs. He had a choice between jumping and possibly dying or being slaughtered by the savage maniac. He broke the window with his fist feeling the glass shards shred
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Great Gatsby Ending Journal What does the ending of this book say about the overall theme of hope? Is the failure of hopes and dreams unavoidable? What is the purpose of having hopes and dreams? This book interprets the overall theme of hope as what Gatsby had been driven by but in the end did not achieve. The green light of Daisy’s dock drove Gatsby and he believed in it. He was eluded by it in the past‚ but there was still hope that he would one day achieve his goal. This book shows how
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Breathing was difficult. It was harder when you had just killed someone; Vera Claythorne knew better than most. With the ocean wind biting her gun hand‚ her thoughts frantically scrambled for leverage in her brain. Did I actually kill a person directly? Vera thought. Her brain transported her back to her past. Her indirect murder was flashing back. Cyril‚ I couldn’t save you. I can’t say I’m sorry‚ because I just killed a man. She dropped the gun. It was a weapon that symbolized murder and hate
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Lincoln’s plans were cut short when he was assassinated by John-Wilkes Booth in 1865. If Lincoln had not been assassinated‚ those plans would have carried through. He was the most influential and powerful president that had ever befallen our nation. He controlled the entirety of the power of the government for a long period‚ and with that power brought the nation together‚ ending the civil war. If Lincoln had lived‚ he would have had the remainder of a four-year term to work constructively with the
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Different Ending – Jonathan Livingston Seagull Much of Jonathan Livingston Seagull seems to be a metaphor for the Gospel story of Jesus’ life. On pages 120-122‚ one of Jonathan’s followers‚ Fletcher‚ flies into a cliff to avoid crashing into a young seagull just beginning to fly. Fletcher appears to die but Jonathan tells him that he can overcome his limitations and live. This is similar to Jesus bringing Lazarus back to life. Jonathan sarcastically calls himself the Son of the Great Gull
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Ending the Mediocrity of D´s in Schools Getting a D gets you just as much credit as getting an A. Students are passing high school‚ but learning almost nothing in the process. One school district in New Jersey is trying to push those D students to get C’s by getting rid of the letter D from the grading system. Parent fully support this change but teachers‚ students‚ and some schools are against this because of graduation rates. Many believe that if you take away the letter D then the students that
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The Model Millionaire by Oscar Wilde Introduction Let’s begin with the synopsis of this short story. Hughie Erskine is a gorgeous and well-known man. He has every accomplishment except earning money. He tries everything; from being an investor‚ a tea- merchant‚ to selling dry sherry. Nothing works and what makes thing worse that he is in love. The girl is Laura Merton‚ the daughter of a retired Colonel. Both are madly in love and adoring each other. The problem is‚ Hughie had no idea how he could
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