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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Prolugue I’m Charlette‚ but most people call me Charle. This is my story. The story about a girl‚ just a girl. No magically fairies or wizards‚ no queens or kings and nothing different from the world you live in now‚ yet some people might find this fassinating for reasons unknown. I’m a normal girl‚ well as normal as a 14 year old girl gets. My brown eyes and brown hair blend with a crowd and my average height and weight don’t stand out. I don’t really work to hard with my grades‚ so they are
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Home is not a place to come to‚ but rather a feeling you get when you have arrived.” ~ Author unknown The Old Man and The Storm ~ June Cross “Time stopped on the morning of August 29‚ 2005.” ~ June Cross This program starts with the family patriarch‚ 82-year old Herbert Gettridge‚ out in his yard cleaning up from the wake of hurricanes Katrina and Rita. He has made it his mission to recreate the home he’d originally crafted more than 50 years earlier‚ this was literally his creation
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his sleep‚ his thunderous breaths disrupting nervous air. The crew crept around‚ keeping silent for fear of their lives. Suddenly‚ one of the soldiers whimpered audibly. The men rushed to cover his mouth‚ but it was too late. The dragon grabbed the man from his comrade’s grip‚ crushing his bones with sharp white
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Short Story Quiz--due 4.11.14 Short Story Quiz Read "A&P‚" "The Lesson‚" "The Necklace‚" and "The Lady with the Pet Dog" and write a paragraph in response to each question. Explain your points and back them up with detail from the stories. Upload as a Word or Open Office document. Due 4.21.12 1. In Updike’s story‚ what does Lengel stand for? In "A&P" by Updike‚ Lengel is the manager of the A&P store where the story takes place. He is also Sammy’s boss and a Sunday class teacher. In the short
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One day when the Earth was still a work in progress‚ a Ojibwe tribe member man by the name of Mahpe which means water was asked by God to enhance the beauty of the land. Mahpe began to look out the window of his house which was adjacent to a wide waterfall and he realized that all the flowers within his meadow were the same white color. He thought to himself “how boring” and in that exact moment Mahpe had a brilliant idea‚ he was going to make a change so he gathered up his paint and paintbrushes
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Literature contains an interesting plot that should include a situation between two things‚ which is called conflict. Conflict is a very important element in literature. In Richard Connell’s “The Most Dangerous Game” the main character goes through many conflicts to survive. In Richard Wright’s “The Rights to the Streets of Memphis” a boy named Richard is kicked out of his house to buy the groceries‚ but a gang tries to beat him up on the way. The boy has to build up his courage and face the gang
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Beowulf: Short Story In the beautiful town of Ventaria‚ which is located near the southern- most point of Ireland‚ a once proud colony of people enjoyed the magnificent surroundings and a simplistic life. Brian the Great‚ beloved ruler of the Ventarians‚ had been killed by the evil Filth-Sammich. This vile creature‚ with a crocodile-like build‚ had a head larger than the immense church in the center of the town. When fully-opened‚ the mouth of the Filth-Sammich could open wide enough to fit
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One day‚ an old man named Shaul said to his grandson Simeon "It is time you learned the story of our people. I want to tell you about a tragic time for the Israelites‚ the time we spent in Egypt. and a great man named Moses who saved us from slavery. "I was only a boy then‚ just about your age‚" Shaul started. "All of the Israelites were slaves to the terrible Pharaoh‚ ruler of Egypt. Everyone‚ even the children‚ worked all day and into the night‚ making bricks to build Pharaoh’s city. "One day I
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Scrooge was a very grumpy old man that hates Christmas. All he ever wanted was money‚ money‚ and more money. He was not nice man at all. People could see the anger in his Face. I will be telling you about him and what he looks like. Scrooges looks are just what any grumpy old man would look like. Scrooge a very wrinkly face‚ but again this is because he is old. He has white/gray hair. Scrooge wears a top hat and carries around a cane with him‚ so he can walk. Scrooge also has sideburns just like
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