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    beginning of story‚ Rainsford and Zaroff are presented as equals. Both characters are well-accomplished big-game hunters. As the story unfolds‚ however‚ their roles change. Rainsford is thrust into the position of the hunted. However‚ he tries to undermine the game by setting traps for the hunter. Rainsford’s form of hunting is passive whereas Zaroff’s is active. The fragility of this relationship between the hunted and the hunter is not only displayed in the resolution of the story but also through

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    she was a “lady.” The grandmother also has an interesting use of the word “good.” She calls Red Sammy a “good man” for letting some men buy gasoline on credit‚ suggesting that she associates “good men” with gullibility and blind faith. Later in the story‚ she causes the family to make a wrong turn because she misremember the location of a plantation house she wanted to visit. When she realizes her mistake‚ she jerks her knee‚ ultimately causing the car to crash. She does not tell anyone about her mistake

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    Elthem: A Short Story

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    When a door opened nearly an hour later‚ the paneled door curved inward to allow in a clergyman. The shuffling clergyman‚ who looked closer to his last breath than his first‚ wore the red and white liturgical vestments of the Emperor’s Church. A sun symbol dangling from a rosary around his neck swayed as his voice rasped‚ "The emperor sent me here to extend a welcome." A series of faint popping noises emitted from the man’s joints each time he moved and his fingers were broken many times over. Shiny

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    Fangirl Short Story

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    Beginning College Beginning college is an exciting time‚ but it also be a time to face some of your greatest fears. In the story Fangirl written by Rainbow Rowell Cath and Wren begin their college experience at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Cath and Wren both face challenges and fears in college create obstacles that affect their overall experience. The major challenges and fears that Cath and Wren face are Cath isolates herself‚ Wren quickly develops an alcohol problem‚ and Cath’s and Wren’s

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    Meadery: A Short Story

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    corset‚ hah I’m sure some people would like that. Seriously though wish I had bought a cloak. It felt like I had been walking for hours when I notice the snow was thinning and soon there was no snow on the ground and not long after I saw the north path heading to Ivarstead. And minutes later I saw the damaged meadery‚ guarded by a hostile bear. Having dealt with the bear I investigated the grounds and saw that while the outside and one wing were damaged most of the structure was fine. A note

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    Moses: A Short Story

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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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    Short Story Manny's

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    When I first read through the story I could start to see little hints and signs of a man who is in a state of depression. Depression can be defined as a state of feeling sad. Also can be defined as a serious medical condition in which a person feels very sad‚ hopeless‚ and unimportant and often is unable to live in a normal way. These definitions pinpoints Manny’s state throughout the story. You can notice the first since of him feeling sad‚ and hopeless when his wife died and he sold all of their

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    "Warning this story comes with a curse ‚listening to the end will give you the curse.” Mary was a girl who loved to be scared and October was her favorite time of the year ‚because her school had a scary story club after school‚ on Halloween a new boy wanted to speak ‚his name was Chris‚ Mary saw him but never talked to him .he went up to the stage ‚and he began to talk and as he talked the room seemed to get darker and colder ‚and then he yelled “and there” ‚and he held up a mirror scaring everybody

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    Dominoe: A Short Story

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    Dominoe was in shock after hearing the story Liz just told her . The lady that died on the steps was not just a force by spirits ‚ it was the cause of pure drunkness and childness . Dominoe was in rage at her cousin and friends for doing that ‚ bringing a curse to the school and to themselves. Liz got up from her seat busting out in tears ‚ she explained how she had been watching herself and hoping the curse does not bring anything bad upon her. Alton apparently was claimed to have gotten more

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    Suspense Short Story

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    Do you like suspense stories? If so‚ “Sorry Wrong Number” by Lucille Fletcher and “Sorry Right Number” by Stephen King are two very good suspense stories. The plot of both of the stories are centered around phone calls. Both stories center around a mysterious phone call. In “Sorry Wrong Number”‚ the phone call is about someone’s murder. And in “Sorry Right Number‚” the phone call is about a woman crying‚ she says “ Take… please take… t-t- take him to the hospital. He is going to have a heart attack

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