What if‚ one day‚ this person is crossing the street on his way to work and a speeding car hit him. Due to the impact‚ he loses consciousness. The next day he wakes up in the hospital and is paralyzed. What would this man’s first thought be? Of course‚ he would question why that he is paralyzed and if this illness is curable. Unlike the character in my parable‚ the main character in Franz Kafka’s "The Metamorphosis‚" worries about the most unlikely things. Although Gregor Samsa had awoken to discover
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if a deadly volcano is about to explode‚ the rumbling of thousands of feet running‚ it gets louder and louder and louder. Suddenly‚ it explodes. Thousands of people come in ‚flooding the great hall‚ their feet echoing off the walls‚ their screams of hunger and panic fill the grand room‚ the sound of crashing as jaws shut tightly. Silence. Then the volcano erupts again‚ doors slam‚ feet thunder on the ground‚ chatting rises. The bell rings‚ silence again. It’s the end of lunch. At a snail’s pace
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HER FIRST BALL KATHERINE MANSFIELD EXACTLY when the ball began Leila would have found it hard to say. Perhaps her first real partner was the cab. It did not matter that she shared the cab with the Sheridan girls and their brother. She sat back in her own little corner of it‚ and the bolster on which her hand rested felt like the sleeve of an unknown young man’s dress suit; and away they bowled‚ past waltzing lamp-posts and houses and fences and trees. "Have you really never been to
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whites” (p. 496). Moreover‚ though the Supreme Court was left untouched during Reconstruction‚ when southern delegates were sent to take their seats in congress “on the first day of the congressional session‚ December 4‚ 1865‚ they banged shut Republicans banged shut the door in the face of the newly elected Southern delegations” (p. 488) in fear of losing their advantage in congress. Thus‚ the democratic ideal of every fraction of American society being represented was broken as the south had no say
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promised him she’d impress him. So far‚ he wasn’t disappointed. She looked back at him and smiled before she opened the door. She pulled him into the dark room‚ blindfolded him‚ and hushed him as he began to protest‚ telling him she’d be right back. She backed away slowly as he shot her a sinister grin. After several minutes of waiting‚ he grew impatient‚ until he heard the door slightly open. He called out her name‚ only to be answered by a bullet through the head. As Collin bled out‚ the girl hugged
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ye maine kabhi socha nahi tha.. Alekh : (a short-tempered drunker criminal who has been sent here by the authorities for his transformation) vaise bhi to sochta kab hai.. Everybody starts laughing. Huda gives him a “abhi batata hoon..ruk” look. Suddenly‚ Brigadier Chandok enters. All the diners stand up spontaneously and wish him. Br. Chandok- There is an important announcement for all the cadets. Please pay attention. (everybody stands more erect and attentive) Br. Chandok: Kal aap sab ki Medical
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The cold hit him straight way‚ and he turned to the see the appealing glow of the gas lamp that cast silhouettes on the walls‚ the shadows dancing with each flicker of the small flame. The wind blew quiet but harsh and found its way through the gaps in his woollen overcoat. He turned up the collar and regretted that there was no button to keep it in place. He scurried down the well-trodden path‚ passing withering plants and whatever else lay in the darkness. Without warning‚ the headlights of
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when the group reaches the foot of the mountain they decide to search out the secret door described on their map. After hours of searching‚ Bilbo finally locates a narrow passage along a cliff that leads to a patch on the mountain’s side. Though the patch must be the door‚ the dwarves cannot find a way to open it. One evening the hobbit suddenly the riddle on the map. He quickly gathers the other dwarves by the door‚ and they watch as the sun slowly sets. With the sun’s last light a keyhole appears
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A fire began to burn. Its embers combusted and shattered across the pages‚ marking smudges of smoke between the parallel lines of the fingerboard and music sheets. She silently sat upon a throne - first chair. What most looked up to‚ she began to dismiss. They told her she was privileged‚ some sort of nonpareil player. Although the excitement of starting to play a new instrument drove her to her spot which she accompanied for two years‚ the fire began to die. “You don’t want to be first chair anymore
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Wilbercht’s sense of being followed was over and the car vanished. Wilbercht now‚ was totally unprepared for what would come next…………….. Albert Kelvin Patrick was enjoying the radiant serene morning as sunlight poured through his bedroom window. Then suddenly‚ his phone started chirping and fighting with his table‚ but it was Albert who called the war off. “Mr. Albert‚ Agent 7. Please report to the MI8 Headquarters at 10 AM sharp.” “I’m working on a new case?” “Yes‚ sir. You are expected to meet Tyranvetz
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