Five Short Stories Alphonse Daudet The Harvard Classics Shelf of Fiction‚ Vol. XIII‚ Part 4. Selected by Charles William Eliot Copyright © 2001 Bartleby.com‚ Inc. Bibliographic Record Contents Biographical Note Criticisms and Interpretations I. By Henry James II. By George Pellissier 1. The Siege of Berlin 2. The Last Class—The Story of a Little Alsatian 3. The Child Spy 4. The Game of Billiards 5. The Bad Zouave Biographical Note ALPHONSE DAUDET was born at Nîmes in the
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‘twas the night before hike-mas. I had begrudgingly agreed to go to bed before 10‚ even though I insisted that I could stay up later and still be okay in the morning. I was all packed. I had packed plenty of water‚ water‚ water‚ and even more water. I had snacks. I had lots of sunscreen on‚ and lots of sunscreen in my backpack‚ although there’s only so much sunscreen can do. I had anxiety about a couple of things. One of those things was my fear of snakes‚ and the other was my fear of heights. I
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Equilibrium of the Industry: Short-Run and Long-Run Equilibrium! Since the price of a product under perfect competition is determined by the intersection of the demand and supply curves of the product of an industry‚ we need to know the nature and shape of the supply curve of a product under perfect competition. We shall now explain how the supply curve of a product under condition of perfect competition is derived and the shape it takes both in the short run and the long run. Before explaining
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It has red eyes that burn with anger and hatred for everything living‚ and fingers that have long sickle like claws capable of cutting copious amounts of trees with a single fell swoop. It moves with speed and certainty‚ stalking it’s prey from the darkness. It periodically let’s out
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There once was this boy (lets just call him Fernando) who owned a thin‚ blue calculator‚ of course he didn’t know it was a calculator at the time. He lived in a little town called Numberlessoplis‚ and in this town there was no such thing as numbers‚ math or even money. It was a peaceful town‚ not much greed or selfishness because there was no money. There life was almost perfect in Numberlessoplis‚ except for one little thing. There was only one of everything. One banana‚ one mayo jar‚ one tree
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about going to war he stated‚ “There were times when I thought I’d gone off the psychic edge” (O’Brian 77). Tim O’Brian went through a descent into madness after being drafted for war. The first defense mechanism that Tim O’Brian used when dealing with the thought of going to war was denial. Denial was the first stage into his descent into madness. Tim O’Brian showed signs of denial when he decided to keep quiet and not tell anyone‚ not even his close family‚ about the draft notice he received
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We laid out a blanket over the rug. Both of us sat patiently waiting for our parents to deliver the news. My father’s eyes filled with tears as my mother spoke. I felt like the universe was collapsing in on me. I was filled with pain and anger. My mother promised me that this would never happen to us! She promised! I was so confused. I didn’t understand all the pain that suddenly washed over me. And that was just the beginning. Life went on. My broken heart was insignificant to
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The cannon was filled with ammunition‚ ready to fire. BANG! The cannonball stretched in the sky‚ and landed on the other territory. It was in the medieval times‚ 726 AD‚ and located in the kingdom of Caballero‚ and Zaden was a war. Many warriors on horses galloped on the field‚ trying to attack the other side‚ Zaden. These two sides had began a fight against another. Zaden had caused this fight by ambushing Caballero. Zaden desperately wanted territory‚ and decided to ambush its ally. Prince Zakai
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He had been filled with rage for so long; it was the only thing he knew. His mother was dead‚ killed at the hands of Uther. Oh‚ the King may not have been the one to strike the fatal blow‚ but it was his men who had hunted the woman down and executed her for the crime of being a sorceress. Daegel had seen it all happen from his hiding place amongst the scrubby brush and fallen leaves. His mother’s cries for mercy were burned into his brain. And so he grew from a scared youth into a young man filled
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down the stairs slowly. His hair still wet from the long shower he took‚ trying to scrub away Jensen’s scent. He wasn’t in shock any longer‚ but he was still scared of his alpha. Peeking into the living room he saw his alpha going through his wallet. Anger took over his fear‚ and he walked into the living room. Jensen looked up at Jared. “Good‚ er Jared. Come here.” Jared walked over to Jensen about to sit down on the couch when Jensen stopped him. “No‚ kneel.” Jared slowly dropped to his knees in front
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