Stephen Dobyns (1941) Kansas THE BOY HITCHHIKING on the back-country Kansas road was nineteen years old. He had been dropped there by a farmer in a Model T Ford who had turned off to the north. Then he waited for three hours. It was July and there were no clouds. The wheat fields were flat and went straight to the horizon. The boy had two plums and he ate them. A blue Plymouth coupe went by with a man and a woman. They were laughing. The woman had blonde hair and it was all loose and blew
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April 19‚ 2013 The king of comedy Look tragedy through comedy “I made so many tragedies‚ but the audience thought I had been making comedies all the time”‚ Stephen Zhou stated. When we refer to comedy‚ what comes up to your mind‚ laughter‚ humor? Have it ever occurred to you that sometimes the director was trying to express a tragedy emotion behind the comedy atmosphere? When we talk about Chinese comedy‚ we have to come to the most famous Chinese comedy actor‚ Stephen Zhou‚ who acted in a
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The Long Essay Themes and Sources is examined via a Long essay of 3‚000 to 5‚000 words. This is a ‘take-home’ examination paper which first-year students receive in May‚ after they have completed the course. Students submit their Long Essay the following January‚ at the start of the Lent term in their second year. The aims of the Long Essay are to test students’ understanding of the main problems and approaches of the course they have followed with reference to a specific question. The paper
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another. In order to be a decent writer‚ one must first master the art of reading. In On Writing by Stephen King‚ reading is the best way to improve one’s writing. In order for an author’s voice to shine through in their writing‚ they must develop their own personal writing style. By reading a variety of books‚ a writer is able to pick which styles they prefer‚ and shape them to create
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The Long Drive: Will You Re-Up Next Year? A cow town is simply a town in which cattle were taken to put on railroads. The only problem is‚ these towns are located in Kansas‚ about 1000 miles from Texas‚ a trip that usually takes up to 3 months. Because of this and water worries‚ low pay‚ and lack of sleep‚ I‚ along with 2/3 of those on this year’s drive‚ will not re-up for next year’s long drive. With the constant worry of a flooded river‚ unable to be crossed‚ or a stampede of thirsty cows
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Have you ever done something you regretted later? Have you ever made a terrible choice and then had to pay for it? I know almost every single human being on this earth has done something they wish they could take back. In most cases‚ they do not have to pay for it with nine months of their life. However‚ pregnant women who become pregnant unintentionally must‚ if abortions become illegal. Forty-nine percent of all pregnancies are unintended. That means forty nine out of one hundred women did not
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Greg was sitting at the piano in the speakeasy‚ pounding away at the Basin Street Blues. He was dressed in a rakish tuxedo‚ and altogether looked like a sporty character. There was a glass with a lime in it near him‚ although knowing Greg was a life long teetotaler‚ Jake guessed it probably just contained soda pop. Greg was an actor at Mammoth-Art Studio in Hollywood. His latest role was in a gangland melodrama‚ and he had gotten the piano job at the Pig in a Poke speakeasy to soak up atmosphere
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understand things for themselves based on their experiences and knowledge. He wanted to show why he Highlander and for who he started it for. The short stories allowed the reader to get inside of Myles Horton’s mind and see what exactly he was thinking. The Long Haul can be described as book used to inspire people who are down and need help getting up to feet. Short Story I short I choose was called. It talked about how his grandfather could not read but still could do many things. My grandfather was
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Stephen W. Hawking has a mind that is beyond today’s way of thinking. His attempts to identify a grand unification theory that unites everything we know about the physics and even science itself. Hawking was born on January 8‚ 1942 in Oxford‚ England. He spent most of his childhood in and around London‚ and always looked to learn. He loved the stars and space. Stephen Hawking wanted to study mathematics and physics in a university‚ but his father thought that there would not be any jobs in
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he takes in many stories. Two famous stories that deal with this fearsome creature are "The Devil and Tom Walker" by Washington Irving‚ and "The Man in the Black Suit" by Stephen King. Both suggest that the Devil always pursue the human weaknesses‚ however‚ Irving implies that the Devil only hunts the corrupted heart; while King signifies the Devil also take interest in innocents. In "The Devil and Tom Walker‚" Tom Walker is a corrupted and greedy man‚ but‚ he is just a poor farmer who could only
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