(The light fades down onto all of Maple Street. Mr. Goodman is sitting in a chair reading a book. A lamp is turned on by Mrs. Goodman as she walks into the living room and takes a seat on the sofa.) Narrator: Maple Street had never been the same since the day the aliens had disturbed peaceful lives with technology that terminated power at will.With the aliens ruling the entire country‚ the world had one thing to fear; an alien takeover. (Mrs. Goodman now stands up and heads to look at the grandfather
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Ch.1 Vocabulary 1. Lagoon 2. Creeper 3. Startled 4. Flames 5. Scattered (about) 6. Asthma 7. Spectacles 8. Shimmering (water) 9. Dazzling (beach) 10. Giggle 11. Omened 12. Muttered 13. Conch 14. Eccentric (clothing) 15. Crumpled 16. Freckled Ch.1 Questions 1. How did the boys arrive on the island? The boys arrived on the island by the plane which crashed during a storm‚ killing all the adults on the plane‚ leaving a scar in the jungle. 2. How do Ralph’s and Piggy’s reactions differ when they know
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Gregor Samsa is out about the town‚ it is a cool Sunday afternoon. Gregor is meeting a women‚ named Julie‚ which he had met a few times before. They are going to have lunch and walk around the park; getting to know each other more. Gregor is nervous‚ just like the other times‚ in meeting Julie. Gregor gets to the coffee shop before Julie; Gregor order their coffee. Gregor waits and waits and waits‚ but Julie never shows. He drank his coffee and hers while waiting. It was half past two when Gregor
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In the exposition of this story‚ a character named Gregor Samsa is awakened on his bed‚ only to find out that he has oddly enough transformed into a giant bug. As the story continues‚ Samsa contemplates the struggles he would normally have as a human‚ now only with the added conflict of being an insect as well. He tries to go back to sleep in effort of trying to forget what he had come to realization of‚ which is his new form. Samsa tries to evaluate the situation that he had found himself in‚ and
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Everything’s moving along great in their relationship until the early morning the Finman breaks into her Grandmother cottage and kidnaps a sleeping Aileana. He beats her unconscious when she fights the Finman. The Finman carries her to his boat and rows her to the Finfolk island of Hildaland. A floating island shroud in a heavy magical fog that humans cannot find. The Finman looks forward to playing with his captured prey. He watches the unconscious woman as he lifts his massive cock. He fists
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Prologue "Some say before mortals could speak‚ Iphor the god of darkness‚ attempted to wage a war against Eltarr‚ the god of light. One day‚ while inhabiting a mortal body‚ they met each other in Aldren; fought for days‚ laying waste to everything around them‚ which created the Godscar. Eltarr eventually won --" "And banished Iphor for all eternity‚ I’ve heard this story hundreds of times‚ Grandfather‚" Rendar continued. "Rendar
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ur story begins in an opulent throne room‚ furnished with large‚ gorgeous‚ red oak furniture‚ and exquisite artworks. Kneeling down on one knee‚ Tocharian Blackburn‚ the lead commander in charge of King David’s forces‚ recounted to his majesty: “The Kingsmen in Apteron believed‚ bandits slay Rebekah Basin‚ and her ailing mother‚ Susannah Basin‚ from the condition in which their home was found.” He glances up to the king‚ feeling the ache in his sixty-year-old bones from the heaviness of his metal
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A woman’s scream rips the air‚ and the cheerful atmosphere vanishes. The busy street fell silent. Faustina forces her eyes away from her paperwork to see what everyone is gasping and pointing at. Her eyes widened in surprise. It only took one glance for Faustina to decide that it was time to go‚ but she couldn’t. Small shops left and right burst into pieces. Windows shatter and shards of glass litter the streets. Rocks tumble to the floor. Smoke clouds the air‚ and debris clutter the ground. People
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Benjamin Martin raises seven kids as a single father. His thing was building rocking chairs but he is not good at it. Then the town has a meeting. Benjamin Does not want to have war. The war goes on for two years and Gabriel write letters to his family. Then his little brother Thomas tells his dad that he wants to be in the army. His dad said two more years. He said that the war will be over by then. Outside their house gunfire is going on and Gabriel comes into the house bleeding. His dad and
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In 1929‚ Nick Carraway‚ a World War I veteran‚ is receiving treatment for alcoholism at a psychiatric hospital. He talks about Jay Gatsby‚ the most hopeful man he had ever met. Nick’s doctor suggests that he writes his thoughts down‚ since writing is Nick’s passion. In the summer of 1922‚ Nick moves from the Midwest to New York after abandoning writing. He rents a small house in the North Shore village of West Egg‚ next to the mansion of Gatsby‚ a mysterious business magnate who often holds extravagant
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