Creative Writing – Look through Deaths Eyes “Ships in the distance have every mans wish on board‚” Grandpa always used to tell me that every time we saw a cruise ship going by our Beach house on the Florida shore. I never understood it until he had passed away. When someone dies you enter their wise world‚ to understand what things you never understood‚ I was the one grandpa picked to view his world. This is the story of what I saw. Time-lapse 50 years prior to my death‚ Vietnam. The
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English Belonging Text 1 Title of text: Great expectations Composer: Charles Dickens Source: Novel (fiction) Date: 1861 Composer’s intended purpose and Target audience: Charles Dickens Purpose for generating this novel was to tell a story that expressed ingratitude and selflessness‚ social climbing‚ suffering‚ and retribution; it is also said that Dickens wanted to express the differentiation of parenthood and the affect that the actions of one generation will have on the next.
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Belonging is knowing who you are‚ through trials and struggles that you will be familiar with yourself and can understand the reasons for your uniqueness. Belonging is not only about being accepted into a circle‚ but earning that place. Not just a member‚ but a leader. “No man is an island”‚ yet despite the most basic human need to belong‚ many chose to be alone. A sense of belonging is integrated through several different contexts and aspects of each individual’s everyday life. Three texts in which
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gentleman‚ Today at this festival‚ I will be talking to you about the concept of belonging. I believe belonging to be a desirable aspect within life and is a multi-level relational state of personal‚ family and friends‚ cultural‚ social and‚ global contexts. Belonging can have a positive or negative effect on an individual which is constantly changing our perceptions of personal‚ filial and social self-image. A sense of belonging is formed through a sense of identity which can be found by the acceptance
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Opening the door slightly‚ I was greeted with a thick wall of darkness. Peering out into the inky blackness of the passageway‚ I tried to clam myself down to go down to the kitchen to grab some candles to light up the house. I finally felt ready to go down ‚ as if I was fighting a war with the darkness. As I opened the door‚ the door seemed to come alive‚ making a creak sound‚ warning me not to go out of this room. Biting my lip‚ I groped around the black darkness. I quickly made my way towards the
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Tom had always loved plants. He loved the way they would begin their lives as tiny seeds buried in their cosy little nests‚ and then‚ with all the essential ingredients a sprinkle of water‚ a cup of sunlight and a dash of time they would blossom into sharp Italian ballet dancers‚ their lively radiance beating against the cream-white window pane. Toms mother would grow these plants by the dozen‚ and‚ once a month‚ after harvest week‚ she would take all the plants away‚ replacing them with seemingly
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Date Night Disaster It was date night at the Holmes/Watson house the 2 husbands were gearing up to head out to Peddletons with Myc and Greg. The men dressed in nice fitted suits. Sherlock wearing a tight white shirt with its top two buttons undone to show off his sexy collar bone. Black tailored pants that hugged him in all the right places and shiny black dress shoes that just made him look even more delicious. John wore something similar to his husband but he adorned a bow tie with his attire
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“Are we there yet?” “No.” “Now are we there?” “Do you want me to turn this car around?!” Brothers are annoying. I’m fairly certain my mother agrees‚ based on the way she’s sighing with exasperation. I swear‚ we’ve been in this car for eternity. Supposedly‚ grandma’s house is only 45 minutes away‚ but it seems like we’ve been in the car for years! Grandma lives near a lake halfway between Lawrence and Kansas City‚ where I live. For one last celebration before school starts back up again‚ my family
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Summer was dead‚ but autumn had not yet been born when the ibis came to the bleeding tree. It’s strange that all this is so clear to me‚ now that time has had its way. But sometimes (like right now) I sit in the cool green parlor‚ and I remember Doodle. Doodle was about the craziest brother a boy ever had. Doodle was born when I was seven and was‚ from the start‚ a disappointment. He seemed all head‚ with a tiny body that was red and shriveled like an old man’s. Everybody thought he was going to
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Once upon a time there were four pigs and two wolfs. In the deep dark woods‚ outside of New York. There was Petty‚ she was a pink pig. She was the nicest pig and the youngest. She had one sister and two mean brothers. There was Betty‚ she was a pink pig with black dots. She liked to get work done unlike her brothers. She had two mean‚ bossy‚ selfish brothers and one nice‚ funny‚ respectful sister. There was Benny‚ he was a pink pig. He was mean to his sisters because he thought they shouldn’t be
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