William sighed happily at the solitude he greatly enjoyed in the mindscape. He quietly hummed to himself. Ever since his brother was busy tormenting some new puppet of his named Dipper Pines‚ (or as he called him‚ Pinetree) it has been quiet. The silence never tore into him. In fact‚ talking tore into the young demon more than the silence. His thoughts were interrupted by black void surrounding him. He looks around‚ startled. He had no idea what was going on and this had never happened before. He
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Kara Howland October 10‚ 2002 M‚R‚F-10am "VANKA" After reading the story entitled Vanka I was both amused and saddened. Vanka was a poor orphan child who was obviously quite desperate due to the miserable conditions of his life. The child Vanka is reaching out in desperation to his grandfather much like any individual might reach out to a higher authority that he or she believes in with great faith and hope. As is often the case in seemingly hopeless situations‚ people will promise things
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Response to “The Story of an Hour” The story mainly talks about complex emotions of Mrs. Mallard towards the news of her husband’s death along with her inner reflections upon living‚ death‚ and freedom. The emotional change of Mrs. Mallard is an essential clue throughout the whole story. At first‚ she was deep in sorrow after hearing the bad news that “she wept at once‚ with sudden‚ wild abandonment”. Then‚ she realized that her husband’s passing away actually set her free physically and mentally
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Ella Wheeler Illinois It’s late at night and I’m running through the cotton fields of the slave plantation in Kentucky. Day after day I had been forced to endure working at this horrible place. Not anymore because I am going to finally escape. My friends all say that someday things will get better‚ but to me things won’t get better when nobody is willing to try. I am going to be that person who will change the thoughts of other people. Suddenly‚ I hear a shout behind me that brings me to the
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As Murlock awoke to the dark and silent cabin‚ he was in a state of confusion as you sometime are when you wake up from deep sleep. Trying to regain his wits about him‚ he remembered that he had been watching over his beloved wife’s body when he had fallen into his weary slumber. He then recalled that something had woken him up and felt a spike in fear. His senses amplified‚ he strained to see it the seemingly never ending darkness. He thought it smelled something like wet dog and mud from the rain
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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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Writers use techniques to position the audience to compare the responses of the characters to convey the guilt and innocence. In ‘The Lottery’ by Shirley Jackson and ‘The Wife’s Story’ by Ursula Le Guin‚ both authors use situational irony‚ point of view and setting to carry the innocence of the characters to the readers‚ displaying the emotions being exposed. Both authors have used situational irony in their texts to lead the readers to an unexpected ending and to display the innocence and or
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lazy student‚ and he was very conceited. A big test was coming up. Even though Timmy knew the topic the test was on‚ he still studied hard long hours. Tommy‚ on the other hand‚ didn’t pay attention in class‚ and copied other peoples’ homework‚ so he didn’t know the topic very well. Timmy studied every night before the test. Timmy would go home every day‚ finish all his homework‚ then would help make dinner. He would eat dinner‚ and then study for the big test‚ re-reading all his notes‚ and all his
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Black Sabbath Chapter 1. The man’s eyes snapped open and the man’s breathing was rushed and very loud. Crack! One of the men wearing a green uniform smacked the man unconsious.Seconds later The car stopped to a halt and another man jumped out. The men grabbed and threw the man to the ground. The bruised being turned to see as one of the men shoot him in his elbow. The man grasped his elbow as the men dragged him across the ground. The man looked around. It was dark out and they were surrounded
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The years passed by‚ with my sister watching over me. In conclusion‚ I will add that during the entire time my sister Jackie (surrogate mother) was watching over me‚ I never questioned her authority over me. And on a brighter note‚ how many little boys have their mom in their bedroom all night‚ keeping the cookie monsters at bay. I without a doubt was the one and only kid in the nation to have learned the arts of embroidery‚ and crochet. Jackie became an expert at playing cowboys and Indians‚ shooting
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