Historical Fiction Narrative My name is Elizabeth‚ I’m 15 and I’m moving to the West with my family. We are going there for something called the Homestead Act. The Homestead Act is when you get 160 acres of land for free for 5 years. During the 5 years‚ you must grow crops. But my father is going to the West for mining gold. It’s May 8th‚ 1861. Tomorrow my family and I leave for the West. We are going by railroad. It will be my first time going on the railroad. I’m so excited yet nervous. I
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Crossing Trust and family relationships are the two main themes in the short story “Crossing” by Mark Slouka. The story tells us about a father‚ who is going through a tough period‚ and his relationship to his son. He wants to obtain trust from his son trough a trip in the nature but runs into some challenges on his way. The father in the short story takes his son on a trip to a place at a river‚ because he wants to get closer to him on this trip. We get hints throughout the story that the father
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still rages on over whether Moses wrote the book and the growing debate between creation and evolution appears to suggests it will be a very long time before this issue is put to rest. So‚ what it is that I believe? Is the book of Genesis fact or fiction? I believe‚ Genesis was written by Moses through the intercession of God and the holy Spirit. The bible itself gives us evidence of this when in many of the books following Genesis it gives a clear authorship of Moses. Not only that‚ but for one to
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stones rolling across seamless granite floors. We had just sighted Ithaca when I fell to exhaustion from nine days at the tiller. Greed overcame my men‚ and they stormed the hold beneath the decks where the bag gifted to me by Aeolus rested‚ and they ripped the sack open. Wind erupted from the bag‚ scattering my ships across the sea. Distraught‚ I run from below decks‚ seize control of the ships‚ and row west. As Dawn’s spread her fingertips of rose across the dim morning sky‚ my men flagged at their
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when they had been seated apart and couldn’t talk. This meant that his friends knew that he was going to make a break for it to avoid the crowd‚ and they would meet up at the bakery when they could. Now having a plan of action Felix packed up his bag discreetly as to not alert anyone and got ready to bolt. As the bell rang‚ he booked it as his friends covered him. Nino blocked the front exit‚ and Nathanael covered the back in order to give him enough time to make his way off school grounds. His
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Fiction improves empathy by allowing the reader to imagine what the characters are experiencing. Gaiman talks about “how you’re being someone else and when you return to your own world‚ you’re going to be slightly changed”. This means that when someone reads
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The sun was low and swollen‚ falling off the edge of that great faded blue abyss. The flat‚ empty horizon of reds and browns gave way to neat sections of farmland that flickered past like pages of a picture book. They were wheat fields‚ bristling and swaying in the early autumn breeze. I knew then M— wouldn’t be that much further. And it wasn’t; it appeared like a smudge of dark green on that lifeless line of longitude known as the outback. I drove through the town and the cool drape of dusk gently
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Themes of Pulp Fiction Wesley Donald ENG225 There are arguably many themes within the film ‘Pulp Fiction’‚ but one theme sticks out above all of the others. No matter how far down the rabbit hole you may venture‚ redemption is still attainable if only you are willing to reach out and take it. Quention Terantino has a unique way of storytelling. He has a way of taking people that are outcasts‚ living on the very fringe of society and somehow making his audience like them. He can take
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only a work of pure fiction. But‚ were also primitive cave dwellers. Noting the stack of textbooks on a shelf‚ being stuck with a primal being wasn’t the case. From the corner of her eye‚ she spots her Burgundy backpack near the mess of pencils. She inches up to her backpack and right as she’s about to snag it‚ a gargantuan metal object lands about a foot away from her. Fast as lightning‚ Maren grabs her bag and rushes to duck behind a picture frame. She clutches the bag in her arms‚ trying to
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crime-writing genre consists of a wide array of subgenres and hybrids‚ these texts all focus on a criminal investigation using this as a platform/vehicle to explore and comment on the values and the social context in which it was composed. In doing so‚ crime fiction texts do not just tell a crime story; they make insightful social comments to inform responders. This is evident in P.D. James’ “The Skull Beneath The Skin” (Skull) which not only follows an investigation but also comments on the justice and the emerging
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