Five Short Stories Alphonse Daudet The Harvard Classics Shelf of Fiction‚ Vol. XIII‚ Part 4. Selected by Charles William Eliot Copyright © 2001 Bartleby.com‚ Inc. Bibliographic Record Contents Biographical Note Criticisms and Interpretations I. By Henry James II. By George Pellissier 1. The Siege of Berlin 2. The Last Class—The Story of a Little Alsatian 3. The Child Spy 4. The Game of Billiards 5. The Bad Zouave Biographical Note ALPHONSE DAUDET was born at Nîmes in the
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I believe that if I set my mind to something I can do it. Anyone can do this. Just setting your mind to something and going through with the comment to that‚ you can do anything. My story starts out with how I learned how to Juggle. Friday night it was 4th Friday for businesses downtown. My store which is The Red Peppermint had a juggler come to help bring in customers. We were slammed! Thanks Mr. Juggler! When he was there he asked us if we knew how to juggle. All three of us said “no”. So he
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for things in order to accomplish things. I was mesmerized that I actually hit it‚ at first I just tried to swing and somehow I got a hit on it. Sadly‚ nobody on my team could bring me to home plate. So the inning is over as I see the number one change to a two. I was surprised that the coach did not put me on the field this inning. As I watch the
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Zichao Huang Mr. Lambert English028 March 17‚ 2015 The Story of an Hour “The Story of an Hour” is about a woman named Mrs. Mallard who is married to a man named Mr. Mallard. Mrs. Mallard does not have a very good heart‚ and she is sick. Something bad has happened‚ and people do not know how to tell her about it. Josephine is her sister‚ and she tells Mrs. Mallard that Mr. Mallard died in a train accident. Richards is Mr. Mallard’s friend‚ and he is there because he knew about the accident. Richards
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squeaks. The light above the clock turns red‚ indicating that the microphones are alive. It´s time America‚ for Walter Winchell‚ the announcer says. Fifteen seconds later‚ the commentator begins his rapid-fire delivery. two minutes have passed. He changes to the foreign buzzer and will soon be finished with the last minute news flashes. The opening portion of his broadcast is coming to an end. A long pause‚ then‚ ¨Attention‚ Mr. and Mrs. America..¨ american bundists→ bundts our voice
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history. Applying a Feminist Critical Perspective‚ Kate Chopin’s short story‚ “The Story of an Hour‚” refutes ideas of first wave feminism with diction and imagery‚ along with Mrs. Mallard’s symbolic reaction to her husband’s death and resurgence back into her life. To begin‚ diction within the story refutes assumed stereotypes of women during the first wave of feminism. Chopin writes that after Mrs. Mallard discovers her husband’s death “[s]he did not hear the story as many women have heard the same
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BELONGING STORY(2) Coughing violently‚ I passed the glass pipe along to the young man beside me‚ who took a long drag before handing it on the next in the circle. I could feel the foul-tasting smoke tear down my throat and withstood the urge to vomit. The entire room was overflowing with a fetid haze; it grated against the back of my throat as though it were sandpaper. I fought to maintain my composure and appearance of serenity‚ but if anyone looked close enough they would easily be able to distinguish
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very few could manipulate it to their will. The man in this story is me‚ my name is Rayn and I write this story to chronicle my rise to power. My journey started when I was in my mid twenties and our country was at war with a neighboring kingdom. I was a guard for a small village which was ruled by the empire of Luton grod. One day while out on patrol a strange old man was making his way to our village. This is where our story begins. The
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Short Story Scrutiny. Scepticism. Shock. It was all too familiar‚ the look on the faces in the room. An aboriginal female in a doctor’s coat. She glanced around the room as she sat down. The dullness of the grey walls seemed to absorb the lost hopes and dreams of the young men around her. The stale oxygen that lingered in the small room was slowly suffocating under the sterile smell of disinfectant. The only glimmer of light was a small corner of a window where the morning sun shimmered through
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Once upon a time there was a man‚ Kanye. Kanye seemed to be just another normal man with normal desires til one day‚ his life as he knows it was about to change for good. Our fellow Kanye was about to start his morning routine by eating a pack of crisps and watch the telly. What he did not not was that meanwhile‚ Carl walked the pavement outside the front porch. There was not anything special about it really. But suddenly‚ the telly started to make weird noises and the lights started flashing. The
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