Nirvana. Lorelai didn’t know if she could handle another damn Nirvana song‚ it was driving her up the fucking wall at this point. Standing at the bottom of her stairs‚ she called up. "I’m gonna come up there and throw that damn thing out the window if you don’t stop!" Did her son hear her? Most likely. Did he listen? Not a chance in hell. She mumbled some shit about her ex-husband while walking back towards the kitchen. It was Colin who had bought the The Beats Pill speaker and Lorelai was almost
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I take a step back and my foot wobbles on something uneven in the dirt. I look down and see a screw as big around as my thumb and bent in the middle. I stoop down and roll it around in my hand. I’ve never picked up two souvenirs in the same week. A pair of hands grasp my elbows and a firefighter ushers me away from the growing pile of car scraps. Ben takes me from the firefighters grip. "Are you okay? What did they say?" He asks. "Let’s just get out of here‚" I
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“Okay‚ point taken‚” Phillip retorted as Leland pushed open the lid to a trash receptacle allowing Phillip to dispose of his waste. “But next time I’m about to do something in your world that will hurt me‚ why don’t you just warn me first‚ I promise I will listen?” “That’s a deal‚” Leland agreed. “But‚ for now why don’t you sit back down and listen to what we all have to tell you about your world‚ you really need to hear this?” Phillip did just that. It was about time he got some answers and he
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In the short story “Rules of the Game” by Amy Tan‚ Waverly Jong‚ the narrator‚ explains that she was a child when her mother taught her "the art of invisible strength‚" a strategy for winning arguments and gaining respect from others in games. Waverly and her two brothers live in San Francisco’s Chinatown. When Waverly’s brother Vincent receives a chess set at the church Christmas party‚ Waverly quickly becomes interested in the game of chess. She begins to win local tournaments and becomes a national
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December 29‚ 2013 was the date that I recall when it happened. It was a chilly winter day in Kagawong. I was visiting my grandparents house about a mile from the town on Manitoulin Island in Canada. Ice hung off the tree branches in glistening icicles. Snow‚ as tall as a mailbox‚ was piled up on the sides of the roads. It was only noon when my grandpa walked into the room. My grandpa is a tall man with broad shoulders‚ grey hair‚ and a black and white beard. He always wears his brown boots with a
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A TALE OF TWO CITIES Comparative Lit: A 1935 movie of Ronald Colman. Just before the outbreak of the French Revolution‚ Lucie Manette‚ a French girl reared in England‚ is shocked to learn from the banker Barsad that her father‚ Dr. Manette‚ is alive‚ but has been imprisoned for eighteen years in the infamous Parisian prison the Bastille. She accompanies Barsad to Paris and finds her father‚ now a broken man‚ staying with tavern owners named De Farge who are secretly working towards the revolution
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being cramped in this cold crowded hut with ten… no‚ nine‚ now Mikey has been hung out the back. They will celebrate and burn his body later. He got hung for swearing in front of one of the kids. The ironic thing is the kid launched three darts at him‚ two hitting and pushing through his weak skin and sticking in him‚ the other around the crotch whilst shouting “BULLSEYE”. I’d avoid going in to detail. Our rights are constantly discriminated. When it rains the shelter is useless‚ so it is impossible to
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When trying to work out the theme of a story‚ we need to remember that the theme is the overall meaning of a work of literature that usually expresses a view or comment on life. Writers rarely state their theme directly; the reader must consider the complex interplay of all of the elements of the story in order to piece together the possible meanings of the work as a whole. Discerning themes always requires a tolerance for ambiguity - especially in an open-ended story like "The Bet" that raises more
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Budi is in a hurry. His breath is heavy. Muttering to himself‚ he runs. The path was dark and the evening wind blowing against him‚ giving him a chill. He can hear the sound of crickets echoing through the jungle‚ the wild birds calling each other with eerie tone and leaves brushed by the wind giving off whispers. None of that bothers him. He is on a mission. The situation has taken a turn for the worst. He is out of options. Although common‚ dark arts are not something to be taken lightly. He desperately
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Short Story Content Analysis Essay What is the point of any piece of great literature? Or rather‚ what is great literature? Some would say that accomplished literature is a way of exceptionally telling a story. However‚ what is the point of storytelling? In many cases‚ stories are told for entertainment. However‚ most stories have a moral or theme conveying an important message about life or how to live it. This is the point of great literature‚ to convey this message beautifully. Some pieces of
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