It seemed like a flawless plan. Everything was set up perfectly as they headed toward the party on Route 13. They had taken every precaution necessary for a night of pure‚ unadulterated fun. Upon arrival‚ Seth and Jenna greeted their friends as they entered the room. Various beverages were freely available throughout the house. Everyone was doing it‚ so they joined in on the fun as well. Varied thoughts about the night flashed through Seth’s head here and there‚ but who was he to stop now? He asked
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Ah summer 93’. My older brother and I were getting home from a Grateful Dead show. That’s me wearing the t-shirt turban. I had just finished being the bottom half of a human totem pole somewhere between a stoned man’s greased dungarees and a roach littered general admission mud pit. You can tell I was feeling good about it. Some say smoking that many blunts out in the open as a five year old could have serious repercussions for my irresponsible copulaters back home‚ but if my parents taught me anything
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blatant to a reader or well camouflaged‚ is that of The American Dream. Specifically‚ the perfect “American” life is one of hard work and dedication‚ meant to turn such work into reward in the form of prosperity and happiness for the worker. In Cold Blood‚ by Truman Capote‚ is a prime example of the use of the concept of The American Dream. Capote perfectly encapsulates the fragility of The American Dream by building up an image of the flawless American family‚ living surrounded by riches that included
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Belonging Creative Writing Deafness The hand ticked monotonously around the watch‚ its staggered movement constantly pushing its smaller brother forward. The window was open‚ and a cool breeze fluttered through‚ ruffling the white curtains. The corner of the curtain nicked a calculator on the table and it fell with a metallic crash. However‚ the boy sitting at the edge of the table never moved. It was only when he turned around and saw the broken calculator with a nail protruding out that he bent
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I told myself it was chicken. I grabbed it and held it up to my mouth. Squeezing my eyes shut‚ I sunk my teeth into it. Blood dripped down the sides of my mouth. Dreading it‚ I choked it done as fast as I could‚ every bite like ash in my mouth. When I was younger I loved to play hide and seek with him and we would pretend we were animals. He was the brother bear who protected me. To outsiders‚ we chased each other around a tiny backyard‚ barely large enough for us to run free‚ but we saw it as a
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Rakshitha Mohankumar 11-16-12 AP English Language Period 3 Timed Writing: In Cold Blood Option C In part three of Capote’s In Cold Blood‚ the book gives a more clear understanding of how Perry and Dick came to know of the Clutters and earned their “score”. It has detailed excerpts from interviews with Floyd Wells‚ Dick’s friend from prison who is also the same person who tells him everything he needs to know about the Clutters‚ as well as‚ Mr and Mrs. Hickock‚ Dick’s parents who are worried
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see the murderers of the Clutter family in a human perspective‚ emphasizing that not everyone’s actions represent them as whole. Since Capote is trying to prove the different perspectives of the murderers during the first part of the novel‚ In Cold Blood‚ he uses a unique technique of structuring his paragraphs. He starts out the book describing the Clutter family and where they lived before they were murdered. He then goes to talk about the murderers‚ not revealing the significance of who these
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In the first few chapters of the story In Cold Blood‚ by Truman Capote‚ Capote uses copious descriptive phrases to draw the reader into his story. Capote paints the setting of the novel perfectly with his descriptions. The illustration of the midwest‚ using imagery‚ brings the reader to feel as if they actually lived in Kansas in the late 1950’s. Capote’s use of diction creates a suspenseful‚ contradictory mood. These two rhetorical devices create contradiction‚ leading the reader in two directions
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Truman Capote wrote In Cold Blood to commemorate the Clutter family as honorable people; beginning by describing the family’s personality‚ he paints a picture in which the Clutter family is the protagonist. Although Capote is sometimes empathetic towards Dick and Perry‚ and it seems his true loyalties are questionable‚ he wouldn’t have written the book if he hadn’t felt a pull to memorialize the family. One of the most dreadful feelings for an author would be for their work to be disregarded or simply
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but somewhere in my memory‚ that is good enough for me to think about what writing‚ and being creative mean to me. It was my sophomore year of high school‚ I heard this every time I pull my agenda out and pick up my backpack‚ “they are the same people that go every time.” But before going into all the details about it‚ I think I should introduce you to my mojo in creative writing class‚ too. I think my creative writing teacher remembers me due to my opening line every time I came up to her- “Ms
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