married on this day of love and romance. Some people believe that Saint Valentine sent the very first valentine to a woman whom he had fallen in love with: his jail keeper’s daughter‚ while he was in his cell‚ waiting to be put to death for going against the law of not marrying young men. Other people believe that Charles‚ the Duke of Orleans sent a love letter to his wife in prison‚ and that was considered to be a valentine. The love letter that was written by Charles is still kept in the British
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The History of Valentines Day The story goes that when the Roman Empire wars broke out married men did not want to leave their families‚ younger men did not want to leave their sweethearts. As a result of the low enrolment of men to fight the wars‚ Claudius the Cruel ordered that no more marriages or engagments should be celebrated. A priest‚ named Valentine‚ defied the order and married young couples in secrtcy. When Claudius discovered what had happened‚ he had Valentine dragged off and imprisoned
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Creative Writing: Destroying Racism As the snow covered the house that my grandma occupies‚ I looked out the window to the neighbor’s front door‚ their mailbox‚ and the circular driveway they had. It was just another home‚ where kids could build a snowman or throw snowballs on the front lawn. But there where no children or snowmen here. And beneath the snow‚ the word "N-I-G-G-E-R" was written in the grass. A family- a home- where they had bothered no one. One night someone decided to take weed
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don’t-hold-the-fat chocolates. What I do find interesting about Valentine’s Day is how it came to be. Though this holiday makes big bucks for candy and card companies‚ they did not create the tradition. The holiday began with a priest known as Valentine‚ his illegal activities‚ and the price he paid. A long‚ long‚ time ago in a galaxy not so far away‚ in a place known as Rome‚ lived an evil man named Emperor Claudius II‚ but for the sake of brevity we’ll just call him Claud. Now‚ Claud wanted
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Creative Writing: Siege of Yorktown It was four o’clock in the morning when my commanding officer awoke me and we were ordered to prepare to march. We had set up an extensive camp at Chatham in New York‚ we all believed that we would attack New York City. It turned out that we were marching on towards Yorktown. When we arrived at Yorktown the bay was full of French ships. Our army along with the French encircled Cornwallis. Cornwallis did not surrender‚ he waited for a larger British fleet
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WL 2b Creative Writing The ending of Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s Chronicle of a Death Foretold ends abruptly where the protagonist‚ Santiago Nasar‚ falls on his face in the kitchen of his own home‚ dead. There are still many untold details the reader may be wondering about that needs to be demystified‚ such as the real culprit for taking Angela Vicario’s virginity. In an attempt to satisfy most of the readers’ curiosity‚ the following diary of Angela Vicario‚ the dishonored bride‚ has been uncovered
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feels in modern language. The details of the diary are linked closely to the action of Lady Macbeth in the play. I chose this topic‚ because I want to bring out the idea of Lady Macbeth under others readers’ perspective and I want this creative piece of writing to be interesting and unique. (117) Diary of Lady Macbeth’s doctor. Britain‚ December 9‚ xxxx The story happened long time ago‚ when I first became a therapist. My first patient was Lady Macbeth – the queen of Scotland. I still
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Creative Writing: A Day at the Park It was a day I was subconsciously waiting my whole life for‚ but I didn’t realize it until it was happening. The day was August 8‚ 1996‚ just 25 days before my son’s first birthday. The Texas Rangers‚ my favorite baseball team‚ were in town to play the K.C. Royals. I had always dreamed of one day‚ taking my son to his first Rangers game. A father taking his son to a baseball game is just the American thing to do‚ and there I was‚ taking my son "out to the
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Imaginative‚ Creative Writing Planning: * First time drinking ( peer pressure) * Party with her friend ( Adriana) * Recount on what happened on the night. Narrative: Sometimes people choose to try things for the first time because they want to or they like trying new things or they are forced to. It was the day I was always waiting for‚ my first ever 9th grade party. I was so thrilled that the person even invited me‚ only the ‘cool’ people were invited to huge parties and well
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Creative Writing Task PROMPT: “I felt expelled and exiled” I felt expelled and exiled as they just left me there on the footpath in the chilling darkness of a Saturday night. “Get out of the car; we don’t want to be seen with you!” I can still hear those spiteful words playing over and over again in the back of my mind as I continue walking along the footpath of this unfamiliar suburb. I am completely alone with only my thoughts and the echo of my footsteps in the empty street. Upon hearing a
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