Early the next morning‚ I woke up with a rough hand shaking me. I opened up my eyes to see Phokas shaking my shoulder. “Come on Domitius‚ it is time to get up!” I groaned as I did so. Phokas was a family slave‚ and had been personally assigned to me‚ and was responsible for bringing me to and from school each day. On days when we have club meetings however‚ I send Phokas home while I go to the Roman Boys’ fort. We can’t have any non-members around during our meetings! Anyway‚ Phokas is rather
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barrel as she moved her head to the other side and managed to get a hold of the handle as she kicked Rumlow‚ as hard her body could muster‚ in the torso. His body flung off of her as his hand involuntarily lost grip of the gun. When he landed at a safe distance‚ Allie aimed the gun at Rumlow before he could move. He glared at her as he caught his breath. "Get out‚" she said sternly‚ as she sat herself up on the table‚ still aiming the gun at him.
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In 2014‚ Maggie Valentine‚ a 12-year-old girl‚ suffers from obesity. Ever since she was eight years old‚ she has been overweight‚ and doctors told her she was another “statistic [of obesity]”. Although she exercises six days a week (swims for four days and walks her dog on the weekends)‚ she still finds it arduous to lose weight. Valentine further explains her stance by stating‚ "I would expect that since I’m eating healthy and exercising a lot‚ that I would be able to lose more weight than I am
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conversation between Jimmy and the warden tells the reader that Jimmy is sarcastic and is probably a bad person. The reader can make this inference because it says that he was arrested for burglary and that’s a negative thing. On page 181 it states “Me?” said Jimmy in surprise. “Why‚ I never cracked a safe in my life…” oh‚ no” laughed the warden “of course not.” This conversation proves that they are speaking with sarcasm and that he has been caught cracking a safe. The reasons why Jimmy is retrieving
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One Halloween night in Salt Lake City‚ Utah‚ a group of fifteen-year-olds were discussing their plans for their mischievious and haunted Halloween night. Five miles away from the Dillon household‚ there is an abandoned‚ wore-down‚ and supposedly possessed hospital. The town mayor‚ Mayor Jessica Laughlin‚ has forbid any town citizen to set foot in in the Salt Lake City Memorial Hospital. Why is it forbidden? Well‚ five years ago on Halloween night‚ at exactly midnight‚ everyone in the hospital disappeared
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Far away‚ she sees the biggest volcano of Hawaii‚ Mauna Loa. Kailani looks down at her prosthetic leg and then looks back at the volcano. “ Well; I guess this is it Kiwi‚ hopefully we’ll make it all the way to the top. We really need to get that letter to rescue Father.” she said. “Roof” Kailani takes her very first steps towards the volcano. Her legs shaking with fear of what will happen. She worries that something might go wrong. Kailani starts to walk very slowly as she approaches a rock
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The better half of the last day of human civilization was rather boring and extremely uninteresting for most of mankind‚ even the few who felt they knew the ifs‚ ands‚ buts‚ speculations‚ and coming of the apocalypse. As the Monday morning lunch rush proceed with unintelligible yells and upward thrust middle fingers‚ no one had a clue something more eventful than a twenty cent increase in gas prices was going to happen. They had a whole morning of blissful‚ uneventful lives before it all cascaded
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Having had a rough day at the office‚ Mike arrived home‚ weary and tired‚ after dinner he went to his office for a short time before going out to the patio. Louise knew by the quietness something was wrong with Mike‚ and waited until the children finished their homework before joining him on the patio. When she sat down beside him‚ without saying a word he went to the living room and turned on the TV‚ but never watched it‚ which he usually did when he had something on his mind. At first‚ Louise wondered
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Creative Writing The short story by Etgar Keret is about the metaphorical aspect of creative writing using two characters; Aviad and Maya‚ husband and wife who have recently gone through the tragedy of a miscarriage. The story begins with Maya‚ who has been encouraged to attend creative writting workshops in hopes of getting out more and moving on rather than sitting at home dwelling on the lost child. Aviad at first seems quite pleased that Maya has been doing well in her workshops‚ however
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There once was a young couple that lived in the coldest part of Yakutat‚ Alaska. No older than thirty; they naively picked one of the coldest‚ smallest and most secluded cities in the large continent. It had a small population‚ and limited visitors‚ but it was right by the coast so it was popular for it’s sales in fish. They lived in a large cabin near the ocean surrounded by nothing but knee high banks of snow and the unknown. The smell of fish oil and tardar sauce seemed to surround the area
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