planned for me that day. Were they going to make fun of my clothes‚ “accidentally” spill food in my hair‚ or even worse‚ make fun of me not having a dad anymore… again? Losing him four years ago when I was ten was bad enough for me‚ but the bullying from the girls made it unbearable. Every day I would pray‚ hoping that one day the torture would end‚ and I could finally be happy. I threw on a pair of jeans and a hoodie and combed my tangled‚ wavy brown locks. After I finished getting ready‚ I headed
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Ponyboy from the short story Marigolds and the novel The Outsiders transition from childhood to adulthood is largely influenced by stereotypes‚ causing them to lash out in anger. Topic Sentence One: In the short story Marigolds‚ the main character‚ Lizabeth‚ overhears her father breaking down and crying‚ going against everything she knows‚ and breaking the stereotypes of her society‚ causing her to lash out angrily at her neighbor‚ Miss Lottie. Background One: “Marigolds” is a short story based
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moralistic principles had been evident in his writings especially in his short stories. It had awaken the ethical standards of late Russia into a more monotheistic nation. Stories like “God Sees the Truth‚ But Waits”‚ “The Three Questions” and “What Men Live By” have deep-rooted principles that are trying to tell everyone how to live a good life. This study will try to analyze Tolstoy’s stories like God Sees the Truth but Waits‚ a story of a merchant Aksionov who was accused of murder and suffered a life
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STORY 1: “The Lamp at Noon” by Sinclair Ross The story “The Lamp at Noon” takes place in a dried up‚ unfertile desert. Dust storms are causing health problems for the family. The setting is crucial to create the dark and sad atmosphere of the story because it was all about the fact that there is something wrong with the place that it dried out their farm which caused them to suffer. Which also creates a mood of being dull‚ lonely and monotonous. The couple‚ Ellen and Paul‚ has been arguing about
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prominent royal blue colour on an envelope. A million thoughts were rushing through my head making my mind spin‚ as I began to open the letter. This is it‚ my dreams have become a reality‚ I am now part of the New York Space Station. I never finished reading the letter‚ as soon as the words ‘you have been accepted’ caught my eye i knew that I now stood the chance to go down in history. “Claire Menzies the first female astronaut”‚ I imagine that would be the headline once I become famous. It’s been four
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Klingova‚ Milena 10/3 02/04/13 SHORT STORY Final Draft She was walking home after a big trigonometry test‚ which in her head had not gone well at all‚ even though she had spent hours and hours‚ preparing for it. When I think about it‚ her thoughts cannot be entirely trusted‚ as she was highly competitive and ambitious‚ and even though she was only 16‚ she knew exactly what she wanted to do with her life. Who was she though? Her name was
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In Aldous Huxley’s Brave new World‚ John the savage is undeniably the most complex character misfortunate enough to be influenced by the dystopian society illustrated in the future. The characteristics that Huxley uses to define John not only add to that complexity‚ but also reveal the inevitable demise of one who has been denatured by the dystopian society- despite moral beliefs‚ knowledge of literature to understand the world‚ and the desperation for self-exploration. In the dystopia of Western
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Machiavellian character‚ who resembles a devil incarnate‚ encapsulates the notion of evil. It is through his actions‚ and his ability to deceive that evil spreads through ‘Othello’ like a malignant force‚ corrupting all in its way. If Iago is removed from the play‚ then Othello and Desdemona would have married and Emilia‚ Cassio and Roderigo may still be alive. St Augustine described evil as the ‘privati boni’ (the absence of the good) and Iago philosophically represents evil in this way as he completely
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The Story of an Hour Theme The Story of an Hour Theme The Story of an Hour is a short story with vivid and very descriptive dialog detailing the feelings of a perhaps abused‚ neglected‚ or heartless wife. Mrs. Mallard was a woman who felt trapped and was conflicted as to how her life would end up being. She has an epiphany when she suddenly finds out that her husband was killed in a horrible accident that she was not actually in love with her husband; at least not most of the time. While
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Graham Greene takes on the themes of death and the afterlife in quite a few of his stories‚ and develops them to show the many different ideas people have about these two controversial themes. In ’Proof Positive’‚ Major Weaver is pronouncing to the audience that he has cancer. He is proclaiming that ’the spirit was stronger than anyone realised’ and that ’the spirit was everything’. Weaver seems to be extremely determined to prove this to his audience‚ who were not taking any notice of him. He then
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