originally published by Hyperion Books. Eddie is an 83 year old maintenance man‚ who has worked his whole life at an amusement park named Ruby Pier. In the beginning of theC story‚ we do not know much about Eddie except for his age and occupation. You learn the most about Eddie when he takes his journey through heaven after his tragic death. Eddie meets five people in heaven‚ all in which made an impact on his life. All five people have an important lesson to teach Eddie. He died trying to save a little
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hero is usually a character of noble stature. Just like all people‚ tragic heroes aren’t perfect but what separates them from the others is that they have a hamartia‚ a tragic flaw. This flaw will be the cause of the downfall for the tragic hero. Eddie Carbone is somewhat a tragic hero. He doesn’t fit as a tragic hero because in the play‚ he is a normal longshoreman‚ which is fairly ordinary in Red Hook. Just like all men‚ ”he worked on the piers when there was work‚ he brought home his pay‚ and
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has come back to say their good byes to the legendary Coach Eddie Rake. The football players‚ as well as many people in the town‚ have always seen Coach Eddie Rake as a fatherly figure. As people come to say their goodbyes‚ you can certainly see the grief on their faces. Coach Eddie Rake was very loved and appreciated in the town. Everyone knew who Coach Eddie Rake was because of all the wins on the football field at Messina High. Eddie Rake coached the Messina Football Team for 34 years with 13
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A Mothers Worst Nightmare On a very cold March day my son Garrett and my daughter Jordan were playing ball in our backyard when Garrett’s ball went into the neighbor’s yard. Garrett proceeded to go into their yard to get the ball not realizing how long their dog’s chain was. The dog lunged forward and grabbed Garrett by the back of his jacket and pulled him in and then proceeded to viciously attack him. This colossal fury wolf like dog began to assail my feeble little boy. While
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“He who does not know how to look back at where he came from will never get to his destination.” The quote mentioned is one of Jose Rizal’s famous quotes and sure enough‚ he stayed true to his words as he was one of those people who keeps looking back at where he was from‚ as evidenced by his entries in this diary and letters to close friends and family. He was the kind of person who liked to share to others on what he had gone through‚ no matter how low or down in the eyes of others. The documentary
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Another day came when the sun rose above the horizon. Another day goes by as I watch the landlord’s daughter‚ his beautiful black-eyed daughter‚ live on without even noticing I’m here. At least the horses appreciate my being‚ as I feed them and brush them and clean their stalls. That was all my life was‚ a stable boy. Why don’t I just leave? Well if only the landlord’s daughter wasn’t here. Bess is the only thing that is keeping my will to live alive. If only Bess could know how much I care for her
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Into the Wild; a fool or a hero? Chris McCandless wasn’t someone I would personally call a hero. The only thing he did was venture out into the cold winds of Alaska and made his ideas come to “life”. He left his rich life behind to go out and try to live off the land. By reading this I‚ myself am convinced that he had no idea what he was getting himself into or what he was doing. He went out there and didn’t pack enough food‚ brought the wrong kind of equipment and never let anyone know where exactly
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I woke up to complete silence but a screaming in my head that something wasn’t right. My eyes opened to the sight of two strangers walking through my living room. There was still no sound‚ not even the creak of their footsteps as they deliberately crept towards the door. I was instantly flooded with adrenaline as I shattered the silence with a single word. “HEY!” I barked‚ causing the eyes of the men to snap straight towards the source of the word. Dropping what was in their hands they burst out
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Skiing was not my forte or my favorite activity to do. My emotions were enraged at the way I tumbled down the slope. My body ached by falling and tumbling through the freezing cold snow and ice. Home sounded so marvelous right now‚ anywhere but here‚ my confidence had hit rock bottom. My face red and frozen from sobbing. I concluded that there was some other way down‚ nevertheless there wasn’t. It was a gorgeous day about five years ago. My family and I had left to Sugar mountain to practice skiing
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Rainsford face shone with brightness as if a door to heaven was opened. Peacefully‚ he awakened to another day of his life‚ not like General Zaroff that had died the night before. He was alone in a mansion‚ in the middle island‚ where hours ago he could have died. Was Rainsford really alone on the island? Looking out the window‚ he saw the sea with no longer a curse that trapped many people to their death game. Viewing the calmness of the sea was like being in the water the night he had fallen off
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