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    Divorce in Short Stories

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    divorce was never established it would have been for the better. Also another reason why Shoba planned on leaving Shukumar was the fact of being the sole supporter of the household. Failure can be considered as a loss of something or someone. In the story “A Temporary Matter” Shobar and Shukumar experience the loss of their child and the inability to love is triggered by this serious impact on their relationship. Within the failure to love Shobar and Shukumar ended up with a lot of difficulties coping

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    A Gothic Short Story

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    feel surrounding it. It is long and on half of it is about 10 floors high with little towers coming out above the main roof‚ the other half is lower down‚ only about 5 stories high‚ with a large watch tower in the middle of that section. It houses my aunt‚ uncle and their daughter‚ my cousin and a few other families. For the last few days I’ve been walking to their estate as I am moving there to live with them because my

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    Jamaica Short Story

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    JORGE One night in Jamaica‚ a warm breeze rustled the trees‚ they seemed to whisper to him. As night fell‚ he watched the sun set and tried to count the stars. Jorge sat watching as the stars appeared in the sky. He couldn’t count‚ so high and decided and closed his eyes. Jorge leaned his head back into his palms and sighed. He was sprawled out on the cool grass. He patted his dog beside him. It would soon be time for dinner and he must go in and help his grandmother prepare the family meal

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    COUNTRY LIVING LAR OMPSO CAN K RISE N: DLE T FOR O D TH FLO RA WH THE GHT EELWR ’S S I HO P GEO R STU GE RT October 27th‚ 2008 e-mail: alexandra_zielinska@mac.com Who was She? A SHORT STORY OF FLORA JANE THOMPSON (1876-1947) Awriter‚ she was born in Juniper Hill‚ a hamlet in north-east Oxfordshire‚ on 5 December 1876‚ the eldest child in the family of four daughters and two sons of Albert Timms‚ a stonemason‚ originally from Buckingham‚ and his wife Emma‚ a nursemaid‚ daughter

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    Divided: A Short Story

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    David: Welcome Thomas‚ we are very glad you came. Thomas: Thanks! I am happy to be here. David: We invited you here to ask you questions about your last several weeks during the trials. These trials must had been very hard on you and your friends. Thomas: Yes‚ those weeks were the hardest times of my life‚ and the only ones I can remember. David: Why is that? Thomas: When WICKED first gathered all of their test subjects‚ they erased most of our memories. We could remember the names of objects

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    Red Grief People use literary devices in their speech every day. However‚ few people know what they’re called. In his short story “The Whirligig of Life” O Henry demonstrates five common examples of literary devices. The first example of figurative language is in the very beginning of the excerpt‚ “The Ransom of Red Chief”. O Henry ironically uses the simile “as flat as a flannel cake” to describe the town of Summit. The irony is that the flat town of Summit doesn’t contain a single summit. The

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    Haito: A Short Story

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    swing that sword so fast. "You’re quick‚ I’ve fought people like you be-" I interrupt his trash talk by swinging at his sword. I keep partying his place away‚ trying to make him lose his balance. He manages to block every hit‚ but after blocking the last one I gave out his heel slipped. Now that I got him caught off guard I can strike near the hilt. I go for it‚ but he’s gone! "Above you!" I look up‚ and have no choice but to defend. I take a decent blow‚ almost losing grip on my sword. This guy is

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    Avilio: A Short Story

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    Avilio‚ being the serial pick pocket he is‚ manages to get the pair enough money to stay in a dinky inn on their way to the next town. The building is a sad sight‚ being nothing more than shabby wooden planks being held together by faith and strong glue. Nero is thoroughly convinced that if he sneezes hard enough‚ the building would collapse on its own. “We’d like to stay for a night. Two if possible.” An old lady with no teeth stands at the counter with a black cat on her shoulder. The cat hisses

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    avoidance of the truth‚ now it’s becoming a retched sin." "Josey‚ if you loved that man‚ you’d be with him and not here." "Oh‚ Samantha‚ don’t say that." "Well is it not true? Gene‚ we both know that husband of your’s is long past his mental prime. Just last week you were telling me of his little adventures‚ completely emptying your emergency account‚ trudging over to the nearest bar‚ asking for a milkshake! On cocktail night! The sheer embarrassment of it all!" "Hush Samantha. The server is back." Jocelyn

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    love short story

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    That was the 1st day in college. As I and my friends entered the class rooms we looked around. I looked at the boys‚ all of them looked like all boring chaps‚ no one looked as though smart‚ someone to be friends with…‚ But we had to live there only. Then came rakhi‚ I had to send some rakhis to my brothers. And I didnt had time to go to the courier office. One of my friend knew a boy‚ she asked him that if he can send those rakhis‚ he said yes and he took the rakhis from me and send them. I didnt

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