coming home. Nothing changes. Everything looks the same‚ feels the same‚ even smells the same. You realize what’s changed is you.” – F. Scott Fitzgerald The night before I left my home to start school at Kutztown‚ I cried. I slept next to my mom in her room‚ surrounded by stuffed animals around my body from my youth‚ tears streaming down my face. I was scared‚ nervous‚ and uncertain about my future. The idea of going to this new place‚ with new faces‚ and new beginnings excited me‚ but choked
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artillery simulator‚ followed by one of my classmates falling to the ground signalled the start of my test. After my other classmates had established security for me to work‚ I approached my fallen comrade. “He’s dying‚ soldier medic!” My instructor shouted‚ spraying a foul smelling red liquid into my face from a dirty old windex bottle to simulate a spouting arterial bleed. Despite the fact that most of what was being sprayed was getting into my eyes‚ by that point‚ I didn’t need to see to know what
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away‚ i got moved to a foster home it was far away from everything and everyone. The owner was a complete bitch‚ we’d wake up every morning at six to help clean and start cooking‚ we showered once a week in a shared bathroom. I was so quiet no-one even knew what i sounded like‚ sometimes i even forgot what my own voice sounds like. Here i am writing in this diary‚ letting all my emotions and expressions out‚ it was the only thing i ever told my story to. I cut every night‚ my blood gushes out like
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another day in the city I love. Baltimore. Like any other resplendent city in all of the states. Baltimore has been my only home for years. However‚ today in Baltimore something felt different. “Ahhh…‚” I yawned and moaned as I tried to free myself from my bed sheets. I opened the shutters of the windows to look outside the early sunlight began to creep out as all livelihood of the distant inner city began to awake. “Will‚ it is time to wake up‚” shouted Will’s mother above the staircases. “Yes‚ mother
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INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS AS LITERATURE IN ENGLISH: SYLLABUS 9695 NOTES FOR TEACHERS ON STORIES SET FOR STUDY FROM STORIES OF OURSELVES: THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS ANTHOLOGY OF SHORT STORIES IN ENGLISH FOR EXAMINATION IN JUNE AND NOVEMBER 2010‚ 2011 AND 2012 CONTENTS Introduction: How to use these notes 1. The Fall of the House of Usher Edgar Allen Poe 2. The Open Boat Stephen Crane 3. The Door in the Wall HG Wells 4. The People Before Maurice Shadbolt 5. A Horse and Two Goats
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investigate. "I forbid you‚ Desiree. Cease your intervention of the mortal realm." Angelica swung her magical staff‚ as a sign of warning. Desiree is annoyed by Angelica’s threat. "Don’t threaten me so harshly‚ big sister. I merely provided the wish he asked for." She roll her eyes‚ mockingly. Angelica invisibly viewing John’s interaction with his mother. "Is this the wish he ask for‚ unaware of the sin he has created?!" She look at Desiree‚ angrily. "His soul will be unforgiven‚ because you purposely twisted
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her eyes wide as she rushed to pick him up from his sprawled out position on the cold floor.A grunt escaped his lips as the skinny woman‚ who was at least a foot and a half shorter than him‚ tried to lift him. After a second of odd maneuvering Link was once
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One day the god of wine came down to earth and heard about all the shooting in the world. Dionysus flew right back to Olympus and went to Zeus. Dionysus asked Zeus if he can come down to earth and try to stop the shooting. Zeus said‚” Yes you may‚ but please take other gods with you.” Dionysus said‚ “Thank you‚ but I could go alone.” “No‚ you cannot‚’’ said Zeus.” Dionysus asked‚ “ Who may I take then?” “You may take Ares and Hercules‚” said Zeus. Then‚ Dionysus went to go look for Ares and Hercules
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communism in the united states. I don’t agree with them because the New Deal was created to make the United States a more convenient country to Americans in need and was also made to help the U.S deal with poverty. Poverty was a huge effect on the Americans because of the lack of employment‚ depression and like other things. Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal was determined by three steps which was: 3R’s deficit spending 1. Relief-helping people get back on their feet. 2. Recovery-getting the economy
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news reporter so he has to leave early. Normally he wakes her up about the time he is leaving. Every day after school‚ Madison goes home and watch my dad on tv. Today’s show was weird. You could tell they were concerned about something. They were talking about the differences in the rotation of the earth. Madison didn’t understand the importance. When my Robert came home‚ he explained it to her. He told her that scientists have discovered that the Earth is moving a lot faster around the sun
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