was her mother. She glanced at the clock‚ and decided to let the voicemail get it. After a minute‚ she noticed the blinking light from the answering machine. “What if it’s something important? Or what if something is wrong?” Slowly‚ she got up from her chair‚ walked over to the answering machine‚ and hit the play button. “Hi‚ honey. It’s Mom. I just wanted to see how your day was‚ and to see if you wanted to come over for dinner tonight. Call me when you get a chance. Love you.” Julie groaned inwardly
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Feminist Reading on The Progress: A Short Story by F. Sionil Jose By Althea Kitz Gopez Eng 62.1‚ 1st Sem‚ SY 2012-2013 Upon reading F. Sionil’s short story “The Progress”‚ my initial reaction was that the characters where described based on the stereotypes of Filipino working citizens. The author was able to highlight common Filipino economic problems. However‚ a female portrays the role of a breadwinner‚ instead of the usual male character. Marina Salcedo‚ a government employee from the province
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Loss is often sudden and painful‚ like a kick to the gut‚ but the pain eventually fades leaving you with only a memory of the past. Sometimes‚ though‚ it is not a kick. It is a rusty razor gash that opens up your belly leaving you desperately trying to stuff slippery innards back into a yawning wound. Even when it heals there remains a jagged scar and a dull ache as lingering reminders of what has been lost. I once counted Professor Gregor Szaranev as a close friend. I suppose I still do even though
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‘Vixen Academy for the Honored’. A school where you can be nobody‚ but somehow manage to become a CEO of some company that your father started and left for you to finish in his footsteps. Today is Taylor’s
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only difference being—they had the task of preparing fine meals for all to enjoy. Literally taking over the food preparation duties from the household maidens ordinarily assigned those chores…the dining area became chaotic whenever
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doesn’t speak much. I catch his eye and smile politely. He smiles back....an embarrassed/ uncomfortable smile. He’s about to insert needles into my ankle. I sit up‚ facing him. My legs‚ together‚ dangle off the edge of the table. I’m wearing blue shorts. I place my hands on either knee and slowly move my legs apart‚ looking downward with no expression the whole time. Although his eyes widen a little‚ he only looks at me. He moves back one step. With my hands still on either knee‚ I smile at him.
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with the opposing side. Zaden has went too far‚ and now Caballero is fighting back. Prince Cino‚ the powerful ruler of the kingdom of Caballero‚ sat‚ and stare from above as he watches his soldiers fall one by one on the cold‚ hard‚ grassy ground. Cino came from a wealthy family‚ and was now ruling over Caballero. His father had died from an illness‚ and the power
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Jumping up and down the little girl laughed her light brown hair swing from side to side in sink with her white fluffy dress. the little girl giggled as large hands reached down and picked her up “You have gotten so big!” a man said that looked very similar to her “Daddy i’m flying!” the little girl said with excitement reaching her arms out in front of her making a superman pose “And here comes super Grace!” the man says laughing as he spins her around “Now no need to be rough with her jack.” a
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“The Story of An Hour” focuses on sixty minutes in the life of a young nineteenth-century woman‚ Mrs. Mallard. Upon learning of her husband’s death‚ Mrs. Mallard experiences an epiphany about her future without a husband. Her life‚ due to heart problems‚ suddenly ends after she unexpectedly finds out her husband is actually alive. Mrs. Mallard’s actions cause the reader to cogitate a hidden meaning weaved into Kate‘s short story. Chopin had an idea that women felt confined in their marriages‚ and
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I have your payment waiting for you in town as promised.” The man apprehensively scampered away‚ obviously afraid of this man. As he ran up the path he tripped and fell over and fell over an outstretched root. The followers stepped forward with thick ropes in
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