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    The Road Short Story

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    This is a story about loss‚ about being different‚ and about the world’s many evils. This story will fable heroes who learn to summon unwavering courage in times of unimaginable adversity. This is a story about sacrifice and the willingness to oppose bitterness and hatred in honor of the greater good. This story will highlight the devastation that corrupt governments leave in their wake. The characters in this story will undergo tests‚ trials‚ and imperfections that may seem large scale‚ but ultimately

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    Gone: A Short Story

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    bought me into the city. They’d said I’d never get over his death‚ honestly‚ I didn’t. He was fighting back‚ from what exactly I couldn’t place. I saw my face in his full of a rare savage. He was on the ground full of agony and pain. I was weeping‚ crying‚ and begging him to come back. I could smell the terrifying scent of blood and death. “Never let them take what’s yours‚ never forget who you are Alexia never forget” he had said to me in an uneven tone. Before his body went limp‚ and

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    Short Story Manny's

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    When I first read through the story I could start to see little hints and signs of a man who is in a state of depression. Depression can be defined as a state of feeling sad. Also can be defined as a serious medical condition in which a person feels very sad‚ hopeless‚ and unimportant and often is unable to live in a normal way. These definitions pinpoints Manny’s state throughout the story. You can notice the first since of him feeling sad‚ and hopeless when his wife died and he sold all of their

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    a gothic short story

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    accepting it or hiding from it. In the play “A Streetcar Named Desire” by Tennessee Williams‚ the author mainly focuses on Blanche Dubois‚ a woman who moved to her sister’s house due to the loss of Belle Reve‚ her family home. She is a deceptive and selfish person‚ who cannot accept the occurrence of agony in her life. She mentally deteriorates due to the lost and rejection of love‚ and due to her selfishness. She chooses to hide from the truth. When an individual hides from reality‚ it will only

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    she was a “lady.” The grandmother also has an interesting use of the word “good.” She calls Red Sammy a “good man” for letting some men buy gasoline on credit‚ suggesting that she associates “good men” with gullibility and blind faith. Later in the story‚ she causes the family to make a wrong turn because she misremember the location of a plantation house she wanted to visit. When she realizes her mistake‚ she jerks her knee‚ ultimately causing the car to crash. She does not tell anyone about her mistake

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    Redivider: A Short Story

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    Slice Pank Redivider One story Tishman-other Carve Forge Townie Derrick wakes up. The hangover clings to his skull‚ his heart‚ which seems like it’s barely working this morning as he rolls off of Tim’s couch and searches wildly around the living room for that glass of water he could have sworn he filled‚ set beside his sleeping place for when he woke up. This common‚ quick sense‚ even when he’s shitfaced‚ kicks in sometimes and he almost feels good about himself. But if he doesn’t quench that

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    Elijah Brown Study of Lit Eng 213 Close Reading on The Story of An Hour In the short story‚ “The Story of An Hour” written by Kate Chopin‚ Mrs. Mallard the main character‚ finds out that her husband has been killed on a train accident. However‚ the narrator tells us that Mrs. Mallord has heart trouble. Mrs. Mallard then leaves her sister Josephine and Richard to get privacy in her bedroom. Why it is that Mrs. Mallard began to feel free the more she came to her senses that her husband was no

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    Oaks: A Short Story

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    waiting for her eyes to adjust to the inviting sunshine on greenleaf. The pale she-cat broken into a run‚ taking in the freshness of the air and winds of the forest she had been apart from for so long. At last‚ she was back. She felt free‚ and afraid. Somewhere within the forest‚ was the cat she had once fled from. Despite her return‚ she knew she had no interest in facing him again. She stopped to catch her breath‚ tasting the air around her for the scent of fresh kill. The undergrowth was alive

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    Lily: A Short Story

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    Why does T-Ray care if Lily lives at August’s house for the rest of her life? He has never cared about Lily before. First‚ T-Ray treats Lily like a bag of garbage. He yells at her for the silliest reasons. One time her yelled at her for reading her book while she was working his peach stand. He said he wanted her to just sit all day and sell peaches but no one even came to buy them. Another cruel thing T-Ray did to Lily is slap her. When T-Ray found Lily at August’s house‚ Lily refused to go home

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    other dissenters unless one was caught‚ and then dissenters retaliated in their own individual ways. But dissenters didn’t help each other. They never prevent the calls or lead daring rescues to save other dissenters. You took your revenge in silence and then lived the rest of your horrid life. Nonetheless‚ purging the population of these roaches had become a main priority for Mother Country‚ with Detonate at the top of their most wanted list. They saw us as a bigger threat than the country they were

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