She folded her hands in her lap and cleared her throat awkwardly. When she spoke‚ her voice was formal‚ words stilted. “Thank you‚ Gilbert. For listening to my tales of woe with such patience and understanding‚ and‚ um…” Anne couldn’t bring herself to put into words all that had occurred between them within the last hour‚ so she simply skipped over it and continued. “…and escorting me home—well‚ partially home‚ to be particular about it‚ but I guess that doesn’t exactly matter does it—” Her anxious
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Abby felt so relieved now that the prankster’s been caught. It was like a huge weight was lifted off her shoulders. For the first time in almost two weeks she was finally able to get some much needed rest. Feeling refreshed from a long nap and a nice hot bath‚ she started tidying up the house. She’d just put the last of the toys away when she hears her daughter hopping down the steps. “Good morning sleeping beauty.” “It’s not morning‚ silly.” She laughs‚ running over to the cookie jar. “How about
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“Axel. Axel. Axel. Axel. Axel‚ what are you reading? Huh? Is it interesting?” Nicolas asks. “Yes‚” Axel responds. “Well then tell me what it’s about‚” Nicolas counters. “It is about geology‚” Axel answers. “Geology? Sounds kinda dumb.” Axel turned to Nicolas and gave him the look. No‚ not a look. The Look. To most people it just seemed like Axel was just staring at Nicolas with a slightly grumpy face. But Nicolas knew what it meant. “You have said something stupid.” “Sorry‚” says Nicolas
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Robert Camus is a famous French author who was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1957. Camus has many famous novels including Le Mythe de Sisyphe‚ La Peste‚ La Chute‚ L’Exil et La Royaume‚ and L’Etrange or The Stranger. The Stranger is a short novel written in 1942 that details the life of a man named Meursault. The novel follows Meursault as he develops and changes according to dramatic events in his life. The novel shows the changes in his characteristics before any events‚ after he kills
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ever-looming possibility of death are two things that motivate one to make the most out of everything the world has to offer. A prime example of the aforementioned statement can be found in the movie Stranger Than Fiction‚ starring Will Ferrell. In addition to tackling the raw aspects of life‚ Stranger Than Fiction also supplied watchers with three life lessons‚ which are‚ “The inevitability of death can cause people to evaluate their existence‚” “Thinking from different perspectives can change one’s
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Summary of “Saved by the Kindness of Virtual Stranger” In this article entitled “Saved by the Kindness of a Virtual Stranger”‚ the writer describes his wife benefited from unexpected gift which change her life. He found out that her wife would need a kidney transplant within two years‚ so he tried to search of new medicine that helps her. The doctors explained that her best opportunity to regain her health was to receive a living kidney. The challenge was to find a healthy donor with same blood
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Stranger Than Fiction Diagnostic Stranger Than Fiction is a fantasy film about an IRS agent named Harold Crick. For twelve years‚ Harold has been living life the same exact way. He wakes up‚ goes to work does the same routine there and then when he comes home‚ he eats and goes to sleep‚ and he does all of this in a meticulous and lonely way. One day Harold hears a voice of a British woman inside his head narrating his life and he can’t communicate with the voice. One day while waiting for his bus
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In The Stranger by Albert Camus‚ there was the theme of absurdism‚ a belief that life was meaningless. Throughout the novel‚ Camus used this as the basis to argue the inevitability of death. He wanted to showcase this idea because in the end‚ all humans would meet death therefore life was meaningless. He implemented this idea through Meursault who was the protagonist of the story. The idea is not conveyed through Meursault right away‚ but rather throughout the course of the novel. The events and
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As humans‚ we generally seek other entities to make ourselves complete‚ or ’fulfilled’. What is sought after varies from the individual‚ as some seek money‚ others fame‚ yet most people seek companionship. The Stranger by Albert Camus challenges this commonplace ideology that humans need emotion based relationships for completeness. Through the character Meursault and his exchanges with others‚ over encompassing themes such as the importance of emotions‚ and relevance of human life are challenged;
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Goodbye Stranger- Alternate ending. An alternate ending for 8x17 Goodbye Stranger because I ship Megstiel so hard and hate how TFW didn’t even bat an eyelid when Crowley killed Meg. Pairing: Meg and Cas Word count: 774 Warnings: Kinda gory and violent. Nothing too bad though. “Go save your brother‚” Meg said to Sam‚ preparing herself for the fight she was about to face with the king of hell himself‚ “And my unicorn.” She watched as the younger of the two Winchesters
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