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    Christmas Carol The Ghost of Christmas Present Ghost : Come in‚ Scrooge! Come in! Come in and know me better‚ man! I am the Ghost of Christmas Present. Look upon me! You have never seen the likes of me before? Scrooge : Never. Ghost : Have never walked forth with my elder brothers? Scrooge : I don’t think that I have. You have many brothers? Ghost : More than 1‚800. 1‚842‚ to be exact. Scrooge : I see you wear a scabbard‚ but no sword. Ghost : Indeed. Peace on Earth. Good

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    sort of creation story‚ usually grounded in a mythology or religion‚ of how the world originated‚ for example‚ Genesis from Christianity‚ or Pangu from China. These stories show how the world came to be‚ and usually show values‚ morals‚ and the reasons for some traditions. The Iroquois creation story “The World on the Turtle’s Back” and the Norse story “Odin and Ymir” both serve as narratives to communicate the beliefs of their people and the values of their culture. Both stories show aspects of family

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    cannot allow yourself to be selfish which can be very hard. A Journey is a short story written by Colm Tòibin. The short story is told by a limited third person narrator‚ and because of that we only hear about the main character’s thought and opinions. We see the events and other characters from his viewpoint. It makes it a bit more unreliable when it is a subjective narrator. If we were told the short story from David’s or Seamus’ point of view or if it was an omniscient narrator‚ it would probably

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    The Story Of An Hour “The Story Of An Hour” is indeed – as the title states – a story that spans over an hour. What the title might refer to‚ can be interpreted as either the story that Kate Chopin writes‚ or the story that Louise Mallard‚ the protagonist in this story‚ tells herself‚ of the days to come after the death of her husband. Even though all of the events in “The Story Of An Hour” happen very fast‚ and Kate Chopin is not very detailed when describing them‚ it shows that a lot of things

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    Crossing Crossing is a short story written by Mark Slouka. The short story was written in the year 2009. The short story revolves around the nameless main character and his son. They are going on an annual traditional trip. The trip is a one day where they drive to a place in the woods where they spend the night at an old settler’s barn. The name of the main character is not revealed – no names at all are revealed‚ so every character mentioned in the short story is nameless. That gives the effect

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    Sometimes the characters in a story are trying to get away from something. In other stories they may be trying to find something. Are the characters in Camel Rider running away from something or trying to find something. Characters running away or trying to find something occurs in most stories. Camel rider combines both as each character is doing something different. There are 2 main characters in Camel rider‚ two boys‚ one called Adam who is from Australia and one called Walid who was sold

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    Anna’s Story by Bronwyn Donaghy is an informative part biographical text‚ which retails the life and death of Anna Wood‚ a fifteen year old girl who took an ecstasy tablet at a rave party in 1995 and died. This text is still relevant to teach in today’s Australian schools because drugs still exist in today’s society‚ teenagers still take risks and the novel Anna’s story will always be a constant reminder of the consequences of drugs. Following Anna’s death‚ Donaghy wrote this text to suggest that

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    “The Story of An Hour” by Kate Chopin is a short‚ thought provoking story about Mrs. Mallard’s reaction to the news of her husband’s death. In the story‚ Mrs. Mallard has a heart condition and because of that‚ her sister and her husband’s friend have to gently break the news to her. Initially‚ her reaction was to go up in her room and cry‚ but as an hour passes by‚ her mood completely flips from heartbroken to joyful. Finally‚ she feels free and imagines a wonderful life without her husband‚ but

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    Fully discuss the attitudes towards the fallen: dangers of judging others use the short story Shilling and the woman caught in adultery. The setting of the story Shilling took place in an urban area in Kingston where she was able to maintain her character which allowed her to feel isolated and lonely at times because of the way people thought of her. The use of irony was used to unfold the plot of the story Shilling. The protagonist Shilling‚ was a fair-skinned brown girl who dyed her hair with

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    "The Story of an Hour" is a short story written by Kate Chopin‚ in 1894‚ about a woman with a heart condition who receives the news that her husband died in a train accident. While around her family‚ Mrs. Mallard seems upset‚ as a wife would about the sudden death of her husband‚ but once she is alone it seems as if some type of relieve rolls over her. Towards the end of the story the husband returns home alive showing the readers that Mr. Mallard is in fact not dead. Once Mrs. Mallard sees that

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