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    Sorry for the loss

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    Sorry for the loss is a short story written by Bridget Keehan and is from Eagle in the Maze- An Anthology of Stories from the Rhys Davies Short Story Competition 2008. Mainly the story deals with contrasts and how you see people. It is always hard to deliver bad news‚ especially when you do not know how the receiver will react. Evie‚ a female prison guard‚ shall in the beginning of the story tell about the death of a grandmother to Victor a prisoner. It is the first death notice she will deliver

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    Santiago's Loss

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    Destruction only happens when a person refuses to admit defeat. With their refusal‚ they may never learn anything new that could actually lead them to victory. In Ernest Hemingway’s novel‚ The Old Man and the Sea‚ Santiago‚ the old man‚ says‚“a man can be destroyed but never defeated”(103). The words destroyed and defeat go hand and hand‚ but victory and pride are also part of Santiago’s struggle. Even after defeat‚ victory is still possible. While pride can lead to success‚ it can also lead to the

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    Some adults‚ however‚ tend to turn to medication and alcohol as a way to cope with their intense emotions‚ which can result in a full-blown alcohol/drug addiction. Adults may experience the phenomena called “Unresolved Grief”‚ which often develops when a person feels guilty over a loss‚ considers the death to be unfair‚ or has lost a parent due to a violent death (Gen‚ 2016). In correlation to what is said above‚ this image below illustrates and compares how severe a drinking problem impacts young

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    depression‚ and acceptance. These stages are the stages of grief. In the story ‚ “ The Monkey’s Paw‚” by W.W. Jacobs‚ a family obtains a severed monkey’s paw in it could grant any three wishes the wielder desires. However the wishes come true in horrific ways‚ such as killing someone to gain inheritance money or bringing a loved one back to life however in their deceased form. The father of the family Mr. White has gone through the stages of grief‚ because he was in shock when he heard his son Herbert

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    Boys of Blood and Bone

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    Boys of Blood and Bone David Metzenthen’s Boys of Blood and Bone is an ambitious novel linking the stories of the two central characters; Henry Lyon‚ in the summer before he starts his first year of Law at university‚ and Andy Lansell‚ Australian digger killed in the Somme in 1918. Andy and Henry’s stories meet when Henry’s car breaks down in the small country town of Strattford on his way to a sailboarding weekend with his mates — and his disgruntled girlfriend Marcelle. While stuck in Strattford

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    Danielle Loeffler Comparative Literature Paper 1 March 12‚ 2013 In the novel‚ Farming of Bones by Edwidge Danticat there are various themes that are portrayed and symbolized throughout the novel. Amabelle‚ an orphaned Haitian maid‚ struggles with the idea of letting go of the past‚ the tragedy of death‚ and loss. According to the quote by Barbara Christian‚ she states‚ “among the folk who speak in muted tones of color‚ feminists‚ radical critics‚ creative writers‚ who have struggled for much

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    Winter's Bone Film

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    climax‚ it has a linear story line‚ and it has goal-oriented characters. In contrast an Independent film is more realistic‚ the films are less predictable‚ and they don’t always have a happy ending. I believe Winter’s Bone does fit the description of Independent Cinema. Winter’s Bone was shot in the Ozark Mountains in Missouri this is a place we don’t tend to see in Hollywood blockbusters. Ree‚ the main character in the movie‚ was a 17-year-old girl who was raising her two younger siblings and taking

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    Pain is deeper than all thought; laughter is higher than all pain. The novel “The farming of Bones” by Edwidge Danticat is a fictional story based on real events of the Haitian massacre. This story depicts a very intense picture of how the conditions of living as a Haitian in the Dominican Republic were terrifying. The people who lived through the Haitian massacre paved better ways for future generations so that they could have better and more comfortable lives. Most Haitians crossed the border

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    grieving over the loss of a significant other person through death and it involves certain feelings of denial‚ isolation and depression. Similarly‚ loss is when people experience something for temporarily or it could be permanent and this could be in many cases of missing valuables that has significant monetary value or it could be death related. There are two models which explain the process of bereavement and loss which are called the six ‘r’ processes and the four phases of grief. Also these processes

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    Boys of Blood and Bone

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    David Metzenthen’s Boys of Blood and Bone is an ambitious novel linking the stories of Henry Lyon‚ in the summer before he starts his first year of Law at university‚ and Andy Lansell‚ Australian digger killed in the Somme in 1918. Andy and Henry’s stories meet when Henry’s car breaks down in the small country town of Strattford on his way to a sailboarding weekend with his mates — and his disgruntled girlfriend Marcelle. While stuck in Strattford‚ Andy gets to know Trot and his girlfriend Janine

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