Jimmy Dean Smith Happy or Sad Ending to “A Good Man is Hard to Find”? “A Good Man is Hard to Find” is not one of those short stories you read and easily forget. It is a piece that stays with you long after you have read the last line. What makes it so hard to disregard is the fact that‚ once it’s over‚ the readers find themselves puzzled by their own thoughts on the ending‚ especially when you are trying to fit the story into a neat little box of happy or sad. I have never found myself
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Joshua Ashkenazy Mr. Muir English II 21 May‚ 2012 Alternate Ending for Great Expectations Every book has an ending that reflects on certain themes shown previously in the book. In the book Great Expectations by Charles Dickens‚ money‚ power and corruption are the roots of the evils in society. There are certain criteria in making a conclusion to a book. According to my opinion‚ a book must have an ending that shows that the main character has learned from his mistakes and is willing to let go
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information is up to you. You can let it affect you in an adverse manner or you can separate yourself from the negativity. If you really want to‚ you can choose to be happy. Happiness is a choice. If we were to look at the findings of Ed Diener & Martin Seligman‚ both psychologists and authors of the research project Very Happy People‚ we would understand that there are factors that influence high happiness. The gentlemen researched 222 undergraduates. “We compared the upper 10% of consistently
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Clearly she hadn’t expected to be stuck in the middle of nowhere and neither did she expect having to push a car down a cliff‚ all the while wearing heels‚ but she couldn’t really argue with him about the risk of being seen by the police either. Not too happy about it‚ in the end she did offer some help to push the vehicle‚ as much as she could anyway. By the time the Thunderbird needed just one more prod to fall over‚ Karmen felt like swearing for how uncomfortable she was with... well‚ everything. She
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Ending Starvation Across the globe in impoverished third world countries an estimated 50‚000 children die of starvation every day (Quine 36). We have all seen the images of these children--bloated bellies‚ fly covered‚ bulging eyes--in television pleas by various charitable organizations. While these images sicken us‚ we idly sit by (often flipping the channel to avoid them)‚ refusing to help these less fortunate kids. The problem is made worse by the ever-increasing population. Even the wealthy
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A Chapter with Annie Jane “Reach out and grab my hand Annie!” I shouted to my sister from across the chasm. Her tanned face and glazed‚ hazel eyes were paralyzed with fear although she tried to smile. Her feet were unsteady on the boulder as she reached out her quaking hand adorned with gypsy rings. A gust of mountain wind ripped past her shoulder length‚ dusty-blonde hair and tossed her wispy‚ retro ensemble that hugged her Marilyn Monroe curves. She swiftly retracted her arm. “I can’t!” her
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Escaping society and all its rigmarole was a difficult task‚ especially once you’d accepted an invitation. ‘’ London hasn’t changed.’’ James muttered under his breath while standing in the shadows getting some much needed fresh air on the balcony. Open double doors allowed him to keenly observe guests attending the Hargrave ball. A ball he himself regretted attending. Lifting a lit cigar to his lips he blew out another puff of cloudy smoke that hung thick in the air creating a heady mist. Truthfully
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Montag walked slowly next to the gray moonlit river‚ still in shock from the blatant bomb. The clicking of his shoes echoed through the trees‚ making a break in the silence. Montage turned to see Granger steadily catching up to him “How are you doing?” Said Granger “Okay‚ considering.” uttered Montage softly Granger nodded “Once we reach the city we will have a better understanding of what happened.” Montage shook his head in agreement with him; after a few minutes Granger got the cue that Montage
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The Lady or the Tiger Without the slightest hesitation‚ he went to the door on the right‚ and opened it. Before the gate had even reached a foot off the ground the young lover‚ heartbroken‚ watched four frantic feet pacing back and forth and heard a deep‚ rhythmic panting. His mind frenziedly raced with dozens of thoughts: How could you do this to me? My dear lover‚ do you care but only for yourself? Someone must have forced her to tell me to choose the right door! What sort of fool am I to fall
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My happy place I have so many happy places‚ but my favorite one is located in Spain. It’s a beach house where I grew up with my mom’s family. I went all summers and short holidays. My grandparents bought it long before I was born‚ my mom and uncle basically grew up there too. So my mom knew all my friends parents because they were friends when they were young‚ and they knew all the secret spots and they bad things we could do‚ cause it was small and they had done all the bad things possible when
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