The Amityville Horror has turned from a real suburban American tragedy into a horrific myth. It has become the source of bestselling novels and the subject of several movies. These are some of the facts as they are known. On November 13‚ 1974‚ in the house at 112 Ocean Ave.‚ Amityville‚ 24-year-old Ronald DeFeo murdered his family. DeFeo used a high-powered rifle‚ shot to death his father‚ mother‚ two brothers and two sisters. All six members of Ronald DeFeo’s family were killed as they slept
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Take a step up on the platform‚ and breathe in one of your last breaths. Your eyes involuntarily start tearing up‚ though you don’t mean to look weak. You didn’t do anything wrong; you know that. The color of your skin is something you can’t help. At this point‚ the noose is placed over your head. The platform drops out from under you‚ and everything goes black. This scenario was all too common for African Americans all throughout the United States in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s. More specifically
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Ali Ms. Norris English 11 H May 27‚ 2014 The Horrors of Bullying Bullying is an issue that has been developing over the years. Bullying is any type of behavior or abuse used to make someone inferior. There are now four major types of bullying that happens every day in our society. Before the internet became a big deal there was only three types of bullying. The four types of bullying are physical‚ verbal‚ social and emotion or relational‚ and cyber bullying. Bullying has always been a major
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Literary genre that takes its beginning in the early nineteenth century. The genre is named after the goths‚ which were a Germanic tribe that sacked Rome and ushered in the Dark Ages. The literary genre itself appears a long tine after the Dark Ages‚ but the genre evokes the Dark Ages in style and content. Stylistically‚ it often deals with gargoyles. Old mansions. Great‚ vast wilderness. Exotic locations. A lot of references. The monsters: Mad scientists ( Dr. Frankenstein)‚ vampires (Dracula)
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Emily Whittaker Cause & Affect Rough Draft Word Count: 1‚081 (Essay itself) Ballerinas: Behind the Tutus and Glamor When people attend the exquisite performances of ballet recitals most are captivated by their form‚ how they maneuver ever so gracefully like a leaf falling from a tree in the autumn months‚ their beauty and how on stage they can appear to be anything they desire. However‚ behind the glamor‚ the slippers‚ the makeup‚ lies an eminent issue affecting these performers. Ballerinas
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This summer I went to camp with my friends. It was one day and night trip. There were about 12 children. We put up our tent near the river to hear river flows and swim. To me beginning was extremely nice. But suddenly it rained so heavily. Because of the rain we all got wet and cold. Although we knew there were no branches that didn’t wet‚ we decided to collect branches to make a fire. Also it was getting darker. So I climbed the forest with my 5 male friends. The one of them was climbing more higher
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Wilfred Owen portrays the horror of war by using dramatic contrasts‚ powerful imagery‚ devastating irony and by generating a strong feeling of sympathy for the subject of the poem. The contrasts between health and illness feature heavily in the poem and give a before and after picture of the subjects life. Before the war the boy in the poem had played football‚ "After the matches." "It was after football" and now he does not even have the equipment to play‚ i.e. legs‚ "Legless‚ sewn short at
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Movies: Why the fascination? Why are we as a society so fascinated with horror? There is evidence found throughout the history of every culture around the world depicting evil and terror in various forms. Chilling stories of ghosts‚ demons‚ and the waking dead have been retold around campfires. There have been numerous tales of strange creatures‚ shape shifters‚ and various monsters that have been passed down from generation to generation. It seems to be an insatiable urge that is shared
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House of Nightmares He stumbled through the snow‚ hugging himself in a desperate attempt to stay warm. The blizzard raged around him‚ battering him so much he could barely see‚ snow clinging to his frozen face. If he didn’t find shelter immediately‚ he would die. He stopped. In front of him was a tree‚ or what could only be called a tree. Its bark was dull and rotten underneath the snow but its few thin branches offered slight protection from the storm. He quickly got under it‚ cleared a space for
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‘’Mom‚ why do we always have to move to another town?’’ I whined. “Well‚ your parents’ promotion is there‚ Lina. It will be the last time‚ I promise you”. I didn’t know whether I could trust her or not‚ but either way‚ I waited to see the result in the end. My father had always difficult problems with his job. He was sad and tired every morning‚ and I always heard him telling my mom how terrible his job was. I hoped his new job‚ in the new town we ‘d move into‚ would change him. Even though‚ during
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