His arms propelled his skeletal form‚ pushing feebly against the resistance of the tepid water. Gasping‚ he clutched onto the edge of the pool as he completed his timed freestyle lap. Obscuring his gaze were the black dots of fatigue‚ only allowing him a clouded view of his coach’s face; enough to reveal his displeasure. “17 seconds. Slower than last week and definitely not good enough.” The coach marched out of the pool complex‚ abandoning him to contemplate those words that echoed off the walls
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so mournful; and I heard an owl‚ away off‚ who-whooing about somebody that was dead‚ and a dog crying about somebody that was going to die‚ and the wind was trying to whisper something to me‚ and I couldn’t make out what it was‚ and so it made the cold shivers run over me. Then away out in the woods I heard that kind of a sound that a ghost makes when it wants to tell about something that’s on its mind and can’t make itself understood‚ and so can’t rest easy in its grave‚ and has to go about that
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Abbey Nielsen Mrs. Benedetto Contemporary Literature 23 February‚ 2017 Formal Journal One. The book The Martian is full of different perspectives and speeds throughout the story. This book starts in the perspective of an all knowing narrator. This narrator tells what happened to the Areas 3 team. Because it is happening as the story goes on you feel like you are part of the story which makes time go at a normal pass. The Areas 3 team is one of the first group of people to stay on Mars. They were
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Three mini-bottles in‚ Darcy determined he had enough liquid courage and was ready to deploy the necessary means to secure her in the bed until morning. Glaring at the drawer where he placed the method‚ he groaned at the absurdity of it all. Was he really going to do this to the woman of his dreams and future wife? Fingering the forth bottle‚ he wavered. “Darcy‚ come on. Let me out.” Walking over to the door‚ he leaned closer to speak. “Madam‚ you do not play fair.” “Like you serenading me with
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copulation that they would both be willing and able to engage in a physical‚ sexual act. While it was a significant moment in their relationship‚ he was mindful of respecting Tom’s boundaries. His lover’s only experience of gay sex was one tainted with blood‚ violence‚ and humiliation‚ and the last thing he wanted was to pressure him into participating in something he didn’t feel comfortable
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Haverdink 1 Austin Haverdink Mr. Montalbano AP English‚ 2nd 20 January 2015 Quote Journals (13) Chapter 1 . “I’d never yell ‘Good luck!’ at anybody. It sounds terrible‚ when you think about it” (Salinger 16). I found this quote very peculiar at first‚ because most people would interpret someone saying “good luck” as a sincere farewell‚ but then as I thought about the context in which it is used it dawned on me that Holden was right to some extent. The saying “good luck” is not always a
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Quote Analysis Literary Features “They told me to take a street-car named Desire‚ and transfer to one called Cemeteries‚ and ride six blocks and get off at - Elysian Fields!” (Scene 1‚ Page 6) Sexual desires are a common interest several people tend to have and Blanche Dubois significantly portray and represents the theme of sexual intimacy in A Street Car Named Desire as Tennessee Williams uses allegory‚ allusion‚ symbolism‚ and foreshadow in order to demonstrate how do Blanche’s “trip” through
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The Clutter family – Herbert and Bonnie‚ and their teenage children‚ Nancy and Kenyon – lead a prosperous and principled life on their farm in Holcomb‚ a small rural settlement in western Kansas. They are prominent and respected members of the community‚ in both Holcomb and the neighboring Garden City‚ and Herb Clutter is known to be a generous employer. Their life is disciplined‚ but pleasant and well provided for. The narration follows the Clutters through the events of November 14th‚ 1959‚ which
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Lord of the Flies 1‚021 words The Lord of the Flies‚ written by William Golding‚ follows the story of a group of British boys who are stranded on a deserted island. Golding suggests that all men are born with the potential to commit evil. He shows this through the use of symbolism including the snake and the dead parachutist (the beast)‚ the characters such as Jack‚ Ralph and Simon and the setting of the island. Goldingʼs view of mankind and the world is a truly pessimistic one. In the early 1930ʼs
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in the process of walking to the heavy vault door‚ when I remembered the one thing I hid from myself for the reason that the pain was too much to bear. Yet at the same time‚ I could never rid myself of the treasure. I ran upstairs and I grasped the cold gold of the pocket watch‚ and lifted the cover. Hidden in the top‚ an image was revealed as light illuminated the paper. My son‚ head was revealed first. His short cropped hair‚ dark brown‚ yet it seemed to glow. Next was my wife. Her angelic face
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