I was suddenly awakened in the middle of night.As I glanced around there was no one except me‚laying on an uncomfortable bed.Slowly‚I got down from my bed and tiptoed to the window.A slight of cool breeze whipped to my ears.Dead leaves rattled in the wind.There was a stony prickling silence except for the eerie sound of chilly wind howling in the air.Goosebumps sprouted on my skin all over my frail body.A sliver of moonlight glimmered through the wind‚slicing my pallid face.Slowly‚I swept my dry
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If you knew that today was your last day on Earth what would you look back on and wish you could change? I strive to make my answer to that absolutely nothing because there isn’t anything I would regret more than living a life full of regrets‚ full of wishing I had done something differently. We should never regret our decisions‚ no matter how terrible life seems at the moment. Everything that happens in life makes us the exact person we are meant to be. “You can’t change who people are without destroying
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pars. 5). They became more independent in their lives without the need of men to support. But the question is that was this change good for women or not? The American author Kate Chopin gave an example of those independent women in her short story "Regret". In the story‚ a woman called Mamzelle Aurelie lived alone in her farm. She has never got married and never had children. But one day the silence in Aurelie’s life was broken as she carried the burden of looking after her neighbor’s four children
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It was just after 7 p.m. when I heard someone scream suddenly. My family and I was just finish our dinner. We quickly ran outside and we saw the people starring at a burning house. At this time‚ we know someone had caused the fire accident. Without thinking too much‚ my father pick up the cell phone and inform the situation to the fire station. In the meantime‚ I tried to help them extinguish the fire by using a bucket of water. We did not know what is the main reason that cause the fire
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Living a Life with No Regrets‚ Just Lessons We all have secrets‚things we regret‚dreams we can’t reach‚and a love that we can never forget.In our entire life‚how often do we utter the questions “what if”.What if i did that?‚What if that was my decision‚ or what if I did’nt do that.Any questions that starts with what if’s‚ A normal scenario‚ for we are still a student.What if questions that affects our behavior in a particular time of our life. This what if questions that construct a secrets and
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Clytaemnestra’s Composure and Orestes’ Regrets The justification scenes in Agamemnon and the Libation Bearers show that both Clytaemnestra and Orestes are able admit their decision of committing murder‚ but‚ while Clytaemnestra is able to maintain her composure‚ Orestes worries himself to the point of insanity‚ and he ends up regretting the whole thing. Clytaemnestra plans to kill Agamemnon from the moment he returns home. When he arrives‚ she treats him like a king‚ but‚ when he is not on his
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thinking and experiences of regret Introduction Counterfactual thinking is the cognitive process in which individuals can simulate alternative realities‚ to think about how things could have turned out differently‚ with statements such as ‘what if’ and ‘if only’. Counterfactuals can be either upward‚ in which alternative realities are improved‚ or downward‚ in which alternative realities are worsened. Reflecting on previous outcomes can make individuals experience regret and this review will focus
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will mean what you make them.”—Regret to Inform “The terrible price of that nobility is one that nobody should have to pay”—Barbara Sonneborn In 1968‚ the director Barbara Sonneborn was informed that her husband‚ Jeff Gurvitz‚ had been killed in a mortar attack in Vietnam. The words “We regret to inform you” appeared on the telegram‚ and the message arrived on her 24th birthday. Sonneborn is the director‚ writer‚ and producer of the notable documentary film Regret to Inform. Although she remarried
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Jennifer Tressler Regret by Kate Chopin In the short story "Regret" by Kate Chopin‚ a woman named Mamzelle Aurelie has to watch a neighbor’s four children for two weeks. Mamzelle is an old and lonely woman who never believed in love or marriage. She has never had a man‚ nor been married‚ and lives alone on her farm with some animals. She also has African Americans‚ or "negroes"‚ who work around her house for maintenance. Because of a dangerous illness that her mother acquired‚ the younger neighbor
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The main characters in Curious Incident and i am sam are not neurotypicals. They have autism. Curious Incident wasis written by Mark Haddon. i am sam was written by Kristine Johnson and directed by Jessie Nelson. The theme of these two stories is that neurotypicals do not always know what is best. “Normal” people are not superior to individuals with autism. Like neurotypicals‚ individuals with autism are just as unique as you and I. Naturally‚ the characters in both stories have several similarities
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