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    One way that Eric Walters was able to confirm relationships are important to a person’s life was through the interaction between Jed and the injured eagle he found. Earlier in the story‚ Jed explains to the reader how much eagle’s mean to him and to his Tsimshian culture. “ An eagle is more than a bird‚ it’s part of our heritage and history” (Walters 47). So‚ naturally‚ when Jed noticed a bullet hole through its body‚ he felt the obligation to nurse it back to full health. During this time‚ Jed became

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    Terito Short Story

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    The first anti-hero Our story starts in an ancient village a very long time ago there lived a young man by the name of Terito‚ he was given a blessing by an ancient being of great power‚ but there was a price for the power. Terito had to give the being two things for the power. The first thing he had to give the being was his looks for which he was forever scarred on his entire head so he donned a mask. The second item was a gift and a curse he had to give the being all of his memories of

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    He stands on line‚ waiting for roll call to be over. He shivers slightly‚ both from cold and from fear. He knows‚ beyond a shadow of doubt‚ that if the guards find his hidden treasure‚ that’s it. His life is over. After all‚ he’s smuggling some contraband into his barracks. And what is this item‚ a treasure to him‚ and contraband to the Germans‚ימ’’ש ? What is this that’s worth his whole life? A potato. Not even a whole one‚ but half of a potato‚ smuggled out of the kitchen. He had risked his life

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    He’d never felt so alive. The dance studio that he’d spent most of his time in as a wide eyed five year old in his first pair of tap shoes was akin to his home. In fact‚ it felt more like home than his actual home‚ where his dad often teased him about his ’prancing around the stage like a bloody pony’ but he knew that his dad preferred him doing this - his passion - than on the streets at ten o’clock at night smoking glue or sniffing weed. He’d never try those. For one‚ his mother would probably

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    It was a chilly fall morning ‚ kids were outside playing and laughing‚ having a good time. But that soon was going to change. My friend karl has always been nice to me even though i was jewish and he wasn’t. Most of the kids weren’t that nice to us during the Holocaust time period. Me being jewish started a lot of problems with karl and me vs the world. I will tell you how it started. It was a quiet night it had been like that for awhile now. I soon fell asleep. In the middle of the night people

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    up against my head and said‚ "Go to the bank and give me all of your money!" Harry forced me into my own car and made me drive to the closest bank. After we emptied my bank account I drove back to my house. When we arrived at my house‚ there was a short stubby man named George waiting on my porch. Harry called George the previous night because he needed a place to stay. George was furious with Harry for calling him during the night. Harry tried to calm George down‚ by giving him some of my money for

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    Dying: A Short Story

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    "Here lies the legacy of the poor‚ ungrateful savages‚" read the stone that marked the place of the unmark graves of the poor. The students have been reading books on cemeteries and graveyards‚ but the ones that peaked the student’s interests were the graveyard of the unmarked graves. Most students thought it was unkind or disrespectful towards those people to have their graves unmarked. They didn’t believe that the city or richer people could delegate if a person should have their graves marked

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    to be the family who got chosen to do the Lottery and sacrifice one of their family members for this tradition that no longer has a purpose.” Suddenly‚ this anger‚ frustration built up inside me made me yell‚ “You didn’t give him enough time to take any paper he wanted. I saw you. It wasn’t fair‚” to Mr. Summers. Mrs. Delacroix replied‚ “Be a good sport‚ Tessie.” Bill Hutchinson said‚ “Shut up‚ Tessie.” Mr. Summers said‚ “ Bill you drew for the Hutchinson Family‚ do you have

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    Short Story Of Kristaps

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    There is a budding story that is slowly growing right now as the 2015 NBA Draft draws near. And its main protagonist is a guy named Kristaps Porziņģis. Kristaps Porziņģis who? Porziņģis is a 7-foot-1 center-forward from Latvia who has good length and athleticism‚ runs the floor‚ protects the rim with his long arms and quick lateral movement‚ and finishes strong above the rim. To exaggerate‚ he has the speed and agility of a rookie Kevin Garnett and the outside shooting touch of a young Dirk Nowitzki

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    However as I processed my memories‚ I wondered if something was wrong with me. In truth‚ my family and my wife knew before I did. I thought I was fine. But over time‚ I had become irritable and paranoid. I was always on edge and alert my doctors said I was hypervigilant. At first‚ I thought that being a perfectionist and hypervigilant was what

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