STARBOTTLE FOR THE PLAINTIFF (1901) Bret Harte THE DUPLICITY OF HARGRAVES (1902) O. Henry BARGAIN DAY AT TUTT HOUSE (1905) George Randolph Chester A CALL (1906) Grace MacGowan Cooke HOW THE WIDOW WON THE DEACON (1911) William James Lampton GIDEON (1914) Wells Hastings ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The Nice People‚ by Henry Cuyler Bunner‚ is republished from his volume‚ Short Sixes‚ by permission of its publishers‚ Charles Scribner’s Sons. The Buller-Podington Compact‚ by Frank
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literary stories is widely known to many but actually recognized by few. This type of pattern is referred to as an archetype. An archetype is a complex literary term that can be found and understood by examining literature. The first place that archetype can be examined is in Cinderella stories. The Traditional Cinderella story that we have all heard sets our standard for archetype in different cultural stories having Jewish‚ Indian‚ Chinese‚ and modern-day settings. In the Indian Cinderella story
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Short Story Screaming in pain‚ Rebecca was about to give birth to her first baby. She was forced to have a homebirth as there were no hospitals around for miles. Her shrieks of pain had woken everyone in the neighbourhood‚ many came up to the house to get a glimpse of the situation. One of Rebecca’s friends‚ Rick‚ had rushed into the house in a matter of minutes after he heard the screaming. Rick stayed with Rebecca for several hours that followed to comfort her as best he could. His best attempts
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recently in it‚ who greatly imitate Mary. A modern day Mary is a person of today‚ or has at least lived close to this era of time‚ who shows a significant amount of virtue‚ humility‚ modesty‚ and most importantly‚ has a correct and delicate conscience. However‚ a modern day Eve‚ is the exact opposite. This person may tend to lack modesty‚ virtue‚ and have a lax and desensitized conscience. A modern day Mary habitually judges correctly‚ whereas‚ a modern day Eve may be inclined to be lax and not care
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It started like any other day up on the hills of Rhein‚ but that day had the scent of freedom floating in the air. The journey ahead of me had been teasing me for weeks‚ I was just so anxious to get away and start all over again. I had made certain arrangements before I left‚ our family dog was not allowed on the ship that we were going to be arriving in America‚ so I had my parents take care of the dog for us. It was a hard thing to do seeing that the dog had become more than just a pet to the
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Aspiration‚ the journey from desire to possession through a breathing-taking fear that the goal may never be reached‚ but in most cases it’s the goal that diminishes the fear. It diminishes the fear merely into a Dandelion seed that one day will float in the air. Take Angela for example‚ she grew up in a small village in South America with a mouth full of dreams and an ocean filled with overgrown seaweeds that were hungry for the light that her dreams emitted* from her own eyes. Her dream was to
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with voices and the aroma of government food. The chairs are black‚ the tables are slate gray. The room itself it well lit. Freeing his mind from thought. Taylor comes back into terms with what has happened today. Today has to be the most dreadful day of Taylor’s life. Taylor hasn’t seen Wojak since Sierra’s little act of kindness. In lunch Wojak did not hesitate to look in Taylor’s direction. After five minutes of sitting at a table far away from Taylor‚ Wojak got up‚ leading him to storm out of
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why would you ask a silly question like that? Is something wrong‚ Honey?” said her mother‚ confused at the question. Aurora’s mother was one who would be considered a trophy wife‚ and a caring one at that. Her name was Maria. She spent most of her days at home; when Maria wasn’t at home she was helping her husband with his campaigning. “There is something you are guys aren’t telling me.”‚ said Aurora. She had turned away from her mother and began to stare at the photographs on the counter. They
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Jumping up and down the little girl laughed her light brown hair swing from side to side in sink with her white fluffy dress. the little girl giggled as large hands reached down and picked her up “You have gotten so big!” a man said that looked very similar to her “Daddy i’m flying!” the little girl said with excitement reaching her arms out in front of her making a superman pose “And here comes super Grace!” the man says laughing as he spins her around “Now no need to be rough with her jack.” a
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Jason Belcher Mr. Lavender World Literature 16 July 2009 This essay is the comparison between Beowulf and the modern day hero. All soldiers that are fighting for my country certainly comes to mind first‚ when I think about a modern day hero. Both hero’s are fighting for a good cause‚ get rewarded for what they do‚ and get treated with much respect. Although a soldier might not withhold unworldly strength as one such as Beowulf‚ they both are putting their life at stake‚ which gives them both
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