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    Creepers directed by Victor Salva and Nightmare On Elm Street directed by Samuel Bayer are both classified as being in the horror genre. Directors use specific Narrative conventions such as the soundtrack‚ special effects and the monster itself to create suspense and fear within the film. Horror films have progressed over time to offer more conventions to make the films more thrilling to the audience. The sound track played in the film Nightmare on Elm Street differs only slightly to Jeepers Creepers

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    The striped newt is a species up for contention on the endangered species list. It is a small salamander whose size can vary from 2-4 inches(5-10 centimeters). The striped newt was given the name striped newt because it has a long red stripe going down the body. The salamander has a olive-green to dark brown color and a yellow belly sometimes containing black specs. Occasionally‚ the salamander has a row of red spots on the side of the body. The skin of the salamander is very rough and not as slimy

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    Formula and Convention as Seen in J.K Rowling’s Harry Potter and The Philosophers Stone J.K Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone and subsequent novels have received extraordinary amounts of attention and exploded into everyday pop culture. One theory accredits their success to the incorporation of a recurrent mythological theme‚ or convention‚ specifically the hero’s adventure narrative that is known to most everyday readers‚ especially those with a love for the fantasy genre. Harry

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    I am heavily involved in Boy Scouts and have always been told that I should strive for my best. Since then‚ I have done everything I could to lead and learn. In my troop we were running low on active membership‚ on average we only had about 10 boys coming to weekly meetings and as the senior youth member I had to find some way get our numbers up. I reached out and took the initiative to try and increase our numbers. From building new members up to having a one-on-one relationship with each youth

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    offer a rowdy all American white boy: blonde women‚ fast food‚ fast cars‚ American football‚ beer‚ and the chance to pick up fights at college fraternity parties. He was full of American capitalism. His name was James Scott Morris. I fondly called him‚ Jimmy boy. I met with Jimmy boy by chance at the college gym. I was trying to become an American hunk. No matter how much I tried‚ I couldn’t succeed.

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    white! Then‚ it came back to me. Breaking into the pet store‚ Motorcycle Boy getting shot. I guess part of it was losing’ my colour vision. I looked to the door and saw a familiar figure walking by. “Steve!” I tried to say‚ without much success. I must’ve made some noise‚ because Steve looked my way. His mouth started moving‚ but I didn’t hear nothin’. My hearing had cut out‚ just like Motorcycle Boy. Just like Motorcycle Boy. I had become more like him than anyone had expected. Steve gave me a

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    with the feeling that you have been engulfed by the world. Deciding to join the Boy Scouts has probably been one of the best decisions of my life. Besides teaching me new skills‚ it has also given me new experiences like going to summer camps in the mountains‚ scuba diving in the gulf of Mexico‚ backpacking on the Appalachian Trail‚ and much more. In the Boy Scouts there is an experience like no other‚ it is the Mecca of Boy Scouts‚ Philmont Scout Ranch. Located in Cimarron‚ New Mexico‚ it is the largest

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    sight seemed fitting to Sam‚ and enough of a scare to not bother the boys’ mothers. As he hobbled his way towards where the front door should have been‚ nursing what he thought to be a pulled hamstring‚ Sam took a moment to reflect on the splattering of eggs. The yellow yokes harshly contrasted the deep blackness of the wood shingles. He found the empty carton cast haphazardly next to the blank spot in the rock border. The Boston boy‚ having used the last of the eggs‚ decided to instead throw a rock

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    Bone Boy The best memories are with my little brother he might go crazy and throw sticks and punches but he loves me and I love him. One day it was raining cats and dogs and my parents said go play outside so we got ready to play and he said let’s run down the hill and I said sure so we were running down the hill and tripped and rolled down the hill and we hit the bottom and tried climbing up and we got up with teamwork and sticks but we got up and took showers and still thought it was fun.

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    Boy Skied I fell in love with hitting the icy cool slopes of Snow Valley the winter i turned 12 years old. I had never put myself in a life or death situation before putting everything i had worked for on the line but with the determination i had brought along with me i knew that i was going to be able to do it. When i found out that we were going to go on a ski trip i started jumping for joy as the thumps i made on the carpets were as loud as an earthquake. I geared up in a flash and prepared

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