I live my days on a cold and gloomy swamp that lies on the edge of King Hrothgar’s kingdom. This is my home‚ the only place I feel safe. My father and I have been persecuted our entire lives by the people of the kingdom. They give us trouble because we are the descendents of Cain‚ the first human to commit murder‚ who killed his brother Abel. The citizens describe us as hideous‚ ruthless‚ clawed monsters. The king was disgusted with my father so much that he had him executed‚ twelve long years ago
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president of the Syracuse University Hammerheads. Almost every day of undergrad life involved daily work dedicated to keeping the club moving in the right direction. We had weekly team and officer meetings‚ daily practices‚ and what felt like an endless stream of paper work. All the work paid off to see how far our team came in just a few years with us improving our record each year and eventually winning the New York State Rugby Conference my senior year. It wasn’t only what rugby did for me on the field
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The skies were painted into a blend of rosy pink to salmon orange. I admired the natural beauty in awe as the calm breeze caressed my face gently. After taking in some fresh air‚ I cleaned up and dressed up for the day and went downstairs. My father was reading the newspapers one Sunday morning. We were having our breakfast when suddenly‚ there was a loud explosion coming from the building opposite us. Out of curiosity‚ I went over to the window to see what was happening. I realized that
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don’t want to put in the effort to achieve it. In my lifetime I have had many instances of trying to achieve a goal. Although a seemingly minor moment‚ the day I started working out‚ actually made me for the first time want to go through the hardships of actually accomplishing a goal. I became that person who lifted those heavy ass weights. As I opened the door to the gym I tried to hide from my gym buddy Ivan the anxiousness engulfing throughout my body. I knew he would not understand how I was feeling
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Personal Narrative Essay In my life‚ I had to make some life changing choices; the hardest was when I decided to move. I had to consider a number of things: whether I wanted to leave my home town. I had several reasons that brought me to not wanting to live the rest of my life where I grew up‚ I had to decide restarting my life somewhere else would be the best decision. Parsons‚ Kansas‚ the place I were born and raised. I had been out of town before and went
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-1Crystal D. Dozier Narrative Essay November 13‚ 2007 Word count: 809 My Little Blessings Children have a tendency to bring out the very best in people. I can say I have been fortunate to have four little blessings of my own. I consider each of them as a blessing and each day I am reminded of how much they mean to me. My children have brought out the best in me--parts that I never knew existed. As children grow‚ so do parents. I have evolved into a better person with the courage to overcome
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Tavish McLean Narrative essay The Time I Broke My Collarbone One day I was with Kaine and Theron. We were fourth graders at the time. We were walking to Rods and I had my bike. We have always looked at this gap but we have never jumped it. The gap was like 4 feet long but it was a drop off. There was a creek in the middle‚ so it made it bigger. The other side was 3 feet lower then where I jumped from. It was big at the time. I was feeling good that day. I asked my friends if I should jump it
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with Bobby the rock. It all started one not so sunny day‚ when I went to youth group. My grandma picked Abby and me up‚ and took us to youth group. We waited for everyone to show up‚ then we sat around and talked like a bunch of hyenas. Then my uncle (youth pastor) told us which car or van to go in‚we drove to the foam pit place‚ and talked about some random stuff.We were going to some place with a pit filled with foam cubes. When we got there my uncle told us that before we go inside‚ we would talk
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dinner with my friends but then there wasn’t anyone to babysit my baby sister or my brother. Then all of a sudden my mom said I can’t hang out‚ because there is no one that could take care of them‚ I was mad and disappointed at her because she didn’t even let me out that whole week. Few hours later my mom left and left me a list of things I needed to know about babysitting. Once my baby sister and my brother ate I wanted to watch Netflix‚ my brother said "hey can I go outside with my friends I said
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to have my very first job. Signing up for the course‚ I was aware that this was not like any other entry job. If I got distracted‚ someone’s life could be lost. The responsibility I had was not just to my boss‚ it was to the people I was watching. The whole summer went by without a hitch‚ until the second to last day before the pool closed for the season. That day a nine year old boy started having a seizure in the water. Lifeguards have to go through twenty-four hours of training. In my mind‚ i
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