the Reverend‚ his old friend‚ Scoresby‚ is only successful because he is lucky. The Reverend in the story is described as an a very strict and was intelligent when it came to the judgement of men. while Scoresby is described as a sweet‚ fool. The first person narrator that Twain choose to tell the majority of the story is ostensibly a unnamed clergyman‚ a former British army instructor. The second narrator seems to be a unreliable one‚ because he says that scoresbys success come strictly from luck
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NARRATIVE ESSAY PROMPTS [Being Unprepared] Because you have been sick‚ out of town‚ busy at work‚ or working on other homework‚ you didn ’t have as much time to study for an important test as you needed. Everyone going to school has been in this situation. Think of a specific test that you took that you felt unprepared for and narrate the events. Tell your readers about the preparation that you were able to do‚ the reasons that you didn ’t get to prepare as well as you wanted‚ taking the test
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Coming into my first quarter of college I did not know what to really expect. I was very nervous and thought to myself if I could actually be successful in college. As the quarter went on‚ yes it was difficult at times‚ but I managed to work hard and get through everything. I have had good experiences and I have had bad experiences. I have had a mixture of these experiences throughout my classes. Academically I did a relatively good job. Although most of the time I was lazy and watched netflix a
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Chapter One “It wasn’t me!” I shouted. I clenched my hands into tight fists. Why wouldn’t he understand? I almost gave in to the overwhelming urge to give him a solid punch in the face. The front room seemed to disappear. All I could see was Dad’s angry face. “Don’t you dare raise your voice at me young man!” Dad barked. He was breathing hard. We were standing so close that I could see the fine hairs on his face. I stared defiantly into his dark eyes and smiled at him. A muscle twitched in his
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to receive several messages and calls from peers back in my hometown concerning the death of one of our classmates in an automobile accident. He was a star athlete and was well-known in our tight-knit community of Woodruff‚ SC. I happened to sit beside the senior boy in my first period class each day; consequently‚ it was devastating to hear of his passing just before returning to school the very next day. The first few hours of that day revealed to me that the situation was much worse than we initially
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couldn’t concentrate on anything‚ eat‚ or sleep‚ my mind was filled with the thoughts of my grandpa and I found myself falling into a deep depression. His death impacted my life so much. His death caused me to lose many nights of
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terrible. They are trotting along‚ tiered like the rest of the group‚ but they are having no problem giving their water to those in need. For the most part the group is not scared of dying or of dehydration but they have heard of this group called the death bringers. They hunt down passing refugee groups and kill them. And if Salva ran into them the group will be no more. T main reason is that all of his men are either dead or completely exhausted so there is no one strong enough to fight them. But there
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As the first rays of sunlight streamed through my bedroom window onto my bed‚ I groaned and turned over to look at the clock. After a while of squinting towards the clock‚ I bolted out of bed towards the bathroom. 6:30‚ the numbers rang loud and clear in my head. I had to get to my soccer game in fifteen minutes! As I started to tie my shoelaces‚ still in my bedroom‚ it hit me that this was my last game along with my team. I probably was taking to long‚ because my mother yelled at me to hurry up
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to the fact that English is not my first language‚ and that I am still learning. I started to learn how to speak‚ and listen‚ and mainly write in English when I was in ninth grade. Writing has been the hardest to deal with it‚ because I have many spelling and mechanical errors and most importantly‚ how to organize an essay‚ but this changed when I took English 49 with Professor Lucero. In my first day of class‚ I was assigned to write an essay about my experience with writing. I was not completely
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Death game “I heard that our school dormitory has 21 floors.”This day after school‚ Tom mysteriously stopped Wade. “Where have the 21st floor? It is well-known that our dormitory always has only 20 layers‚ do not believe this rumor.”Wade continued walking quickly. “Whether it’s true or not‚ I would like to confirm it. Would you like to adventure with me this night?" “My feet are painful‚ so just go by yourself‚ and I still want to go to bed early!" Wade continued walking toward the dormitory. “True
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