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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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    ever had a nightmare‚ you know just how scary they are; pounding heartbeat‚ sweating‚ wanting to wake up but you just can’t seem to do so and you are all alone with no one to call for help. Imagine having a nightmare every single night‚ that’s what is called having Nightmare Disorder. Nightmare Disorder is when one has constant nightmares which causes distress or problems‚ interfering with daytime function. Nightmare Disorder is much more intense than just having occasional nightmares. People who

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    Avilio: A Short Story

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    Avilio‚ being the serial pick pocket he is‚ manages to get the pair enough money to stay in a dinky inn on their way to the next town. The building is a sad sight‚ being nothing more than shabby wooden planks being held together by faith and strong glue. Nero is thoroughly convinced that if he sneezes hard enough‚ the building would collapse on its own. “We’d like to stay for a night. Two if possible.” An old lady with no teeth stands at the counter with a black cat on her shoulder. The cat hisses

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    through this story can be summed up in that one phrase. Throughout the story it appears the characters are unaware of their actions and how it plays into the outcomes‚ they are even oblivious to the actions of those around them. “Don’t pay much attention to what people say. Then‚ someday‚ you’ll find out what you think yourself. Try to go to what is new as innocently as you can — let the surprise of it take you first‚”(Fox‚ 37). What the reader can sense and what the characters of the story portray and

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    Reasons Behind Nightmare

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    Nightmare: A Negative Dream Most of the people of today are contented to say that nightmares are “only dreams” which they mean‚ it is just imaginary and of no consequence. They’re not worried or anything because dreams are just dreams and it won’t happen in real life. To others‚ it has been the result of the visitation of the demons and indeed‚ the word nightmare came from the Anglo-Saxon for goblin and incubus (Laberge & Rheingold‚ 1990). Some were very affected‚ scared and becomes paranoid

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    Ayala Short Stories

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    It was true. Several of the maidens and their families left the compound as soon as the food supply became scarce. Her Master had not been outside of the home in months as his appearance became increasingly unrecognizable—even to her. It made her sad to see the man she’d grown to admire succumb to such an unexplainable illness and tragedies that surpassed human limitations. Ayala always thought that one day she would marry herself a man much like her Master… someone rich‚ handsome‚ and who

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    Manuel's Love Story

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    interview with him and he was sooo....so-I´m in love Manuel! I mean it! I´m in love...“ Manuel just rolled his eyes on the other side. He didn´t sounded very excited about it. „Okay...slow down. How did that happen?“ And Thomas told him the whole story. Manuel has probably never heard him like this. He didn´t know Thomas was such a fanboy. They talked about half an hour. Okay...Thoms talked. Manuel fell asleep. - Bayern won against Frankfurt 3:1 and Mario scored a goal. Thomas really enjoyed the

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    In the Nightmare before christmas‚ the story tellers use the Hero’s spiritual death and rebirth to show that we as humans have good intentions can end up going wrong because we get so clouded by our visions of what we portray as right and forget about the people around us that we are affecting. Reason 1: He had good intentions but did not do the right thing and tried to fix a problem that was not broken. Evidence: In the beginning of the movie Jack is not content with being just the pumpkin king

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    “Bluffing” The Best All-around Story By Gail Helgason Yuke Lu What is the most terrifying things that you have ever seen in your life; what you are going to do with that; and if you are with your partner what you may do… “Bluffing” is a really fabulous story written by Gail Helgason and telling us a story about a relationship between Gabriella and Liam. They live together as a couple. Gabriella is a Biology teacher whereas Liam is a Mountain climber. The reason that I say this story is the best all-around

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    Wartime stories are often hard to tell in a narrative non-fiction piece due to the difficulties faced in said wartime conditions. Author Tim O’Brien attempts to address these issues in his novel The Things They Carried‚ which is a recollection of his war stories which are set in Vietnam. O’Brien’s method of circumventing the problems posed by relying on using imagination and invention to accurately display the truth‚ as he sees it. The concept of such can be seen in three chapters of the novel‚

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