You begin this story infront of an worn warehouse. You all have received an unmarked summons‚ each giving a different reason to be there(your choice). Your group comes from all walks of life but one thing you have in common is The Hatters. All of you are members of the rebel faction trying to over throw Mundo Corp. and Lucious Pandora. And here you are unaware of what awaits you in the near future. The victory‚ the loot‚ the loss‚ the heartbreak‚ and your inevitable defeat. In side the warehouse
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Book Report Michele Janz The Shack The Shack‚ written by William P. Young‚ is a fictional Christian story written in an autobiographical narrative. The title of the book is a metaphor for “the house you build out of your own pain”‚ as the author explained in an interview with radio talk show host‚ Drew Marshall. The Shack "is a metaphor for the places you get stuck‚ you get hurt‚ you get damaged...the thing where shame or hurt is centered‚ it is the “icon of Mack’s deepest pain.”
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proceedings. Parris insists that they may find the source of all the community’s troubles‚ but she leaves anyway. Giles asks Hale what reading strange books means because he often finds his wife‚ Martha‚ reading books. The night before‚ he tried to pray but found that he could not succeed until Martha closed her book and left the house. (Giles has a bad reputation in Salem‚ and people generally blame him for thefts and random fires. He cares little for public opinion‚ and he only began attending
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In his article‚ Stronk ultimately suggests that Ctesias’ writing is a creative narration of history. He claims that “all [Ctesias] wanted was to compose a plausible and interesting narrative” (Stronk 41). He then states that “Ctesias ‘reworks’ historical facts and thus transforms various occurrences into his version of the truth. In [Ctesias’] work history has merely become a part of the plot. What happened or what was said to have happened or even what could have happened and never happened at all
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It is no secret that technology has had an immense impact on modern society with regard to connectivity. In just the last decade social networking sites have become the norm in everyday activities. Nearly everyone is already on a social networking site‚ Facebook alone has one billion users‚ about 1/7 of the world’s total population. Even without social networking‚ people are still interconnected through texting and video chat. If someone goes abroad for a business trip‚ they will have never really
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In this poem MacCaig portrays beautiful yet unusual images and an admiration of nature and many of its qualities. Small and normal parts of nature are hyperbolized with the use of paradoxical similes‚ language and imagery. One of the main qualities‚ which the speaker seems to admire‚ is the tranquility and sedateness of nature and just being in nature. He lies carefree “in the cool‚ soft grass” as he watches nature take its course. While watching nature operate he is also “not thinking”‚ suggesting
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In the article Classic Maya Bloodletting and the Cultural Evolution of Religious Rituals: Quantifying Patterns of Variation in Hieroglyphic Texts‚ readers learn about bloodletting and religious rituals‚ how they came about in the classic Maya‚ and the different patterns showing different regions partaking in these religious rituals through hieroglyphs. Bloodletting in the Maya lowlands was something that was seen in various forms such as social integration and political legitimacy‚ as expressed in
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1. A&P is a short story in which the young character‚ Sammy quits his job at the supermarket because the manager embarrassed three girls and learns how messed up the world really is. Most of the action in the story takes place in this supermarket where Sammy stands at his cash register on a summer afternoon watching three girls dressed in nothing but bathing suits‚ wander the store in search of a jar of “Fancy Herring Snacks in Pure Sour Cream.” By the time the three girls reach his checkout stand
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Philip K. Dick is one of the best writers of the 20th century. He has written numerous stories and essays‚ most fiction‚ each with a plot that captivates the reader and takes them through a wild adventure‚ each different from the last and by the end of his books the reader craves more of his works. This author has written some of the best book in the 20th century. One of these works is “Paycheck”‚ which is also one of his most famous pieces of literature. In “Paycheck”‚ Dick uses the plot to make
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This nine weeks I read Sisters by Raina Telgemeier it was a relatable graphic novel about the life of a girl and her sister and it’s really funny and highlights the true parts of having a sister. This novel is about 100 pages long. I read this book because the name and the cover grabbed my attention. My story mainly takes place in their family car on a road trip from California to Colorado. It is recent but does not give a spasic date. The characters are all young when the book took place. There
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