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    Sky Theatre: The changes The short story "Sky theatre"‚ written by the contemporary African-American artist and author‚ Deborah Willis‚ illustrates the changing inside an adolescent girl [Caitlin]. By narrating the experience happened in the life of Caitlin with a first person point of view‚ the author shows us that the affairs of the world are inconstant and nothing good can be possessed eternally. In this story‚ there are two essential characters‚ Caitlin and Mary‚ who lead and help develop

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    A Gap of Sky

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    A Gap of Sky “A Gap of Sky” is a short story written by Anna Hope in 2008. The short story takes place in London‚ where we see a day from the perspective of our main-character‚ Ellie‚ where she has to make an essay due to Tuesday morning. Ellie is a teenage girl‚ she is nineteen years old‚ and studies at University College London‚ or just known as UCL. Ellie seems like a typical nineteen years old teenager. She sleeps in‚ waits until the last minute to finish her paper and she likes to party

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    A Gap of Sky

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    A Gap of Sky The short story written by Anna Hope is about a girl called Ellie. Her life is a typical dysphoric student’s chaos‚ dominated by drugs‚ anticipant parents and a distracting identity crisis. There are several themes that concern the story‚ and I shall now review some of them. As my aforementioned statement points out‚ identity crisis is an essential issue throughout the story. Her mind lies in a dilemma between either to follow her desires‚ or the expectations which are upon her

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    Horseman In The Sky

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    In Ambrose Bierce’s short story‚ “Horseman in the Sky‚” the main character is Carter Druse. He is a young soldier who must fight inside and outside conflicts. The country is divided between the north and south. Druse and his father were also on opposite sides of the war issue. The story shows the kind of internal conflict‚ motivation‚ speech‚ and actions that Carter Druse experiences throughout the story. The internal conflict that Carter Druse must face involves making the right decision.

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    The Sky Is the Limit

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    Mauldin1 Ashleigh Mauldin ENG 1010 Mrs. Fox 31 August 2013 The Sky is the Limit In the art of color guard‚ there are many different tosses that can be used to suit the need for visual aid in a show. Each toss has a different look‚ style‚ and even difficulty range; however‚ if you can master the mechanics of one simple toss‚ you can master the toughest toss out there. All you need to do is know the structure and parts of the flag‚ learn the mechanics needed‚ and grow strong in the art of tossing

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    Rock Point camp is a beautiful place. A white shelled yellow sandy beach‚ taking up most of the camp. This beach has sparkling dark blue water‚ swaying back and forth with force carrying dark green soft seaweed with it. There is a fossil area on the corner of the beach‚ and massive flat rocks with animals engraved into its grayness‚ you will see scaly orange fish with only sockets and no eyes laying on these rocks with fly’s hovering over them in circles‚ as if they are guarding the dead corpses

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    In Dandelion Wine‚ Ray Bradbury uses a vast variety of rhetorical devices to emphasize Douglas imagination. The author describes his living area and the wonders he see’s. In lines 18-19 the writer highlights the "swarming seas of oak and maple." In the quote Bradbury imply that these trees resembles the swooshing;whirl wind sound that emits from rapid seas. The author states that when he said "swarming is being used to insinuate that the seas are vigorous‚ viscous and violent. Halfway to the passage

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    The cool breeze hits my face as I am sitting underneath a wood topped gazebo. This square designed structure makes me feel as if I am inside. The sun is peaking through with limited sunlight due to the soaring trees overhead. This space has an X shaped side walk cutting through a garden. The garden makes it feel very peaceful‚ but yet there is still commotion going on with students walking to class. People interact with this space in several ways. I see people sitting on benches enjoying the beautiful

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    Angel-Personal Narrative

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    Dear Journal‚ Today is September 20‚ 2030. I woke up in this strange and desolate place.  The last thing I remembered before waking up was seeing my husband‚ Anthony‚ and my son‚ Angel. We were boarding a spaceship to the moon‚ the last spaceship‚ because Earth is no longer suitable for life. I heard the moon was wonderful and full of life‚ well at least that is what the government says‚ unlike Earth which is now dead and looks like a giant dumpster. I looked all around this place searching for

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    Raynar Alternate Ending

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    Raynar walked through a moonlit grove hidden deep in the mountains of Asura. Asura was a beautiful land filled with mystical beings of every shape and size. Humans lived in Asura too‚ but most possessed little to no magic. In Raynar’s case he was a young wizard of nineteen. He was tall with a naturally tanned skin and finely toned muscles. His eyes were a mesmerizing azure color with hair a dark red that was always in the form of spikes that shot in every direction possible. This was a result of

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