The winds of carnival passed my room in the upper stairs of Jacks gambling den. I had woken up a few hours ago to the sound of a girl crying‚ I had looked out into the hallway to hear the noise coming from Jacks room. “Oh boy‚ what’s he doing now?” I mumbled. But those long gone tears and hurried footsteps are an hour or two gone now. The golden sun was rising right in front of me. It felt like a good day to give bad luck to gamblers. Or annoy Jack. I got off my bed and walked into the closet. My
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Goodbye Stranger- Alternate ending. An alternate ending for 8x17 Goodbye Stranger because I ship Megstiel so hard and hate how TFW didn’t even bat an eyelid when Crowley killed Meg. Pairing: Meg and Cas Word count: 774 Warnings: Kinda gory and violent. Nothing too bad though. “Go save your brother‚” Meg said to Sam‚ preparing herself for the fight she was about to face with the king of hell himself‚ “And my unicorn.” She watched as the younger of the two Winchesters
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In "Happy Endings"‚ Margaret Atwood uses satire to mock the idea that happy endings actually exist. Atwood is trying to prove the point that the ending will always be the same‚ therefore it is not important. What is important is the quest to reach the end. That reason being because no matter how a person pursues their journey to the end (rich‚ poor‚ mansion home‚ trailer home) it will never change. Atwood tells the reader not to focus on the “who” and “what”‚ but to focus on the “how” and “why” (259)
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Aspects of Postmodernism in "Happy Endings" and "Videotape" According to Neil Bessner (Bessner)‚ postmodernism is a "slippery term to define" (15). If we look at the literal meaning of the word in a regular dictionary‚ we may encounter something like "a style and movement in art [ ] in the late 20th century that reacts against modern styles‚ for example by mixing features form traditional and modern styles" . In fact‚ it has extended many of the fundamental techniques and assumptions of modern
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Alternate Endings Romeo and Juliet‚ written by William Shakespeare‚ is the story of a pair of star-crossed lovers that results in great tragedy. One may ask‚ “Why would Shakespeare choose such a tragic ending for his heroes?” Hopefully this essay will answer that very question for you. Over the years‚ Romeo and Juliet has remained one of the most popular and most studied literary works of all time. With this amount of popularity‚ hundreds‚ even thousands‚ have written alternate endings to the
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He turned to violent acts when the government banned the ANC‚ instead of giving up the fight against apartheid. Before he was imprisoned he said a speech in court. During his speech he mentioned that he was willing to die for his cause (ending apartheid)‚ this gained him respect and supporters whilst he was in prison. These supporters campaigned against apartheid for mandela whilst he was in prison. In the end the government couldn’t take any more of the struggle (due to isolation of sport
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In the alternate ending‚ the alpha male makes a butterfly-shaped smear on the glass. Neville realizes that the alpha male is identifying the woman he was experimenting on by a butterfly tattoo‚ and that the alpha male wants her back. Neville puts his gun down and returns
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in the Cuban Missle Crisis. It is absurd in today’s age to be scared of communism in Cuba when the US trades with most of Asia. Ending the embargo will only benefit both Cuba and the US economically dramatically. As a member of the US Chambers of Commerce‚ we would like to see the progress between Cuba and the US continue‚ and eventually end this absurd argument.
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An Unfitting Ending As Lockwood leaves for Thrushcross Grange in the last pages of Wuthering Heights‚ he pauses for one last look at young Catherine and Hareton who will soon marry: “ ‘It is a poor conclusion‚ is it not‚’ he observed‚ having brooded a while on the scene he had just witnessed. ‘An absurd termination to my violent exertions?” (322). The novel’s ending satisfies the dilemmas of the story‚ such as young Catherine’s future and the happiness of Heathcliff‚ and it fulfills the reader’s
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Great Gatsby Ending Journal What does the ending of this book say about the overall theme of hope? Is the failure of hopes and dreams unavoidable? What is the purpose of having hopes and dreams? This book interprets the overall theme of hope as what Gatsby had been driven by but in the end did not achieve. The green light of Daisy’s dock drove Gatsby and he believed in it. He was eluded by it in the past‚ but there was still hope that he would one day achieve his goal. This book shows how
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