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    Short Story Essay

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    Writers use techniques to position the audience to compare the responses of the characters to convey the guilt and innocence. In ‘The Lottery’ by Shirley Jackson and ‘The Wife’s Story’ by Ursula Le Guin‚ both authors use situational irony‚ point of view and setting to carry the innocence of the characters to the readers‚ displaying the emotions being exposed. Both authors have used situational irony in their texts to lead the readers to an unexpected ending and to display the innocence and or

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    Short Story Of Genesis

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    Genesis Begins with two accounts of creation. In the creation stories God creates the world in 6 days and sets the 7th aside as a Sabbath to keep holy as a day of rest. He creates a man and a woman named Adam and Eve. He places them in a place called The Garden of Eden along with all the other Creatures that he has created‚ however he places them with dominion over the other creatures. In this Garden there was a tree called the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. God instructed Adam and Eve to not

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    Halloween Short Stories

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    Aunt Adeline‚ Ava‚ the man – strangely by the name of Dimitri Viavondachi… Mama. The gap between the last step and the molten coloured dusty earth‚ was wide and as big as the fissure of weariness‚ agony‚ and hurt‚ swirling deep in the empty depths. Ten years‚ and I had lived on a cloud of lies‚ as each day had passed‚ I had turned with a sense of direction – a future. Now all there had been was shattered‚ like a mirror on the very eve of Halloween. Living in the shell of innocence‚ cocooned around

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    Dystopian Short Story

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    Going back would mean a severe beating‚ and my back would be even more marked up than it already is. No‚ I need to have this planned out carefully before I leave. I will travel only at night‚ and hide during the day. I must make no mistakes. My future is at stake. I can’t take being cramped in this cold crowded hut with ten… no‚ nine‚ now Mikey has been hung out the back. They will celebrate and burn his body later. He got hung for swearing in front of one of the kids. The ironic thing is the kid

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    Maymont: A Short Story

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    stepping stones that’ll take me out into the water. Hopping from stone to stone‚ I make my way closer to the family of geese. Finally I get close enough to take a good look at the culprit ‚and to my surprise it was a goldfish except this goldfish was ten times bigger than anyone I’ve seen. Soon I realized this wasn’t a goldfish but a Koi fish; he was even bigger up close. I wasn’t sure if they are omnivores‚ but they could have easily swallowed one of the baby geese whole. Thankfully the momma goose

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    Adoption: A Short Story

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    filling out the papers‚ and paying the fee‚ we took Bobo to the grooming salon inside the store. “For ten dollar extra‚” the groomer said‚ “We will trim his nails‚ bathed‚ groomed‚ him and be ready to go in about an hour and a half." “Otherwise‚" he said. "It might take up to three hours.” As we walked to the Bakery to get lunch my wife asked‚ “I wonder how often he pulls that‚ ‘For an extra ten dollars scam.’” That worked out great it will give us time to eat lunch and buy the things we will

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    The Muusky: A Short Story

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    BAM! The crowd roared after I did this‚ I just hit my first single of my career‚ and not the only time I will get another one. It felt musky while I hit it‚ and it was beginning to get cloudy in the distance as well. My friends Trevor‚ Collin‚ Evan‚ Andrew‚ and Michael congratulated me once I got into the dug-out. At the time I was only seven years old. I always remind myself that I have to work for things in order to accomplish things. I was mesmerized that I actually hit it‚ at first I just tried

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    Pangu: A Short Story

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    Pangu saw what had happened and he was pleased. But he feared that heaven and earth might meld together again‚ so he placed himself between them‚ his head holding up the sky and his feet firmly upon the earth. Pangu continued to grow at a rate of ten feet a day for 18‚000 years‚ so increasing the distance between heaven and earth‚ until they seemed fixed and secure‚ 30‚000 miles apart. Now exhausted‚ Pangu went back to sleep and never woke up.

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    Scary Short Stories

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    "Warning this story comes with a curse ‚listening to the end will give you the curse.” Mary was a girl who loved to be scared and October was her favorite time of the year ‚because her school had a scary story club after school‚ on Halloween a new boy wanted to speak ‚his name was Chris‚ Mary saw him but never talked to him .he went up to the stage ‚and he began to talk and as he talked the room seemed to get darker and colder ‚and then he yelled “and there” ‚and he held up a mirror scaring everybody

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    The Road Short Story

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    This is a story about loss‚ about being different‚ and about the world’s many evils. This story will fable heroes who learn to summon unwavering courage in times of unimaginable adversity. This is a story about sacrifice and the willingness to oppose bitterness and hatred in honor of the greater good. This story will highlight the devastation that corrupt governments leave in their wake. The characters in this story will undergo tests‚ trials‚ and imperfections that may seem large scale‚ but ultimately

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