I walked on briskly‚ trying not to look back. Somebody was following me. I could feel it. I continued to walk‚ counting my steps‚ making sure I didn’t step on any cracks; believe me‚ I’m not the superstitious kind‚ but‚ yet‚ I felt wary. Splat. A raindrop landed right on my nose and it dripped down my face. I hated the rain‚ every drop on your head feels like an egg that is being smashed on your face. I wiped the rain of my glasses with my gloves. One step‚ two steps‚ three steps. I stopped
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“Meeting at Night” by Robert Browning The theme of this poem by Robert Browning‚ ”Meeting at Night”‚ is that to find true love‚ one will endure tough times before finding the right person. The narrator describes his journey along the beach to arrive at a place where he finds love. The speaker goes through an enchanting adventure and in the end‚ finds true love like in a Disney movie. Browning’s use of imagery and personification made the poem easy to understand and enjoyable to read. In each stanza
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Nights in Rodanthe‚ a romance fiction novel‚ is written by Nicholas Sparks‚ published by Vision‚ Hachette Book Group of USA‚ in June 2003‚ and copyrighted 2002 by Nickolas Sparks. Nicholas Spark is an American novelist‚ screenwriter and producer who is well-known for his romantic stories. Sparks’ string of New York Times bestsellers includes: A Walk to Remember‚ Message in a Bottle‚ The Rescue‚ A Bend in the Road‚ Nights in Rodanthe‚ The Guardian‚ The Wedding‚ True Believer and its sequel‚ At First
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The stormy night The gray clouds had been threatening to rain all day‚ but it was only as she left work that it started to rain. The past few days had been horrible. She didn’t get a promotion at work and the only things she did gain were more hours and late nights. When she left the office‚ it was pouring like it never had before. She got into the car and left‚ the thought of kicking off her shoes and watching TV more inviting than ever. As she drove‚ the sight of a huge car behind her caught
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William Shakespeare’s multidimensional comedy Twelfth Night dismantles and obliterates socially constructed limitations regarding biological and assumed gender and identity‚ thus emphasising that nothing is certain‚ rather‚ a matter of perspective. The reader to an emphatic extent becomes an integral part of the way language forms and shapes the reality of the play. Therefore‚ language instructs initial perceptions and the foundational reality of the reader but not final perceptions and ultimate
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Of The Night can be read as a mystery story for few people‚ but others would simply read it as an underlying racial issue. In general opinion‚ this novel is both a mystery story and an underlying racial issue. These statements will be discussed in details: When local police officer Sam Wood found Virgil Tibbs waiting for the train‚ he swiftly takes him into custody where he was questioned about a murder. The mystery is shown by the literary point of view used in In the Heat of the Night. The novel
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January 31‚ 2012 Casey Key Beach Day and Night The beach is filled with sun kissed tans‚ buckets and shovels under the warmth of the sunlight‚ while the moonlight brings out the belly dancers‚ hula hoops and drums. The sound of crashing waves‚ the smell of the sea air‚ and fine sand felt between your toes are some of the things night and day time life at Casey Key Beach have in common. During the day you can find beachgoers slathering on that SPF 30‚ putting up their umbrellas‚ and kicking
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The night was dark. The sky was only lit by a full moon and a few faint stars. I was sitting quietly in my basement with my sister and two of our friends‚ Danny and Heather. We were all feeling rather bored. I came up with the idea to go get my Ouija board from my room. I told everyone‚ "I’ll be back in a minute." I ran upstairs to my room‚ grabbed the Ouija board from under my bed‚ and quickly ran back down to the basement. I set the board up and got the oracle out. Everyone had this odd look on
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Sahr Kondokwi Professor Nancy Brewer English 1100-141 21 October‚ 2013 A Night to Remember Our past experiences are what make us the person we are today. We are all from different backgrounds‚ cultures‚ religions‚ traditions and therefore we all have different personalities‚ thoughts‚ and opinions on certain issues. It’s what leads us to how we react in certain situations and what we want to do in our futures: what we are passionate about. All these things stem from where we came from. Being
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destiny? The gender roles again are interesting in Twelfth Night because of the cross-dressing that occurs. Viola is a woman who dresses as Cesario‚ a man‚ yet Olivia is madly in love with her. What stands out in the Twelfth Night is how acceptable this love between Olivia and Viola (Cesario) is‚ yet Antonio’s homosexual love for Sebastian is socially unacceptable. Like in Marie de France‚ tokens are used as symbols of love in the Twelfth Night as well. Olivia sends Cesario (Viola) a ring when she
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