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    Oaks: A Short Story

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    them with warm affection in her tranquil eyes. The she-cat smiled before dipping her head to slide out of the make-shift den. She paused for a moment‚ waiting for her eyes to adjust to the inviting sunshine on greenleaf. The pale she-cat broken into a run‚ taking in the freshness of the air and winds of the forest she had been apart from for so long. At last‚ she was back. She felt free‚ and afraid. Somewhere within the forest‚ was the cat she had once fled from. Despite her return‚ she knew she

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    Short Story Analysis

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    Jessica Gonzales ENGL 1301 Short Story Analysis First Confession In the story of “First Confession” Frank O’Connor has us look at the story from the boy‚ Jackie’s‚ point of view. Jackie is a seven year-old boy who must go to make his first confession before he can take his first communion. The story takes places in various settings that include Jackie’s house‚ Jackie’s school where Mrs. Ryan would come and give her warnings against hell to the children‚ the Chapel where Jackie and Nora have

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    Short Story Explication

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    Short Story Explication What Would You Think About In Your Final Moment? One’s final moments often leave many questions. “What will my final thoughts be?” or “What would my final statement to the world be?” Reflections on death are often avoided because death can be terrifying but‚ if forced to think about it‚ what would you do in the final moments of your life? The author of An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge‚ Ambrose Bierce‚ wants the reader to focus on his or her final moments and how they

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    Valentino Setting Analysis Of “The story of an Hour” “The Story of an Hour” is a story about a woman‚ Mrs. Mallard‚ who comes to find that her beloved husband Brently Mallard was killed in a railroad incident. She mourns of his death in a different way than most would and tries to find a way to get over it. There is a drastic twist to the story when through the front door walks Brently Mallard who had actually not died. Then Mrs. Mallard drops to the floor dead‚ “of joy that kills”. (The Story of an

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    poorly constructed clan‚ where every cat holds a lie and a secret. Stop being a paranoid elder and open your eyes! There is a bounty of cracks in this clan that you don’t even realize them for the simple fact that you can’t focus on your own family! Why are you having relationships with she-cats from other clans? How does this even remotely aid in Darkclan’s survival?" I vented in return‚ shocked at his fanatical accusation‚ implying that I was a power hungry cat who yearned to destroy

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    inescapable enigma that drapes him and everything he’s ever lived through: it’s nimbostratus veiling his heart. He can’t see through it‚ and he can’t feel anything through it but acquiesce dejection through it. He blamed himself. Soft‚ silvery rain falls from a gunmetal sky so densely that my lungs cave in. Gravelly ground greets his face before he can reach his next step‚

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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 analysis

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    Canada is surrounded by the Arctic ocean to the north‚ the Labrador Sea and Atlantic ocean to the east‚ the United States to the south‚ and the Pacific ocean to the west. 2. In Wilderness Tips‚ Margaret Atwood incorporates various themes in her story. Family plays a big role because the characters are all related; there are three sisters‚ a brother‚ and one of the sister’s husbands. The sisters‚ Pamela‚ Prue‚ and Portia‚ have alliterative names. Atwood writes‚ “It was the mother (Prue explained)

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    Memoirs: A Short Story

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    soft skin rubs against me .The cinnamon apple scent filling the room relaxing me‚as the birds chirp away singing their songs.The blaring t.v. drawing me in.As I see a a bright light catching my eye‚but I ignore it I can hear my mom snickering as our cat sneaks behind us.My exososted sister lying on the couch while her drool wets the side of the couch where her cheek is laying My dance pictures:Right as I sit on the cold white ladder.The glossy white floor catches my eye.My mom gave me a sweet

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    History of Short Story

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    The Short Story History: as a form dates back to the oral tradition of the tale written tales emerge in poetic forms - Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales Boccaccio’s Decameron (1351-1353) often cited as the precursor of the short story form‚ as is the French translation of The Thousand and One Nights (1704) short story really begins to emerge as a form in the 19th century Grimm’s Fairy Tales (1824-1826) an early collection of folk stories that paved the way for the development of the genre of short

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