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    * RESEARCH PROJECT- HUM332- FICTION
  * Your final research project is explained below. You must choose works included in Literature to Go. The requirements for the research paper are as follows:
  * 1. Topic: Compare and contrast a story we have read as a cla ss with one included in Chapter 10‚ “Stories for Further Reading.”
  * 2. Analyze and compare and contrast at least three important elements of the story and explain their significance to the theme of the story. The statement

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    The comparable themes in this story. The story Refrains are similar by its OK to take a chance. By taking a chance‚ you can get a high reword. Likewise get a risk. Both story’s the main charter took a gamble. The gamble is that in the stories are that the animal will find freedom‚ or get recaptured. The other gamble in the other story is that he will win the contest‚ or he will lose. From " boy’s life" the boy wanted to leave school because it was the last day of school. Before he leaves his teacher

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    Attic Day: A Short Story

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    INT. ATTIC-DAY The screen is black. After a pause of a few seconds‚ the a sliver of light appears in the distance. The ray of light grows and it turns out to be a attic door opening. A person’s head is seen silhouetted against the house behind them. A light is turned on and the attic is partially illuminated by a dim light bulb hanging from the ceiling. The person pulls himself completely into the attic. He carries a FLASHLIGHT and uses it to probe into the dark corners of the low‚ wooden room.

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    On Sunday 07/03/16 at 0506 hours I was dispatched to a suspicious circumstance at 30313 118th Ave SE in the City of Auburn‚ King Co‚ WA. Dispatch advised the reporting person‚ Jeanette Boccamazzo‚ stated a window had shattered‚ and had a hole in it that appeared to be a bullet hole. I met Boccamazzo at her residence‚ which is the above address. Boccamazzo walked me to her bedroom on the southwest corner of the residence. Boccamazzo point to a patio door‚ which was on the southeast corner or the

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    Being Prey Short Story

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    What would you do if you were to be hunted by a dangerous animal? Well‚ Val Pumwood‚ the main character in “Being Prey” was attacked by a crocodile while she was exploring a river and got caught in the main channel. However‚ Eckels the main character in “Sound of Thunder” was initially hunting a t-rex but it ended up hunting him. If you would like to know what happens next‚ keep reading. The settings of these stories are very dangerous. For example‚ in “Sound of Thunder” Eckels decided he wanted

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    Taco Man Short Story

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    On the corner of 8th and main there’s a man who sulkily shows up every day‚ rain or shine‚ with his taco stand. It was as if the man was a denizen of 8th street. Each day there is also a dog that languidly shows up‚ a cordial little pug to be exact. Each day the dog stands in front of the stand‚ just until the vulgar man chases him away and screams to him “never come back”. However it seems as though the dog is oblivious to the man’s words. Each day the dog still comes back‚ even if he was scrutinized

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    Rayer X Short Story

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    PLAYER X. START! Shattered tiles crunched beneath the soles of my shoes; the destruction of the ground was accompanied by the disheartening sign of fractured and partial columns haphazardly dotting the dreary landscape. Gaze surveying the remainder of what I considered the consequences of a ruined city‚ I noticed the emerging towers at the horizon. As far as my eyesight allowed me to view‚ decimated landmarks defaced the eerily silent entrance point. Other figures‚ many clad in a similar outfit

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    The story my team and I read and made a film out of was “Geraldo”. The story “Geraldo” is about how this girl Marin falls in love with geraldo who she met at the dance. Marin and Geraldo spend all night at the dance‚ they dance to everything‚ such as‚ cumbias‚ salsa‚ and rancheras. Little does Marin know that this would be the last night she would hear and see Geraldo. After coming out of the dance Geraldo gets hit by a car that Marin witnesses. After getting hit by a car Marin spent hours

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    Ambition In Macbeth

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    Macbeth is a play where events are shaped by ambition and madness. Discuss. Of the many William Shakespeare’s famous playwright‚ Macbeth is one that challenges characters sanity with their ambition for power. Ambition is a theme that is early established in the play where the desire for power and status consumes Macbeth upon hearing the witches’ prophecy. Lady Macbeth‚ too‚ desires for power alongside her husband. However‚ her wrongdoing overcomes her with fear and guilt‚ which strips her away

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    The Importance of Setting Setting is the psychological time or place in a story. Setting plays an important role in the success of stories. Three examples of this importance can be explained through “To Build a Fire” by Jack London and “The Cask of the Amontillado” by Edgar Allan Poe and “A Worn Path” by Eudora Welty. The settings used in these stories set the reader’s mood. A good writer’s depiction of setting puts the reader right into the story. “To Build a Fire” by Jack London takes place on

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