two important parts of the story to history the first in the Headless Horseman who was a Hessian trooper and served in the American Revolution which is the base of the supernatural feeling in Sleepy Hollow. Another one is that in the original tale the Horseman turned into a skeleton and threw the person off the bridge and vanished into the tress‚ when Ichabod was in that situation the horseman would have a pumpkin thrown at him and vanish at the bridge. 3. When the story begins we can all sense
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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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The first story is the Jubilee Express. Jubilee Dougal was having the worst day of her life on Christmas Eve. First‚ her parents were put into jail after a commotion in a gallery. Second‚ she had to go to Florida to celebrate the holiday with her grandparents - which means she won’t be seeing Noah for their anniversary. Noah is the perfect boyfriend‚ Jubilee thought. Aside from being good looking‚ he is an athlete‚ mathlete‚ school government bigwig- the kind of person you think must only date
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times they were‚ when she would stride through that creaky‚ rustic door with a grin so cheerful‚ that it would light the whole room. Pulling back the chair‚ she would sit down and write optimistic tales. She would compose stories of princes and princesses and happily ever afters. Stories of daddies coming home from the war and being reunited with their families. However‚ along with the joyful times‚ there were also dreary times. Times when Michelle would walk through that door with a shadowy cloud looming
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Assignment 1: Best Short-Short Story The short-short story “Mericans” by Sandra Cisneros is the best one amongst all the stories. “Mericans” is not as long as the other stories; moreover‚ the way this story is told makes it easy and enjoyable to read. Everyone pays more attention when a child speaks even if they are ranting about something not so important. The tone in which “Mericans” is narrated‚ the style Sandra uses‚ the point of view the reader is given‚ and the theme of the story makes “Mericans”
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In the short span of two weeks‚ Cynthia’s done things she knows she’ll never talk about to anyone and after the incident in an abandoned barn four nights ago‚ the kids have both gone mute. Charlie refuses to let anyone but Danny touch her and Angela’s empty eyes
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Narcissa Malfoy had been shocked to receive an invitation to spend the summer with Prince Loki’s family. Even more so after what happened with her husband at Hogwarts. Though she was upset with what happened during that battle and the humiliation it brought her family Narcissa wasn’t about to let a chance to be the acquaintance of Prince Loki and his family go to waste. "Narcissa‚ Draco. Welcome to the Avenger tower‚" Loki greeted as he stepped out of the lift. "Prince Loki‚" Nacrissa bowed‚ "We
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it”. The theme of survival is represented in “Adarsh”‚ a short story by a Mauritian author Mr Videsh Somanah Achadoo. “Adarsh” is a young boy of aged sixteen. He is in love with a girl of same age named Antoinette. One day Antoinette told him that she was asked out by a rich guy of 21 years named Ricardo Wilson. Adarsh got drunk with a group of elder boys. There‚ he saw Richard Wilson and fought with him out of jealousy. In this short story the protagonist wants to survive his past “Oh‚ how he
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One old man identified me. He recognised me as Baldev. At that time first Raghu came to know my original name. People wanted to know that how I survived from the sea. I understood that still they had believed that I sank in the sea. Raghu told a story as we planned before. The villagers believed that a monk rescued me and After‚initiation I also became a monk.” Jagan stopped “What about your mother and brother?” I anxiously asked. Jagan was silent. After‚almost a minute or two he broke
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What Makes a Good Short Story and How Successful is R.K. Narayan in Portraying the Character of Swami in the Short Story ‘A Hero’? Nadine Gordimer – ‘Short story writers see by the light of the flash; theirs is the art of the only thing we can be sure of – the present moment.’ This is a quote from short story writer Nadine Gordimer; referring to how the art of short story writing is to get straight to the point and write everything as it is. This is an art and those who cannot perfect it should
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