the game itself and how effective or non-effective it was. Listed below are those evaluations. The first game my group played was called Long Story Short. It was a game that consisted of five players‚ each with white boards and dry erase markers. The object of the game was to finish the story that the selected judge had read to us. We had to complete the story using either a text message‚ tweet‚ comic strip‚ or a headline. Based upon whatever number the judge rolled on the dice. This game gives off
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“Blackberries in June‚” that title to me means easy picking‚ that Jamie and Matt managed to pick all the sweet blackberries from the bush(that’s my opinion of the title). In this short story everyone thinks that Jamie and Matt have it easy and everything has been handed to them. The reason for this is because their going on the course of being successful in life early instead of later in life. Honestly‚ though they worked hard for everything they have. Both working at minimum wage jobs. Jamie as
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Two Europeans besieged Ikuseghan and stab him with their musket’s knife. Ikuseghan jammed both of his knifes into the European’s skull. As the battle raged on‚ Ikuseghan suffered more and more injuries. Barely standing‚ he rammed his knifes into Europeans necks. After that‚ the slaves had an advantage and soon killed all the Europeans. Ikuseghan dropped to the ground and looked at the sky‚ whispering
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The Face of Evil Doesn’t Always Look the Part The short story “Where are You Going‚ Where Have You Been?” by Joyce Carol Oates‚ and its adaptation Smooth Talk by Joyce Chopra both portray Arnold Friend as evil. Although he appears very differently in both texts‚ his intentions are the same and eventually gets Connie out of that house. In the movie‚ Joyce Chopra is trying to tell the audience who has read the story that evil comes in all different shapes and sizes through her casting of Treat
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access to all of the Stones’ possessions‚ the Millers develop an abnormal obsession with the alternate lifestyle. They constantly find themselves eager to feed the cat and satisfy their curiosities as to the contents of the Stones’ apartment. The story closes as the Millers are locked out of the apartment that they adore so much. The Millers find themselves longing to be with the possessions that are so close yet so far from their grasp. The reader feels the emotions of this grief stricken couple
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The short story “Scarlet Ibis” by James Hurt First of all Doodle may be crippled but he is always mentally dynamic throughout the story. ”Of course‚ I was old enough to know this wouldn’t work out‚ but the picture he painted was so beautiful and serene that all I could do was whisper Yes‚ yes.” He has a huge imagination and the stories he makes up amazes everyone mostly because they don’t expect anything from him as he is physically different. “Although his brother is a realist even he enjoys
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Montaque 1 English 1102 Ms. Parks 18 February 2014 A Worn Path Eudora Welty’s short story "A Worn Path" takes place on an early December morning which deals with a very elderly and frail black woman‚ Phoenix; and the hardships inherent in her life. Phoenix Jackson is the main character‚ she is characterized as a strong poor elderly woman because of her appearance‚ personality and determination. For example‚ the narrator states‚ that Phoenix wore “a dark striped dress reaching down to her
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theme‚ creating a story around it in order to develop and reveal it. The plot shows how two people might come to be fighting over something precious to both of them and that the thing they care about‚ in this case a baby‚ may come to be frightened‚ injured‚ or killed by their refusal to put selfishness aside in
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In Willa Cather’s short story Paul’s Case we learn of a young man who is fighting what he fears most: to be as common and plain as his world around him. How others perceive Paul only encourages him to fulfill his dream of escaping his monotonous lifestyle. Paul feels he is drowning in his everyday environment and his only breath of air is his savior: the theater. Paul has very little interest in his class studies. This leaves him open to distraction and eventually criticism. Although Paul’s
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Short Story Analysis: ‘Cat in the Rain’ Summary It is about an American couple that spends their holidays in an Italian hotel. It is a rainy day and the American woman sees a cat in the rain‚ which she wants to protect from the raindrops. When she goes out of the hotel‚ which is kept by an old Italian who really seems to do everything to please that woman‚ and wants to get the cat‚ it is gone. After returning to the hotel room‚ she starts a conversation with her husband George‚ who is reading
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