Detective Warren Gallagher arrived at the Santa Monica pier a little after eight that morning. He was feeling rather lively because last night his girlfriend Amanda had agreed to become his fiancé‚ and because the barista at Cultivar Coffee Bar had given him an extra shot of espresso on the house. It’s wasn’t every day that he got to report to his job as a crime scene detective looking forward to the day that lay ahead of him. As he stepped out of his Subaru and began to walk up the boardwalk his
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Welcome to New York [and you can want who you want boys and boys and girls and girls] Sansa hated the busy streets of New York City. After a long day‚ there was nothing she appreciated more than a hot cup of tea (preferably the strawberry oolong that Joff bought for her twentieth name day) and absolute silence. Her sister’s frequent visits made sure to ruin that‚ and the incessant honks and beeps from the streets below their building didn’t help. And the worst part about the Big Apple? The Subway
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never to rely on anyone else but myself for happiness or anything of the sort. However‚ I made one mistake that summer and it never went away. The people in my new group of friends I had started bullying me about it. It started with a few choice words for me every time they saw me‚ then it moved to texts they would send me‚ to pictures they would photo shop me into‚ and then it moved to twitter. I remember one night in particular to this day that stood out the most. I remember it so well because
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A Move to a Better Life I always ask the question to myself‚ what would come of me if I would have stayed and lived in my “hometown”‚ the city of Long Beach for the entirety of my juvenile life. The populated city is north of San Diego and about twenty miles south of the city of Los Angeles. Common in most towns or cities anywhere in the world‚ there is what’s known as a friendly side of town and a bad‚ sketchy‚ or ghetto side of town. In Long Beach it is no different with it having a well-known
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Luis Hernandez English 3A Period 5 9/28/12 When someone describes their selves they usually say a ton of words that best fit them. Although many words help describe a person sometimes just one word is enough. The word that would best describe me I think would be pursuer. One thing that makes me a pursuer is my family‚ they raised me to never give up on my dreams and I want to do achieve my goals to give back to them. Along with that another reason is I am a pursuer because I try hard for
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galleons. He knew he couldn’t take money for a date he had enjoyed‚ especially when he had slept with said date. Remus was the first the notice Sirius’ strange behavior. Genuinely concerned as to why his most outspoken friend was suddenly lost for words “Sirius‚ did she hex you?”James and Peter laughed at this. “She’s a Muggle remember. She wouldn’t have been able to hex me.” Sirius responded listlessly. Sirius couldn’t stand staring at the money is his hand another second “James I can’t take this
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Betrayal of Freedom Here I am again; working for another rich family to do their labour. I hate having no freedom. I have been owned by different rich families ever since I was born. I am now 16‚ 17 in a month‚ I think. I kind of lose track. I never met my parents. They were slaves for other folks so I guess I won’t ever get to meet them. I don’t get jealous of the rich families though. They got no respect; the young spoilt‚ spiteful children treat me like a piece of shit on their shoe. I can’t do
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Shaking his head‚ Steve quickly glancing around. "What happened?" He asks‚ trying to pull his throbbing arms down to his side. Unable to move them‚ he looks up to find his hands were tied together above his head. Tracing the rope with his eyes‚ he sees it’s looped around a hook hanging down from a small ceiling rafter. Steve tried to wiggle free‚ but soon realizes the restraints tighten with every movement. Using all of his weight‚ he pulls down on the ropes‚ hoping he could break the small ceiling
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uses many different symbols throughout his short story to present the overall theme of suffering to the reader. He uses symbols such as music‚ characters facial expressions and the presence of ice‚ light and darkness. In the very beginning of the story when the narrator is reading the paper and he comes across the news of his brother‚ Sonny‚ he says‚ “A great block of ice got settled in my belly and kept melting there slowly all day long”. (Baldwin 600) He also says “…it was a special kind of ice
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Hanging by a thread “Alexa Mackenzie…the name known to all in our neighborhood. You galvanize our denizens that induce a jealousy in my heart‚ you bees knees! “Good Bellings finally assented after denying the same point for weeks in utter envy. I placed the teacup after drinking the rest of it. “I have been singing your praises and there you are decoding an antiquated Latin text!” She hollered. “Bell‚ you comprehend the fact that I detest being showered with praises‚ don’t you?” I threw a rhetorical
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