Summer to me is the season of fun; the season where kids get to be outside play all day long because the day is illuminated by the sun almost until eight at night. I got to play all day and it was even better when my cousins came over‚ I especially enjoyed this season when I was little. I have four other cousins that are about my age so you can imagine how chaotic it was with six kids from ages six to ten years old being together. As all kids we looked for adventure with our imagination‚ we invented
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“Searching for Summer‚” by Joan Aiken‚ is an account of two newlywed people in search of something magical. The Sun. Most likely taking place somewhere in the future‚ the story tells of how our protagonists journey south through England in search of sunlight. The story begins on the wedding day of Tom and Lily. In England‚ the sky is always a gloomy‚ dull grey. An eternal cloud hovers over England‚ and possibly the world. Caused by the waste from bombs‚ it has existed since a time before the protagonists
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A brief History of Ann Summers 1970’s 4 sex shops in London aimed at men clinical white closeted spaces. 1980’s 3 shops closed and 1981 party planners recruited all women 500 of them. 1990’s Ann summers went back into storefront retailing again. In the 2000’s early on Knickerbox was acquired and this added 26 stores in the high street. Web based online retailing and retail is now the biggest part of the Ann Summers Business (1). The change started when Jackie Gold (one of the owners daughters) took
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Tears of a Tiger by Sharon Draper Anthony Avila ENG 3 Honors Period 3 The novel Tears of a Tiger is about a high school student named Andy Jackson going through a life of pain and guilt. The story begins with a newspaper article on an accident that killed a basketball player named Robbie Washington. They were all coming from a party and they have been drinking. Andy was driving the car and his three friends‚ Robbie‚ B.J‚ and Tyrone were the passengers. When the accident happened the Andy
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Chase and the Gods of Asgard Book One The Sword of Summer has 491 pages and is written by Rick Riordan. The Sword of Summer is about a how a boy named Magnus Chase gets killed on his 16th birthday and has to go on a quest to save the world from being destroyed. Along with his three friends Sam the Valkyrie‚ Hearth the elf and Blitz the dwarf he faces many challenges while trying to save the world. In the beginning of The Sword of Summer the author introduces the main character Magnus Chase
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The short story “All Summer in a Day” by Ray Bradbury is about a class of nine year old students on Venus. Most of the class does not remember what the sun looks like because it comes out shortly every seven years. One girl however‚ Margot‚ remembers the sun from when she lived on Earth five years ago. One message from the story sheds light on the tone of the story‚ further describes this key secluded girl in the class‚ and introduces a conflict between the rest of the class and her that allows for
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Ironically‚ both short stories are written by father and son. Both short stories take place in the summer time with both male and female characters. Through the use of symbolism‚ both authors are able to show the common theme of the transition from childhood to adulthood in both short stories. “A&P” written by John Updike is about a boy named Sammy who makes the leap from an adolescent‚ knowing little more about life than what he has learned working at the local grocery store‚ into a man prepared
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The distant memories of the summer haze drowned me until I could feel no more happiness or pain. What shards of memories I possessed I pieced together hoping I could console the depth of my despair. Suddenly a crimson fog grasped me hoping to never let go‚ the strength was within me to escape however... I didn’t dare. Streaks of light pierced through the ominous blanket of fog. Sounds lurked in the shadows that I was beheld upon making my heart hold for what felt like eternity. Tap... Tap! Footsteps
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General Sharon planned to cross the Suez Canal with his Armored Brigade and cut the supply routes to the advancing Egyptian Armies. The only problem was that the Third and Second Egyptian Armies remained on the West side of the Suez Canal‚ crossing the Suez would have been devastating to the Israelis. On the other battle front‚ Israeli forces had pushed the Syrians back to the pre-war ceasefire lines. The IDF then launched a four-day counter-offensive deep into Syria. Within a week‚ Israeli artillery
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A Haunted House AnalysisSetting: The setting for A Haunted House by Virginia Woolf takes place in a centuries old house. The story starts off at dusk‚ just as the sun is setting. This house is on a tree-lined avenue close to a farm. The season is most likely spring or summer‚ considering grass and green leaves are described. The weather is stormy; it is very windy and raining.The moon is present as the setting transitions into night. “A moment lat er the light had faded. Out in the garden
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