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    Drinking: A Short Story

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    PARTY "Oh my god‚ I am so drunk"‚ I hear someone shout out above the crowd. I stop for a second and think to myself. "Wait a second‚ why am I drinking?" my friend comes up and hands me a beer and says‚ "Hey wimp drink up!" So I figure‚ hey why not. Two o’clock roles around and I am feeling like I drank myself stupid‚ which I have. All of a sudden I realize I have my dad’s truck‚ and he needs it in about three hours. So little time‚ what am I going to do? Here are some easy steps to sober up quickly

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    Badlands: A Short Story

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    luke was angered and frustrated with the girl’s disappearance‚ and decided that it was time for him to seriously take the matters into his own hands. he pulled his laptop out of its bag‚ and began to do his own research on badlands. badlands articles luke’s eyes scanned the search page‚ and clicked on the first link. make 2015 the year you visit badlands! plan your trip here! luke played with his lip ring‚ and wondered if this would be the site to help him learn about badlands. he decided

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    Rudy: A Short Story

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    Rudy hated to go home with his left ear bleeding and his right eye almost closed. He is a 12 year old kid that is bullied at Middleton Middle School. Rudy opened the door to see his dog‚ Shepherd‚ stare at him with a gaze stronger than the sun. Rudy went through the door to find himself in a old‚ moldy house with the wallpaper peeling off like a banana. He walked over to the phone that had a voicemail on it‚ Rudy listened very closely as the speaker was muffled up with grime. All Rudy could hear

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    Omeone: A Short Story

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    Though everyone dreams of riding off into the sunset in a convertible and throwing caution in the wind‚ you can only be James Dean for so long. The truth is that behaving responsibly adds meaning to our lives and allows us to develop character‚ forge meaningful relationships‚ and get ahead in the work world. Remember that pet turtle who died because you forgot to feed him? Let’s not let that happen again. If you want to learn how to be responsible‚ just follow along. omeone is hesitant to

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    The Sabbath: A Short Story

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    Black Sabbath Chapter 1. The man’s eyes snapped open and the man’s breathing was rushed and very loud. Crack! One of the men wearing a green uniform smacked the man unconsious.Seconds later The car stopped to a halt and another man jumped out. The men grabbed and threw the man to the ground. The bruised being turned to see as one of the men shoot him in his elbow. The man grasped his elbow as the men dragged him across the ground. The man looked around. It was dark out and they were surrounded

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    A Worn Path: Short Story

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    Eudora Welty’ s short story‚ “A Worn Path"‚ is an account of an old black woman’s journey from Old Natchez Trace to Natchez‚ Mississippi. In fact‚ some readers may perceive Old Phoenix’s journey and only having ups and downs. However‚ a second level of interpretation indicates a powerful statement of how death and rebirth can be found in her hardship. This paper will be concerned with three allusions that substantiate the theme of death and rebirth: references to the Phoenix myth from Egyptian mythology

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    effectively conveys loss of innocence and ant war through sophisticated symbolism in the short story “Flowers”. It tells the story of a young girl‚ Margaret‚ who was evacuated from the city of Glasgow to the highlands of Scotland in an attempt to avoid the inhumanity of war‚ but it is in the highlands where she truly witnessed the brutality of war. The character of Miss Laing is used to show the glamour of war. At the beginning of the story Miss Laing is portrayed as a very harsh teacher but as the airmen

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    compassion in people can exhibit in situations regarding tradition and values. Jackson presents the theme of the short story with the use of symbols and setting. The setting of "The Lottery" supports the theme. Settings are constructed to help build the mood and foreshadow things to come. In the lottery‚ however‚ the setting ironically foreshadows exactly the opposite of what is to come. The story begins with a description of a seemingly cheerful environment. Jackson creates a comfortable atmosphere by

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    Short Story and Old Man

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    Flight - Text Analysis In this assignment I’m going to analyze the short story‚ Flight by Doris Lessing. This short-story was published in 1957‚ in a collection of short stories entitled The Habit of Loving. This is an old short story but it is a very popular one among many. Dorris Lessing (93) was born in 1919‚ in Khermanhah in Persia (now Iran) and she is a British novelist‚ poet‚ playwright‚ librettist‚ biographer and a short story writer. Her parents were British. At the age of six‚ she moved to

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    Dahl‚ created a sinister tone in their short stories you have studied? Tone is of great significance to the storyline as it portrays the reader’s attitude while expressing the genre. Tony Hunter’s ‘Listen to the End’ and Roald Dahl’s ‘The Landlady’ both guide the audience through their violent and mysterious stories that begin with a powerless main character on a dark‚ shivering evening. However‚ through varying and distinctive techniques‚ the two short stories differ notably in terms of setting‚

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