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    A Wife's Story

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    In "A Wife’s Story" written by Bharati Mukherjee‚ the narrator is an Indian woman named Panna who has left India to get a Ph. D. in special education in Manhattan. The story illustrates the relationship between Panna and her match-made husband who has come to visit her in Manhattan. Panna is drifting away from her husband because of the cultural changes she is going through. She has changed and he has not‚ thus the gap between them widens. My own marriage is not through match-making‚ and yet it has

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    Murder Story

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    Murder story. George Street. 8:23 am‚ London rush hour. A typically dull day‚ overcast‚ North Easterly wind. Bitter for October. The West End thrum crawls out of the gutter‚ the morning traffic bleak after opening night. Down wheelie bin guarded back alleys‚ pages of a tabloid struggle out of a puddle. Red. Mud. Boot. Disorientated gulls blare out their siren from rooftops. “I’m leaving now honey‚” “ok then see you later.” . Danielle Philips was off to the dentist. As always‚ there was heavy

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    Leon's story

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    Leon’s Story The sun felt hot on his skin when he was standing there waiting under the Ferris wheel for Tony. All he wanted was to forget what he had experienced in the army‚ so the minute he was finished he’d bought a bottle of wine‚ which he was now drinking. Catching sight of Tony‚ he got a little over excited‚ probably because of the wine‚ and yelled “Hey‚ Tony – over here” Leon noticed that Tony’s cheeks turned a little red‚ and knew that he had embarrassed him‚ but he didn’t care! He was just

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    Panchatantra Stories

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    can speak and converse with human beings too. The ancient Sanskrit text s contains various animal stories in verse and prose. During all these centuries‚ many authors and publishers worked hard to make these fables accessible and readable by a layman. These extraordinary tales t are liked‚ perhaps even loved by people of every age group. In addition to their ennobling morals‚ these stories are replete with much practical wisdom‚ which is relevant even to the modern society. 1. THE MERCHANT

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    A Long Story...

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    be a bodyguard. Jake did what he always did in a new and interesting place. He took a small notebook out of his coat pocket‚ and started taking notes in shorthand‚ recording everything he saw. Jake never knew when they might be useful on some story he was writing. Greg pointed out the speakeasy’s manager. He was a dapper‚ powerfully built man‚ also

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    Analysis of the “Ghost Story” The ghost story gave me mixed feelings on how to take it from a historian point of view. The story was Mr. Fleetwood’s own perception of what happened and how he remembered it at that moment. I will cover the rationality of trusting the content‚ the justification of it being historically true‚ and if the metaphysical evidence of ghost must be true for the story to be historically true. The content of the ghost story can be rationally trusted to have happened to a point

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    The Short Story

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    The short story Narrative genres‚ such as the novel or the short story‚ are born out of the very powerful human need to tell stories‚ out of our fundamental desire to give shape to experience in order to understand it and share it with the community. Through story telling early communities made sense of natural phenomena‚ unexpected events‚ and personal experience. Storytelling enabled them to pass on valuable information and to keep the memory of their ancestors alive down the generations. Storytelling

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    Short Story

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    The Clod and the Pebble "Love seeketh not itself to please‚ Nor for itself hath any care‚ But for another gives its ease‚ And builds a heaven in hell’s despair." So sung a little Clod of Clay‚ Trodden with the cattle’s feet‚ But a Pebble of the brook Warbled out these metres meet: "Love seeketh only Self to please‚ To bind another to its delight‚ Joys in another’s loss of ease‚ And builds a hell in heaven’s despite." Corrupted By The Sun I saw her. In a miniscule moment. Her

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    The Tragic Story

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    The Tragic Story On April 15‚ 1975 at 2:00 am‚ the Quinlans received a phone call from Newton Memorial Hospital telling them that their daughter‚ Karen Ann‚ had been brought to the hospital. She was unconscious‚ and had slipped into a coma. Her state steadily deteriorated and very soon her coma was diagnosed to be irreversible. She was shortly thereafter transferred to St. Clare’s in Denville. Her condition was deemed a “persistent vegetative” state from which she would not recover. Unlike the

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    Summary The Danger of Telling Poor Kids That College is the Key to Social Mobility was written by Andrew Simmons. His article was posted in The Atlantic on January 16‚ 2014‚ discusses how teachers and counselors need to encourage students of every race that going to college to increase in knowledge about the world is just as‚ if not more important as going to college with the mindset of trying to get a job that makes a lot of money (p. 3). Andrew Simmons start the article off by describing a

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