home. He ended up sad and alone. When Arthur told this story‚ he had a tinge of experience in his eyes and voice. He had gone through it before‚ himself. Perhaps that’s how Arthur was feeling. Like the man who would never move on. Alfred had been in Iraq for longer than he could remember‚ and he was less of the boisterous child that everyone thought of him as before he had come here. He had seen so many people die‚ heard so many stories of families‚ hopes and dreams that were never fully lived
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Short story: Definition and History. A short story like any other term does not have only one definition‚ it has many definitions‚ but all of them are similar in a general idea. According to The World Book Encyclopedia (1994‚ Vol. 12‚ L-354)‚ “the short story is a short work of fiction that usually centers around a single incident. Because of its shorter length‚ the characters and situations are fewer and less complicated than those of a novel.” In the Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary
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although he feels as nervous as a mouse trying to hide from a cat.His disease made his senses as strong as iron and acute hearing above all didn’t bother him at all‚it let him hear things everywhere.Thus‚ how could he possibly remain mad?.The whole story began in a quaint cottage in the countryside of England‚that looked like it almost came out of a fairy tale‚when he was taking care of his terribly ailing grand aunt‚who was almost the extreme opposite of poor.His grand aunt had never wronged him and
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------------------------------------------------- Alternate Ending As Pi gazed upon the once glorious pelt of Richard Parker‚ he realized his time had come. After 226 long days at sea‚ stranded‚ he was slowly going insane. Every ray of the sun seemed to penetrate further and further into his absent minded thoughts. The water beneath him that had once brought him such joy‚ only reminded him of the darkness that lurked in its depths. The fins of sharks sliced through the ripples of water every so
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A/N: I haven’t written anything in a really long time‚ or watched wrestling‚ so constructive criticism would be greatly appreciated. Also‚ I apologize for this chapter being so short. That being said‚ I hope you enjoy! ________________________________________ Give Me Poison Chapter One ________________________________________ The past should stay in the past‚ no matter how much you think you miss it. The past – while there were good times – is a place I never wanted to revisit ever again. It was
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There is evidence that shows that irony plays a major role in the short stories‚ The Haiji‚ No Witch Craft For Sale and The Wedge Tailed Eagle In the short story‚ the Haiji‚ irony is shown when Haiji Hassen wants to preserve his dignity in the eyes of society but in the end his dignity is finally destroyed by his stubbornness and pride. in the story‚ Haiji Hassen’s brother‚ Karim is dying and would like a normal Muslim funeral but Karim married a white woman and went over to live with
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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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Coming back to the courtroom from home couldn’t have taken longer. I was anxious to get back even though it was sweltering in the building. We were gone for about an hour. I wanted to know everything that had happened. Luckily Reverend Sykes had saved our spots. Hardly anyone had moved since we left. I asked Reverend how long the jury had been out. He said‚ “ ‘Bout thirty minutes. Mr. Finch and Mr. Gilmer did some more talkin’‚ and Judge Taylor charged the jury.” “How was he?” I asked. “What say
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The guards walked out of the infirmary and stood outside the door after the physician had ordered them to keep the princess and her friend out of his way. Morgana and Amora sat against the stone wall beside the elven guards waiting for the physician to emerge and tell them what was wrong with Benjamin. An hour later the elderly physician walked out of the infirmary and over to Amora so he could ask her a couple of questions.“Amora your friend has stopped coughing up blood for now‚ but before I can
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Careful not to wake Macbeth‚ Lady Macbeth crept out of her bed and put on her shoes. Her quick steps echoed through the empty hall. Despite the dark‚ Lady Macbeth knew exactly where she was going‚ as she had walked this path a million times. She was surrounded by trees in all directions‚ as far as she could see. “Where are you? It’s ten past two” she shouted. Then‚ out of thin air‚ the witches appear. “What can we do for you?” the first witch asked. “This has gone too far‚” whined Lady Macbeth
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