It was a nice sunny October day. I had no idea what would happen that day. I was watching the front doors of the Parliament Building with my fellow guard. We were making sure that people that could do bad things couldn’t get inside. I failed badly. I heard a loud gunshot and I suddenly had a slight headache and then was out forever. “HEY! HE WAS SHOT! HELP! HELP!” my partner shouted. “WHAT HAPPENED?” another guard yelled. I couldn’t see over everyone so I just waited for everyone to move out
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Our car literally broke down in an abandoned town because of a stupid dare. How? Is this even a joke? Is this some kind of a dream where it comes from those kind of horror movies? No. We are stuck. Can’t get out. And the foggs were starting to get thicker and thicker as the time walks. Looking around. Buildings were dead‚ trees were dead ‘everything’ there was dead. No sound of wind. Just complete silence. Even no signals reach here. What do you expect from an abandoned place. The sun
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Ghost Story The short story "A Rose for Emily‚"� by William Faulkner‚ is a very predictable ghost story. Three things that make this story so predictable are: the haunted house setting‚ the creepy old woman‚ and the disappearing fiancé. The haunted house setting used in "A Rose for Emily"� is a classic idea used by many writers and movie directors. The old house in the middle of a field begins to set the tone that people avoid this place as much as possible. Then Faulkner throws in over grown weeds
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I picked up the Ghosts tale by Edwidge Danticat because I’m somehow familiar with the Haitian life. In summary‚ the story describes the life in Haiti. It is about Power‚ Corruption‚ and Humanity. The story is about Pascal and his family living in a middle-class area called Bel-Air where his family runs a restaurant in the area. It has a lot of gang activities which dominates the Haitian life. The Gang was predominately lead by Tiye‚ and his lieutenants were later he will play a significant role in
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The Ghosts and the Civilly Dead: Two examples of oppression in American society “In the Great American Indian novel‚ when / it is finally written‚ / all of the white people will be Indians and / all of the Indians will be ghosts.” Similar to how Sherman Alexie’s “How to Write the Great American Indian Novel” discusses the lack of Native American representation and the loss of their voice‚ the Declaration of Sentiments from the 1848 Women’s Rights Convention states how‚ over time‚ men mute their
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DATE: 2011/09/27 LAB NO.: 4 SYLLABUS TOPIC: Cellular structure AIM: To draw a tissue map of a dicotyledonous root. APPARATUS AND MATERIALS: Microscope‚ slides of the dicotyledonous root‚ and drawing materials such as pencils‚ ruler‚ and an eraser. METHOD/PROCEDURE: -The microscope was set on the tabletop (a flat‚ sturdy surface) where there was plenty of room to work with and was plugged into a power source. -The slide of the specimen (dicotyledonous root) was placed onto the stage of the
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The Ghosts that Gretchen Upshaw Saw Gretchen Upshaw is a paranormal investigator who organizes ghost tours for people. Gretchen is among the few who has had extensive experience dealing with ghosts since her childhood. When anyone hears that she is a paranormal investigator‚ one question is usually asked – ‘When did you start believing in paranormal phenomena?’ Gretchen’s answer is short and to the point: ‘I don’t remember a time when I didn’t’. Indeed‚ Gretchen has vivid memories of how strongly
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In Hochchild’s book‚ King Leopold’s Ghost‚ he examines the many conflicts that came about with the colonization of Congo by King Leopold. Colonization was harsh on the colonized people and has brought much harm to the Congolese. They suffered from starvation‚ slavery‚ death‚ mutilation‚ displacement‚ and much more. For the many Europeans and Americans that went to the Congo‚ few helped the native people. Hochchild shows the evil side to colonization in Africa and exposes the Congolese genocide that
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The Ghost Abandoned (reflection) by Gelila Workineh Overview of writing process The first paragraph interprets my unknown character is suffering from being Abandoned struggling to understand why‚ the character is confusing‚ because they are confused how the worlds‚ works‚ they have no family and they are in the verge of death from no shelter and proper warmth like other children or young kids‚ who are happy with their families and are living life at the best. The first paragraph introduces the
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European exploration has been in the making even before Columbus. Trading of all sorts were being sought after; plants used for medicine or food‚ and even humans. It is a fascinating subject to study and discuss about how a man becomes so wrapped up in slavery and cheap money. People being taken advantage of and overworked. These are the coming times that societies were facing in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Expansions to areas where‚ as discussed in class‚ people were considered
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