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    office‚ notify someone where you will be and when you will return. Plan your route and take a map. Have your keys ready and look inside your car before getting in. Keep car doors locked and windows rolled up while you are driving. Never pick up hitchhikers‚ and report accidents or stranded cars from a telephone instead of stopping at the scene. Park in well-lit areas and check the surroundings before getting out. On the street‚ keep to the inside of the sidewalk. Try to walk facing the oncoming traffic

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    Budget travel is not safe‚ much more perilous than many other forms of travel. Plenty of underlying hazards hide in its thrifty traveling methods‚ such as hitchhiking‚ couchsurfing‚ and so on. Hitchhiking is a typical pattern of budget travel. A hitchhiker stands on the roadside‚ reaches out his arm‚ and gives a thumbs- up sign. He is not sure which car will stop or who the driver will be. Last year‚ a college girl‚ Ying Wei was killed by a motor driver when she was

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    than not in more ways than one‚ people deny the existence of death itself or deny their part in a death. The latter type of denial occurs in the short story Along the Frontage Road by Michael Chabon. Denial also appears in Lamb to Slaughter by Roald Dahl and The Terrapin by Patricia Highsmith. All of these stories use physical death as a way to expose an internal death caused by a character’s experience with the Freudian concept of denial. In The Frontage Road‚ the death of an unborn child illuminates

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    The Ratcatcher is a short story written by the very famous Roald Dahl. Dahl was always fascinated with rats as shown in his other books such as “Boy” and “The Witches.” The Ratcatcher revolves around one character who is‚ quite obviously‚ a rat catcher. He is a very unusual person with strange behaviour and mannerisms. He gets quite cocky at times in the story‚ especially when he has his “audiences” attention and knows lots about rats‚ constantly repeating the phrase:”You’ve got to know rats on this

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    In the story “Lamb to The Slaughter” by Roald Dahl‚ the protagonist‚ Mrs. Maloney‚ undergoes a substantial change: in the beginning of the story she appears to be caring‚ kind and genuine and at the end of the story‚ she is a deceitful person capable of murder. In this way‚ she is characterized as a dynamic character. In the beginning of the book she is caring and kind towards her husband and willing to do anything for him. For example‚ the text states: ”...she made the drinks‚ a strong one for

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    The story “The Lamb To The Slaughter” written by Ronald Dahl is an amazing story. In the story there are two main characters‚ Patrick and Mary Maloney. Patrick Maloney is a very hardworking detective and‚ Mary Maloney is a hardworking housewife. In the story “The “Lamb To The Slaughter” written by Ronald Dahl. Patrick Maloney comes home to his wife and tells her he wants a divorce.mrs. Maloney does not mrs. Maloney does not want to take that very well. She goes crazy mentally but on the outside she

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    as his house is being destroyed‚ Vogon starships come to destroy Earth to make a galactic bypass. Moments before Earth is vaporized‚ Arthur’s friend Ford Prefect saves him and they hitch a ride with the Vogons. When the cruel Vogons catch the hitchhikers‚ they throw them off the ship into open space. A second before the two men die‚ they are picked up by the Heart of Gold. This ship was stolen by Ford’s cousin‚ Zaphod Beeblebrox‚ the president of the galaxy. Zaphod is headed to the improbable

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    Would you stay at a cozy‚ warm place with a nice old woman? It’s nice and comforting‚ with only one kink; it’s the house of a murderer. In the story “The Landlady‚” by Roald Dahl‚ the main character‚ Billy‚ stayed at a place called the Bed and Breakfast. The reader was manipulated into thinking the Bed and Breakfast was a cozy place with a nice old woman‚ but in reality it was the home of a murderer who was about to take her next victim. Authors manipulate their reader’s expectations of reality

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    book The BFG by Roald Dahl‚ the fact that the BFG is a 24-foot tall giant‚ does not mean he acts like one. On page 17‚ the BFG captures Sophie and as the story goes on a couple more pages‚ Sophies learns who the BFG actually is. Sophie was frightened that the BFG had captured her because she thought he was a scary human eater‚ but she learns that he is not and they create a friendly relationship. Sophie learns that even a 24-foot tall giant can trust/be nice to you. Roald Dahl teaches the reader that

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    thinking‚ and mood stability clearly depend on adequate sleep (Amschler). Ronald E. Dahl‚ M.D.‚ a professor at the University of California at Berkley’s School of Public Health‚ outlines the importance of sleep in an article he wrote for Phi Delta Kappan. Dahl explains that sleep and rest differ on many different levels. He claims that sleep creates a restorative state that rest cannot come close to replicating. Dahl proposes‚ “Anyone who doubts this should try the following experiment tonight: spend

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