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    Red Chief: A Short Story

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    I was at my house just playing with the ants. When a mysterious man came and asked me‚" Would you like some candy and a nice ride?"‚ my answer was no! because my parents always taught me to never take candy from strangers. While I took a glance at the old man I found that he had a brick behind his back. When all of a sudden he picked me up and put me in the buggy‚ I must have been light as a feather. When I woke up from being put in the buggy‚ I found that I was in a cave with people named Bill

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    the golden doors of a mysterious garden‚ that a spark is lit in her dull life. She is acquainted with Dickon‚ who‚ according to Mary‚ is ‘not like anyone else in the world’‚ and has a special charm for animals. Then‚ one night‚ Mary hears - ‘…a curious sound… as if a child were crying somewhere.’ Following the source of the sound‚ she is led to the room of her lonely and bedridden cousin‚ Colin. She had not known of him previously‚ as Colin detested being stared at by strangers‚ believing that he

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    Elizabeth de la Guerre was born in Paris‚ France on March 1. She was born into a family of skillful Musicians and instrument makers. She died on June 27‚ 1729 in Paris at the age of 64. She was taught by her father and the king’s mistress Francoise Athenais marquise de montespan to play the harp and organ. She married Marin de La Guerre which they moved to and started giving concert classes at home and all throughout Paris‚ this is how she became famous. Most of her works have been lost. She is one

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    special conditions. It also delivered the importances of communication and interaction between people because Christopher received many help from friends‚ teachers‚ and strangers along his journey in life. The title of this novel “The curious incident of the dog in the night-time” caught my attention because I really like mysterious novels‚ whether it is fiction or nonfiction novels. The way the novel is written was pretty interesting‚ it is told in a perspective of an autistic boy with sense of humour

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    She was not expecting them‚ but understood that it was important. The plan was to hide the mysterious book ‘inkheart’ at her huge library. Elinor or Eli (She goes by that a little bit during the book) had a huge passion for collecting and reading books. She has literal tons of books‚ some that are extremely rare. Mo had planned to stash the book

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    saw a stranger sitting in his back seat‚ staring back at him‚ and he noticed the car doors were all locked. The stranger was a man who wore a sharp black suit with a distinguished red tie. As Tom looked into the man’s eyes he saw nothing but a vague reflection of himself‚ his greed and thirst for money. This is when he realized who the man was‚ Old Scratch. He recalled tales of the demon before‚ how he can grant you any of your wildest desired. Tom decided to speculate with the mysterious man and

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    august rush

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    who have a chance encounter one magical night above New York’s Washington Square‚ but are soon torn apart‚ leaving in their wake an infant‚ August Rush‚ orphaned by circumstance. Now performing on the streets of New York and cared for by a mysterious stranger‚ August uses his remarkable musical

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    The narrator’s credibility is very slim. The narrator makes false ideas and events‚ which would make an unreliable narrator. The narrator isn’t very clear on his surroundings. He doesn’t give us details like his age‚ when he was born or about his family. In the text of The Outsider it states “I cannot recall any person except myself; or anything alive but the noiseless rats and bats and spiders.” When the narrator talks he is not giving us the full view of his ideas. It’s hard to understand where

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    “‘Rapunzel‚ Rapunzel‚ let down your hair’” (Grimm 44). Famous words that many people know from their childhood. The tale of Rapunzel. A story that many adults and children are fond of. A picture of a beautiful princess with long golden hair looking out of a tower towards her handsome prince appearing in thousands of minds. Though most of the American population knows the general plot of the myth‚ most fail to realize that the story has changed greatly from the original Grimm fairy tale version. The

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    story "Galloping Foxley" does an excellent job of displaying this trait. In the story "Galloping Foxley" Roald Dahl demonstrates that humans have a natural urge to observe each other closely by using purposeful character placement‚ flashbacks‚ and a mysterious tone. The theme of observation portrays a large role between the two main characters of "Galloping Foxley". The readers are shown right away that William Perkins has a very uneasy feeling about the man that enters the train and immediately begins

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