Alternate Ending‚ A Separate Peace From inside we could hear Phineas fall clumsily down the white marble stairs. Everyone stayed calm as we rushed outside to assist him. Finny said he couldn’t move or feel his legs and people started splitting up to go get help and shouting orders. Once the doctors and nurses arrived some of us helped to move him to the infirmary. After what seemed like hours Dr. Stanpole came out to tell us the news. He told us something we never expected. Phineas severed his spine
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by O Henry and “The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant shared similar themes and ironies. In the story “The gift of the Magi” both of the characters‚ Della and James‚ sacrifice the most important things they had (Della’s hair and James’s watch) to give the other happiness to find out the gifts were useless in the end while in “The Necklace”‚ Madame Loisel sacrifices both her own and her husband’s youth to pay for her friend’s necklace that she lost just to find out that the necklace was faux‚ to represent
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Alle Knight English Composition II Ms. Bennett 7 Dec. 2011 Cruel Endings are Trending Countless Short stories are recognized throughout history‚ although the short story can sometimes be an underappreciated art form. Confined by the space of only a few pages‚ an author must create a story that is captivating‚ form characters the readers connect with and drive the story to its short lived conclusion. Although‚ some authors have mastered the art of short stories‚ turning compressed pieces of work
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“The Necklace” & “The Gift of the Magi” Share Common Theme Wanting more and better is one of the quality that we all have. In the stories “The Necklace” and “The Gift of the Magi”‚ both writers illustrate the consequences of greed. One would wonder if people do fine much happiness through their search for material? Perhaps greed does make one’s happy at times‚ but because of greed people bury themselves in the bottomless pit of pain and suffering. A dust material such
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Madame Forestier’s necklace that Madame Loisel lost. At the end of the story‚ Madame Loisel‚ who despised hard work and everything in the world that is not glamorous‚ finds out that she had given up her life to replace her friends necklace that she eventually discovers is only a fake. When Madame Loisel decided to tell Madame Forestier about how she lost her necklace‚ the reader expected Madame Forestier to be upset. But‚ instead‚ we all found out that Madame Forestier’s original necklace was only a fake
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The Never Ending Cycle Everyone has heard someone comment on poverty in the United States. Some people say‚ "the poor have only themselves to blame for their situation." Or‚ "why don’t they get a job?" This is the problem with society today; the different levels of the class structure have grown so far apart from one another they cannot even relate to one another. People look down on the poor as unmotivated and lazy when‚ in fact‚ it is not their fault‚ but the fault of a society that does
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‘’And when did you decide to take the throne?’’ Maddison asked being very intrigued be the narration. ‘’ When Thor left me in Svartalfheim. Even dead I would deserve a proper burial. Still he left to fight and protect his precious Earth. It was my only opportunity. Father was so distraught by mother’s death that he was easily sedated. My reign was actually genteel and courteous up until Ragnarok. The attack and Thor’s return to Asgard made him notice me and infuriated him. After the battle that saved
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Qichao was absorbed by the dirt around him. Rising from the dusty ground‚ they flew upon slight breezes to cake his clothes‚ face and hands. He looked at his hands‚ the brown had become deeply ingrained within the lines of his palm‚ roughened and blistered from the handle of the hoe. He turned them over‚ they were tanned a deep‚ deep brown‚ the lines obvious‚ old hands‚ incongruous with his youthful face. His back was aching from being bent over constantly‚ his feet pricked by sharp stones‚ the bottom
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Ryker tightened the rope around Toothless’s torso making sure that he won’t escape. Toothless wrestled against the ropes trying to find any loose ends."There‚ that should hold ’im." Ryker brushing his hands off. A dragon hunter hit the cell bars with his spear and laughed at Toothless. "Worthless beast!" Toothless growled and rammed his head into the bars‚ earning a scream from the hunter. "Stop playin’ around and get back to work!" Ryker warned the Hunter. Toothless hissed when Viggo came into view
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Meygan giggles as she spins around in circles on the bright green grass. She gets dizzy and falls down‚ still giggling. She looks around for her daddy. But he’s no where in sight. "Daddy!" She calls out‚ suddenly frightened of the big wide field she’s in. "Daddy!" She cries. No one responds to her pleas. Meygan starts to tear up. Where was her daddy? Why had he left her all alone? She cries and cries. Her tears seeming to start a river below her feet. "Daddy!" She cries out one last
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