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    INITIATION-Sylvia Plath - Initiation is a story of group exclusivity‚ self exploration and personal transformation of a girl in Lansing High. It is the story of Millicent‚ who discovers that being an individual offers more opportunities than being part of a sorority. In Initiation‚ the author‚ Sylvia Plath expresses the hardships Millicent undergoes to become a member of the elect. Millicent is forced to go through several rituals which decide whether she is capable of joining the sorority. At first

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    Bias In A Short Story

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    As a terminology‚ “Bias” is basically used as a word of judgment toward objects and people. In these short stories bias is served towards race‚ gender‚ and age; showing that discrimination towards the littlest things can change the perspective in someone’s eye. In the short story‚ ‘’Birthday party” racial bias is being told to us. The children’s Aunt May is in town for the summer and she went outside overheard the colored kid say “hey sis” towards Josephine but her aunt did not know that she and

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    Review of Short Story

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    How does Alan Bennet present modern society in the monologue "A lady of letters" and what do we wlearn about it’s effects on the people through the character Irene Ruddock? Alan Bennet shows society split in two.He shows the divide in age between society and the generational conflict that holds the generations apart. Irene Ruddock hides herself away from society because she doesn’t understand it. She reacts badly to things she finds in modern society. She complains to various people through

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    A Gothic Short Story

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    mysterious and has an eerie feel surrounding it. It is long and on half of it is about 10 floors high with little towers coming out above the main roof‚ the other half is lower down‚ only about 5 stories high‚ with a large watch tower in the middle of that section. It houses my aunt‚ uncle and their daughter‚ my cousin and a few other families. For the last few days I’ve been walking to their estate as I am moving there to live with them because my

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    Short Story Paper

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    Prithviraj Cherukuri In the short story called “Optimists” written by Richard Ford‚ tells a story about Frank a fifteen-year-old boy who lives in Great Falls‚ Montana who learns how life can completely change in an instant. In the “Optimists” there are two major events that shape the story. Franks father Roy Brinson who works on the great northern railway see’s a homeless man die in front of him while at work. Another event is when Roy Brinson comes home and explains what happened to his wife

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    Earlier this year‚ O’Donnell separated from her wife‚ Michelle Rounds‚ and news reports reveal that the pair plans to divorce. In fact‚ right now they are in the middle of an ugly custody battle for their daughter. Dakota’s biological mother‚ Jami Weaver‚ had agreed to carry another child for the couple but their arrangement was canceled when O’Donnell learned the child had … a birth defect … Weaver explained‚ “Rosie told me she could not handle having a special needs child

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    Kate Chopin wrote a short story called “The Story of an Hour.” This story started out by tell about a women‚ named Mrs. Mallard‚ who had heart issues. Her husband had been working one day where a huge accident happened and killed many people. Mrs. Mallard’s sister and her husband’s friend were trying to break the news to her gently because her heart couldn’t take the information well. Once she found out she locked herself into her room‚ looked out the window sobbing and saying “free‚ free‚ free.”

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    Boreas: A Short Story

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    One serene spring evening‚ the snow goddess Chione was helping her mother Orithyia grow trees in time for the season of winter. Chione was a wonderful young lady‚ she had long luxurious dark hair indistinguishable to that of a wolf‚ splendid cocoa eyes that mirrored the sap that is expelled from a Sycamore tree‚ and snow white skin. Being the daughter of Boreas‚ the Bringer of Winter and divine force of the North Wind‚ she had inherited her father’s forces of the cold. Moreover‚ she had been honored

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    Alyson: A Short Story

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    The monotone buzz when a phone call was filling her ear when her mother hangs up. "I’ll see you at 4!" Her mother’s voice echoes in her head. Walking down 48th Street in the suburb of Phoenix known as Ahwatukee‚ Alyson is eager to share her new attained $350 on none other than her mom. Aly has made it to her front door by the time she finished calling the salon. "Your appointment is set for 4:10 this afternoon at our location on Chandler Boulevard." The massage clerk had sent via email to the shiny

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    characters and setting of the story.  It showed how Vicente‚ the bus conductor relates with the two children by helping them in their studies. Also‚ he promises the kids to buy them pencils that would make their classmates envy them.  The story now reveals his real intention. He was actually trying to earn the little girls trust and wanted to molest and touch her physically.  Fortunately‚ the mother came down stairs and caught Vincente’s act before he could harm the little girl.  The woman was very much

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