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    I never knew deciding my future would have such a tragic back story. I remember when I woke up to the twelve missed calls from my mother the day after Easter. When I saw I had numerous missed calls‚ I knew something was dreadfully wrong. When I called my mother back‚ she had told me my uncle Charles had taken his own life. I didn’t know what to feel‚ or what to think. Two years later‚ and I still think about him every day. He was sick‚ not like cancer or something physical. He was sick emotionally

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    Memoirs: A Short Story

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    Memoirs Have you ever had a lot of pictures of random pictures that explains your whole life ? Well if you have you and me are living the same life!(no not really) So you read on. The first time i moved to smithville‚ I saw the organized playground with kids surrounding it.Me maggie and ava are walking around when we hear maggies mom‚she stops us and ask if we want to take a picture so we said yeah so we got in a line tallest to shortest‚Then jordan pops up and joins in . I see the black camera

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    up against my head and said‚ "Go to the bank and give me all of your money!" Harry forced me into my own car and made me drive to the closest bank. After we emptied my bank account I drove back to my house. When we arrived at my house‚ there was a short stubby man named George waiting on my porch. Harry called George the previous night because he needed a place to stay. George was furious with Harry for calling him during the night. Harry tried to calm George down‚ by giving him some of my money for

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    of freedom given‚ and the different way of living. I was easy to be convinced into going because it seemed like nothing was really happening in my life‚ and I was desperate for a change. The sea breezes were dancing around me as I waved goodbye to my ma and pa. Tears streamed down my face as I looked at what I was going to be leaving‚ it was my life and my past. Each of the children were given a photograph of the last time we were all together‚ including our dog Marcy and my ma and pa. Their small

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    parent and a child happens in many families. As children get older they begin to speak their mind and do not always agree with the parent and what they have to say. Every family is different‚ and have their own source of conflict. In the novel The Secret Life of Bees‚ Sue Monk Kidd uses the death of lily’s mother and lily’s resemblance of her mother as a source of the conflict between Lily and her father TRay. Lily is raised by her father TRay and their help Rosaleen. Rosaleen is the closest thing

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    * Thesis: Love can be found in many different ways‚ no matter the color of your skin. In the novel “The Secret Life of Bees‚ by Sue Monk Kidd‚ love is strongly shown between two young people of a different race‚ and motherly love. The main character sets out to find that love‚ but along the way she finds that love is not easy no matter which way you may look. I. The primary meaning of the word "love" in Scripture is a "purposeful commitment to sacrificial action for another." A. August teaches

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    Whether reading a short story or a poem‚ there is always a story to be found within. The authors of these stories are able to capture readers through the use of characterization‚ rhythm‚ and setting throughout their narrative. It is imagination that allows the reader of these literary forms to be able to visualize what the author would like the reader to perceive. Through the use of symbolism or descriptive wording. In the poem “The Road Not Taken” or in the short stories “A Worn Path” or “I Used

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    Hate: A Short Story

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    consumes you and that is all you really think about. It controls how you feel‚ it controls your decisions and it controls your actions. Hate ruins your life. It makes you do things you would not otherwise do. It obliterates your happiness‚ and any light you could see. Hate is an awful thing for someone to meet and I wish I never had. I want to tell you the story of how I met hate‚ and how I somehow managed to power through it. It all started a long time ago‚ when I was about six or seven. I lived in North

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    The Odyssey: A Short Story

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    Odysseus and his tired men land upon a barren island‚ surrounded by crystal waters. They anchored their ship and shuffled off‚ in weary silence. The island was only a raised chunk of smooth white rock‚ with an igloo shaped cave. “We have learned our lesson with Polyphemus‚ we must stay clear of that cave.” Shouted Odysseus. Some men agreed with him‚ but others muttered in disagreement. They group decided to settle down for the night‚ as they longed to sleep on solid land once again‚ even for just

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    elapsed quickly as Tippens began to cross the road. The massive 18-wheeler‚ however‚ was being driven by a young teenager who had just begun his life and was beginning his first real job. The driver‚ oblivious to the creature in his path‚ sped right across the highway and right over Tippens‚ who lost his “freedom” right after he’d earned it. The moral of this story is; the grass isn’t always greener on the other side‚ and you should learn to be grateful for what you

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