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    The Chase Short Story

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    Reading the story “The Chase” took me back to an event I feel if I had to judge anything that grossly affected my life this event without a dough takes the cake. Picture this am twelve years old and it is the first day of summer. It is the day my friends and I waited for all winter‚ opening season for swimming. Each day my friends and I took the long anticipated walk to the local swimming area “Lake Sona Vista”. This was the recreation area the black families who lived in Hartsville‚ South Carolina

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    Divorce in Short Stories

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    disentangle their finances without divorce. Divorce- is the final termination of a marriage‚ canceling the legal duties and responsibilities of marriage and dissolving the bonds of matrimony between two persons. Shoba and Shukumar‚ having planned a good life ahead of them had a sudden change in plans when their child had died. After that incident Shoba planned to separate from Shukumar and this did not help save their marriage. Her reasons for leaving Shukumar were because of their failure to love‚ communicate

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    The Painted Door Summary Short story A Painted Door written by Sinclair Ross is a story that hides many meanings. The intelligent usage of symbolism and comparisons also add to the amount of thought and understanding being put towards the overall picture. It is clear that the author is not only about telling the story‚ rather he focuses much more on the voice‚ setting‚ and symbolism of the piece. The story was relayed to the readers in third person; the author also being the narrator. This gives

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    "Test" Essay "Test" written by Theodore Thomas‚ is a short story about humanities need for power. The power being that to control others ideas‚ opinions and self identity‚ through trepidation of divergence and government control. The short story "Test" is derived from the fear of diversification and self identity. From the moment Robert Proctor wakes up from his hypnosis‚ the reader sees that the foundation of the world he is living in is based on control. The act of hypnosis itself‚ is someone

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    woman”- Simone De Beauvoir. In Sue Monk Kidd’s‚ The Secret Life of Bees‚ Lily Owens engages on a life changing expedition to make sense of her difficult predicament. Lily shows that she is a dynamic character as she matures in this coming of age novel. Lily portrays growth throughout the novel with her behavior with T. Ray‚ her prejudice view on the people who surround her‚ and her poor judgement about her mother. Lily‚ the protagonist in The Secret Life of Bees‚ drastically changes her behavior with

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    Debris: A Short Story

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    overwhelmed Karlie as she took a deep breath of the horrid‚ bitter air. Upon stepping into the place‚ her reflection gleamed in a mirror. Brassy blonde hair‚ blue eyes‚ her hollow eyes compliment her high cheekbones. Once a model student‚ now running for her life. Two bunk beds filled the room‚ each with a set of crusty‚ yellow sheets lining it. “Well‚ this is better than nothing‚” she thought to herself. “I can spend the night here‚ then leave when the sun rises”. Karlie threw herself on one bunk and her backpack

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    doesn’t speak much. I catch his eye and smile politely. He smiles back....an embarrassed/ uncomfortable smile. He’s about to insert needles into my ankle. I sit up‚ facing him. My legs‚ together‚ dangle off the edge of the table. I’m wearing blue shorts. I place my hands on either knee and slowly move my legs apart‚ looking downward with no expression the whole time. Although his eyes widen a little‚ he only looks at me. He moves back one step. With my hands still on either knee‚ I smile at him.

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    Nero's Short Story

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    the ground‚’ Nero observes to SH as they are being bundled ever further down a winding tunnel. From somewhere the MC’s voice‚ ‘Look‚ we wanted some razz-matazz out there tonight‚ but things are not really working out. You’ve at least discovered that Story Hunter is not dead meat.’ With frustration shining through in voice SH complains‚ ‘Yeah‚ it is all well and good to have found me‚ but now we have lost Buiteboer to the netherworld‚ it seems.’ The MC sounds unconcerned about Buiteboer’s whereabouts

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    Sodalite: A Short Story

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    pinkish-red one said calmly. “A bear?!” the tall‚ thin one and short round purple gems shouted in unison. “What if it hurts us? What if it hurts Steven?!” the thin one shouted back. Again with the steven? Whats up with him? Is he special or something? Soda thought. The branch that soda was on started to crack more. She tried with all her might to not let it fall‚ she even used her powers to attempt to hold it up; but alas‚ her trying cut short‚ and she fell to the ground. Fast. “ACK!” The blue gem shouted

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    Divided: A Short Story

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    Thomas: Thanks! I am happy to be here. David: We invited you here to ask you questions about your last several weeks during the trials. These trials must had been very hard on you and your friends. Thomas: Yes‚ those weeks were the hardest times of my life‚ and the only ones I can remember. David: Why is that? Thomas: When WICKED first gathered all of their test subjects‚ they erased most of our memories. We could remember the names of objects‚ our names‚ but nothing before we entered the maze. David:

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