The short story "Boys and Girls‚" written by Alice Munro‚ was written in a first-person point of view. The main character‚ Alice‚ is a static character. She is the oldest child in the family‚ and has a younger brother‚ Laird. Alice is very helpful around the house with her mother‚ but tends to disappear from the house to help her father outside‚ which she enjoys best. Alive has quite the imagination. At night she would make up rules for her brother and herself‚ such as: "...we had rules to
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That was the 1st day in college. As I and my friends entered the class rooms we looked around. I looked at the boys‚ all of them looked like all boring chaps‚ no one looked as though smart‚ someone to be friends with…‚ But we had to live there only. Then came rakhi‚ I had to send some rakhis to my brothers. And I didnt had time to go to the courier office. One of my friend knew a boy‚ she asked him that if he can send those rakhis‚ he said yes and he took the rakhis from me and send them. I didnt
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She was simply too used to having loud boys around her house — as much as she denied it‚ Lorelai actually did love the chaos they created. She would forever deny it‚ but she even liked when Colin and his rowdy MC pals would spend the day hanging out. She poured her second glass of wine and then
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JORGE One night in Jamaica‚ a warm breeze rustled the trees‚ they seemed to whisper to him. As night fell‚ he watched the sun set and tried to count the stars. Jorge sat watching as the stars appeared in the sky. He couldn’t count‚ so high and decided and closed his eyes. Jorge leaned his head back into his palms and sighed. He was sprawled out on the cool grass. He patted his dog beside him. It would soon be time for dinner and he must go in and help his grandmother prepare the family meal
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On the Grasshopper and Cricket By John Keats A grasshopper representing good times in the summer‚ and a cricket representing bad times that are associated with winter. In the first half of the poem ‘On the Grasshopper and Cricket’ Keats talks about the opulence of the summer season and deals with summer imagery and the grasshopper‚ similarly the second half is about the dullness of the winter season and deals with the cricket. “ How does Keats explore Romantic Ideals in his poem On the Grasshopper
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Glamorization of Cricket Cricket has been way too glamorized in India since the time it started. Cricketers are almost omnipresent. On TV – either playing or in the news for their controversies with the coach. Or in the papers for their new hairstyle. Or in the posters for being brand ambassadors. Or on the radio for their marriage band or banquet. Cricket covers more than half of the national news. If you ask a kid today the national game of our country‚ it wouldn’t come as a surprise if he replies
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Lannon was a 13-year old boy who had an awesome life. When he was born‚ the doctors had said‚ “Mr. and Mrs. Jenson‚ you have a perfect son living with you now!” Lannon was the perfect weight and size‚ he had lots of hair already‚ and he wasn’t a very fussy baby. Lannon’s parents were wealthy lawyers. They had won almost every single case that they were ever hired for‚ and they had gotten hired for a lot. Lannon had tried to keep track once‚ and the numbers grew to over two hundred in one year
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Five Somebody told me before that when you feel almost nothing at all‚ only plain unhappiness‚ then just die. You always want to find an explanation for feeling so empty‚ but what was that for? Nothing. If you feel that way‚ then that’s depression‚ and I’m telling you‚ that thing kills every part of you. Well‚ at least‚ that’s what it does to me. Dr. Marie once said that she knew everything about my condition and she’s dead wrong; I know myself more than everybody does. After that check-up‚ I
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PokeBall and Fei lowering her guard until the younger tamer came running up to the victorious pair. "How’d you do that!" the boy exclaimed. "That move‚ Inferno. Can you teach my Charmander?" His eyes were twinkling with curiosity fit for his age‚ his first loss on the battlefield not even seeming to faze his pride any. "That was amazing‚ I think I’ll get a Ninetales one day!" The boy was so overcome with excitement that he reached out to grasp one of Fei’s fluffy tails‚ with only the purest intentions
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That summer afternoon‚ as I remember it‚ was doubtlessly a commemorable one. Breezy‚ yet humid. Bright yet shadowed by the monsters that the afternoon sun cast upon all things animate and inanimate. Even though my generation belongs to one of technology‚ I will always be gratified to be able to claim that my youth was still filled with sweaty foreheads and rusty old bikes. I was only twelve when my great adventure took place. Keelan and Matthew Daniel‚ known to many as the definition of rednecks
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