could feel my heart rate increasing slowly and at my attention it began to beat more fiercely. I could feel it pulsing through my body as though someone was sending thick beads of mercury through my veins. I was sent back to the moment of birth and was once again trying to learn how to breathe. Something was eating me from the inside out and when I could finally put my finger on it‚ I realized it was fear. The kind of fear that followed you up the stairs as a kid‚ or maybe still now‚ convinced that something
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When reflecting on the day and then writing this story‚ I discovered that although we were together as a family for the entire day‚ at the same time‚ we were separated by an invisible wall created by technology that took us away from being in the moment with each other. This was the exact message my dad was trying to get across in his hour-long lecture. I won’t give the exact play by play of his entire lecture‚ but it started out as him telling me how “bratty” and selfish I had been toward the family
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"Sin-penalty-penance-salvation" is an important archetype in the BIBLE. This archetype in the BIBLE provides an excellent frame for THE ZOO STORY. Edward Albee’s employment of archetypes from Greek myth and allusions from the BIBLE serve as a catalyst in the expansion of his narratives‚ binding the old with the new and adding depth to his plots and characters. Jerry‚ when we meet him‚ has lived for a short time in a rooming house on the west side. The inhabitants of the rooming house are‚ infact‚ the outcasts‚ the doomed
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then I got to the desert! After that‚ I paddled south down Lake Havasu‚ which is pretty huge and amazing.” Alex paused for a minute. Actually‚ he went through the Yuma Proving Ground which is highly restricted by the U.S. Army‚ but if he continue his story‚ the authorities would know that he was trespassing. Alex decided to skip this part of the journey. “But one day‚ the canoe crashed and unfortunately‚ I barely lost the control of the canoe. I was so busy saving myself that I didn’t realize that I
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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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didn’t listen and now we’re stuck here unsure what will happen to us. We were stuck in the middle of hurricane katrina. A few days ago President Bush issued a warning‚ to make things even worse for us Mayor Nagin issued a mandatory evacuation order. We ignored it and that’s how we ended up where we are. Most people decided to leave‚ the news had said that less than 100‚000 decided to stay. Me and my family decided to stay with our house until the last possible second. Once we couldn’t stay anymore we left
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amazing wonders. Greater than even the Crimson Knights power itself I’m sure." He looked at me and then smiled. "That’s true‚ there has to be something bigger. Bigger‚ than the Crimson Knight. I’ve thought about it since Father started telling us the stories‚" He took a deep breath‚ "But enough of that‚ let’s go meet up with the others shall we?" We walked to the social area. We seen everyone talking‚ so we causally walked up to them. "Tai! You killed it out there‚ that upwards strike really caught him
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For the sake of anonymity I’ll keep some names private‚ and call myself Beowulf. My story happened around two years ago‚ I was 26 years old when my family and I had noticed that my grandmother was starting to forget our names‚ couldn’t recall certain events‚ and at times seemed in a daze and lost from her state of mind‚ completely forgetting where she was in that moment. This was followed by her stumbling around the house and falling a few times. One time it got to the point where she fell down
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These fruits weren’t like any old fruit these fruit were very sweet‚ large and fresh . He decided that instead of eating the same old grass that every other animal ate‚ to eat these sweet fruits . Unfortunately ‚ for the elk a hunter and his family lived in the cottage by that fruit tree . The hunter and his family haven’t ate weeks ‚ so when the hunter saw that there were footprints in the snow by the tree ‚ he and his were overjoyed . When the elk got back to his home he had decided to tell
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Short story: Title: One girl’s life In some village there is a one girl who did not have her father. Her father left her family at her childhood itself because her mother gave born to two girls so he left them. From then onwards the girl started to work hard and to feed their family. She became the topper of the class in every standard from her childhood. She joined in an engineering college which is medium college even though she got a good rank she
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