effectively conveys loss of innocence and ant war through sophisticated symbolism in the short story “Flowers”. It tells the story of a young girl‚ Margaret‚ who was evacuated from the city of Glasgow to the highlands of Scotland in an attempt to avoid the inhumanity of war‚ but it is in the highlands where she truly witnessed the brutality of war. The character of Miss Laing is used to show the glamour of war. At the beginning of the story Miss Laing is portrayed as a very harsh teacher but as the airmen
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Winchell nervously looks at the clock on the wall‚ which is directly in front of him‚ peers through the glass panel at his left into the engineer´s booth‚ and then glances around the room. It is thirty seconds to nine. A studio visitor‚ seated in one of the four chairs alongside the wall‚ coughs‚ and Winchell looks up anxiously‚ He reaches for the water pitcher‚ fills a paper cup‚ and takes a quick swallow. The buzzer sounds on the keyboard in front of the announcer as the engineer signals fifteen
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love it. I just love coming here and mingling with the young folks and just doing what comes natural to me‚" said Lester Sowell. At 81-years-old‚ Lester Sowell shows no signs of slowing down. The Air Force Veteran and Horseheads native always has a smile on his face as he collects carts and bags groceries at Jubilee in Horseheads. "I worked one day and said‚ ’oh no this job is not for me.’ Then I said‚ ’maybe I’ll give it one more day.’ 13 years later‚ I am still here‚" said Sowell. Lester retired
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compressions. The process of giving chest compressions has to be the most gut-wrenching experience in the world‚seeming to only get more excruciating‚ with every single compression. the feeling of ribs breaking is something that i’ll never forget. Once we were able to get into a rhythm with CPR I began to look around and I noticed the third lifeguard coming running at us with a woman who looked very distraught who I could only assume was the young boy’s mother. Her hysteria and everyone running around
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pass through; it has trapped me in‚ and forbids me to walk out. Fear paralyzes my entire body‚ and I am unable to think. Overwhelming thoughts fill my mind‚ “What if I can never get out? What if I die here?” Adrenaline rushes through my body. Slowly I begin to think again. The horror of being trapped‚ here‚ alone is the only thing my disoriented mind can process. I bang on the locked door with all my strength‚ hoping and praying someone will pass by and hear me. A noise rumbles from beneath the stairs
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missed you so much.” The Dead was gone‚ and all was quiet at EternalSleep. *** Some of the Dead were silent‚ already moved to the OtherPlace‚ but others had to be consoled. The Grounds generally made first contact‚ or Digger‚ if nearby. The frequency used to make communication had limited dispersion. With practice‚ they developed a routine. Contact. Reassurance. Crossover. Some Dead took longer than others‚ but eventually‚ all moved across. Several times‚ they glimpsed the OtherPlace where the Dead
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They were not criminals and if they signed the paperwork they were agreeing to be just that. Mother refused to sign as a show of dignity and pride. These attributes are nonmaterial things that the guards could not take away from Lina’s mother. This story is about compassion‚ determination‚ love‚ hope‚ and miracles. I chose compassion because of the shocking ending in which the guard is the one that really helps the prisoners to survive. Even in the face of total hopelessness‚ there are people who still
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which droned on as the villagers ate. CED (Citycorp Enforcement Drones) hovered around to monitor as CitycorpTM rations were being handed out. Ever since the government takeover and Hewat village was one of the “lucky” few agglomerations that was being used to trial the new government rations. The government had been using BM or bio-meat as a new alternative to red meat‚ there had been an escalation in the prices of black market meat. Kin examined the packaging of the food and the forever present government
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church dressed for the occasion.This funeral was also one of which I was prepared to speak at. Not to people or to an audience‚ but to God. We were in a Holy Church honoring a corpse but that isn’t what I wanted. I wanted her and her spirit wasn’t here because she had turned into no more than a statue and the artist who created her was God himself. So‚ I turned to him for answers as to why she had to die. For what had she done to deserve her life being taken and what
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trick or treating started at about six so we waited and waited until the clock struck six and we made our way out the door and treaded down town. Once we reached down town we went to some houses and got candy by the time we reached the back roads of morris we had more than half of a bag of candy and we decided to knock on the other peoples doors once we got done we had a bunch of candy so we decided to go back to my house and dump it all out and trade candy and all that good stuff so it’s about
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