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    Debris: A Short Story

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    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 on the other. She closed her eyes and drifted off to sleep

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    I ambitiously decided that I would brighten the lives of the elderly by volunteering at a rest home‚ but discovered that the elderly were being neglected‚ shoved aside and forgotten. As I stepped into the home a pungent odor penetrated my nostrils‚ causing an instantaneous gagging reflex. The place was abounded with neglected and subdued inhabitants‚ yearning for attention. Anybody that passed them caused a sudden outburst of ranting. The negligence and disregard the home displayed appalled me‚ but

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    The Subway Short Story

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    the police when Sansa assumed the smoke was nothing. Knowing Arya‚ Margaery would be subjected to an extremely threatening shovel talk - more than once. But what she had with Margaery‚ right now‚ it was heaven. All You Had To Do Was Stay [i’ve been picking up the pieces of the mess you made] It’s November 1st‚ and Sansa has not left her bed once. She wishes that she could just forget‚ take all of her memories of November 1st‚ and burn them to be lost forever. She doesn’t let Margaery hold

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    Bias In A Short Story

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    As a terminology‚ “Bias” is basically used as a word of judgment toward objects and people. In these short stories bias is served towards race‚ gender‚ and age; showing that discrimination towards the littlest things can change the perspective in someone’s eye. In the short story‚ ‘’Birthday party” racial bias is being told to us. The children’s Aunt May is in town for the summer and she went outside overheard the colored kid say “hey sis” towards Josephine but her aunt did not know that she and

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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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    Pearls: A Short Story

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    support from her own family‚ society has created useless labels that we seem to must have‚ in order to live a decent life. Why is Tammy’s son so ashamed of their humble home? Why is he ashamed of how Tammy dresses? Because society has taught us that you MUST own a nice middle class home‚ you need to look gorgeous at all times‚ don’t you dare to not put make up on‚ wear your designer clothes‚ and live the so call American dream. If we lived in another dimension where

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    Short Story Summary

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    Zichao Huang Mr. Lambert English028 March 17‚ 2015 The Story of an Hour “The Story of an Hour” is about a woman named Mrs. Mallard who is married to a man named Mr. Mallard. Mrs. Mallard does not have a very good heart‚ and she is sick. Something bad has happened‚ and people do not know how to tell her about it. Josephine is her sister‚ and she tells Mrs. Mallard that Mr. Mallard died in a train accident. Richards is Mr. Mallard’s friend‚ and he is there because he knew about the accident. Richards

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    Short Story Of Katekoppen

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    Kattekoppen The short story‚ Kattekoppen‚ is about a Dutch born man named Levi that had joined the U.S Army‚ a navy seal‚ and soldiers in Logar‚ Afghanistan. I feel like this story had a lot of good descriptive detail in it‚ but I didn’t feel like I never figured out the main point of the story. But what I did figure out‚ was that the title of the story came from Levi’s Dutch licorice candy that was sent to him from his mother. This particular candy was his favorite as a child but had grown to

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    Superdome: A Short Story

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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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    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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