The father from the short story “Once upon a time” had displayed signs of being cautious throughout the narrative‚ because of the recent events and riots that have rattled the environment. Notably‚ the father seems to only take action when he heeds advice from individuals that he had spoken to. In fact‚ when the mother requested for the housemaid to feed the dwellers outside of the Suburb‚ but regardless‚ the trusted housemaid did not consider it to be a marvelous idea and the husband agreed with
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“Once Upon a Time‚” written by Nadine Gordimer‚ is a story that tells about how people should embrace their community and that sometimes fears are more dangerous than their “enemies.” Gordimer’s bedtime story relayed her character’s fears for the outside world as well as her fears that by closing themselves in‚ they are more dangerous to themselves. The story within a story gives the reader more insight on Gordimer’s fears as well as common fears. The bedtime story that Gordimer uses to fall asleep
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I never expected to get lost; I mean my cousin had told us he knew were we were going. But we still ended up getting lost. It all started in my house‚ not so big but just a regular old house‚ where we were having a family gathering‚ and just like any other Mexican party we had loud music‚ dance and lots of food. I and my sister‚ a short 15 year old girl at that time with long curly hair‚ had bin wanting to see a movie called “The Hangover” for a pretty long time‚ jumping laughing and rolling
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Go and Come Back Posted on Monday‚ June 21st‚ 2010 at 11:02 am Book Review -Go and Come Back- By: Aery Yoo It is nice to have a place to return to. The author of Go and come back‚ Joan Abelove‚ acutely makes us realize that. The author‚ Joan Abelove has won many awards for Go and come back; It was chosen as ‘an ALA notable book‚’ ‘an ALA best book for young adults‚’ and ‘a 1999 Los Angeles Times book prize finalist.’ Her first book‚ Go and come back is a fiction
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repeat the past.i would love to go back 5 years ago without changing the way things are now. I would love to go back to when my aunt had her farm and i had my horse i miss being able to go out to the farm when i was having a bad day and going and riding my horse her name was star my aunt named her and that’s what i liked me and star we had a special bond just like you get with your best friend she could always tell when something was wrong she would always come over and lay her head down on my shoulder
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originally intended to be a gross exaggeration of the world if totalitarian governments were in control‚ however‚ as our society goes on‚ it seems we are approaching the state in 1984‚ which leads us to beg the question: is 1984 a fantasy never-to-be or a reality soon-to-come? In 1984‚ people are monitored twenty-four hours a day‚ seven days a week. This seems absolutely mad and criminal until you realize that the state in the USA is almost exactly the
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Time Should Never Be Wasted I’m totally agree! Time is one of all important things in our life. I think many people also agree with that statement. No one waste their time for some things disadvantage for them. For example‚ when you got an assignment‚ and you have much time to finish that‚ will you do and finish the assignment when the time is almost over? You won’t! Well‚ maybe there are some people will‚ they are useless person. Why do the time should never be wasted? I’ll explain … now! Have
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Once Upon a Time by GABRIEL OKARA Once upon a time‚ son‚ they used to laugh with their hearts and laugh with their eyes: but now they only laugh with their teeth‚ while their ice-block-cold eyes search behind my shadow. There was a time indeed they used to shake hands with their hearts: but that’s gone‚ son. Now they shake hands without hearts: while their left hands search my empty pockets. ‘Feel at home’! ‘Come again’: they say‚ and when I come again and feel at home‚ once‚ twice‚ there will be
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A time I will never forget It was winter 2010and the weather was bad. The snow was knee deep and still falling. I was at work and sitting at the reception desk. It had been such a busy night with people checking in and people coming off the street looking for somewhere to stay. A woman came in to the reception area with her three kids. Straight away I could tell she was a gypsy traveller‚ the way she spoke and looked. She went on to tell me that she needed a room for the night as she was
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realize is that most of the time the producers and screen writers did not come up with the idea and themes of these main stream shows all on their own. Much of the modern day media can be traced back to ancient text and stories that were common in antiquity. In the television show‚ Once Upon A Time it is clear to see that the source of the production comes from fairy tales and Disney movies‚ but some of the underlining themes actually originate from sources much farther back than Beauty and The Beast
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