It was six-thirty in the morning‚ when fourteen-year-old Alisha Wilson’s alarm went off. She sat up‚ promptly quieting the screaming electronic. Rubbing her eyes awake‚ she realized today was Monday. Normally this was a day she usually enjoyed; however‚ this particular morning was different. It was the first day of school‚ in a new town with new people. A million negative thoughts ran though her head‚ and the stress made her uneasy. Bang! “Wake up‚ wake up‚ wake up!!!” Alisha’s silence was shattered
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It’s been three years since Eris’s death and Leda has been becoming a severe drug addict. Addicted to hardcore drugs‚ harder than before. She uses these days to cover up her feelings. The truth is that Leda did drugs to forget what she did. There was only one thing on her mind. All Leda could only think about Eris’ eyes‚ full of hatred. Her lips in a perfect circle‚ screaming. Eris’ body was strangely limp‚ almost like she had died before she had reached the bottom. Who would blame Eris for dying
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An offering by Sandra Benitez‚ A Place Where the Sea Remembers is a tale of love and anger‚ hope and tragedy‚ filled with haunting characters. Its setting is the Mexican village of Santiago‚ where Remedios‚ the healer‚ listens to the peoples’ stories and gives them advice. The healer goes to the sea to tell it her stories‚ and in turn‚ the sea tells its stories to her. "The sea listens‚ and the sea retells." At the heart of this tale is Chayo (19)‚ the flower-seller‚ and her husband‚ Candelario
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Amy Clark English 111 Professor Nevins February 2nd‚ 2012 Audience Analysis In this summary I will target the Jr high and high school audience. I feel each of them should hear this because this is the time they are deciding to go or not to go to college. I feel each of them need to feel important at this time because they have low self of esteem and they need to believe they too can do anything they put their minds to. I hope to influence a few of them to go for it become what
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Looking For Alaska Book Report Title: Looking for Alaska Author: John Green Protagonist: Miles “Pudge” Halter - He’s shy‚ tall‚ skinny; has a great interest in famous last words. He leaves Florida to Culver Creek to “seek a great perhaps”; And falls in love with Alaska Young. Antagonist: The “Weekday Warriors” Supporting Characters: Alaska Young – buoyant and rebellious‚ Pudge falls head over heels in love with her‚ but she loves her boyfriend Justin. She’s
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Thank you‚ M’am The story “yes M’am” has to do with a young boy who is taught in the most unlikely of ways some manners. The story starts with the young boy trying to snatch a big woman’s purse and being caught in the act. The woman decides to take the boy to her place and tell him about herself and teach him some manners. When characters names are given they used only 1 afterwords than going back to using boy and woman‚ giving little connection between the characters. A thing I noticed throughout
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The Mysterious Phone Call It was late one Friday afternoon as my sister and I casually drove down the busy street‚ listening to the current hits on the radio‚ and trying to relax after a hard day at work‚ we could not imagine the news that was going to come our way in just a matter of minutes. I was slumped back lazily‚ my feet sloppily propped up on the black dashboard of my sister’s Suzuki‚ and my eyes beginning to droop as Nickleback flowed out of the car’s speakers. I could see the heat waves
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MABEL. Somerset Maugham I was at Pagan in Burma‚ and from there I took a steamer to Mandalay. But a couple of days before I got there‚ when the boat tied up for the night at a riverside village‚ I made up my mind to go ashore. The skipper told me that there was a pleasant little club in which I had only to make myself at home; they were quite used to having strangers (iron off like that from the steamer‚ and the secretary was a decent chap; I might even get a game of bridge. I had nothing in
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Kincaid’s aspect of England Kincaid’s summary of England causes a conflict that is apparent through her story‚ however it is evident that human flaw is well capable and individuals have false generalizations. Kincaid is her own individual and with this she has a tendency of hold her own opinions. Although it may be human flaw‚ she uses very clever and descriptive ways to convey her hatred for England. She then uses every aspect of English culture‚ and displays it in her own negative way. Kincaid’s
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Dialectical Journals Looking at them reminded her of her rings‚ which she had given to her husband before leaving for the beach. She silently reached out to him‚ and he‚ understanding‚ took the rings from his vest pocket and dropped them into her open palm. She slipped them upon her fingers. (pg.10) At this moment in time Edna look at her children not as flesh and blood‚ but she sees them the same way she sees her ring. A bond to matrimony and not as an item that represents love‚ and she begins
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