Erendira was bathing her grandmother when the wind of her misfortune began to blow. The enormous mansion of moon like concrete lost in the solitude of the desert trembled down to its foundations with the first attack. But Erendira and her grandmother were used to the risks of the wild nature there‚ and in the bathroom decorated with a series of peacocks and childish mosaics of Roman baths they scarcely paid any attention to the wind. The grandmother‚ naked and huge in the marble tub‚ looked like
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Talking to my grandmother‚ she ask me did I remember the time I dislocated my elbow. I thought and thought but no‚ I did not. I told her I could only recall the pain when someone tried to touch my arm. Or to go back: It was my great grandparents 50th anniversary‚ I was three years old. All of my family members came together to celebrate their anniversary at the Golden Palace‚ a chinese restuarant. My cousin Erica was playing with me‚ I was running and laughing while she was chasing me. I was running
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Hailee Scott Mr. Soens March 31‚ 2015 American Revolutionary War- The Boston Massacre Boom‚ Bang‚ Boom!! The Boston massacre was part of the American Revolutionary war‚ is it took place in Boston Massachusetts‚ on March 5th‚ 1770. The colonist mean and women protested agents the British troops. Many men were losing their jobs‚ and blamed the British troops for it. They gathered in front of the old state house and yelled at the British troop’s that were trying to calm down the crowd. The colonists
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It was said by more than one author that the ‘golden age’ of the short story was the 1920s‚ and that although varied publications remain (The New Yorker‚ Myslexia‚ The Woman’s Weekly)‚ there is little opportunity in the modern age for the short story writer. Was this‚ as Kurt Vonnegut argued the result of television? Vonnegut claimed: When I started out it was possible to make a living as a freelance writer of fiction…because it was still the golden age of magazines‚ and it looked as though
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Susie had slapped Aaron Brooks when he introduced her to the game Mao. It was at one of those dumb house parties that were full of freshman girls and upperclassmen guys. (She was one of the freshman girls‚ and hadn’t learned to avoid them yet.) She’d had three gin-and-tonics and Aaron kept staring at her boobs‚ so she only felt a little sorry about slapping him at the time. (And if he was trying to sleep with her‚ introducing her to an incredibly frustrating card game was the wrong way to go about
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Interestingly‚ the person who had the most impact on my life was my grandmother. My grandmother was a retired College Principal‚ but for me she was always my Grandmother. She taught me the kinds of things that school teachers never could teach in the classroom. Because my parents were at work and my grandmother was retired‚ I spent a lot of time with her. She was a mother‚ a grandparent and a teacher at the same time. She always prepared an interesting activity for the day. We visited museums‚ theatres
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In Control In my sophomore year of high school‚ I remember a particular speech I had to deliver in my English class. It was just like any other‚ honestly. But this one‚ this specific one‚ gave me the greatest trouble. My irrational fear of public speaking consumed me and turned me against myself. I remember the mindset that I had for most of my sophomore year: me vs. them. That was how high school was. It was every man for himself. But never would I have ever thought that I was my own biggest obstacle
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Short Story Explication What Would You Think About In Your Final Moment? One’s final moments often leave many questions. “What will my final thoughts be?” or “What would my final statement to the world be?” Reflections on death are often avoided because death can be terrifying but‚ if forced to think about it‚ what would you do in the final moments of your life? The author of An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge‚ Ambrose Bierce‚ wants the reader to focus on his or her final moments and how they
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of the first documented American serial killers in the modern sense of the term. In Chicago at the time of the 1893 World’s Fair‚ Holmes opened a hotel which he had designed and built for himself specifically with murder in mind‚ and which was the location of many of his murders. While he confessed to 27 murders‚ of which nine were confirmed‚ his actual body count could be as high as 200. May 16‚ 1861‚ to Levi Horton Mudgett and Theodate Page Price‚ both of whom were descended from the first European
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In many cases‚ figuring out a title for a piece of writing can be the most difficult part of the process. However‚ the title is one of the most important components. In the book Butter‚ the author Jade Lange kept the title simple yet engaging‚ as it made the reader want to understand the context of the word “Butter.” This originally drew me to the book‚ and rest of the book was even more enthralling than the title. Overall‚ Butter was entertaining‚ eventful‚ and sensitive all at the same time. In
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