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    The Drowsy: A Short Story

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    wonderful thing especially for these people who haven’t found a place to be yet in school‚ and you find out they find their place in the arts‚ and it’s awesome. It’s such an important thing. They’re continually trying to cut back in schools on music and on acting and all the culture and stuff like that. It’s such a mistake. Luckily‚ when I was young‚ I picked up a guitar and started singing because it stopped me from hanging around the 7-11.

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    The Veldt Short Story

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    take. Adults‚ drive down speeding highways texting a dear friend. If you don’t acquire the new technology you are represented as an outcast. Many years before modern technology was invented‚ Bradbury wrote compelling short stories on technology far from the time written. Short stories including‚ The Veldt and The Pedestrian. Bradbury’s ideas warn the reader‚ that personal technology will invade and shatter personal relationships. Bradbury shows technology overpowers the love in relationships. In

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    Rattlesnake Short Story

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    in height between myself and sea level. I looked down and to the left. There was a rattlesnake‚ more specifically‚ a Great Basin Rattlesnake. They’re venomous. I stopped dead in my tracks‚ I was not going anywhere near that thing. I was the only one who had seen the snake‚ and‚ like a smart kid‚ I omitted telling them that information. My family had yet seen the snake. The path was narrow. There were people behind us and there was not enough room to turn around. I was stuck. The path was as narrow

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    Probity: A Short Story

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    As I was watching the news this weekend‚ I was also thinking of the short story I had to write using one of my vocabulary lists. I kept thinking of my words and watching the news and all I could think about was how all of the stories seemed to be spurious. It also appeared certain stations were in collusion in order to belie the truth. Probity is something that was taught in our home. I was raised to believe police officers were scrupulous in their actions. I was taught and believe police officers

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    Gwytheyrn: A Short Story

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    saw a mysterious silhouette behind a home. “If you wish to return home alive‚ you will not move‚” Gwytheyrn stated in a tone nearly shaking with rage. The rival warrior slowly turned to face us. A sinister grin was fixed upon her face‚ yet she gripped her sword so that her knuckles turned white. “I’m sorry. Is this not the house of my brother? He’s a kind fellow. About yea high-.” Aedh lost his

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    Gothic short stories

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    afraid of what dark powers might be lurking‚ hidden in the threatening mist‚ I was more afraid of what might happen to Rachael if I left her alone with the thing that had brought her to this darkened graveyard. Gusts of wind shook the door violently‚ I heard a shriek from around the corner of the mausoleum and a distant door close with sudden fury‚ felt for the first time the danger that was lurking. I trod as softly but impatiently yet looked back frequently to see if I was being followed. My blood

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    In the short story‚ “The Boys Who Fought The Nazis” by Kristin Lewis‚ the role of information was very important to the people of Germany‚ Hitler‚ and three young boys that resisted the Nazis. The Nazis controlled the information from Hitler. Hitler was misusing information‚ and restricting the truth. On page 7 it states‚ “Hitler gave himself the title of Fuhrer‚ and began invading Germany’s neighbors.” In this text‚ it means that Hitler’s real interest was in his power. “Fuhrer” in the text‚ means

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    Anil Short Story

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    Even in bright daylight‚ it looked extremely scary. Nagaraj‚ the 70 madman who sang to himself by the river every day from dawn till dusk‚ told them he had once seen the tree wrap it vines around little kids who ventured unknowingly near it and then reel the kids into its thick canopy of leaves‚ and no one would ever see the kid again. It was a tree that ate little children. ‘Marimuthu!’ the

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    proud Gaul‚ but here‚ the Romans saw fit to dress her like a savage‚ a barbarian‚ for that was how the mighty fuckin’ Romans saw the Gauls‚ nothing more. She paced the cage that she’d been locked in. Iska had proven to be an unruly gladiator at time‚ sometimes even assaulting fellow gladiators of the same ludus during training with the slightest provocation. She was still paying the price for breaking the nose of a Scythia gladiator and ruining her good looks. Here at the ludus of the lanista Quintus

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    Short Story - Emergency

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    Perspectives in Emergency Life can be repetitive‚ unclear‚ and colourful. It has its ups and downs‚ along with its dramatic twists and turns‚ but ultimately‚ life can be confusing. In the short story Emergency‚ Johnson suggests that when one is stuck in the same environment for too long‚ one’s grasp on life becomes artificial. Using symbolism‚ characters and anaphora‚ Johnson suggests that by “taking a break” from work‚ one can gain a clearer perspective on life. Johnson uses ‘blindness’

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