Upon 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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Assignment: Sexuality in Carmilla Le Fanu’s story of Carmilla has been adapted as a web series‚ in which the setting is modern day society at a college campus. Laura remains the narrator of the thirty-six-episode season‚ where she records all events from her dorm room as part of her journalism class. The web series stays loyal to having Carmilla remain the female vampire in the story‚ while also implying other female romantic relationships. In the short story Le Fanu’s choice of a female vampire alters
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It was an early spring day‚ and there she was‚ Mrs. Mallard‚ sitting in her well-lit at home office while the kids were at school‚ staring emotionlessly at her laptop screen. Mrs. Louise Mallard heard knocking on her office door‚ rather quickly standing up from her chair‚ she walked peacefully to the door and pulled it open. Her sister Josephine was standing outside‚ a different look of panic flashed in her eye. Josephine told her sister to take a seat‚ because she had something very important to
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analysing three short stories and will be explaining through my writing how the stories interest and satisfy the readers. I will express the aims of the stories through the eyes of my writing and evaluate the short stories in detail. The stories that I will be analysing are all set in different places. The first short story I will be focusing on is “The Sniper”. This is a story written by Liam O’Flaherty‚ which is set in a city called Dublin situated in Ireland. The genre for this story is Civil war
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Rudy hated to go home with his left ear bleeding and his right eye almost closed. He is a 12 year old kid that is bullied at Middleton Middle School. Rudy opened the door to see his dog‚ Shepherd‚ stare at him with a gaze stronger than the sun. Rudy went through the door to find himself in a old‚ moldy house with the wallpaper peeling off like a banana. He walked over to the phone that had a voicemail on it‚ Rudy listened very closely as the speaker was muffled up with grime. All Rudy could hear
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Terrified This short story is called Terrified‚ it is written by C.B. Gilford. This title name gives readers a large attention‚ and this title name is very suitable for this short story‚ because if you were one of the characters in the story you would be a lot more than terrified. This story has four characters‚ Paul Santin‚ Vince‚ Arlene‚ which are both teenagers‚ about 16-18 years old‚ and the policeman. The main character is Paul Santin‚ he is the main point of this story. This story is about a person
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Analyzing a short story The basic components of a short story 1. Plot (introduction‚ conflict‚ climax‚ resolution ) The sequence of events or incidents of which the story is composed. In the plot there may be diffferent kinds of conflicts (person agains person – person agains environment – person against him/herself). Artistic unity is essential to a good plot ; nothing irrelevant should be there that does not contribute to the total meaning.
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without me!” I thought in fear. “Don’t think that way‚ they’ll be here!” The voice said. Nervously‚ I walked to the soccer field. The black and blue checkered soccer field did nothing but drag me down even more. My parents were nowhere to be found! The yellow soccer ball seemed to say to me; “I’m sorry‚ you’re silly enough to lose your parents‚ not! They will leave you here all alone.” I kicked the soccer ball under the table because I was so angry. “I guess I just got angry‚” I thought. A mix of adrenaline
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Courageous and full of determination‚ Jake Garson in one of the short stories I’m Still Here‚ written by Veronica Ross‚ shows the set of characteristics that many Canadians regard as expressing their unique place and role in the world. He tried to fight and stand up for his own rights against the government through his act of bravery. By doing this‚ he had influenced many people in his hometown that faced the same situation as Jake; however‚ they did not show the same kind of courage that Jake showed
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Five Somebody told me before that when you feel almost nothing at all‚ only plain unhappiness‚ then just die. You always want to find an explanation for feeling so empty‚ but what was that for? Nothing. If you feel that way‚ then that’s depression‚ and I’m telling you‚ that thing kills every part of you. Well‚ at least‚ that’s what it does to me. Dr. Marie once said that she knew everything about my condition and she’s dead wrong; I know myself more than everybody does. After that check-up‚ I
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