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Ease The Pain First Time
1,913 words... ff still beside my mother. The pain in my ribs was fading along with the sun rays that lit the room. The sounds of the birds chirping outside filled my ears and blocked out the unimaginable words that once filled them. My body began to relax and I thought to myself that everything was all right. The darkness of my eyelids seemed to take over me as I began to nod off to sleep. I reached my hand out with an open gesture to connect with my mothers, and I felt the clammy feeling of her arm as I ...
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Yellow Wallpaper Male Figure
1,196 wordsThe Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, is based in an oppressive society ruled by a male figure where women are seen in a lower place in the hierarchy. The entire story basically demonstrates conflicts among a woman, the narrator and everything that revolves around her life. Her imprisonment of freedom of speech and her rights disabled her to dwell with the real cause of her illness. But after a profound analysis among the conflicts (narrator versus husband, narrator versus wallpaper,...
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Shook His Head First Time
1,198 words... front of me and told me that many had tried before, and all had failed. She was untouchable, they said, cold and standoffish to men in general. "I just pretended to sulk over the drink. But I knew the truth. I guess I'd seen it all along. She wasn't cold or unapproachable. In fact, she was one of the warmest people I've ever met. She was just simply... dignified. That's the word. She was a person of dignity. She wasn't about to stand for anyone who didn't approach her with sincerity and humi...
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Shook His Head Rose Of Sharon
686 wordsEvidence/ Quotations from the Text: "Winfield was breathless in his telling. 'So then they fit, an' that big girl hit Ruthie a good one, an' Ruthie said her brother'd kill that big girl's brother. An' then- an' then, Ruthie said our brother already kil't two fellas. An'- an' that big girl said, 'Oh yeah! You " re jus' a little smarty liar. ' An' Ruthie said, 'Oh yeah? Well, our brother's a- hiding right now from killin' a fella, an' he can kill that big girl's brother too" (456). "Muley continue...
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Narrator Pg George Pg Walls
414 words1. Gives a realistic depiction of the lives of ranch hands during the 1930 s Depression. Living conditions: The bunk house was a long, rectangular building. Inside, the walls were whitewashed and the floor unpainted. In three walls there were small, square windows, and in the fourth, a solid door with a wooden latch. Against the walls were eight bunks, five of them made up with blankets and the other three showing their burlap ticking. Over each bunk there was nailed an apple box with the openin...
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Air Force Base Miles An Hour
1,310 wordsU. S. Air Force pilot Charles ("Chuck") E. Yeager was born on February 13, 1923, in Myra, West Virginia. Yeager was the first person to fly a plane faster than the speed of sound. His father was a driller for natural gas in the West Virginia coal fields. As the United States began mobilizing for World War II, Yeager enlisted in the Army Air Force in 1941 at the age of 18. In 1943 he became a flight officer, a non-commissioned officer who could pilot aircraft. He went to England where he flew fig...
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Meeting House Black Veil
1,282 wordsThe Sexton stood in the porch of Milford meeting-house, pulling busily at the bell-rope. The old people of the village came stooping along the street. Children, with bright faces, tripped merrily beside their parents, or mimicked a graver gait, in the conscious dignity of their Sunday clothes. Spruce bachelors looked sidelong at the pretty maidens, and fancied that the Sabbath sunshine made them prettier than on week days. When the throng had mostly streamed into the porch, the sexton began to t...
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Gods And Goddesses Millions Of Years
720 wordsMillions of years before man was created, there thrived a planet much like Earth. Its inhabitants were the creators of the universe and the masters of all that lived. These beings were later called gods and goddesses. For millenniums these gods and goddesses lived at peace with each other, living off of their own creations. Then from the ashes of the fallen beings rose one god, said to be the most viscous, ruthless, and evil god to have ever risen. His name was Memnoch, often referred to as Memn...
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Shook His Head Buy Food
1,078 wordsI covered my ears with my palms. That was my stepmother calling me. Her voice sounds murderous and I didn't want to face her today. She had slapped and hit me too much already. I'm afraid I can't take it anymore so I hid in my closet. I peeked through the crack in my closet and saw my stepmom with a really pissed off look on her face. She was holding that stick that I'm always afraid of. I was thinking about how much it would hurt if she hits me with it again. I'm just thirteen and whoever said ...
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Shook Our Hands Blood Was On Our Hands Church
1,020 words... actuary. When the heat had finally receded from my face, I looked up and the pastor had moved to the front of the church and waited for everyone to calm down. He put his sun glasses on and asked everyone to tell at least ten people that we loved them and we were glad to see them there. We just stood stationary at our seats and waited. I guess we were too afraid to move and talk to all of the strangers again, but not moving did not work. They all came to shake our hands, and told us they were...
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Charlotte Perkins Gilman Late Nineteenth Century
1,309 wordsThe Yellow Wallpaper: Male Opression Of Women The Yellow Wallpaper: Male Opression Of Women In Society The Yellow Wallpaper: Male Opression of Women in Society Charlotte Perkins Gilman's The Yellow Wallpaper is a commentary on the male oppression of women in a patriarchal society. However, the story itself presents an interesting look at one womans struggle to deal with both physical and mental confinement. This theme is particularly thought-provoking when read in todays context where individual...
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Coffee Shop Doesn T
582 wordsI walked Devon Weird? I walked into the smoke filled coffee shop to meet Devon. Devon is 18 years old, a senior in high school. He likes art and is currently taking college art classes. I have only meet Devon once before, in the mall. He caught my eye because he was wearing a pink fuzzy sweater, a pair of army pants, and a pair of combat boots. I looked for Devon at the coffee shop but he wasn t there. I was 20 minutes early so I took a seat next to a small round table. The only thing on the tab...
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O J Simpson Domestic Abuse
1,344 wordsDomestic Violence Found at the scene of the crime two dead bodies stabbed brutally, and left to die at their house. This was the story that shocked the country in 1991. This was the start of the O. J. Simpson domestic abuse case that is still going on today. Unfortunately events like this happen many times over everyday in many setting all over the United states; however the victims of the other cases dont get nearly as much publicity. Some facts about domestic abuse: An average of nine out of 1...
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Shook His Head Aint No Good
672 wordsEvidence/ Quotations from the Text: Winfield was breathless in his telling. So then they fit, an that big girl hit Ruthie a good one, an Ruthie said her brother kill that big girls brother. An then- an then, Ruthie said our brother already kilt two fellas. An- an that big girl said, Oh yeah! Youre jus a little smarty liar. An Ruthie said, Oh yeah? Well, our brothers a- hiding right now from killin a fella, an he can kill that big girls brother too (456). Muley continued, Well, sir, its a funny t...
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Poetic Devices Paradise Lost
784 wordsIn the excerpts from John Milton's Paradise Lost, the reader can see the various elements of style Milton uses to achieve two different effects. His diction produces a brutal tone in Passage A, while painting an idyllic picture in Passage B. Milton's sentence structure supports his diction. The syntax of Passage A is sharp, while Passage Bs is more flowing. Figurative language, especially conceit, is pervasive throughout both passages, and the poetic devices mainly hyperbole add to the overall e...
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Shook His Head Side To Side
852 wordsRichard Sweeney November 29, 1999 Thomas Casey Throughout the fall semester I did community service at a thrift shop and soup kitchen in Lawrence. There I experienced things I have never encountered before in my life. These experiences have taught me a lot, and have truly made me look at Americas underprivileged, in a new light. The hours I put in at the food pantry had a greater affect on me than the thrift shop. On October 16, 1999 another classmate and I were brought to the food pantry in the...
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Lord Of The Flies William Golding
1,011 wordsLord of the Flies by William Golding It has taken man many thousands of years to evolve from an ape. Many geniuses knowledge was passed down through the generations to allow civilization to occur. Humans are animals, with barbarous instincts and a predisposition to violence. One can question if we are really civilized at all. This question is raised in the novel Lord of the Flies by William Golding. The protagonist, Ralph, as leader of the boys, goes face to face with a deteriorating society and...
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Asexual Reproduction Summer School
1,541 wordsMy Summer Off Memory can be so fickle. Like some great book that is slowly loosing its pages, you begin with an entire novel full of details and descriptions and, if you? re not careful, you end up with nothing more than the cover and the brief synopsis on the back page. My novel on the subject of the end of summer school debate has lost its share of pages but the back-cover synopsis, the essence of the entire experience, is still with me. ? We are about to begin our annual debating tournament, ...
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Curley Wife Static Character
1,364 wordsShanell Davis March 5, 2001 Block 3 English Of Mice and Men Lennie is a static character in Steinbecks Of Mice and Men. Curley is also a static character. A static character is a character that remains the same throughout the whole novel. Therefore Curley and Lennie are static characters in this novel. By Curley's Wife being dead lead Lennie to death. Lennie is a very tall, big, and strong guy. He is so strong that when he got into a fight with Curley, he broke his hand. The quote, Curley's fist...
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Waited For The Sound Asked Jessica Door
1,078 wordsMy hand Quiet Quiet My hand shook violently as I fumbled with my keys. I tried to quiet the jingling, tried to unlock the door quickly without making much noise, tried to get inside before he caught up with me. I turned the knob and rushed through the door, locking it with a click behind me. My heart pounded in my ears as I shoved my back against the closed wooden door and shut my eyes. I held my breath as the footsteps echoed down the hallway. I prayed silently as they drew nearer, hoping they ...
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