Sulav Sharma TRIP TO SIX FLAGS I have always been fascinated by scary rides. It amazes me that average‚ ordinary people eagerly trade in the serenity of the ground for the chance to be tossed through the air like flower in a fruit processor. It amazes me that at some time in history someone thought that people would enjoy this‚ and that person invented what must have been the first of these terrifying machines. For me‚ it is precisely the thrill and excitement of having survived the ride that
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The small bell tingled when the door was swung open. The rusted handle caught uncomfortably under the customer’s hand. The curtains veiling the front door blew gustily and coughed out a cloud of dust. A large stack of books greeted the keen eyes entering the small crowded shop. It was 8 feet long and had 6 shelves devouring the entire place on the wooden framework. Books sat on the lip of the ledge‚ leaning over as if peering over the end. The torn and tattered exteriors of the fat volumes of paper
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MY MOTHER There is a quote that says: “Mothers are angels who teach their kids to fly”. I truly think that mothers are angels. Although‚ I always thought that mothers were sent to this world to be mean with their kid specially in their adolescent years when we would rather go to a party with our friends instead of cleaning our rooms or reading books. Despite that mothers are known for being ’’super women.’’ What makes a mother so special? When I was little I remember that she used to play with
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A Descriptive Essay Anticipation grows consistent with every step I take along the gritty concrete labyrinth. Beneath a blazing sun‚ the smell of baked asphalt‚ sugary cola‚ and pretzel surround me. I follow the unpainted‚ gray chain fence that leads me forward. Overhead the deafening whirl of metal and screams briefly fill the hot air. The consistent drone of greasy motors and hissing pneumatics engage my curiosity. My heart rushes like a child on Christmas morning about to receive a favorite
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classic Gothic texts that are incorporated in this corpus. This research question refers to Clive Bloom’s list of significant horror and ghost tales provided in his book Gothic Horror (xiii-xvii). Since fear is part of the emotions of horror as well‚ an intense representation of its linguistic expressions is expected to be found in those works. A certain number of these horror tales were incorporated in the corpus too which were analysed in order to detect the collected words of fear and compare them
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I have always been very intrigued by horror films. I can remember being as young as six or seven‚ watching The Exorcist‚ Texas Chainsaw Massacre‚ Jaws‚ The Omen‚ Carrie‚ and Halloween. These movies never really scared me‚ I was taught at a really young age that they were not real; they were just tricks of the movie world. My mom always told me they were real people dressed up‚ just like we did for Halloween. We would talk about how they created the special effects. Scary as it was‚ there was
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Journey’s End: The Horror of War RC Sheriff uses many ways to emphasize just how horrible life at the front‚ through characters’ behaviour‚ sounds shown in the performance directions‚ general themes explored throughout the play‚ etc. The following essay will describe mainly how the character’s behaviour is affected by the war‚ and will begin by explaining this‚ and will also describe how RC Sheriff uses stage directions to highlight these points‚ as well as to dramatize the play a little. Quotes
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power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality.¨ By using descriptive language the author allows the reader to create a picture of the story in their head. In the story ¨Stop the Sun¨ by Gary Paulsen‚ the author uses descriptive adjectives and figurative language to develop the setting mood and characters. In ¨Stop the Sun¨‚ the author uses descriptive adjectives to develop the setting and characters. In the story the author described the father’s PTSD attacks
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The “Final Girl”: The Exploration of Gender in Slasher/Horror Movies Much is made of the anti-female sentiments expressed in slasher/horror films. The classic scenario or formula used in most slasher movies includes the psycho-killer who slashes to death a string of mostly female victims‚ one-by one‚ until he himself is killed or subdued by the final survivor‚ usually the female lead character. The slasher film is rife with forbidden sexual overtones and graphic bloody violence‚ making
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are all what humans are capable of doing and humans can be very dangerous creatures. Animated dolls have the ability to go through the process of thinking their actions through so‚ are fully aware of what they are about to do next. In most of these horror films these dolls openly said what they are about to do and even gave evil looks to the person. Also‚ “I also think the animate doll taps into childhood fears.” (Keetley) This explains how children actually believe that these dolls come alive at
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