401 days since Tamir was killed. I sigh‚ sitting down one last time behind the Rice family. Samaria glances back at me‚ providing a longing smile. I return it‚ yet I can feel the pain in her eyes. Here we are once again‚ after more than a year‚ still fighting for the death of her son. My eyes shift around the room. Court has become like a home to me‚ ever since I found my way out of Alabama after Scout and Jem moved away. The church-like pews line the carpet‚ yet this is no place of worship. Everything
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(Romeo rushes into the Capulet Tomb and finds Paris. He and Paris will fight and Paris Dies… Then Romeo will find Juliet laying there in her grave..) Instead of Romeo weeping for 20 minutes then killing himself‚ he will arrive there a few moments before she wakes up. Romeo will stare at her for a moment‚ and notice Juliet moving. Then he will realize that she is alive and he will thank god for not letting her die. Then Juliet will sit up and they will kiss. After a few minutes‚ Juliet will jolt
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An ending of a novel is influential to the way readers understand the novel. Therefore‚ different endings of a novel direct readers toward different directions to approach the novel. Unlike his novel novels‚ Dickens have multiple versions of endings for Great Expectations. The most two significant endings are the original one in which Pip sees Estella accidentally sees Estella on street in London‚ and the revised one in which Pip reunites with Estella at Satis House: “I took her hand in mine‚ and
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compete to show dominance upon one another. Times were tough for African American slaves‚ whom were freed from slavery. In Ralph Ellison’s Short story‚ Battle Royal‚ the author uses the main character to demonstrate how difficult it is to break a never-ending cycle. The story of Battle Royal is a depiction of what many black men faced in that time. The narrator is living a 1930’s Alabama and has recently graduated from high school at the top of his class. At around 17 years old he thinks of himself as
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Summer Reading 2013 Alternate Ending of “All Quiet on the Western Front” TWELVE It is autumn in Germany. In 1918‚ the First World War is upon us. Upon me‚ as I am the last of seven members in my class. My leader‚ my friend‚ has been killed not too long ago. However‚ that has driven me closer to victory. They all talk of violence and injustice‚ but all have passed. Hope is low that the war will end shortly. If war resumes‚ then there will be resolution. I have fourteen days of rest due inhaling
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The Awakening - Final Observation 2. Change the ending of the story. Edna strips herself of her clothes and swims into the ocean. She has a great amount of things on her mind and she ponders these. She thinks about Robert‚ Leonce‚ her children‚ and Robert’s note. As she is about to give up and surrender to the ocean‚ Robert‚ who has been watching over her‚ quickly takes off his shirt and dives into the water. He swims at an astonishing speed towards Edna and grabs her by the waist. She is shocked
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Not All Fairytales Have A Happy Ending: Sleeping Beauty Syndrome Off he rides‚ on his noble steed‚ a valiant figure‚ straight and tall! To wake his love with "loves ’ first kiss"! And prove that "true love" conquers all! – Sleeping Beauty Have you ever wondered what it would be like to sleep forever? It won’t seem like a bad thing for us sleep-deprived-busy-bodies. But for those who suffer from Sleeping Beauty Syndrome‚ will it be like a fairy tale? In the fairy tale a simple kiss can wake
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Comparing the many endings and few words of Old and Modern English‚ we see that the main change between the two stages is that of a language with free word order and many endings but no ‘small’ words such as the or to becoming a language with strict word order‚ few endings and many ‘small’ words. This change‚ involving the grammaticalization of prepositions to replace case endings‚ is formulated in (11): Like Modern English‚ Old English third person pronouns show masculine‚ feminine‚ and
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Vivian Yu Ms. Ryan English 2H 16 April 2013 The Everlasting Fire The waves crashed against the lone island once more. Ralph sat in a covert‚ huddling himself for warmth. He closed his eyes. Flashes of his comrade and friend‚ Piggy‚ filled his wandering mind. Ever since he had died‚ Ralph never stopped thinking about it. A brisk‚ cold wind shocked Ralph and he quickly stood. Dusk was drawing near‚ and his wounds from the other encountering boys had ceased to stop. Noises from the jungle northwest
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The title of The Sense of an Ending refers the many ‘endings’ in the novel. Of the ‘endings’‚ Adrian’s suicide seems to be the most crucial event in the novel. His suicide raises a question that Tony implies throughout the book: Which is better: living a meaningless life or committing a meaningful suicide? Robson’s suicide at the beginning is cast off as a meaningless suicide as his note was just an apology to his mother and he did not make a grand statement. In reaction to Robson’s suicide‚ Adrian
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