So‚ there’s a man crawling through the desert. He’d decided to try his SUV in a little bit of cross-country travel‚ had great fun zooming over the badlands and through the sand‚ got lost‚ hit a big rock‚ and then he couldn’t get it started again. There were no cell phone towers anywhere near‚ so his cell phone was useless. He had no family‚ his parents had died a few years before in an auto accident‚ and his few friends had no idea he was out here. He stayed with the car for a day or so‚ but
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Fiction Books Reading fiction is fun and also necessary. It opens your mind to a new place where everything is different from your daily routine. Fiction books can actually make you feel like you already lived that situation‚ like you felt the good and the bad‚ the sorrow‚ the happiness‚ the people and places. It makes you fly away from your stressing routine and get into a magic world. An example of a series of fiction books is Harry Potter‚ written by J.K Rowling. It is a series of seven fantasy
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Males in Charge: Fact or Fiction Stereotypes are all around us. In today’s world stereotypes are frowned upon and seem to have no bearing on the limitations one can surpass‚ but they did not come out of nowhere. Something had to have happened for these stereotypes to arise. Gender stereotypes are some of the most controversial stereotypes‚ one being that males should be in charge instead of women. Since the founding of America took place in 1776‚ a male has been in charge of this country
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The image of woman in fiction has undergone a radical change in the 21st century. The Indian woman writers have moved away from portraying a traditional self-sacrificing woman toward a self-expressive individual woman. The chaste‚ patient‚ self-denying‚ dependant woman is no longer a female lead. Instead‚ the female characters are projected to be successful in their quest for identity and individuality. A number of women writers have made their debut in 1990s‚ generating novels which revealed the
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In “The Things They Carried” Tim O’Brien uses fiction to create his own war story. His feelings and experiences are expressed through less than true events. Why did O’Brien feel compelled to add fiction to his story? It’s important to know that war is a very sensitive topic. He could have heard about events while he was serving that may have not affected him directly. The fact that these things may have not happened to him creates a disconnection to the audience. People aren’t entertained
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The welsh cleric may have intended his 1133 AD works to be considered historical documents yet the piece is considered an irresistible blend of myth and magic. Geoffrey claimed his work was an "ancient book in the British language that told in orderly fashion the deeds of all the kings of Britain." Historians have dismissed
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Stolpestad is a short story written by William Lychack in 2008. The short story takes place in a little town named Stolpestad. In this story we meet a man who works as a police officer1‚ one day he is called to a house where he is told that they have some problems with a dog. He goes there‚ and finds that the dog is sick‚ the mother asks him to shoot the dog‚ which he does after asking if they shouldn’t take it to the vet. While being at a bar after work his wife calls him telling him that there
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The Search Through Time and Space “Beep‚ beep‚ beep‚ Mr. Gordy wake up!” Rang the alarm clock. The year was 2023‚ the date September 3rd‚ the time 9:03 A.M. All was silent as the incessant nagging of the alarm clock continued to repeat it’s usual speech until a hand with a force of a comet came crashing down to end the repetition abruptly. A man‚ 6’3”‚ emerged from the bed‚ face worn from what seemed like a minute of sleep after spending a night of searching for what no man could manage to find
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Hey‚ bright eyes!” Dallon turned around and smiled when he saw the familiar face of Mr. Kasper Calder. “How you doing today‚ Kasper?” Dallon asked‚ smiling. “On same old‚ same old‚” He shrugged nonchalantly. “How come you didn’t stop by my creek?” “I did‚ but you weren’t there so I went looking for you.” Dallon admitted. Kasper was an older looking fellow with long‚ grey-ish white-ish beard that stopped growing at his chest. He had the softest most bluest eyes Dallon has ever seen
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Omitted Chapter Ten Being woken up against my will is already annoying enough‚ but when it’s someone you don’t particularly like at an obnoxiously early time in the morning with a pounding headache and only a vague memory of a weird dream‚ it makes for quite the attitude. "Ugh‚ just wake up already! I don’t even know why I’m doing this anymore." "You’re doing it to get back on Justin’s good side Susan‚ we can all tell." "Shut up. Did I ask you?" "No‚ and I’m glad you didn’t." No matter how
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