One cold morning‚ just as the sun had risen above High Street‚ two men‚ both in black‚ dashed hurriedly out of the Merlin Bank. One of the men wore a beard‚ and both were trim and fit looking‚ in their late thirties or early forties. They both carried briefcases‚ from which large denominations of banknotes were poking out; the first man was also carrying a sack with rectangular shaped packets silhouetted against the side; he called out to the one following‚ “Get a move on‚ Gilbert; we will miss our
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I remember my cheeks wet with tears and uncontrollable sobs racking my little body. My mother held me close to her as I cried. I heaved my sorrows into her chest as she kept me safe in her arms. I remember the words barely escaping her lips; they were barely audible but every syllable felt like it cut my skin. “We are getting a divorce.” tumbles off her tongue. The sorrow in her eyes was unmistakable. That was the first time I ever saw my mother cry. I watched everything that I had
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Blues‚ he uses many different symbols throughout his short story to present the overall theme of suffering to the reader. He uses symbols such as music‚ characters facial expressions and the presence of ice‚ light and darkness. In the very beginning of the story when the narrator is reading the paper and he comes across the news of his brother‚ Sonny‚ he says‚ “A great block of ice got settled in my belly and kept melting there slowly all day long”. (Baldwin 600) He also says “…it was a special kind
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Letitia looped Kaylen;’s music and Kaylen didn’t know how to react. She couldn’t move not even a bone‚ the same judge that coughed ‚ “He told Letitia to stop the music” and asked Kaylen “ that she was not ready and to come when she is”. Kaylen went off the stage and hugged Letitia and started crying Letitia told her “what happened you knew how to do the dance “‚ but she didn’t say anything. Another girl was right next to Kaylen ‚ she was shaking of being nervous ‚ but she went on stage with a brave
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for a lot. Lannon had tried to keep track once‚ and the numbers grew to over two hundred in one year! They got to travel across the world for business and had always brought something home for Lannon. “We are going on a business trip‚ what would you like from this place‚” his parents would always ask. Lannon would say something that he would want.
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always carried his father’s pocket knife‚ who was tomato picker‚ as a weapon he once used on an angry cat. After snacking on the manala‚ he head home to his cot. While laying down‚ Mystic began to feel confident in himself‚ a feeling has not felt in a long time. The following day at school‚ his teacher kept him after class to discuss a college interested in offering him a scholarship. A free ride at that! Mystic was thrilled and returned home boasting to his family‚ who were shocked since nobody in his
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creative writing Short story Julie comes from a rough background‚ when she was seven years old her mother and her father were murdered by her uncle Tom. Tom did not have a good relationship with Julie’s dad.The two of them were gambling and they made a bet on the L.A. Clippers game. Julie’s dad won the bet and Uncle Tom did not want to pay up. The two of them got physical and Uncle Tom grabbed his gun out of his back pocket. Julie’s mom tried to stop him and stepped in front of her husband‚ that is when uncle Tom fired the shot and killed
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One day in a luscious land far away‚ 3 brave Mexican banditos were returning from their long and hard journey to taco bell and they were very disappointed with the “fake tacos” they had there. While they were on their way to their homes they stumbled upon a little tidy village and thought‚ “Hey‚ they must have some real tacos here” so they walked over to the village to see if they had any tacos‚ but the little stingy Nino’s and Nina’s did not want to share their tacos so they hid all their taco ingredients
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"It’s long distance if we don’t both live on campus." Blaine nods‚ as though he’s agreeing with himself. "You don’t live on campus." "Right. We don’t both live on campus‚ so it’s long distance." Cooper rolls his eyes. "You two are both helpless. So‚ you’re at the off-Broadway production...." "Yes." Kurt tries to remember what made-up story he’s telling. "So‚ I had just come out with the rest of the cast at the back of the theater‚ and Blaine thrusts his playbill at me and asks for my autograph
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eagle he found. Earlier in the story‚ Jed explains to the reader how much eagle’s mean to him and to his Tsimshian culture. “ An eagle is more than a bird‚ it’s part of our heritage and history” (Walters 47). So‚ naturally‚ when Jed noticed a bullet hole through its body‚ he felt the obligation to nurse it back to full health. During this time‚ Jed became so attached to the bird that an unbreakable relationship was created. He treated the eagle as if it were his own pet. Consequently‚ this relates
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