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    Happy Endings & August Wilson Fences When you read a book with a tragic end you think it ends with a sad ending right? Well that’s not quite right. Even though books and movies may end in tragedy it still has a happy ending to it. The book Fences is a prim example of how tragic ends in a happy ending. Rose in this case has moral reconciliation. She learns how to move on‚ forgive and see things different. First of all‚ Rose and Troy had a nice family. They had a son together and she

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    The short story‚ “Happy Endings‚” by Margaret Atwood contains both journalistic and literary elements. While sections of this short story may appear within a newspaper article had these events occurred‚ multiple elements in this piece would not be included. Atwood contribute a pleasant mixture of these elements to construct a successful work. Margaret Atwood displays the feelings and reasoning behind the actions of the characters‚ making this a literary piece. In “Happy Endings‚” Atwood contributes

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    resolution of A Separate Peace isn’t the typical “happy ending‚” by studying the development of the plot‚ one can realize that this is the happiest ending possible for Gene‚ Finny‚ and Leper. Gene‚ Finny‚ and Leper got their happiest ending possible because of the war‚ past‚ and future.Gene got his happiest ending because of war because even though his friend died he still ended his war‚ and became the person he wanted to be from it.Finny got his happiest ending because of war when he died because even though

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    Big Surprise Have you ever done something no one has ever expected? Like surprised someone that cried? I have surprised my whole family in America when I moved here. No one was expecting us to come; especially my aunt. When my family and I were moving here from Poland‚ we planned to surprise everyone. Our goal was to fly here and surprise my aunt‚ my dad’s sister‚ for her birthday which is exactly on April Fools’ Day. So it makes it the perfect day to surprise someone. The only people that knew

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    Apparently with no surprise A happy-go-lucky flower gets its head chopped off by the frost. The sun sees the whole thing from up above‚ but doesn’t give a flip. Somewhere above‚ God watches it all thinking what a swell job he’s done. Oh Dickinson. You’re really quite something. Get out the microscope‚ because we’re going through this poem line-by-line. Lines 1-2 Apparently with no surprise To any happy Flower The first thing we notice is that we’ve got a little personification going on‚ meaning that

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    College Online Composition A Surprise Birthday Party Throwing a surprise birthday party for someone is not an easy task‚ it takes a lot of patience and planning. Surprise parties are usually thrown for friends and family members on birthdays or accomplishments they have made‚ and are very fun to participate in. In this event of a surprise party‚ everyone is aware of it except for the person the surprise party is being thrown for. You have to know where it’s going to be held‚ have everyone on

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    Death and Plots Morgan E. Collier Professor Melinda Hernandez ENGL1302.20150120.428724 January 30‚ 2015 Morgan E. Collier Professor Melinda Hernandez ENGL1302.20150120.428724 January 30‚ 2015 
Death and Plots Margaret Atwood’s “Happy Endings” is sly‚ sophisticated‚ and delightful. With a coy ease that feels so natural‚ she threads her story along‚ revealing her characters‚ drawing the audience into something that isn’t at all what it appears. Slowly yet intensely‚ she reveals the principal

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    English 102 Natalie O’Heir March 10th‚ 2014 Kelly Scott Literary Analysis Happy Endings by Margaret Atwood In the story “Happy Endings” the author Margaret Atwood gives 6 scenarios in alphabetical order from A to F of how a couples life could play out over the span of their lives. In these six scenarios Atwood uses satire to emphasize how interchangeable and simple each couples life is. In this story Atwood uses character‚ style‚ and point of view to chastise the desire for the everyday common

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    unable to say that "I enjoyed the comic strip‚ as much as I enjoyed the film." Therefor‚ I explored the other stories‚ and eventually‚ I concluded on Sherman Alexie’s "The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven" and Margaret Wood’s "Happy Ending’s." Despite "Happy Endings" being a lot more complex and original‚ I could not help but admire the visuals that Alexie painted with his words. Every other sentence was so vivid‚ that I could almost taste the Creamsicle

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    The Surprise Party At eight o’clock of the evening of my lucky birthday‚ I was alone at home grumbling and frowning‚ shouting furiously and pitying myself for my misfortune. I thought it was going to be a special day filled with presents and fun‚ but all I received was a “Happy Birthday”. All of a sudden‚ the electricity cut off and there was a complete darkness in the house. I couldn’t do anything therefore I decided to go to sleep and end this unlucky day. Out of the blue in that

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