Katherine Mansfield Project "The Canary" by Katherine Mansfield (1888 to 1923-New Zealand) is the last story that Mansfield completed. After first being published in 1922 it was included by her husband John Middleton Murry in a collection of her work he published shortly after her death in 1923‚ The Dove’s Nest and other Stories. It is very tempting to read an especial import into this story given that Mansfield knew her death was probably close at hand. It is has been said that the English
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Story Telling Humans like us tell stories because it’s a way of expressing ourselves and because we can. Stories tell us a lot of things. People like to tell people their experiences and what they have created. There is no way to have something supper cool in your head without sharing it with other people. People just have a natural tendency to tell stories to other people. When people find something cool out they usually tell someone. Then that person tells someone else and it continues
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Lidtke mill scary story contest You think that the Lidtke mill is just an old mill not used well I am telling you‚ its a lie its all a lie. Every full moon night the lidke mill sends out security to make sure no body is by the mill‚ so they will got get haunted by the spirits of the mill. the spirits that have passed from lidtke return to make supplies that only the undead can use. If you are one of the people that is a disbeliever then you go there just like little jimmy.Maybe you have heard of
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Suddenly‚ we heard a frightful scream followed by a monstrous laughter. We were scared to death. Wasn’t the scream Miya? And was that laughter? We were a group of six-Tom‚ Dick‚ Harry‚ Miya‚ Tina and I. We had come here to celebrate our team winning the first prize in the ‘Inter-school Cultural Fest’. It was my uncle’s estate and he had suggested it to us when we were searching for a nice camping area. The house was very old one and was in a dilapidated condition. So‚ we chose to camp in the
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Over the course of my life‚ I have encountered many eerie locations that have given me the chills. Despite all those fearful situations‚ only three places have ever successfully handicapped my lungs from providing oxygen to my heart. I could not begin to predict the events that would occur when I decided to visit a jail hostel‚ a cemetery‚ or a cellar. Until these visits‚ I have never been frozen from head to toe‚ unable to conduct a move. My previous hair raising experiences are practically nonexistent
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Our Love- Chapter One The valentines dance was coming up at Niall and Micayla’s school. They were bestfriends. They both secretly liked eachother‚ but neither of them knew it. Micayla was just about to leave for school when she got a text from her bestfriend Niall. Niall(7:45am): hay gurl hay. uh‚ I know it’s so close to the dance and all‚ but will you go with me? Just as friends though‚ haha. Micayla(7:45am): sure. I needed someone to go with‚ lol. and yeah‚ just as friends.. see you
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Badheka‚Gijubhai ( 1885 -1939 ) Girijashanker Badheka‚ generally known as Gijubhai‚ the most outstanding personality in the field of pre-primary education‚ was born to Bhagwanji and Sm. Kashiba of Vala in Saurashtra at Chittal 9Saurashtra) in the house of his maternal grandfather on 15 November 1885. He had his early education at a primary school at Vala and later passed the Matriculation from Bhavnagar around 1905. He joined the Shamlals College‚ but had to leave his studies incomplete and
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HOW TO TELL A STORY (A) From an instant to eternity‚ from the intracranial to the intergalactic‚ the life story of each and every character offers encyclopedic possibilities. The mark of a master is to select only a few moments but give us a lifetime. —Robert McKee1 Stories are all around us. Stories move us‚ make us feel alive‚ inspire us to be more than we would be otherwise. As famed screenwriting coach and author of the screenwriting bible‚ Story‚ McKee says: “Story is not only our
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In this very short story‚ Alice Walker tells of a young‚ African American girl who‚ while gathering flowers‚ stumbles quite literally upon the body of a dead man. The atmosphere‚ language and subject matter of the story suggest the southern United States as a setting-sometime in the mid- to late-20th century seems an appropriate time period‚ though this is far less clear. The contrast between the story’s beginning and end is striking. We begin with a light-hearted description of the life of Myop
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One night‚ in the crowded mall‚ me and my friend Katelyn were having fun messing around in all the stores. Then‚ we decided to go to starbucks and get some refreshing drinks to quench our thirsts from running around the huge mall. When we got to starbucks‚ we couldn’t wait to taste the caramel frapachinos in our dry mouths Katelyn let me go in front of her (of course she would‚ she’s so nice)‚ and so she turns around and looks behind her‚ only to see the scariest man you couldn’t even explain
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