Beginning College Beginning college is an exciting time‚ but it also be a time to face some of your greatest fears. In the story Fangirl written by Rainbow Rowell Cath and Wren begin their college experience at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Cath and Wren both face challenges and fears in college create obstacles that affect their overall experience. The major challenges and fears that Cath and Wren face are Cath isolates herself‚ Wren quickly develops an alcohol problem‚ and Cath’s and Wren’s
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Writers use techniques to position the audience to compare the responses of the characters to convey the guilt and innocence. In ‘The Lottery’ by Shirley Jackson and ‘The Wife’s Story’ by Ursula Le Guin‚ both authors use situational irony‚ point of view and setting to carry the innocence of the characters to the readers‚ displaying the emotions being exposed. Both authors have used situational irony in their texts to lead the readers to an unexpected ending and to display the innocence and or
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Torn fabric flew into the air hindering my line of sight. As the fabric clears I can start to make out Russian sniper aiming in my direction‚ ready to fire. Before I could react the bullet left the snipers barrel and quickly closes the distance between me‚ and the sniper. The bullet ripped through my uniform and penetrated my shoulder‚ tearing flesh and splintering bone. The bullet recoiled me away from my gun. Holding my shoulder in pain‚ I crouched on the ground‚ desperately trying to regain the
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One day‚ an old man named Shaul said to his grandson Simeon "It is time you learned the story of our people. I want to tell you about a tragic time for the Israelites‚ the time we spent in Egypt. and a great man named Moses who saved us from slavery. "I was only a boy then‚ just about your age‚" Shaul started. "All of the Israelites were slaves to the terrible Pharaoh‚ ruler of Egypt. Everyone‚ even the children‚ worked all day and into the night‚ making bricks to build Pharaoh’s city. "One day I
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Nevertheless‚ as we kept talking I could only listen in fascination‚ our lives seemed so similar to each others. Our conversations were long‚ and laughter filled. We talked about our family and personal lives. We both became pretty close over the short amount of time that we had been talking. When it came to a more in depth conversation about of family‚ we both fell silent. “I used to have a father and mother‚ but they aren’t in the picture now” she explained as her eyes slowly teared up. After
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Suddenly‚ I began rising‚ the distance between my shoes and the sidewalk greatly increasing. I was floating upward‚ like a balloon. It almost felt like the sky was a giant magnet‚ pulling me towards it. Looking down at the small sidewalk‚ my head grew dizzy and I began to panic. Did I mention
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INITIATION-Sylvia Plath - Initiation is a story of group exclusivity‚ self exploration and personal transformation of a girl in Lansing High. It is the story of Millicent‚ who discovers that being an individual offers more opportunities than being part of a sorority. In Initiation‚ the author‚ Sylvia Plath expresses the hardships Millicent undergoes to become a member of the elect. Millicent is forced to go through several rituals which decide whether she is capable of joining the sorority. At first
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"Warning this story comes with a curse ‚listening to the end will give you the curse.” Mary was a girl who loved to be scared and October was her favorite time of the year ‚because her school had a scary story club after school‚ on Halloween a new boy wanted to speak ‚his name was Chris‚ Mary saw him but never talked to him .he went up to the stage ‚and he began to talk and as he talked the room seemed to get darker and colder ‚and then he yelled “and there” ‚and he held up a mirror scaring everybody
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Do you like suspense stories? If so‚ “Sorry Wrong Number” by Lucille Fletcher and “Sorry Right Number” by Stephen King are two very good suspense stories. The plot of both of the stories are centered around phone calls. Both stories center around a mysterious phone call. In “Sorry Wrong Number”‚ the phone call is about someone’s murder. And in “Sorry Right Number‚” the phone call is about a woman crying‚ she says “ Take… please take… t-t- take him to the hospital. He is going to have a heart attack
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Dominoe was in shock after hearing the story Liz just told her . The lady that died on the steps was not just a force by spirits ‚ it was the cause of pure drunkness and childness . Dominoe was in rage at her cousin and friends for doing that ‚ bringing a curse to the school and to themselves. Liz got up from her seat busting out in tears ‚ she explained how she had been watching herself and hoping the curse does not bring anything bad upon her. Alton apparently was claimed to have gotten more
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