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    Short Story Analysis

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    Short Story Analysis 2 2. In order to delineate the notional structure for The Velveteen Rabbit‚ one must first assess the correct discourse type. In reviewing the narrative‚ procedural‚ behavioral‚ and expository discourse types‚ The Velveteen Rabbit is undeniably a narrative discourse in surface and notional structure. The plot or notional structure of the story provides insights into what one would imagine is a toy’s ultimate dream of being loved and becoming real. The story begins with the

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    Short Story On The Boardwalk

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    Warren watched as he walked away. Warren envied his partner for always being the one who got to make all the decisions. It seemed that no matter the situation‚ Nix was always going back to the station in the city sitting at his desk eating a hoagie from the vendor up the street “waiting for forensics”. Warren knew that he was the underdog at the station and he dreamt of the day when his time of paying his dues would come to an end. Warren crawled back under the tape and made his way into a boardwalk

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    The Elevator Short Story

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    The Elevator Believe it or not‚ many people have a phobia for elevators. In the short story “The Elevator” Martin has a huge fear of elevators especially the one they use in his apartment. In the story his phobia got worse and worse because of the mysterious obese woman who would come with him every time. She would mostly increase in fear by giving him a strange stare. Martin has a great big phobia for elevators. “He was always uncomfortable in elevators‚ afraid that they would fall”(31). this shows

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    short story summary

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    Short Story Summary of The Somebody The writer of this article is Danny Santiago also known as Daniel Lewis James‚ born in Kansas city‚ 1911‚ and passed away in 1988.First novel- Famous All Over Town 1984 received the Richard and Hinda Rosenthal Foundation Award for fiction given by the American Academy and Institute of Artsand Letters in 1984 and the PEN President’s Award in 1985 for the novel. The character he creates in The Somebody is based on the experience he witnessed. This story portraits

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    Suspense Short Story

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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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    many short films that make up the movie Revolucion. It shows the influence that Catholicism and the government has on Mexican youth through their everyday life. I think it really does show how religion-- Catholicism in this case—and the state‚ can have an extreme effect on youth. The short film features four children and the impact Catholicism‚ and the state’s schooling‚ have on their lives. How does Catholicism and the state influence the upbringing of youth in Mexico according to the film? Anyone

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    Wangero Leewanika Kemanjo‚ in protest of her oppressors. Mama informs her that “Dee” is a family name that traces back several generations. Dee also asks to have things relating to her heritage‚ a butter churn top and some handmade quilts‚ but she does not want to use them for anything other than decoration. Mama gives Dee the butter churn top‚ but there is some hostility when Mama reveals that the quilts have been promised to her sister Maggie. When Dee leaves with her boyfriend‚ she tells Mama

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    Rome brought many architectural innovations to the world‚ and their art influenced art for many centuries. Roman art includes architecture‚ painting‚ sculpture and mosaic work. In this short Learning Journal I will discuss how did the purpose of the sculpture and painting of Rome differ. Roman sculpture was heavily influenced by Greek sculpture. In fact‚ many of the Roman sculptures were just copies of Greek sculptures. But the Roman sculpture was created to serve a purpose: namely‚ to impress

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    Short Story and Pride

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    inevitable future they create. Pride is great it gives people self confidence and makes them happy. The more pride someone has the more they accept themselves. Excessive pride can leave people to poor choices that cannot be reversed. In the short story “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allan Poe‚ Fortunato is a prideful man with a great life; however‚ he lets his pride blind him to his inevitable faith. Fortunato “prided himself” a little too much “on his connoisseurship” of wine believing himself

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    Immigrant: A Short Story

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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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