As I stood up‚ I felt a rush of blood to my cheeks and saw my glasses fogging up. The teacher had asked me to come with her‚ after punishing another child. Was I in trouble too? Though I could be in trouble‚ I walked toward the teacher. As I followed my teacher out of the classroom‚ I saw that her expression was grim. We walked until we were outside‚ and then we stopped and stood there in silence for a long moment. Eventually‚ she spoke. “Piggy‚ I hate to tell you this‚ but-” She paused‚ and
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Chioma Mogbo Lysistrata — Formal Essay Assignment “I don’t intentionally go: ’Ooh‚ what is provocative‚’ and try to do that. I just do stuff‚ and people go: ’Ooh‚ that’s provocative.’ Maybe because sometimes I’m super-ignorant — and sometimes they’re super-ignorant.” This quote by Mathangi "Maya" Arulpragasam conveys the same reaction that the reader feels as one reads Lysistrata. Lysistrata comes with many sexual innuendos. It also goes particularly beyond innuendo where numerous male characters
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The Lonely boy in the Forest: I believe it was mid-afternoon when mother and I decided to have a picnic lunch near the forest. The sun smiled at us with its golden radiance‚ and the scarlet poppies greeted us as me and mother set our picnic on the flower bed. “Simply lovely today‚ isn’t it Charles?” mother asked as the two of us rolled out the checkered picnic blanket and finally gave our feet some rest. “Yeah.” I replied in a tranquil yet blue voice. “Oh
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I look out from behind the steel bars of my prison cell. The dark blue sky littered with stars is the first thing that catches my eye. ‘Sometimes I wonder what the stars are doing when they are not out twinkling in the night sky. Perhaps the stars are shy and only twinkle when we are asleep. That would be slightly ironic considering how much attention they draw to themselves. ‘ ‘Maybe they’re afraid of the sun?’ ‘That isn’t that crazy of a thought‚ but I’d rather say that instead of the stars
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breathing creature. What if it was? You feel someone’s hands on you‚ and chills climb through your body. You know this is the last time you will ever see anything in your life. Your world is suddenly crumbling away. You hear a noise‚ the last one you will ever hear. It is something behind you. Something that would end your life. Your watch begins its final countdown. This is your last day. That rush wakes you up and your eyes pop out. You find yourself stranded‚ on your bed. You are alone‚ in your room
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A plan began to formulate in his mind. He called for his planner and began to plan a ball. A Few Months Ago The day that Ella’s mother‚ Lucinda‚ died was the worst day of her life. All Ella could think about were the last words that her mother said to her. "Be kind and good to others‚ and courageous when no one else can be. Always be yourself and never forget to be the girl I taught you to be." Now she has the dove to be her only company. When Ella was young‚ she saw
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My family in that time was in a deep crisis and we only had one friend that supported us. They introduced us to this one church very small and lively. We didn’t pay so much attention to it so we just left when my mom got bored. One day when the Wolf family ‚ our friend‚ babysit my sister and I one of the preaches caught me. The pastor was telling us about how to gain salvation and how the world was in the darkness walking into dangers. I couldn’t describe my feelings in that church. When they got
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For three days Zelda keeps her distance. They are tedious and long without her general’s company‚ but Harkinian is not wrong. There is still plenty to occupy her. She studies with Auru in the morning and lets her lessons run well into the afternoon‚ then leaves him to tend to the wedding. It is strange to her how little she thinks of Casus while she decides her seating arrangements and chooses her flowers. She sees even less of him throughout the rest of her day‚ but that is not so strange. He hardly
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ever been. But nevertheless‚ it was Juliet Walker‚ and I hadn’t seen her for months. “Julie! Jules!” I called to her. I shut my locker‚ lunch in hand‚ as her head slowly turned and we locked eyes. “Kennedy‚ hello!” She drifted across the packed school hallway toward me. “It’s been too long. I am sorry that I haven’t talked to you in a while.” I shrugged it off. The last time I had seen Juliet was just after she was in a traumatic car accident. She’d lost everyone. I was her only family now. “Ghost
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years old and I got my first solo piece. The moment my hands touched the brand new music sheet and speech‚ my chest lifted up as my teeth grew in sight with pride. I was going to perform “Heart” from the Broadway musical‚ Damn Yankees. The level of excitement brewing within me exploded as my anticipation excelled for the upcoming performance. I thought I would immediately rush the stage and began belting out the tunes of the song‚ amazing the audience with my brilliant monologue. Reality quickly set
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