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    Betrayal Life‚ and Love Yunior is on the roller coaster of life and he’s not helping it by creating more upside down spirals with his betrayal and infidelities. Conflict is one of the most important parts of any story. This story is full of conflict‚ internal and external created by his own infidelities‚ along with exceptional usage of literary techniques Diaz writes an exceptional conclusion to Yunior’s life. As he spends years obsessing and dwelling over a relationship‚ that failed‚ as he starts

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    Response to Short Story

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    to the racist nature of the Europeans who colonized Canada. The main character in the story‚ Big Tom‚ appears physically and mentally worn out by his life. At the beginning of the story‚ the reader gets a sense of bitterness with how he perceives his life. Despite living in poverty‚ he appears to be a caring father. The reader senses Big Tom grappling with his Native identity when he tells his infant son a story: “his voice slid awkwardly through the ageless folktale of his people”. It is as if Big

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    Juggle: A Short Story

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    I believe that if I set my mind to something I can do it. Anyone can do this. Just setting your mind to something and going through with the comment to that‚ you can do anything. My story starts out with how I learned how to Juggle. Friday night it was 4th Friday for businesses downtown. My store which is The Red Peppermint had a juggler come to help bring in customers. We were slammed! Thanks Mr. Juggler! When he was there he asked us if we knew how to juggle. All three of us said “no”. So he

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    Short English Story

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    past eleven and i should be sleeping. All i could remember is the incident that occured‚ its like a nightmare‚ everywhere i go‚ in a blink of an eye i could remember everything that happened on that night. It’s going to be with me for the rest of my life. I think i need help... All i wanted was for my family to be safe.. Now it feels like ive been living on my own forever‚ this place is like hell. After my family past away‚ i got moved to a foster home it was far away from everything and everyone

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    began repeating the story she had just told me‚ and I realized that she was merely talking to herself. Although this discovery disenchanted me at first‚ I soon realized that‚ although the woman was talking to herself‚ she still had so many fantastic stories stored in her mind. The residents of the home all had some life flittering in them and numerous stories to share; they just need someone to listen to them. After my experience at the home I knew that one of my goals in life would always be o help

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    Alzheimer's Short Story

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    There was a man who had been mute for 3 or 4 years. This man was in his very late stages of Alzheimer’s suffering with dementia nonetheless. He could not live on his own whatsoever. He needed a high level of assistance in most‚ if not all‚ his daily activities. There wasn’t much hope left in this man‚ let alone treatments available‚ until one day a music therapist was provided. She sang old songs to him and to other patients‚ triggering back memories. These memories seemed to spark a light

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    Short Story Ambush

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    the young man who was coming out of the fog as an enemy and did not hate him but went ahead to kill him with a grenade. If somebody is not an enemy then he should be a friend‚ if it was not a matter of life and death why kill him? We are forced by the laws we obey to disobey our own will. The story “Ambush” tells us about a soldier in war who never wanted to kill but did it anyway because he was obliged to do so. “There were no thoughts about

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    A Short Story Of Lina

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     They were not criminals and if they signed the paperwork they were agreeing to be just that. Mother refused to sign as a show of dignity and pride. These attributes are nonmaterial things that the guards could not take away from Lina’s mother. This story is about compassion‚ determination‚ love‚ hope‚ and miracles. I chose compassion because of the shocking ending in which the guard is the one that really helps the prisoners to survive. Even in the face of total hopelessness‚ there are people who still

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    Review of Short Story

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    for Patricia Routledge. This satirical tragic-comedy is about a middle aged woman called Irene Ruddock who writes letters of criticism and the short period in her life when her letter writing is most malicious and trouble making. She is judgemental and likes to look down on people‚ as if she is better than everyone‚ when really she isn’t. Her mixed up life leads us away from the irony near the end of the play. Bennett came from a lower middle-class family and grew up in Yorkshire. He graduated from

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    Alyson: A Short Story

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    The monotone buzz when a phone call was filling her ear when her mother hangs up. "I’ll see you at 4!" Her mother’s voice echoes in her head. Walking down 48th Street in the suburb of Phoenix known as Ahwatukee‚ Alyson is eager to share her new attained $350 on none other than her mom. Aly has made it to her front door by the time she finished calling the salon. "Your appointment is set for 4:10 this afternoon at our location on Chandler Boulevard." The massage clerk had sent via email to the shiny

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