The monkeys paw The old delusional lady snatched the paw away from his grasp‚ mumbling excitedly to herself she held the paw tight and said fiercely ‘I wish my son alive again.’ She frequently repeated it over and over until it became a jumbled chant; when suddenly a slow but insistent knock rang through the desolate house. Mrs White leapt up at the first sluggish rap‚ ‘My boy‚ my boy is finally here!’ she cried repeatedly fixing her dishevelled hair combing her hands through the straggle and fixing
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Critical Essay – Beauty and the Beast By Diane Langhus – ENG122 Most of our fairytales have a princess or a young lady who needs to be saved. Of course every fairytale needs a villain or two. In a tiny little village in France‚ Belle was not your typical damsel or even a princess. In fact‚ she turned out to be the hero of this fairytale. As the daughter of the quirky village inventor Maurice‚ Belle was smart and much-loved by the villagers. Our first villain was “Beast.” He was once a
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We can’t stop pollution now Pollution has been haunting us in recent years during which we have gradually become accustomed to sand storms but then we are being challenged by smog. We begin to complain about the rapid economic growth‚ the governmental dereliction of duty and decline of citizens’ quality. To some extent‚ we sometimes tend to believe that only if the government and citizens work hand in hand to curb environmental pollution‚ the problem can disappear. However‚ this is not the case
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Chapter 1: Pablo’s Comida Derrick threw his backpack over his shoulder and looked at his room for the last time. It wasn’t a nice room‚ it was small and cramped‚ and there were unremovable stains on every wall. The ceiling was a sickly white‚ his closet smelled like sweat‚ and his desk was slightly broken. Frankly‚ it was a horrible room‚ but that did not stop Derrick from feeling a deep attachment to it. His lips trembled slightly at the thought of never seeing it again. This was the room he grew
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CHAPTER NINE Troll Snatching I opened my eyes and two giant wart covered trolls who bore an eerie similarity to the creature that had haunted me in my nightmare were standing over me glaring down. Their red beady eyes were filled with detest and I screeched loud enough to wake the dead. One of the monsters stuck his hairy hideous hand over my mouth and the other sprinkled around some kind of teal colored magical dust. I breathed it in and I was under their spell. "Get up and get dressed boy!" One
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Mary Maloney watched them take each bite from the meat. She kept giggling‚ because of how clueless they were. Mary’s plan was going well. The boys were eating up all the lamb‚ covering all her tracks. Minutes later‚ she peaked into the kitchen and noticed all the lamb had been eaten up. “Leaving so soon?” “Why‚ yes. It’s getting dark out and we should head back. Thank you for the meal Mrs. Maloney. It was splendid.” Jack had said. “Of course‚ glad you enjoyed it. Hope to see you return.” They
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The air crackled as Callixta walked. Leaves fell from the trees. Their edges curled as they shriveled in the summer’s heat. Seven years of drought had cost the township of Danciet dearly. Being a nurse and helper in the sick rooms‚ she had witnessed the villagers hardships first hand. Ever since she was a child‚ she had helped her father‚ who was the town’s healer. Never had she seen so much death as she had in the last year. It was frightening to see the shriveled bodies of men who had once been
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‘The Giver’‚ the most conspicuous portion of the text you would wonder about is‚ ‘What does the ending mean?’ The foreshadowed description of hypothermia could result to death‚ or it could be the frozen sensitivity from the thick downpour ‚ leading to a fallen victim who would be quickly casted into a paralyzed state. But‚ if you haven’t had a chance to read the novel yet‚ here’s a quick summary of the story. The novel starts off with a 12 year-old boy named Jonas whom was chosen as the next receiver
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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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Klingova‚ Milena 10/3 02/04/13 SHORT STORY Final Draft She was walking home after a big trigonometry test‚ which in her head had not gone well at all‚ even though she had spent hours and hours‚ preparing for it. When I think about it‚ her thoughts cannot be entirely trusted‚ as she was highly competitive and ambitious‚ and even though she was only 16‚ she knew exactly what she wanted to do with her life. Who was she though? Her name was
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