grown-up woman. Especially here, we get to know her aunt Lucy, and her deceased mother Dorothy, who are sisters and not to mention each other’s opposites. Both are included in the main character’s sweet childhood, where everything is portrayed with joy and happiness. Here Dorothy, the main character’s mother, is described as person who enjoys life as a free woman, and not to mention an eternal optimist (l.90). Opposite, her sister Lucy is the perfect housewife and mother who is settled in life. A
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// In a crowded corner of southern Beirut, tucked behind a row of street stalls where traders hawk DVDs, shoes and clothes, lies an unremarkable patch of land, empty except for a collection of placards and posters. Related ■ Sabra and Shatila: defenceless victims were butchered by militiamen ■ A warning from history: how a massacre is remembered Topic Middle East unrest Lebanon Middle East One shows a woman standing over a pile of bloated, twisted bodies, an arm raised to the sky and
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… The Handicapper General, Diana Moon, stood over Harrison Bergeron and the Ballerina’s stuff life-less body, staring without sorrow or regret. The gunshot of the officers echoed in her head as they shot the rest of the witnesses inside the TV studio. “Incinerate the bodies then clean up the blood and remnants of this dramatic event!” Diana Moon screamed at the offices before leaving them to their duties. The officers brought in a dumpster truck, wrapping the witnesses bodies in a plastic trash bag
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The midfield was trying hard along with the defense but the forwards knew they couldn’t get through their midfielders, defense and definitely not the goalie. With tears in my voice I yelled some motivational words to give them hope like, “Come on we go this” or “Don’t give up yet” but nothing was working, my friend McKenzie was trying to help out also but the confidence was not rising. The other team acted as if they
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Harvard. Harvard. Harvard. Everyday the name of the college still prances around in my mind like a rabbit. The thought of going to one of the highest ranked school in the nation always excites me. My parents would be so proud of me. Pursuing my dream and becoming an astronomer -- or even better, an astronaut--is the best thing I could ever achieve for myself. It can only happen, however, if you have near perfect grades, and that’s exactly what I’m shooting for. Though in my younger years, I could
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-One Walking into school after months of not showing up was like walking into a nightmare. I forgot the smell and the peeling paint and the tiled floor. I forgot how the people talk and walk and stare. But being here again, it comes back in huge explosive waves. I feel sick. All I’ve been feeling lately is sick. I search for my locker. All the numbers are wrong, jumbled and unreadable. Asking would mean something is clearly wrong. I hold onto all my books, my backpack pressing hard on my shoulders
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I have been dying to share my story about my amazing daughter and son for some time now, it's always on my mind but I never have been able to tell it to many people because of time. So here is FINALLY my chance to do so! My daughter MacKenzie Joy Lusk was born to me and my hubby on 7/7/7 in Paradise, California. With a full head of dark hair that never fell out. Everyone told me that she was lucky, well, those numbers are amazing, I have to say. Shortly after that we moved to Oregon, she was
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redemption. After the destruction of his ship and his crew, Odysseus stayed “Sitting, still, weeping, his eyes never dry, his sweet life flowing away with the tears he wept for his foiled journey home” (Homer 157). Despite his heroic stature and cunning intellect, Odysseus is humbled by the harsh realities of his own mortality, shedding tears of remorse and anguish for the lives lost under his command. In this moment of profound
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The Souls in Purgatory IV – GOLD Narrator: There was once an old lady who had raised a niece since she was a tiny baby. She had taught the girl to be good, obedient, and industrious, especially the souls in purgatory. As the girl grew older and very beautiful, the old woman began to worry that when she died on her niece would be left all alone in the world, a world which her niece saw only through innocent eyes. Old Lady: Dear Lord, as I daily prayed to all saint’s in heaven for our intercession
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Summer hangs, and summer lulls. Lay in the park, smoke in the dark, as the song goes. Its lush grass and leaves and flowers and cushioning warmth brings with it particular sluggishness, a wading. The days are slower, the sun is hotter, and the air is thick and saccharine like molasses, slowing down the traffic of our thoughts and of our discourse. The season’s circular shoegaze marks for us a lens of the mind with which we are familiar; in our youth and not, between chores and shifts, our minds hang
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