I awoke to the sound of footsteps walking towards me. An old, fragile man kneeled beside my bed, and began to whisper gently. “ Come with me child. You’re safe.” In the early days it was challenging to sleep. My family sailed north to search for a fresh start and forget about their immense troubles. The dangerous northern seas destroyed the hopes of my family and a hundred others with dreams of a new life. I can recall the memories so vividly. The boat screeched as it dashed through the raging
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Approximately 11:00AM on the 7t of August, 12 year old Thomas Cogdell, was woken by his mother in which they both made a terrible discovery, his sister Kaylee was dead. Two plastic grocery bags were wrapped around her head and she was bound both with the families dog’s leash and a cloth measuring tape. He ran to his mother’s phone and dialed 911 as she was too hysterical to speak. He gave then direction to his home outside of little rock and was waiting outside his home when the police and ambulance
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then they told us that we were to pack up only essential stuff and get on trains to Auschwitz concentration camps. We were allowed to keep very limited stuff and all of our valuables including money was taken from us. This was the start of a long journey. At Auschwitz we were to be seperated women to the right men to the left. This was the last time I saw my mother and sister. Me and my father were then sent into the death camp Auschwitz. This is a horrible place where people everyday are sent
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The Tragic Tale of the Great Gatsby In F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby”, the hero’s journey begins when he meets his very mysterious neighbor, Jay Gatsby, on the small island of West Egg during a party. As Nick Carraway received an invitation from his unknown neighbor, he became curious and made it his mission to understand who this infamous Gatsby really was. As the Narrator, Nick witnessed the past unfold between his cousin, Daisy, and Jay Gatsby when he purposely invited the two of them
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The Comparison of Man’s Temptation The Epic of Gilgamesh and In the Beginning have many similarities. Both incorporate the Hero’s Journey and three archetypes: character, situational, and symbolic. Both are about man's relationship with God(s), including man’s struggle with temptation, and the serpent as a symbol. Likewise, they share a common theme that humans fall into temptations for desire of greater things. Both have protagonist character archetypes with weaknesses, the desire for more,
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1.Reincarnation In my previous life I was a human.Middle-aged and blind the only perspective of the world I got was through my ears.Seeing the world through my ears hasn’t showed me anything.My days were long and dreary;nothing excited me anymore.Until, I woke up one morning being able to see the sunlight,the leaves the grass.This made me feel so grateful and made my previous life look pitty.I’m looking upon this as an interlude of grace from my pitiful life as a reward to be a spider. 2.Finally
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Tom opened his eyes, and squinted as he became blinded by the brightness around him. He found himself lying on top of a pile of cold, hard stones. Dazed and confused, he sat upright to find his bearings. He saw three of his friends, Jacob, Parker, and Emma passed out on the ground beside him. “Great,” he thought to himself, “just great.” Tom took the golden coin out of his pocket, took a deep breath, and tossed it into the air. He looked down to see his friends beginning to awaken as well. They seemed
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This passage, which is the entirety of Act 5.1 of Richard III by William Shakespeare, takes place after Buckingham depleted his use as Richard’s bloody right hand and was seized by Richard for treason. Supposedly, Buckingham would be granted the earldom of Hereford and fulfill his desire for power, but the King had abandoned the pawn. Thus, Buckingham plotted to overthrow Richard out of fear and the addiction of power, but failed and got captured instead. Undoubtedly, Richard ordered him to be executed
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Key Passage Page How is this passage critical to the development of the theme/character/mood/setting/conflict? Respond to the passage on a personal note. “It was too transitory, all those doorways and dark spaces between wings, the missing ceiling. It was more like a terminal, he thought, a train station or an airport, everyone passing quickly through.” 5 This passage helps develop the novel’s recurring theme of main characters traveling. Firstly, it foreshadows what life will be like after the
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Beowulf, even before his epic journey, his name was very well known. Some knew him because of his father, a great warrior, and others knew him because of the victories he had won. These were great victories that had proven Beowulf to be a great man and a warrior. There was even a time Beowulf had lost a challenge, but was seen as a better man for it. Beowulf was in a swimming race with his friend Breca, he let Breca win because there was a storm and without Beowulf's help Breca would have died
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