... Birthday; sitting in a pokey alley situated in the heart of Melbourne. Gazing up at the Flinders Street clock tower a flock of birds appear, they dance in a beautiful array, free and full of glory. I feel envious here I am trapped in a body where I don't belong, I want to be a bird; I want to fly away and never ... passed and along with it flew a piece of paper landing at my feet, usually letting it fly away I decided to pick it up. 'Volunteers needed, help young teens stop drug use'. This fueled my anger, so I scrunched it up and threw it in one of my plastic bags. I tossed and tur...

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... This no longer seemed to be the same man that had taught me and helped guide me through life. My grandmother, too shocked to cry, faithfully sat next to his side. She was there for him when he needed her most, never releasing his hand, as his deep breaths became heavier and more ... on an unusually warm November day, he was healthy enough to play golf and now he could not even perform the most basic of human functions. As I sat, watching over my grandfather, my thoughts began to wander. I began to reflect on the situation that was unfolding in front of me. My grandfather's sickness ......

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... his bonds nor screamed out in furry into the stone which encircled him. Nothing mattered now, not his life anyway, he had been condemed to death. As he sat he tried to think of dying and only that but the one thing kept reacurring in his mind, a georgeous brunette, her green eyes shone with all the ... again. They passed dinning rooms, and bedrooms, all of which Timril could not grasp long enough to see the faces peering out of them.... why won't they help? Finnally the walking ceased and he did not know why until one of the muscular brutes carring him raised his whip and went off down t...

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... the grass and stare at the night sky. You envy the stars for they are free, they roam around the endless universe with no boundaries. You wanted to be like them too, you wanted to be free, free from society, free from doubts, free from the future and everything else. But we humans tend to enjoy taking freedom away ... falling. You looked at me with those haunting eyes of yours and say "I don't mind falling if I bring light to someone else's life, as I fall, I help others rise." That was then that I knew, if you are going to be a star, you are going to be the brightest one among us all. ...

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... that would hoot at the same time every night as if he were nature's security system. Although I missed the peacefulness of the country, I never felt more free than when I was with mom in that noisy little townhouse. Life was paradise. It was just the two of us, more like best friends than mother and ... , as if nothing had happened. My boyfriend, eventually, convinced to me go home. Once we got back, all four of us, including my mom's boyfriend, sat down to talk. In that life changing discussion, I poured my heart out to my mom and everyone listening. While my mom looked at me with an ic...

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... hands, and read some traditional prayers. Truly, I disliked praying in the evening, because at that time, there was cartoon's program in TV. It's very interesting for me. However, although I was free or busy with studying, or sleeping, they also wanted me to pray. I think that through the prayer with family in every night, my faith have been kept, grown, developed. I always ... . Now and then, I did not know how to say in the presence of a loved God. With more reasons, there are many times, I don't know what to tell God in prayer. I sat in silence. On the other hand, sometimes, I encount...

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Setting is used in stories to develop the mood and the surroundings of the characters in it. It can also symbolize different things that help us understand a character better. This is greatly portrayed in "The story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin, the setting helps dramatize the change within Mrs. Mallard. Mrs. Mallard was an ... a train crash. When she heard the news she went into her room alone and locked the door. "There stood, facing an open window, a comfortable, roomy armchair", in which Mrs. Mallard sat. She stared out the window looking at the never-ending terrain. Due to the fact that i...

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... sense of simplicity in her present life as "now she was going to go away like the others, to leave her home." When Eveline is given the chance to break free from her current life, she once again enters a set of games in which she wanders back and forth, like a tennis ball from one side of the court to the other ... "The Sisters", a young boy copes with the loss of a dear friend in a disturbingly uncaring way. The child immerses himself in several games; as if it would alleviate the pain and help cover up the remorse he is feeling. The first game he finds himself indulging in involves th...

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... way of life because of choices that she believes would cause her to be poor. She constantly is weighing her choices against their consequences in respect to how they will help her to achieve her goal to live a luxurious life. Eventually she is overcome by the copious amount of gossip that continuously surrounds her. Lawrence Seldon is an attractive, intelligent man ... fact that he has nothing to offer to Lily as far as finances and the luxurious life she desires. On the other hand Seldon desires, not a luxurious life, but a life free from the social constraint of the wealthy society. H...

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... lead role in the "The Count of Monte Cristo" which produced a huge income for Mr. Tyrone. Throughout his whole life James never really used his money, and so it just sat rotting away. While reading the play it seemed very apparent that James was displeased with his life and wondered whether he wasted his whole life. James revisits the day when ... daughter of a wonderful father and was always surrounded by prosperity. Music, especially the piano, and the Church were her loves and also her passions. Mary was to become a nun, a career free of the evils in the world, but that dream was soo...

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