The water was clear and a rich deep blue in colour. ... I take a deep breath of fresh air and look at the surrounding of people soaking in the sun waiting to get in the water. ... I dogged through them and at last I was running through the shallows of the water getting nearer to the in coming wave. I dove straight through the dumping wave, the cool water rushing down my body. ... As I stood back up and ran back out to the deep water I saw one of my surfing mates catch the most perfect barrel it was rad. ...

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The clear, blue water glistened as the sun shined over it. ... Staring off the rocky cliff out on to the water, I took a deep breath and inhaled the pure Italian air. The smell of fresh Limoncela floated by. ... I leaned forward on iron railing, the only thing standing between the water and me. ...

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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. Mal...

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Breckinridge Park When I first came here, someone told me there are no special places in Richardson. But I found a place that I am willing to go during my spare time. It is Breckinridge Park. It is a happy and relaxed place. It was a beautiful weekend when we went to Breckinridge Park. Lying soft ...

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With barely any windows or fresh air, everyone were squashed up against the walls, scarcely living any space between themselves and others. Before everyone's face were lit up with excitement and looked forward to the war, but now what's visible is, tired and worn out faces, licking their dried up lips due to being thirsty, as no one received water or food. ... As we got down, some went down into hiding in order to relieve themselves, to which they've been holding for hours, but I, I just stood there and fed my body the fresh air, as I took it all in and it went down my throat an...

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"The Life" As my feet soak down into the moist, white sand I realize the most beautiful place on the earth would have to be the beach. It is hard for me to narrow it down to a certain one, but it just seems anytime I go to any beach I have a spectacular time. The people, activities, and scenery ma...

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A Separate Peace Symbols are often used throughout the novel A Separate Peace, to help the reader distinguish between who or what is moral and immoral. One of the main symbols would be the Devon and Naguamsett Rivers. The second main symbol would be the Winter Carnival, which repr...

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I can hear the oceans water hitting the shore. ... It has to be amazing looking over the ocean with water that seems to go on forever and ever. ... I really want some water but everything is so expensive out here. The last bottle of water I bought costed me five dollars, so I"m just going to wait till I can get something to drink somewhere else. ... I am ready to go back to everyday life with a fresh mind and soul. ...

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All seven of them agreed to go until no more fish came out of the water. ... The seven fishermen work as a team, to catch the fish, then they get the fish on deck, and then they have a second team who slices the fish open and then fills the fish with ice so that it can stay fresh. ... If a person got hooked onto buy a hook and that line got tight from a fish at sea he would be pulled into the water. ...

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On the corner of this road, you can stop and enjoy some mouth-watering ice cream that is the thickest, coldest treat that hypnotizes you into wanting more and more. ... This dusty path has pear and peach trees that give your nose a tasty smell of fresh fruit and the sound of buzzing bees whizzing pass your ears. ...

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The flowers were so colourful reds, blues, yellows, purples, oranges all buzzing with insect life drawn there by the sweet, fresh smell. ... I liked most of the statues apart from one of a Zimbabwean water god which was half fish and half snake. ...

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My mom's tired eyes reddened and watered with tears. ... The smell was clean and fresh, the grass nice and green and there was lots of it, I couldn't even compare it to the fast paced life in Fairfax. ...

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Andre Dubus III, author of House of Sand and Fog, had written in reference to immigrants in America, "Dat's what they say of this cauntry back home, Kath: 'America, the land of milk and honey.' Bot they never tell you the milk's gone sour and the honey's stolen." Immigrants from the 1700s to mode...

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