... in "The Rocking-Horse Winner" are the pursuit of love and luck. Both of the main characters in "The Rocking-Horse Winner," the mother and Paul, are in pursuit of love. First the mother marries for love, and the love fades. She gains children from her marriage, but she can not love them. Nowhere in her life can she find love. She rejects the closest thing to love, her young son Paul. Her ... feelings toward her children, especially Paul, are exemplified when her children are around. She feels the centre of her heart go hard. Everyone thought of her as a great mother who loved her childre...

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... for the night which he did to help Sophie and her family. David gift is "telepathy". Not everybody is born with a special gift like David. It make's me wonder sometime in our modern day if people have unique gifts from God that other people don"t have. In chapter five David is ... facing tuff emotions against his father. Joseph Strorm is a very cruel heartless man. I wouldn't like to have a father like that. The fact that David cannot explain him ... talk with if he was having problems I wouldn't just get directly to the point by saying "go to your room", or by beating him. I would wan...

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The short story "The Rocking-Horse Winner" talks about a little boy who grows up believing luck means money. He secretly rides his rocking horse to help him pick the winning horses in racetracks. Paul knew that his mother did not love him, he saw it in her cold eyes. Growing up in a house where everywhere he turned he heard whispering voices, asking for "more money", Paul came ... win him his mother's love. His mother regretted the day she married for love. She hated the very idea of not being rich. She allowed him to misunderstand the meaning of the word "luck". Therefore, Paul strongly bel...

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... disagrees with this decision as does his father, Cuyloga, and Half Arrow, a close friend. While Johnny (True Son) is living with his white family Half Arrow and Little Crane come to take him back to the tribe. During the rescue attempt Little Crane is killed. Johnny contemplates whether he should abandon his white family and leave behind his younger brother, Gordie. As hard as ... Arrow. Upon his arrival, a blissful welcoming awaits him, showing he has been missed, especially by his father. The Indian tribe goes on a hunt to kill white men. When a canoe comes to the shore, where the Ind...

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... , night when a family learned that they should be careful what they wish for. The Monkey's Paw was a test of how strong minded and foolish people are. On the dark and rainy night Sargent-Major Morris made a visit to the White resident. The sargent talked about his past trips and encounters while in the military. During his descriptions he mentioned a Monkey's Paw. "What was that that you ... started telling me the other day about a monkey's paw or something, Morris?" "Nothing. Leastways, nothing ... at work and the company was compensating the family with two hundred pounds. The Monkey...

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... and the cries of people hurt and injured just makes me feel angry about the people who started this war. From the beginning of this war many have felt that war will be fun and they will become heroes, sure they will become heroes but they will suffer very horrorible deaths with many diseases and shock give them more pressure to die. Now I am in my little house ... the war and did not return, even if they did they would probably suffer from "shell shock" from attrition warfare or they would probably kill themselves because they cannot stand the horror they have been in. After seeing many...

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... love, receive love and how love and all of its attachments shape lives. One of the ways Paul learns "about love in all its forms" is through his relationships with his parents and their relationship with each other. Paul's parents, Nancy and John, shared a common thread of music but that was where there similarities ended "apart from music they had little in common." Paul's parents were like chalk and cheese ... yet how happy they always seemed, in spite, or perhaps because of it." Paul's parents loved him unconditionally. However Paul had a different view, He felt that he needed to liv...

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... each other in the war. The author expressed this theme through Paul and his friends' thoughts and conversation very successfully. The thoughts of Paul were the major thing in the novel that showed out the author's point of view. All most in every single event that happened in this novel, Paul had his own feelings and thoughts, this book seemed like a Paul's little diary, which recorded his pain and suffering. The descriptions of Paul's feelings were very ... the book, but since the absences some of the feelings in the book, the theme in the film was not as impressive as the book. But th...

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"Pieces of my Childhood Memories" In the summer of 1995, my mom and I talked about making a quilt together with scrapes of material from the clothes I wore as a child. We decided to start this childhood quilt by sifting through the vast pile of old clothes mom packed in a large, dusty trunk in the attic. Some of the clothing fabrics we found were bright yellow and red and blue and every shade in between ... ones. Mom put a lime green floral pattern with red Barbie doll figures, and it worked. When she asked what I thought of the two patterns, I never said "terrible," even if I thought it was....

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"Pieces of my Childhood Memories" In the summer of 1995, my mom and I talked about making a quilt together with scrapes of material from the clothes I wore as a child. We decided to start this childhood quilt by sifting through the vast pile of old clothes mom packed in a large, dusty trunk in the attic. Some of the clothing fabrics we found were bright yellow and red and blue and every shade in between ... ones. Mom put a lime green floral pattern with red Barbie doll figures, and it worked. When she asked what I thought of the two patterns, I never said "terrible," even if I thought it was....

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... deposit, which he used to go to New York. In New York, for eight days, Paul lived his fantasy by using the money from the bank deposit to purchase the finest room, the finest clothes, and listen to the finest music. Stories of Paul's thievery had reached the newspapers of New York and he knew his time was limited before his father came to search for him. This situation combined with ... Paul's desperation and his inability to think clearly, he felt there was only one thing to do. Paul stopped in the lobby ... ...

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... was the first time Paul is forced to kill someone in hand-to-hand combat. Paul bandages up his wounds and gives him water. It takes the man a couple of hours to die and Paul is still unable to leave the shell hole. Paul starts to talk to the soldier and explains he did not want to kill him. Paul also finds a picture of the man's wife and children. This brings Paul to tears of quilt ... real bad to kill a man that just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. He got to know the man more after the man was on his way to die. The war is beginning to go really bad for the Germans...

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... shirt was too strong for her to penetrate her fierce claw through. They fought and wrestled for quite some time. They wore each other out, she would try to tear him apart, but the mail shirt stayed sturdy and strong. She bit holes in his helmet. When Beowulf realized that his weapons were useless, he ... threw down his sword and decided to try using his fists instead. He picked her up by the shoulders and knocked her to the floor. That still wasn't enough to stop the angry beast. She got back up and began to tear at him and seemed to be in a larger rage than ... put her weight on his ...

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... Only she herself knew that at the centre of her heart was a hard little place that could not feel love, no, not for anybody." (pg 236) The children see in her eyes the fault looked upon them , and the love they seek cannot be found. Success for Hester is acquiring more wealth to hide her inadequacies. The family was poor, behind all the fancy furnishings and expenisive clothes. ... She simply was following the implications of society, that having ... more money made you a more valuable person in the community. Oscar and Paul were associated with the betting scheme, yet keeping it unknow...

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All Quiet on the Western Front In All Quiet on the Western Front there are a few themes. One is the malevolence at war of the war to end and other is the effect off the war on the soldier. The effect of the war on the soldier is very obvious when the new soldier come after all of the deaths. It I s sad that the new soldiers are very young and nave, but in reality they are the same age and they ... just do not have the experience of war like Paul and the other soldiers. The malevolence at ... felt it was their duty to the country to enlist for the war and after the soldiers see the death of J...

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The tragedy of Romeo and Juliet was written by William Shakespeare. Fate is something that controls your future, and you can do nothing to change it. Destiny is what many religions and time periods believed in. Romeo and Juliet's destiny is to never be happy. (45 words) Romeo's love always goes wrong. For example, Romeo's first love, Rosaline, is training to be a nun. ... Romeo declares, " She"ll not be hit by Cupids arrow. She hath Dian's wit And in strong proof of chastity well armed, From Love's weak childish bow She lives uncharmed. She will not stay the siege of loving terms Nor bid th" ...

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... just an _expression. About five percent of the population pull out their own hair. This is a medical disorder, classified as an Impulsive Control Disorder, called Trichotillomania. I have this disorder. I remember the exact day it all started. I was in 5th grade and had just gotten my hair cut. I hated it! After examining it, I decided there were a few uneven pieces. I started measuring my hair and ... pulling out the longer ones. I am not really sure what happened after that, but I continued pulling for ... couldn't believe what he told me. All this time I thought I was completely craz...

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... concerns me is abortion. Abortion is a wrongful act that should outlaw in the United States. I believe to abort your baby is as equal to killing your baby. Each mother that does abortion is destroying a life that could have had a bright future in this world. The minute the child is developing in a mother's stomach, it is a human being. This precious life does not deserve to die ... for any reason. I understand some parents have circumstances that leave them with no options but to abort because they have financial problems or too much kids. When problems like these arise, they should con...

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... resort they had to starve them to death. They chose this instead of shooting them because it took 10-20 days for the elephants to starve. So if the war was over they would save the elephants. They had three elephants. The first elephant died in 17 days. They then started to starve the other two elephants. about 10 days went by. When they then seen ... couldn't stand it anymore and had to feed them. He knew they had to die so instead of feeling sorry for them each day when seeing him, he never went out there. He waited until they died. The day the elephants finally passed away. All the z...

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... her own. It was so interesting to see someone give up everything for a gorilla. Never the less knowing what she lost taking this chance to go to Africa, I never knew what poaching meant or even heard of the word until I saw this movie. I don't know if I would have the courage Diane had in doing this expedition. I would love to go to Africa and study ... the Mountain Gorillas, but not exactly how she went about it. When the movie first started off I thought it was going to be boring and ... gorillas and for what? Just to send the baby gorillas to the zoo and make some money. How would t...

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... was lucky. Oscar Cresswell, the uncle of Paul, came by one day to visit. His spark of greed came alive at the moment Paul said his horse's name, the rocking horse he got for Christmas, was Sansovino, the name of the winning horse in the Ascot. It is stated that, "The uncle was delighted to find that his small nephew was posted with all the racing news." He immediately took Paul to a ride, talking about ... the races and if he ever put any money on the horses, it never shows having them a conversation about how Paul was doing and the family, it went straight to bidding on horses and even...

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... when I hear that someone has passed away, even if I don't know the person. As well as being one of my biggest fears death also strikes my curiosity. Where will I be when I die, why will I die and most importantly how will I die? As simple as those three questions are they can never be answered until the time of death, which is why I find death frightening. In addition to being ... horrific, death is also sometimes unpredictable and unexplained. A person can wake up early one morning, say for work, and not have the slightest idea that when they get in their car they will be hit by a pers...

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I always seemed to be a little different than my friends. I could never do just one of anything, especially if it made me feel good. I was obsessed with feeling good and I would do anything to get that feeling. Even when I knew the consequences were going to be horrible. As a teenager I drank alcohol and did drugs, but I never believed that I had a problem. That was the lie that I told myself ... a sober house for 6 months. I attended meetings and drug and alcohol counseling. I did real good and I was happy. My friends and family even started coming back into my life and spending time with me...

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Innocent or guilty. There really is no fine line in between the two. They tend to overlap and so we become unsure of what is right and wrong. Yes, George did kill Lennie but he didn't murder him. The words kill and murder may seem to mean the same thing but in reality they don't. George gave to Lennie what any true best friend would ... , a mercy killing. George and Lennie were like family towards each other and George killed Lennie himself so he wouldn't have to go through the torture by Curley. George and Lennie were best friends ever since they were little. Even after they grew up they stil...

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Innocent or guilty. There really is no fine line in between the two. They tend to overlap and so we become unsure of what is right and wrong. Yes, George did kill Lennie but he didn't murder him. The words kill and murder may seem to mean the same thing but in reality they don't. George gave to Lennie what any true best friend would ... , a mercy killing. George and Lennie were like family towards each other and George killed Lennie himself so he wouldn't have to go through the torture by Curley. George and Lennie were best friends ever since they were little. Even after they grew up they stil...

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