... place of comfort, security, and yet also a place to let loose and have fun. Their home has something special about it that sets it apart from the rest. It is a home away from home. Regardless of any life situations, their home is still a place of laughter and cheerful people. My grandparent's ... with my grandparents. Many of the days we spent at the pond behind their home. Although, most of the time, the pond looked more like a swamp. It was home to many tadpoles, frogs, and fish. Once a week my grandpa would go fishing at Land Between the Lakes to replenish the fish in the pond. Althou...

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... laid hundreds of little eggs" However this soft tone soon changes dramatically in the second verse where he becomes almost angry. "Then.." as to signify a change, he paints a picture of the fields as "rank" and the frogs as "angry" this aggressive scene comes to complete contrast form the previous adoration for them. Clever use of alliteration in "coarse croaking" highlight ... this break of innocence "that I had never heard before" the now revolting image drawn on the pond is more obviously disgusting, and repels the reader with disgusting thick air. The frogs are "cocked" creating the ...

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... him what it means. "Filthy lucre does mean money" (96). That is one reason why she can be blamed for Paul's death, because of the mother's sense of greed for money. In that same conversation, is another reason why she can be blamed for Paul's death. Paul's mother mentions luck ... . She makes it seem like you should not marry someone if they are not lucky because then you will be poor. Later, in the end of the conversation, is the last reason why she can be blamed. Paul's mother tells her son that luck brings you money. "It's what causes you to have ... he got more money, then the house ...

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... come out positive. She would spend the next six and half months, happy and pregnant. Exploding with excitement she and her husband started buying things for the baby's room. They bought a crib, high chair and even started a theme for the room; the crib was covered with stuffed animals, the white walls were now pink and the room was fully carpeted. Frogs and flowers covered as a boarder for ... the pink room. She walked into this room, and immediately bloomed like a flower ... . It was not until November 1, 2010- that her life would come to a screeching halt. With this in mind, the drive...

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• Grade Level: High School