... so long." He realized then that he had to get away, and yet he knew he couldn't, and he became deranged with doubt and grief. And all the while Zeena sat at home, waiting for the man that would not come. The dilapidated Frome farmhouse kept Zeena cooped up all day, longing to see her husband, and as she ... sat there the house filled her with grief. She was the happiest of things when she came to nurse his silent mother until the woman's death. " Then she too fell silent. ... with Mattie and tells her how she " took from me the one I cared for most of all-" " and sent Mattie away, but...

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... significant poets who have affected my life, Wallace Stevens is an additional inspiration. His poem "The Reader" combines the natural beauty and sorrow of entropy: The Reader All night I sat reading a book, Sat reading as if in a book Of sombre pages. It was autumn and falling stars Covered the shriveled forms Crouched in the moonlight. No lamp was burning as I read, A voice ... ...

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... at a point in my life where the potential to go that direction was definitely a possibility. I was the only child of a single mother. During the summer before fifth grade, my mom sat me down by the pond at the Melbourne Public Library to discuss something very important with me. That day she explained to me that she suffered from a disease called alcoholism ... understood what I was feeling. It was an extremely supportive environment. My last day there was the one I remember most clearly. On your last day they had a special ceremony where everyone sat in a circle. They had a small bag w...

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... at my tear-stained cheeks and then drying up like drought-infested rivers. There was an immense pain that amplified from my knees when I hit the ground with a rueful sob. I sat there, hands cupping my face, holding back the tears. I was lonely and desperate, as I built a reflection of myself with the tears that I had shed. The wind let out a giant blow ... , his gentle hands held my face, stroking it softly. I bit my lip disbelievingly, but when his lips caressed my own, I realized that he was really there. I don't know how long I sat there staring at the reflection of my own sorrow, and...

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... the object of his desire would show up. He just wanted to regain that feeling that emotion that he had for Daisy. The one that he discovered back when he sat with her for hours just staring into her eyes and talking. He just wanted to relive that moment. Finally, after Gatsby met Jordan and Jordan convinced Nick to invite Daisy ... over, he had his chance. He sat with her again and tried to make everything as it was. He tried to recreate that magic moment in which he knew she was for him. She even led the ... ...

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... only thing to do now was shake hands and always remember each other. But they kept walking until they ended up in a large orchard. Newt sat down against a tree, and Catharine afraid of hat might happen, sat down at a tree far away from him. She watched Newt sleep for about an hour and then woke him up. He said he loved her ... ...

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... his wife at all. We know that he didn't talk to her about anything because Nora replies in the next line, "I"m not talking about worries. I say we've never once sat down together and seriously tried to get to the bottom of anything", (Ibsen 780) So then it was Nora who wanted to talk to Torvald, but he never chose to ... next letter came and said that the debt had been wiped clean every was okay again because Torvald was no longer in a bad place. When Nora chose to leave, she sat Torvald down and told him how she and him never had a serious conversation. When something bad like the lett...

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... back up the hill towards home, my heart swelled with pride. I could finally rescue Sam. The following days were agony as I waited, anticipated, and planned. Every day for two weeks I sat at the window and silently urged the mailman to hurry. Finally, on April 15, 1996, the Federal Express truck stopped in front of our house. Before the delivery man had ... that I realized I had forgotten to even acknowledge Sam. I felt horribly guilty, and promised to make it up to her by having a tea party that weekend. On the weekend however, I baby-sat on Saturday and went to see my grandparents on S...

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Long before man applied reason to his thinking, he tried to think of ways to describe the indescribable. As our primitive relatives, Ug and Thora, sat in their cave, Ug probably compared his feelings in Thora's presence to the elation he felt tearing meat off a bone, or wallowing in mud. Modern man's version is not much ... and motions to quick to record. And you know they mean love. Your kind of love. Something you understand on a deeper level, with having it explained. After all, as Ug sat there, nervous, babbling about meat, Thora cut him off and answered "I love you too". ...

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... nature than trying to please her first crush and win some cash. The white heron is not just a rare special bird to her but also becomes her friend as they sat and "watched the sea and morning together" while they were atop of the great pine tree (58). Sylvia perhaps sees herself in the white heron by them both ... ...

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... wouldn't change anything in me. I thought about many different things that night, and to be honest, I was full of stupid and irresponsible ideas. Finally I could calm down. I took a breath and sat behind the computer. The first thing which I did was searching Charlie Chaplin's letter to his daughter, afterwards I started reading it. It is hard to write down all the feelings which ... ...

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... more family time like before, regardless of rich or poor condition. Then I bursted in tears. Surprisingly, my mother got close to me and gently hold me in her arms. We sat on the floor together for so long that night. The next morning, she said she would pick me up at 5 p.m. and we would have family dinner. From that night, my ... ...

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... 't go to nobody church. But her family left her at the house by herself as they went to a barbeque. After they left she did some stuff with her hair and sat outside to let it dry in the sun. She went in the house and listened to the radio. She heard a noise of a car coming up her driveway he blew the ... ...

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... all Mexicans like soccer. In fact she hated it and preferred volleyball. We were attached at the hip over the next three days. We ate lunch together every day, we sat next to each other during the church services, and she was the first kid at the church each morning. She taught me how to love unconditionally, because young girls in ... ...

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... he took his last drink. Some of Carver's characters, like the narrator in, "Cathedral," are strong enough to follow the light and experience epiphany, while others just gave up and sat until "the room went dark," ("What We Talk About When We Talk About Love," Page 10)  too weak to get out of their armors and give it a try. Led by ... ...

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... to the edge of the river and this could remind her of how they used to walk on the edge of the river on those nice, warm, nights. Maybe they sat out by the river on full moon nights and had some candle lit dinners. This poem deals with the emotion of love. The lady lost her husband or boyfriend and ... ...

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... their lives. Atwater now knows what it is like to be used. I felt really bad for Pringle throughout this whole book because he was depressed and nobody cared. Every one sat around and complained but nobody did anything about it. They are unhappy with their jobs and their love life. Instead of trying to make things better they partied and drank ... ...

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... gits over."(43) This is one of the few times where Janie exalts her real feelings to Jody and expresses a need for a deeper love. When Janie returned to Eatonville she sat in her room, and thought of Tea Cake and she, "pulled in her horizon like a great fish net. Pulled it from around the waist of the world and draped it ... ...

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... 75, the sun reddens the scenery as Ethan and Mattie drive along places with memories they both shared over the past year. He sees the spot where they had a picnic, sat and drank coffee, and found her gold locket. "You were as pretty as a picture in that pink hat"(76). Pink, being another shade of red, may be the feeling of ... ...

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... the least. The saddest similarity these two men had was that they both seemed so terribly lonely and complacent after their days on the field. Often, both Krebs and Darling sat at home and let life slip by as they reflected on their past. Krebs would enjoy sitting on his porch at home and watching the young women walk down the ... ...

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... was precisely the sort of home Carl would build, he thought - blunt, tidy, gruffly respectable, and offering no affront to the world, though at the same time inviting nobody. It sat back fifty yards from the road on three acres of alfalfa, strawberries, raspberries, and orderly vegetable gardens- (Guterson, 69). This description of Carl Heine's home, realistic as most physical descriptions ... ...

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... grades and the courses I need under my belt to graduate and move on to college. A huge goal I had in the beginning of the year was to do well on my SAT's. I accomplished this goal, receiving an 1190 on the standardized tests. I am now beginning to fill out my college applications, this is a huge goal because I plan on going away to college ... ...

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... creature spends his first days in a forest much like an abandoned child. The creature describes it as "I knew, and could distinguish nothing; but feeling pain invade me on all sides, I sat down and wept."(71) He learns that drinking from the stream will quench his thirst, and nuts and berries will satisfy his hunger. The creature discovers an abandoned fire and ... ...

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... had never been there before and looked out of place I soon found out that girl was Jo. I noticed a chair at the table she was at was empty so I went and sat next to her. We started talking and we hit it off immediately and I really liked her. I was glad that it was me that met her first and not some lowlife ... ...

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... century that she grew up in, she would have been disgraced if she then came back home to her father. While she is on the dock of where the ship sat; she realizes that she cannot leave her family, her home, her past, or her future that she knew she would have there. She knows what life she will lead there ... ...

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