... wife and two children, who live on the coast of Cornwall. One dreary, winter night, some birds manage to get inside the children's bedroom and deliberately attack them. When Nat tells the other villagers they inwardly do not believe that such a thing could have happened, but try and come up with logical explanations. ... happy to kill themselves to kill humans. Nat stacked the dead bodies up against the cracked windowpanes for added protection, ready for the next attack. The birds started to attack again and this time they found a way down the chimney. As the fire was dying out Nat had to...

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• Grade Level: High School

... up a small base of ten soldiers. We also had a doctor, dentist, and orthodontist just to keep up with our basic necessities. Although our base was small, we were constantly under attack. We fought off everyone and anyone who tried to invade our base. We were able to come back on leave about once a year for a little over a month to see our ... loved ones and have a break from being under constant warfare. Let me tell ya, it is no easy job being under constant attack and stuck in crossfire. After Coop and I got redeployed for the third time in the year 2005, we were assigned a special ope...

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• Grade Level: High School

... time Oedipa views one of the post horns it hurts her because she does not understand the meaning. Pynchon further emphasizes the abundant appearance of the post horn as an attack when he states it was a "deliberate replication". The words evoke that the post horns have a purpose, and the purpose is to harm. Pynchon personifies the post horns by stating "They ... attacking her hopeful ideology, Oedipa would eventually lose her optimistic sense and discontinue her search. The negative effects of not knowing will stop Oedipa in her tracks. Pynchon describes the attack with the phrase "pinc...

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... emerge from the jungle, they fall upon him and kill him with their bare hands and teeth. The following morning, Ralph and Piggy discuss what they have done. Jack's hunters attack them and their few followers and steal Piggy's glasses in the process. Ralph's group travels to Jack's stronghold in an attempt to make Jack see reason, but Jack orders Sam ... ...

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• Grade Level: High School

... to a dangerous battle ahead. The trip along the Black House road has the same affect on the new comers as it did on the bikers, but no dog beast would attack this time. They come to the house. Bad thoughts are coming into the minds of the men, people they had hurt in their past somehow coming back for them. They ... ...

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... , and with her paws on the shoulders began to tear at it. She dropped to the ground with some of the meat in her mouth; then he returned to the attack, burying her teeth in the string, and tore out more bits of sausage and dropped once more to the ground and again attacked with made fury". This quote describes strongly ... ...

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• Grade Level: High School