... I argued with myself. But all I really heard was a haunting silence waiting on me. That morning was a beautiful April morning. Spring was in the air, the birds were chirping. It was going to be a good day because my best friend was getting married and today was her wedding. We were only ... sleep!" She didn't answer. Part of me felt nervous but I have the tendency to over-react. She took two big breaths like she was gasping for air. "Mom?" I asked worrisome. She didn't answer. I was hesitant but she always did weird things in her sleep in regards to breathing and ... was breathing weir...

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... the cellar and tells her that he is going out for dinner with someone else with his back turned towards her. Climax Then suddenly Mary swings the lamb through the air aiming at the back of Patrick's head which then kills him. Falling Action Mary thinks fast and covered her tracks, by putting the leg of lamb in the oven then ... planned to cook for supper. "At that point, Many Maloney simply walks up behind him and without any pause she swung the big frozen leg of lamb high in the air and brought it down as hard as she could on the back of his head. Mary acts instinctively and hits her h...

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... took her a number of times to his house in Sta. Mesa, to meet his family. Lydia was then only 23 and looked like a sweet unspoiled girl, but there was a slight air of mystery about her. Leonardo and his brothers noticed that she almost never spoke of her home life or her childhood; she seemed to have no gay early memories to ... asked what had happened. "Nothing," said Gene, and their faces lit up. "We're having our honeymoon at last," Lydia told Gene as he entered the house. And the old air of dread, of mystery, did seem to have lifted from her face. But it was there again when, after ...

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... be categorized with the other boys, complicates the symbolic structure of Lord of the Flies. Chapter 4 Summary Life on the island soon develops a daily rhythm. Morning is pleasant, with cool air and sweet smells, and the boys are able to play happily. By afternoon, though, the sun becomes oppressively hot, and some of the boys nap, although they are often troubled ... presence of the monster, the beast that has frightened the littluns since the beginning of the novel and that is quickly assuming an almost religious significance in the camp. The air battle and dead parachutist remind us...

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... cold weather may have drove them to do such thing. Nat is dissatisfied; he feels that no one is really listening to him and he compares this situation with the air raids during the war. Until people had been personally affected by the bombing they would not take on board what was happening. This shows how seriously Nat is taking the ... birds did find a way through the chimney. This story was written in the 1950's, which is not long after the Second World War and Nat turns the kitchen into an air raid shelter. The war was another major disaster and the seriousness can be felt because th...

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• Grade Level: High School