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A Jest of God. Based on the novel by Margaret Laurence
... was in their satisfaction at living in a small town. Following the death of her father, neither Rachel nor her mother were ... and refused to speak to her principal about a troubling issue for fear he would lose respect for her. When attending the Tabernacle, ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing
A Road Less Traveled.
... . When I was twelve, my father was transferred with his business from St. Louis to Kansas City. Losing all my friends, my ... successful ventures. Personally, I usually prefer the latter; however, in a lifetime, I feel the awful experiences are the ones that ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing
Creative writing about a cat with a little bit or morals.
... , Georgia. Dan, Jennifer's father, finally had to ground Matthew before he would calm down. Mr. Johnson worked as a realtor for the government ... 25-03 Choose and Lose It was a bright, sunny afternoon in Mandarin, South Carolina when the Johnsons' pulled into ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Poems & Short Stories
Broken Promises A short drama between a married couple problems resulting from too many broken promises.
... from a family that was well off, not rich but they never went without. Cynthia's father had even offered to give Pete a nice ... on her husband to take her shopping. Recently Cynthia has been losing her patience with her miserable husband and sad life. When ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Poems & Short Stories
Two Dimension Parellels Between Kafka' and Lao-Tzu's way of imparting a new sort of understanding in the reader, of "telling the story."
... up, since my train goes at five…….Heavenly Father! He thought. It was half past six ... not a human, he just knew he would get into a lot of trouble and may lose ... Gregor, wakes up to find himself transformed into a monstrous and repulsive insect; he slowly dies, ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Comparative Essays
A Woman's Path to Adulthood in Chronicle of a Death Foretold and The Metamorphosis
... the more shocking when her mother and father promise her hand in marriage to Bayardo ... friends have told her that many girls lose their virginities in childhood accidents. The ... and the woman will forever carry a taint on her reputation. Attitudes towards ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Comparative Essays
TROY: A heroic Tale
... self-annihilation for the soldiers. Prince Paris of Troy begs his father, King Priam to burn the horse to the ground. If the ... elementary to Achilles because he is a very skilled warrior and is neither afraid of dying nor of losing battles. The way Achilles' ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Comparative Essays
Drive By - a short story about a meeting that changes two lives.
... amount of each. John was Hispanic, his father was dark skinned Mexican, his mother was ... the girl who had made him forget about losing his former home and friends. The girl ... dark ominous bellowing clouds. Sadie is in a white gown in stark contrast to the ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Poems & Short Stories
The Awakening
... all hell broke lose my children were sent to me to live. Well this is were it gets fun I have never been a father or known ... I was in a position of power which followed with excellent pay plus benefits'. My ex-wife went crazy and all hell broke lose my ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Descriptive Essays
Critical Lens Essay on the quote "All literature shows us the power of emotion, It is emotion, not reason, that motivates characters in literature." By Duff Brenna with two examples from books.
... from camp to camp through harsh environments for the love of his father and so he could see his family again. Most people would ... and his fear of losing his dad he was able to survive. Without those emotions he would have no chance. Those are a few reasons ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing