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A Rose for Emily
... a Southern Lady, seeing a Northerner, a day laborer. "But there are still others, older people, who say that even the grief of losing her father will cause a ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Poems & Short Stories
This is a creative writing piece about my friend almost drowning. It has four parts to it, each tells the same story from a different perspective.
... a joke to the three of them, with the emphasis on her still being here, Tim and Patty remember what really happened; a father's neglect, a ... the forces beyond his control, he sat back, waiting to lose. Bored, he wandered to the window. "Mom! Mom! Sis fell!" ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Poems & Short Stories
A wave of life
... would lose its meaning without the waves. To make her two worlds meet was the biggest challenge in her life. Especially now. Her father ... everywhere. And she had also met Kunal, whom she thought was a 'perfect march' for her. But Mangalore and Delhi were two ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Poems & Short Stories
A Home Full of Nothing
... by car. It's the only way." Ahmad saw his father's sorrow painted in a smile on his ashen face. The car turned ambulance came ... even more dear to him, that he might one day lose. The fear of losing his loved ones overwhelmed his senses and he realized that ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Poems & Short Stories
"The Guilty" this is about a lawer trying to save an innocent boy at any cost. the question is, is he really innocent?
... found her eyes level to a protruding stomach. "So, Amy losing your career is wroth ruining my life?" John's father eyes had an evil ... was capable of that much hate at such a young age, a mistake perhaps, playing with his father's gun? The more she remembered ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Poems & Short Stories
This is a short story called, "The Deed". The assignment required the use of flashbacks and dialogues in a way that give a little twist at the end. The story revolves around boxing and retaliation.
... Kyle polishes off the stone, says a short prayer and drifts away from his father's grave. Shortly after a ray of sunlight pierces through the ... of us were losing juice. Both of our faces were drenched with blood and were so puffy that we looked like a pair of ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Poems & Short Stories
Losing everything
... too hard. Her father had died. Her only friend, the only person she truly loved, gone. It was such a sudden death and a sudden change ... class to paint a picture or write a story, you are in it every time! It's quite amazing. You must be quite the father, I ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Poems & Short Stories
"Sarty's Runaway Life" An essay on what happens to Sarty the boy after the end of a shorty story called Barn Burning by William Fulkner
... the poker tournament. There was a stake of twenty thousand dollars to play, which as a child with his father he thought was the richest ... to rob a bank the following day. The Gang was known for their robberies during the day. They decided to try to lose some ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Poems & Short Stories
A Selfish Wish
... has been a sighting of a strange wolf in our territory. Come, now, describe the trespasser." Thor stepped up proudly beside our father. I hadn' ... , he would lose his temper and turn on me, but I needed to know what was going on. I lingered behind a bit, so ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Poems & Short Stories
Question: Write a contemperary short story set in present day urban or rural Australia. The central character should be female, a victim of fate, circumstances or another betrayl.
... on a bus on his way to a rural property on the outskirts of Melbourne, his father said ... for me! I don't want to lose you like I lost my sister" she cried. ... with her family in the outback and her father owned a cattle property on the outskirts of Melbourne ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Poems & Short Stories