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  • Mr Rose And Iggy's Father
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    This short story term report is on the book The Best American Short Stories 1960, "The Day of the Bullet". It first takes place in the sixties when Stanley's wife is reading the newspaper and Stanley sees a picture of his old best friend, Iggy, on the front page. He grabs the paper and reads that Iggy has been shot. Then the story takes us back to the 1920's when Stanley saw Iggy last. Iggy loved golf, and he was always trying to save his money for a golf putter. Stanley and Iggy used to sneak o...
  • Citadel With The Famous Guide Emil Saxo
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    The book that I have read chose to review is Banner in the Sky by James Ramsey Ullman. James ramsey Ullman was born in New York City in 1907. His highest-honored book was Banner in the Sky, but four of his books, including this one, were made into major motion pictures. The main characters of this story are Rudi Matt, Franz Lerner, Frau Matt, John Winter, and Emil Saxo. Rudi is the son of the legendary mountain guide of the Alps, Josef Matt. He has mountain climbing in his blood and is destined ...
  • Story From His Heart
    534 words
    Reading The Light The story that is most significant to me is 'Reading the Light'; by Roger Pfingston. This story felt like it was written from the heart. It is filled with emotions, ones that the author caught in his story very well. Even though I could not empathize with Brian, I did feel sympathetic towards him. When David said to Brian, 'Is it really such a surprise? I'm sure you know that your mother and I haven't been the best of friends lately. ' ; (6), that was a shock to me. David did n...
  • Story Of Esmerelda And Quasimodo
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    In this novel The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (1831), Victor Hugo talks about the life of his characters in the city of Paris. This story takes place in the late-fourteenth century. With inequality all around it was hard for a person to gain respect without good looks or social status. In this paper I will mainly discuss the story of Quasimodoe Esmeralda, and their struggle in this story Quasimodoe's mother was a gypsy. She could not take care of him any longer so she left him in front of a church. ...
  • Kiss Strangers In The Short Story
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    Joshua Grant English 102 Section: 26 January 31, 2002 The analysis of I Don't Kiss Strangers In the short story, I Don't Kiss Strangers there is a man versus man conflict regarding a couple who may never see each other again. In the beginning of the story there is little indication of foreshadowing of what will happen in the end. Therefore the reader is completely unaware of the outcome of the story. Written in the first person, the story takes place at a loud party with many intoxicated adults....
  • Really Odd Story
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    The Reaper's Image This story is about two men who were transporting an antique mirror from the first floor of an old museum to the fifth. Their names were Spangler and Carlin. This mirror had a history of being haunted, and some people would look into the mirror and see a hooded figure standing behind them. This figure was presumed to be Death, and whenever someone would see this figure they were never seen again. Carlin spends the whole story trying to convince Spangler that this is really tru...
  • Rat And Curt Lemon
    387 words
    In "How to tell a True War Story", Tim O'Brien creates a narrator that tells a war story over and over with little bits and pieces added on every time he tells it. He can never quit finish telling his whole story because he thinks about it too much and doesn't want to remember what he saw that day. The war story took place in Vietnam up in the foggy and moist mountains deep in the jungle. There were two main people involved in the story; Bob Kiley, who everyone called him by the nickname of "Rat...
  • Humorous Situation
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    Humor in "A Bride Comes to Yellow Sky" Page 1: Humor may take many forms. A person may tell a humorous story to entertain an audience. Plays, movies and television shows use actors to relate humorous situations in a way that is easily related to the audience. The skills of the writers, actors and comedians directly correlate to the effectiveness of the humor presented. Generally the effect is immediate as the story progresses with small presentations of humor and possibly developing into a grand...

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