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    Charleston Allie hoped with all her might that her grandparent’s house still stood. Having crawled from the cellar only moments before following Gabriel and Willie through a back entrance that Allie had not known was there, she and her small band of loved ones hurried onward trying to avoid death or capture by the Yankees. Earlier that day, they had barely escaped the house and entered the cellar, all clinging to one another as a terrible noise accompanied by a huge rumble, thundered overhead.…

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    subjects?” I heard the voice say. “Yes, father,” I heard Mark “Mark, what is happening?” I asked, revealing myself from my hiding spot. Suddenly, the lights in the cellar were turned on and I was temporarily blinded. Once I could see again, I saw that Timmy and Craig had no color left in their faces and looked like they were at death’s door. On the other side of the room I saw an operating table along with medical tools. “What is this?” I asked Mark. “Well,” He started to answer “You know how…

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    Willy Loman's Story

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    As he crawled out of the darkness of the cellar he realized he was covered in blood and there was a gaping wound in his abdomen. Willy heard the sirens coming closer so he pulled himself up on a remaining fence post, waved his hands around and started to scream. Willy, seeing the police cruiser in front of him, finally gave up and passed…

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    important advice too. So, these are the things you need to know about shelter, damage, and the cost of the damage they do. To begin with, if you see a tornado or find out a hurricane is coming to your city, take shelter. If you don’t have a cellar or a basement, just find the safest spot you think will hold down good. For example, you cold get destroyed by a tornado or blown away by a hurricane. So, make sure you check the weather app or watch the news. Although, you might not like…

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    stopped by a second man and also captured. Screaming, they were both dragged into the wine cellar of an abandoned, decrepit old house, to be locked in for 7 days with no food and little water.…

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    else? Pushing me in the house, he closes the ‘door’. It’s a broken off car door. In the house, there are four other people. A woman, a young girl, and an elderly man. They stopped their conversation when they see…

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    Clover Dialectical Journal

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    a boyfriend named Lewis. She lives in a small town called Long Thorpe. Summer was renamed as Lily from Colin but he wants them to call him Clover. Shannen In this case she is Rose, Rebecca is Poppy, and Jennifer is Violet, who was also in the cellar with Summer (Lily). They’re all renamed as flowers. They have been there longer than Lily. The unusual thing was, Clover worked as a lawyer. He also has Obsessive Compulsive…

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    our world. Le Guin uses many literary tactics to compel the reader to be critical of her fictional society, primarily sharply contrasting imagery and metafictional writing techniques. The creation of two distinctly contrasting worlds, Omelas and the Cellar, is both facilitated and reinforced by the author’s decision to incorporate the narrator into the text as an independent and self-critical entity. Our introduction to the Omelas begins with the Festival of Summer. Joyous crowds, shimmering…

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    Lily didn’t want to trade her livelihood, then he intended on getting something else out of her. For example, “Okay, he finally said, and nodded toward the front door. Let’s you and me go inside” (Rash…

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    My Most Dangerous Game

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    The next morning, he looked out the window and saw the remains of the general and felt a twinge of guilt, but it quickly faded away. He went to the bathroom and just stared at himself in the mirror for an extensive “should I have handled the situation differently?” he asked himself. He didn’t know how else he could have done though. He realized that he was very hungry and decided he would wander down the dark staircase to see if he could find any food to satisfy. Once he finally found the…

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