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The True Story of Ella As she walked down the dirty path in the woods, she kept looking behind her, with a sense that she was being followed. The sky was dark with only the moon to guide her. The only sounds that could be heard were the soft hoots of an owl and the hints of music from the festival. The girl clutched her bag even tighter as she walked down the road. ***** When Ella was born, she was raised to be a wonderful child, who was kind and courageous. The day that Ella 's mother died…

portion of them. Every person, young or old, is labelled with either positive or negative stereotypes. The stereotype I’m generally given is I have good grades, so I must be a nerd. When most people think of a girl as a nerd they imagine her wearing a skirt, sweater or polo shirt, braces, glasses, and have her hair in a ponytail. For the most part, nerds are found unattractive. Throughout the school day nerds are mostly found alone, reading a book, doing homework, or researching on their…

Sophie's reluctant demeanor wasn't lost on Kevin. It was discouraging, but he gave a deep breath (one he realized, too late, was probably audible) and waited as she came closer, trying not to stare too blatantly at her shapely legs as they made her skirt swish like a curtain hiding restless performers backstage. He unbuttoned the top button of his plaid flannel shirt and another breath escaped. As she explained her timid goal for the sessions, it did nothing for Kevin's discouragement, and…

her two daughters moved in with the two, and that’s when things went badly for the little girl who lost her mother. After they moved in with them, the stepsisters took away all of her dresses and made her wear an old gray skirt. Not only did they do that but they made her do difficult work around the house. She would have to get up before sunrise to cook, wash clothes, start the fire, and etc. At one point her stepsisters made it worse for her. They purposely scattered peas and lentils into the…

The paywallup tribe and the Nez Perce tribe have very similar and differnt foods that they hunt for gather. The Nez Perce gathered fruits and vegetables from spring to fall and stored food for winter. During the spring they fished for large amounts of fish. At party's they ate buffalo they also like to make soup. The Nez Perce also gathered onions, carrots, bittroots, blackberries, show berries, huckleberry and nuts. The coastal tribe puyallup fished in both salt and fresh water. They liked to…

If you reflect on 1920s fashion, there was a feeling of eccentricity and originality in fashion that is one of the reasons we associate the 1920s with exciting changes in culture. The movies and books we associate with those times often reflect a time of an explosion of frivolity and a certain amount of wild behavior in entertainment and nightlife. The 1920s fashion very much fit in to those cultural changes. Jean Patou was a designer who pushed the envelope a great deal in creating exciting,…

The Woman rights are a extremely large topic and controversy people around the world have heard of or have talked about. Individuals now in days have a large amount of things to say about woman rights and have a strong opinion about it. In the 17th century or even the early 18th century, woman rights where none existing. Even though now we have women’s rights, women are still, not being treated equally as men. We now live in a world where everything is exceeding, everything is improving and…

Let's look up for your next best Halloween costume then! 6. The 1950s: The Postwar Era Did you know, Christian Dior and Chanel were the two fashion icons who revived the colorful fashion in the 50s? The Postwar era is all about bright colors and full skirts! Stilletos and Oxfords are at its boom too. One fashion icon that you can look up to is Marilyn Monroe. Everything in the 1950s is probably all about Monroe. So if you want to steal the spotlight at the party, you might want to give that old…

I was born and raised in Mosul, Iraq. My parents were born in Mosul but in a village called Batnaya. Batnaya was a small village full of Chaldean/Catholic people who used to love Jesus and were very respectful to each other. I grew up in a really traditional family, if you have heard of my village then you will know that these kind of villages are traditions and they love to follow the traditional that are left from our grandparents. I grew up with one brother and seven sisters. We had a really…

Three thousand, seven hundred and twenty-three miles away from Albion, Michigan, lives a sixteen year old British teen, whom I became friends with through the internet. Many people here in the USA, don’t realize how different things are in the UK, which is why I’m introducing Beth, one of my best friends. Beth is from Taunton, Somerset, England. It’s in the southern part of the United Kingdom, a bit southwest of the middle of the county Somerset. Beth lives in a three story house with her mom…