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    “Mom this is totally unfair! I was only one hour off curfew and I totally called dad ahead of time to tell him I was going to be late.” Maxi says with as much teen angst one could possibly manage into a statement. “Maxianna it is not a choice! You need to learn that what I say goes, your father and I are no longer married therefore when you’re at my house you follow my rules. You are not going anywhere for the next week.” Her mother fired back at her with a finality that was not to be argued with. “Mom for the last times its Maxi. And you can ground me all you want at your house but once I go to dads you have no say there for I’ll,” she said to her mother with her arms on her hips to show her mother how firm she was on getting this punishment revoked. “Well guess what Maxi your father and I have both agreed on this punishment so have fun with that plan.” Once her mother had her final say on the situation she turned and walked into the kitchen not wanting to hear anything Maxi had to say to this statement. This left Maxi on her own to reflect all that had just happened in her sparsely furnished home that her mother had just relocated into after her father and her divorced. How come it was only when it was to punish her that her parents decided communicate? When it came to her sports events never did they communicate, they each took one side of the bench with the whispering of the town telling the story of the ugly divorce until it…

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    Suicide Monologue

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    You’re sitting in your room. Door locked, with a pen in your hand and a blank piece of paper in front of you. Your hand is shaking and the tears begin again- for the third time in the past hour. ‘To my family’ you write at the top of the page, but decide it’s a bad way to begin your letter, your suicide letter. You try again, start over, again, but you don’t know how to begin. No one understands you; no one knows what you are going through, you’re alone or, at least, that’s what you think.…

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    John and his sister Amanda lived in a town called Greensburg. John had a friendly personality and his sister had a very curious personality. They both lived in a normal brown house near the beach. When they weren’t doing homework, or when they weren’t at school, they played together at the beach. Greensburg was known as a creepy town after being founded in 1856 by an Infamous criminal, known as Tom Perry strange stuff started to happen people would report to see Mermaids,Ghosts and flashing red…

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    During this section, Anne again describes how she feels like she is being treated like a child. She tries to find new ways to cope with matters, and she decides that it is best she stops writing for a bit. Although Anne finds it rather offensive when the people of the annex talk about what they would like to do when the war is over, she records what each person would like personally after escaping their temporary home. One of Anne’s new ways of acting more like an adult is keeping her opinions…

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    The Gods’ Rose The moonlight poured from the sky like milk from the chalice of a God. And although the wind was roaring, silence and peace reigned through the forest. Agapi was laying on a thick tree branch outside her home, humming a sweet tune to herself, gently tearing the pettles off a rose and letting them float away with the breeze, while she stared up at the small white specks that were glued on the heavens. She was an odd girl, or so I had heard. She was tranquil, yet wild. Obedient,…

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    Cheaper By The Dozen

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    Cheaper by the dozen, is about the life of Frank B. Gilbreth and his wife Lillian Moller Gilbreth, written by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr and his sister Ernestine Gilbreth Carey. Mr. Gilberth, is a person obsessed in time saving and improving efficiency mechanisms. His wife, Lillian is a psychiatrist who is pioneer in the field. The most spellbinding piece of this story is that Frank and Lillian have twelve children, six boys and six girls. The story delves profound into the childhood of the…

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    Where is my heart? I couldn’t help but feel small while resting in the clouds. Depositing all my trust in the machinery I sat in made my stomach sink, and I couldn’t help but feel the slightest bit nervous. Then it appeared, the country I had no idea I would fall in love with eight days later. Port-au –Prince, Haiti laid directly below me; complete destruction enveloped my vision. Four years earlier, following the earthquake that devastated Haiti, seeing it remain in ruins, made my heart sink.…

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    Silvia Alternate Ending

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    With the letter back in the envelope, she wondered if maybe holding it a day would allow her time to conjure up a good excuse. Her navy-blue, plaid skirt was caked with mud and her knee highs were splotched with blood. Upstairs, Marci heard a series of exasperated sighs and rolled her eyes. Once again, her mother was having a fit. First, she heard the familiar scuff of shoes and recognized the foot patterns of Silvia Aurora Herrero, just before she walked into the kitchen. Marci’s face lit…

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    Have you ever lost someone close to you? Family friend, neighbor; or possibly your Mom, Dad, Sister or Brother? Now imagine that they are leaving, no way to stop them; and if they do not go, they are thrown in jail or end up a runaway convict. This is the horror of drafting. Drafting is what steals away and breaks apart families and sends them off to war with little to no chance of them coming back home. They will be forced into being trained and punished to suit the necessities of war and…

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    The ominous skies enclosed on the castle as thunder crepitated and lighting sparked. Within the enigmatic castle lied blood-filled dungeons, weapons of mass destruction, black magic, and sacrificial rituals. The Nikushimi family owned and lived within the castle. No one in the family can leave the castle, however, only one person is permitted to travel outside these walls. If one ignores the mandate of isolation, their fate will be excruciating torment until death. Only my brother, Ureshii…

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