The Man with the Golden Arm

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    Asha Piercing had began to hate looking at her mother's house. It was a pearl white house surrounded by a big golden-wired fence, and enormously musculus pool;inside and out. It had a yard you would die for, because weeds never grew, yet the flowers in the yard were always healthy and bright. There were gardens of lily's plotted perfectly all around the walls. And the arching trees in the front made a normal walk to her mother's front door a dream. No one exactly knew when it was built or…

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    thought, it was a man.But something was right with this strange man who suddenly appeared behind the bushes.It was a man,it was a man all that fuss about thinking it was some creature and it was a man,his clothes were torn to shreds,he was covered in pungent mud which gave him a quite unpleasant smell,out of the blue he started screaming in agony which awoke my family from their deep and peaceful slumber.My father quickly ran to the man to give him aid, but what happened next changed my life, my…

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    Bill Haast: The Snake Man

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    15. Bill Haast, the "Snake Man," was bitten by poisonous snakes at least 173 times, he injected himself with snake venom every day for over 60 years, he saved countless lives with his antibody-rich blood, and he lived to be 100. haast Image Source: Telegraph Bill Haast who has been bitten at least 173 times, 20 of them almost fatally built up his immunity by injecting himself with the mix of venom from almost 32 species of poisonous snakes. He did this for every day for over 60 years. Haast…

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    use a surplus of colors as symbolism in his story. Not only are these colors used as symbolism, but some of them actually impact the outcome of the story. Some of the colors are feeling based, like the color green. The Great Gatsby is about a poor man named Jay Gatsby who eventually becomes rich, he also has a strong love for a girl that he cannot have named Daisy Buchanan. Colors play an essential role throughout the story; the story is affected by certain colors as well as all of the…

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    I remember how I used to see sunlight in the cracks cutting through the door, my parents asleep in the next room, and I would pick my doko and head into the golden green hills, chopping firewood, cutting cattle grass, feeling the ground cold brittle fresh with my bare feet. I used to cut whole days, climb trees with my axe, enter bushes shoulder-high with my sickle. And at the end of the day, wherever I may…

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    Scavenger Hunt

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    As a Boy Scout I know the many dangers of hiking and camping, I was taught the golden rule of camping and even the Boy Scouts of America’s motto is “Be Prepared.”. The meaning of this motto can mean a multitude of different terms, hence it’s name “Be Prepared”. However, there is a second and even more important rule of an adventurist, letting others know of your whereabouts and your estimated return time. The reason is simple; if you let someone know about where you are going, then your chances…

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    Herot to slay the demon and rescue the lives of Hrothgar’s kingdom. He then proceeds to fight Grendel with no armor or weapon. He slays Grendel by ripping his arm from his body, sending the creature in fear and pain back to its lair. He did this with no fear or hesitation.…

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    Gcse Diary Entry

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    The softest jolt stirred Tristaric from troubled dreams into unpleasant heat and humidity. Clamminess under his arms disgusted him and he touched the plates of his staff changing the environment within the cabin. It was two days since leaving the capital and the four magii should have propelled his carriage halfway across the Empire to his destination by now. Snapping his fingers and pointing to the window, one of the six servants pulled back the curtain. Searing sunlight poured in. Recoiling, a…

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    most color symbolism out of any book I have ever read, using colors to explain people, places, and emotions. To start off, in The Great Gatsby, one of the most frequent colors that show up is the color golden and yellow. As said by Herbert Huber in his article about color symbolism in this novel, golden symbolizes richness, happiness, success…

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    Ewell, accuses Tom Robinson, a black man, of raping her. Evidence shows that the bruises and injuries to Mayella were on the right side of her face. She also testifies that Tom Robinson chokes her, holds her down and takes advantage of her. Atticus Finch, an honest man, and Tom Robinson’s defender provides evidence that in no way could Tom Robinson rape Mayella Ewell and Mayella’s injuries are a result of her father’s abusive behavior. Tom Robinson’s left arm is limp because it was caught in a…

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