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    St Louis Monologue

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    Thirty-Five As usual, when darkness descends, the city comes to life. Clusters of carriages travel Rue Saint Louis. Many are headed to Antoine’s or other fine restaurants, some, like ours, maybe leaving the city. Seeing Boudreaux waiting for me in front of Antoine’s caused other feeling to stir… what am I doing- why am I running away. Do I truly want to do this? Do I? Indecision could be the death of me. As if he could read my mind, and maybe he could, Myles took my hand and gazed into my…

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    everyday situations. Upon reflection, I came to find that I utilized many techniques prescribed by the detectives in this course while researching a high school project. I was given the task of uncovering the history of a local landmark long forgotten, a train station. Despite this landmark’s rich history many people were unaware of its significance. My job was to do extensive research on the station and record its story. This way residents would…

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    Going To Run Away Analysis

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    decision of going to Mrs. Alexander. Of course when he tells her that he is going to run away that she is going to call his father. She can 't keep a secret like that. After going back home to grab his stuff he goes to school to ask Siobhan where the train station.…

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    The author of this essay Ernest Hemingway used a white elephant to make understand the gravity of the decision the girl had to make in regards to her relationship with the American man. The main focus of this essay involves the complications that arise when a relationship faces with an unexpected pregnancy, especially in the early twenty century. The term white elephant means a gift that is not necessary and unfortunately, it cost more to keep and maintain the gift. This essay will focus on the…

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    Hemmingway is about a couple that is sitting at a train station between Madrid and Barcalona struggling with a critical decision they are faced with. Hemmingway uses dialogue to tell the story and forces the reader to interpret what will happen next. The setting and symbolism gives the readers clues to understand the couple’s dilemma they are faced with. Hemmingway chose a public place for the setting for this story. This public place was a train station somewhere near Ebro, which is a river…

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    changing experience. In his, Ernest Hemingways, simple, modern short story, “Hills Like White Elephants”, It starts off with the two characters,a couple. An American, and a girl, Jig, are having a few drinks at a train station, and end up discussing an operation as they wait for their train. Neither of them wants to come out and express his or her feelings, but making it clear nevertheless throughout the story. Ernest Hemingway uses different symbols in his story to teach his audience what…

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    The girl said: “every day I am waiting for you. It’s just exhausted. At first I thought you would come back if I just wait for one more minute, but now I know there’s no point to waiting for you any more, because just like you could never get on a train in an airport, I could never expect the wrong person on the wrong place in a wrong time.” On that day they broke up. However, few years later, the Hongqiao Airport and the Hongqiao Railway station was linked together, and the designer is the boy…

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    Tim Jones: A Short Story

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    for his 7:05 train to Sydney Central station and mentally urged the elderly man who was his bus driver to stop being such a dawdling individual. It was of upmost important that he make it to the city on time today, he had a major business meeting with the other board members of his company and had therefore decided to adopt a smart looking business suit, with tan shoes and a deep blue jacket which complimented his rather stocky form. Finally, he thought as his bus arrived at the train station,…

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    The sound of trains There is an elevated railway above the street that is used for the presentation. The train is invisible from the sight of the passenger in the vehicle. When the distance between the vehicle and the coach becomes tight, the sound inside the carriage is displayed from the car stereo. The location of the rail line is reproducing based on the transport timetable. Therefore, the announcement inside the passenger car and broadcasting in the railway platform, which flies out from…

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    talk about experiences and different times on the trains. Lester would brag about knowing the President of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters. All of the rookie porters loved hearing about Lester's experiences. There was talk about Daddy Joe and how he was a Pullman car porter. They even talked about how Daddy Joe couldn’t even escape the 11:59 train. No one could escape the 11:59 train. Lester and his car porters talk about the 11:59 train. Lester…

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