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What makes a survivor? A survivor consists of three things, they must be smart to succeed know what they are doing all the time and not make bad mistakes. A survivor also needs to be strong physically and mentally so they are prepared for anything that comes their way. And they need to never give up on themselves because if they do consider it done they will fail every time if they don’t have faith in themselves. In the novel, Unwind, by Neil Shusterman, Connor proves he is a survivor because

Pure Rotten By John Lutz Setting: Place-Long Island, New York America Time- Present Characters:  Clark Forthcue  Mrs. Forthcue  A.Snatcher  Imogene  Pure Rotten Plot: May 25, 7:00 a.m. Forthcue mansion, Long Island: Mr Forthcue receives a call from unknown number and the person says don’t talk, listen. Telephone calls can be traced easy, letters can’t be. This one will be the last call and it will be short. We have kidnapped your stepdaughter

“Black Swan” is a dark and chaotic film that follows a ballet dancer named Nina who's only and greatest dream is to become the “Swan Queen” in the production “Swan Lake.” The movie follows Nina’s demise into chaos as she attempts to master and embody both the white and black swan. Although dark, confusing, and sometimes frightening, the movie excellently portrays the utter chaos of living with an eating disorder, as well as the perils of schizophrenia, and anxiety. The movie begins with the portrayal

Black Swan, by Darren Aronofsky, is a movie that was released in 2010. The plot is around Nina Sayers and how she is wanting to dance in the Sawn Lake performance. Nina is young ballet dancer who is working on becoming a prima donna. She is very talented but is shy and is seen as a “frigid little girl”. Nina auditions and wins the role as the Swan Queen in an adaptions of Swan Lake by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. With the role of the Swan Queen comes great responsibility. With this role in the show

The story, A Soldiers Home, is about a man in conflict with the past and present events in his life. The young man’s name is Harold Krebs. He recently returned from World War 1 to find everything almost exactly the same as when he left. He moved back into his parents house, where he found the same car sitting in the same drive way. He also found the girls looking the same, except now they all had short hair. When he returned to his home town in Oklahoma the hysteria of the soldiers coming home was

“There’s only a week of spring break left now. You can’t just spend it hiding in your room.” With his hands placed behind his back, Harry effortlessly stands to peer over me with his tall frame. “I can and I will.” I turn my head away from Harry and hug my knees closer to my chest. I tightly grip a hold of my turquoise covers and attempt to pull them over my head. As much as I wish I could stay hidden under my bed covers forever, the weather was honestly getting too warm for that. Stopping my

Yesterday's Tomorrow “I know you’re there… i’m waiting for you...” “Are you scared yet?” No! You’re not real. Did you hear that? I’ve been hearing the voices for weeks. Help me please. Get me out of this insanity. “Are you ok?” My coworker asks, eyebrows creased with a look of concern. “You’ve been doing this all week? The nervous sweating and rocking back and forth is really making me nervous.” She said, a teasing smile forming across her face. You have no idea. I think to myself. “ You are

The Story of the Hour by Kate Chopin and The Interlopers by Saki are short stories that will leave you on your toes till the very end. Both stories deal with death, freedom, independence, and power. But, in those very ways they are alike, they are very different. While one is trying to be free by letting someone go, the other is trying to be free by forgiving someone and letting someone in a new friendship. The characters from both short stories are trying to have a new start and let go of a life

I will never regret the three years I have spent with you from the smiley face to you leaving me. Omg that first night( that you don't remember lol) I'm not gonna even start listing the oh so many memories. It's been mostly good times and I'm thankful for them all. I have realized that I have sacrifice so many times for us, some things you would never understand. When I asked things of you and you say I shouldn't ask certain questions, talk to me about your life or my ways are not fair I realized

Something Called Life “Joyous! How is one to tell about joy?” because as far as we know the people of Omelas do not even know what joy is about and are confusing it with compassion. “The Ones Who Run Away From Omelas” by Ursula K. LeGuin, is a story in which everybody would see it as a brutal and horrific story of a kid who is being incarcerated for his/her whole life as an exchange of all the goodness of the city. However, the narrator lets us know the misunderstanding concept of happiness that