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    understanding of the plot of the story in terms of each of these: exposition, rising action, conflict, suspense and climax. Exposition = The narrator, a young girl named Nea, starts the story in the middle of action. She told that she stabbed a man with knife at eleven years old in order to release her older sister, Sourdi, from the man. “I charged and stabbed the man in the sleeve” (9). This situation is not only a introduction of this story to the readers, but the further explanation of the events explains

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    music is playing to highlight the increasing awkwardness of the situation and makes us question what is going to happen next. Taiki draws out a knife, reflecting moonlight, hinting the dangerously sharp weapon. He stabs Liwei, suspecting that he may report the whereabouts of the Japanese back to the Chinese. A dull cry is sounded and a mid shot of the knife piercing Liwei is shown, making the audience also feel pain. A slow pace non-diegetic tune is played, gradually speeding us and increasing in volume

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    triggered the Ending”. 2. The next morning Thomas wakes up to a dull gray sky with no sun. 3. Thomas and Minho follow a Griever in the maze and locate the “Griever Hole”, the place that might be an exit to the maze. 4. That night, the doors to the maze do not close, so the Gladers are unprotected from the Grievers. 5. The Gladers all go into the maze and run for the Griever Hole. The Grievers are waiting for them. The Gladers fight the Grievers while Thomas, Teresa and Chuck run past and attempt

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    play's style. The utilization of the extraordinary happens toward the start of the play, with three witches foreseeing the destiny of Macbeth. This provides the gathering of people some insight into what's in store for Macbeth. "At the point when the fights lost and won" (Act I, Scene I, l.4)

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    get in the way of life.” He stared at her with his golden brown eyes. “Did you really try to help a dragon?” He paused. Annabeth looked at Pyrox absently. “I wandered away from Eligens and saw it lying behind a building. I felt bad so I pulled the knife in it’s chest out. Long story short it burned a man to death.” Jace tilted his head, contemplating. She laid back down on the sofa pillows. “They’re really not beast you know. I mean yes, they kill, but everyone has a reason don’t they?” Jace glared

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    Broken Promises Nebraska was home to many Native Americans, including the Ponca tribe, who took great pride of their homeland. Many people think the Ponca tribe was once a part of the Omaha, Osage, Kansa, and Quaqaw tribe. These five tribes lived in an area east of the Mississippi River. No one knows the exact date of their separation or why they had separated, but it was believed to be as early at 1390, and as late as 1750. The Ponca tribe was never a very large tribe. In 1789 the Ponca was living

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    (Danios, 2015) The Native American population has several beliefs and one is to stand up for themselves and for their tribes and that is what the Natives have been seen doing over time. They have had to fight for what they believed in, their homelands, their families, and their tribes. The fight has never ended for them and is an ongoing struggle that they face, but yet they have always made it through any situation. Both the Native American warriors and the American soldiers have more in common

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    are allowed to return to what is left of their land. Chapter 3: Little Crow's War Manipulated by deceptive treaties, the Santee Sioux surrender most of their land for money and provisions they mostly do not receive. Little Crow does not want to fight the military might of the United States but has no choice when some of his men kill white settlers. The Santees are ultimately overpowered by the Army and by a Santee traitor. Chapter 4: War Comes to the Cheyennes White settlers ignore a treaty and

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    forced to go to a reservation. They resolve to leave the reservation to fight the white hunters who are destroying the buffalo but are overpowered. Some tribes choose to go back to the reservation, while others hunt buffalo at Palo Duro Canyon, the last remaining range. The Army destroys their village and forces the Kiowas to surrender. Chapter 12: The War for the Black Hills A force of several thousand Native Americans fights to save the sacred Black Hills. They win a major battle by destroying

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    Beowulf Short Story

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    She had him restrained the hero was helpless. She finally had her chance for revenge. She reached for her old blunted dagger and slammed it into Beowulf using all of her strength. However, nothing happened. The blade was dull and old and Beowulf's mail shirt kept the knife from entering. He leaped from her evil grasp and reached for the hilt of a sword. The hero heaved the sword over his head and swung with all of his might. The loud swing of the sword was the last thing Grendel's mother

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