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    A Monster Calls: The Significance of Truth “The short term pain of accepting the truth is much better than the long term pain of believing an illusion”- unknown. In the novel A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness, a 13 year old boy, Conor O'malley, deals with inner struggles when accepting his mother’s fatal illness. Conor experiences hardship when coming to terms with the truth so he chooses to suppress it with denial and this worsens his grieving process. Conor undergoes a troubling state

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    Cryptozoology Cryptozoology is, literally, the study of hidden animals. It is the study of such creatures as the Australian bunya, Bigfoot, the Chupacabra, and the Loch Ness monster. It is not a recognized branch of the science of zoology. Cryptozoology relies heavily upon testimonials and circumstantial evidence in the form of legends and folklore, and the stories and alleged sightings of mysterious beasts by indigenous peoples, explorers, and travelers. Since cryptozoologists spend most of their

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    Ingredients Bigfoot: A walking harry monster that lives in the forest. Yeti: A walking harry monster that lives in the Himalayas. Werewolf: A person that when full moon is out becomes a partial human and partial wolf that can be anywhere. Vampire: A person that got bit by another vampire and is thirsty for blood. Loch Ness Monster: A dinosaur like monster that lives in Loch Ness. Swamp Ape: A monkey that lives in the swamps. Chupacabra: A beast that drains animal blood as food. Kraken: a giant

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    the novel A Monster Calls by Patrick Ness, Conor is a young boy whose mother is dying of cancer. Because of this, a newfound monster has appeared and has decided to help Conor. Through this, Patrick Ness displays the progression of Conor’s relationship with the monster from an adversarial relationship to an acquaintanceship to an intimate bond in order to demonstrate that one must express emotion in order to heal. In the beginning, Conor is very distant towards the tree, which, Ness uses to portray

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    decided that I was sailing through the rough waves of the Atlantic ocean. My grandmother began walking through the grass which to me was the Atlantic Ocean. “A loch ness monster,” I shouted while brandishing my book as if it was a sword. She giggled and played along with my childish game. Eventually, I was defeated when the loch ness monster captured me with hugs and kisses. Overwhelmed by a grandmother’s love, I chortled uncontrollably. Suddenly, the sprinklers began and the smell of fresh cut grass

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    So there I was being called up to receive my reward for finding the loch ness monster. Every person there was yelling out questions it was so loud that I couldn't even here my self think. After I shouted for every one to be quiet through the microphone, and once it got quiet I told them to raise their hand and I would answer their questions. The first person I called upon wanted to here the story of how I found the monster, so let me take you back to were it all began. It was a cool fall afternoon

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    The book A Monster Calls, by Patrick Ness, is very interesting because of its pictures, symbolism, and unpredictability. In this book, the main character, Conor, begins to struggle when his mother contracts a deadly illness. When his mother begins her treatments, he subconsciously summons a monster. The monster tells him three stories and once he finished he tells Conor that he must tell him his story. The monsters stories don’t have an obvious theme or moral. This made it very interesting to read

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    emotionally there or not being physically present. Both of these have a negative impact on a child. A notable example of this is the unfavorable impacts Conor experiences because of his father’s non-existent presence illustrated in A Monster Calls written by Patrick Ness. The novel begins with 13-year-old Conor O'Malley having a nightmare about his ill mother who is dying of cancer. Conor is in denial of his mother’s illness practically throughout the entire novel because he was raised solely by her

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    frightening way that it sparks curiosity in Jem and Scout and becomes the summer obsession for them. Jem describes Boo as a monster, a six and a half foot tall man who dines on cats and rats, has a giant scar over his face, and yellow rotten teeths. Since Jem and Scout never seen Boo before, they had a thrill telling scary stories about him as someone would do with the Loch Ness Monster. Although they feared Boo, they had a strange connection with him. They would make games about him where they would act

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    “Kids eat free on Sunday right?!” “Can I substitute this juice for a Bloody Mary?” “Can I taste that first?” “Oh!? I’m sorry we haven’t even looked at the menu yet. We’ll just be a bit . . . (45 minutes later) . . . ok, were ready.” “Yeah, were ready. Let me have . . . uh . . . oh where was it? Here! Wait no. Where did it go? I can’t find it. You know it has the thing with the thing on it . . .” “Can we get some more of your FREE bread!” These quotes, among a plethora of others, are

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