It begins "And then a Plank in Reason, broke,"" which is the board holding the coffin above the hole breaking away. ... During the lines "And I dropped down, and down-- And hit a World, at every plunge, And Finished knowing "then "- the speaker is dropping down into the hole hitting the sides or "World- on the way down. The coffin hits the bottom of the hole jolting the dreamer awake and she realizes that she was dreaming. ...

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He searches for a world of fantasy, and in his efforts, he creates a hole. ... When this hole is covered up, it confirms Tularecito's belief in fantasy. ... Tularecito believes that he created the hole and should not be destroyed. ...

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You turn on your television and find out they have no cable, you go to the kitchen to get a drink and realize the water comes from a well underneath your house, or you go to the washroom and it's full because it isn't connected to any sewers and the only thing there is a two meter deep hole. ... I had this cousin who lived on a farm and every time I went to visit him in the summer; he would be digging a hole somewhere on the ten acre land. "Steve, why are you digging a hole, isn't there anything else to do?" ...

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Yes, you could set some stones around a hole or spend fifty dollars on a steel fire ring. ... Now you will want to dig a center hole for drainage and cleaning purposes, the deeper the better, I dug mine down to 1 ½-foot. Once the hole is dug you need to take the river pebbles (or stone of your choice) and use that to fill the hole. ...

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The tone of any specific place is affected by the surroundings and also by the people present. Just as in real life, the tone in books is influenced by the settings and the characters that are there. In To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, the tone of the story is affected by the metaphors and image...

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There were a lot of changes in Perry and Peewee's personalities and outlook on life throughout the book. A year in Vietnam really changed them and how they saw the war. In the beginning of the book they joined the army because they wanted to get out of where they lived, or just wanted to get trea...

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How I Met My Husband According to Edie's view in the story "How I Met My Husband" by Alice Munro I looked at the view point of the narrator. In this story the narrator was Edie herself. She tells the story through insights of her feelings according to the good and bad things that happen to he...

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Time is tremendously important to those living in Western Society. Indeed multiple studies have shown that to drive a man truly insane you need only put him in a room with no access to know the passing of time. That room would have no clocks, no schedule, and no daylight to guide his way. In a matte...

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Raising Healthy Market Chickens On June 10th, 2003 we picked up ten baby chicks at the Geene County Fairgrounds. My sister, Shannon, who is also showing market chickens, was with me. My little brother, Ryan was also there along with my dad. We took turns choosing chicks from a box of chick...

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Ethan Frome It is a cold winter night. Ethan From lies on his sofa bundled in an old coonskin coat. Alone tired and confused. The room is small and barely illuminated by a dull lantern positioned on a table in the far corner of the room. It's so chilly that when Ethan breathes he sees his ow...

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I hate my circulatory system that seems to work fanatically to keep my legs from shaking when I approach a beautiful lasso, and cannot help the blush that rise to my cheeks while I try to dig a hole on the concrete floor until I give an impression that something is really wrong with me. ...

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I wake up to the sound of my heart monitor beating. I look around and see clear plastic tubes everywhere, one connecting to an oxygen tank, another connected to my pale bruised arm and smaller versions of those connecting to different tanks and tubes. I wake up my senses and realise I don't know whe...

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Do Your Records Have an Itch You Can't Scratch? Scratching when done correctly provides color and an extra kick to any DJ mix. A simple way of explaining scratching is the sound produced when a sample of the record is played forward and backward under the stylus (or needle). The segment played...

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What is life about? Some people say it is about experiencing the world; some people says life is about solving life problems; and still other think life is a lesson to learn. Nevertheless, I think life is about having wonderful and unforgettable memories. And those memories will carry us along li...

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My Dear Tessa, I know my feelings have not been obvious but ever since your jug flew across the room and made contact with my body, I knew I was caught forever. I love you Tessa Gray with a passion that burns a hole in my heart every time I see you. You were the only one to see past my facade and ...

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Golf Tournament My pulse was racing and I could hardly concentrate on anything my history teacher was saying in my last period class. My dad had organized a four-man golf team to play in a charity event, and I was a member. We were supposed to tee off at 1:00, which means I had to leave class r...

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Has there ever been a fear or challenge in life that you wanted more than anything to over come? In Doris Lessings short story "Through the Tunnel" Jerry wanted nothing more than to be considered equals with the big kids but diving down into the bay and swimming through the rock tunnel. To do so he...

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Ask almost anyone, and probably they'll tell you they've lost a loved one sometime in their life. You know the one that got away. Well, my first love left my life a month ago, and I am still trying to get over him. Handsome, intelligent, strong, loving and romantic, describes everything about the...

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My face and neck perspire as I sprint away, my heart pounding so hard in my chest, I think it may burst. That thing-the thing with the narrow pupils-is after me. With any glance it steals my way, I shudder in fear as if those eyes could send me straight to hell themselves. The adrenaline pumps throu...

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Children seem to have a genuine angelic outlook on life. They see the world as a big place filled with little forms of life. However as they grow older, they begin to forget what life is all about. Growing up was a hard thing for me. Everything seemed out of place and now doing what was right did no...

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My So Called Life My life is like a monet. It looks good from far away, but when u look at it closely it's a whole bunch of swipes here and there to form my so called life. It's like a color scheme that doesnt exactly fit in to place causing the over all picture to look even worse then when you look your fist glance. Metaphorically speaking, this is the way i look at my life. To me, my life doesnt seem that bad until those nights where you just cant fall asleep and you sit up thinking and breaking down what has made you who you are and how you got there......... ...

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Ghost stories, they have the power to throw us into another world, leading us to not only fear for the characters within the novel but for ourselves as the ghosts seem to follow the reader around weeks afterwards. It is the mastery of description that enslaves our minds as readers. Ghost stories paint vivid pictures inside the mind as they force us to come face to face with our deepest fears. Imagining ourselves as the main characters we become a part of the story, seeing, hearing, and feeling everything that the author is courageous enough to delve into the darker side of his or her subconsci...

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