When my mother and I arrived at my grandmothers" house, which is where my great grandmother had been staying, my aunts, uncles and cousins were there. ... When I went to her house she used to let me use the sewing machine, and I thought that was the neatest thing in the world. ... "Who's that coming down my stairs, Who's that coming down my stairs, Who's that coming down my stairs, Is it Heather or Nancy?" She would see who was coming down the stairs and would insert their name and then use someone else's name that was staying there for the other name. ... But whe...

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The staircase in the Mallard house, the open window in the bedroom, the blue sky breaking through the clouds, and the signs of new life seen and heard from the bedroom window are all signs of the new life Mrs. ... While they are walking down the stairs to return to the main floor, the front door opens and in walks Mr. ... By returning to the lower level of the house, Mrs. ... Reaching the bottom of those stairs means she would be back to her old life, the life she has been freed of. Seeing her husband at the bottom of the stairs she knows that if she goes downstairs and returns to her husband ...

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The story takes place in the springtime, in a house, and is set somewhere in the middle 1900's. ... As they reach the bottom of the stairs, they notice that someone is using a key to open the door. ...

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She finally opens the door, and arm and arm they walk down the stairs together. ... The only person who would have a latchkey to the house would be someone who lived in the house, so that one sentence makes the readers stop and question who could it be. ... This was by far the most unexpected line in the entire story, because her husband is already dead so who would have a latchkey to the house? ...

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"Patriotism" Yukio Mishima could not have chosen a better title for his story, "Patriotism." Mishimas characters demonstrate his idea of patriotism. In the story, Lieutenant Shinji Takeyama and his young wife, Reiko becomes martyrs. The importance of the information in the first sentence of the s...

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He lived only a few houses down from us and was a very important figure in our lives. ... My thoughts, and worries were cut short by the ringing of my house phone. ... My two brothers and I jumped into my car and sped the mile and a half to my Grandparents" house. As I leapt from my car and ascended the pathway stairs towards the front of the house thoughts of my grandfathers welfare filled my head, overshadowing my own fear of death. ... He seemed to be comfortable with the loved ones that surrounded him in the house that he had raised his family in. ...

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Mallard walks down the stairs with her sister, she carries a "...feverish triumph in her eyes" (258). ... Mallard finds out that her husband is not dead but is instead alive and at the house, she realizes that all hope of freedom is gone. ...

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• Grade Level: High School