Crane explains a soldiers experience with a dead man; "He was being looked at by a dead man who was seated with his back against a column like tree. ... The eyes staring at the youth, changed to a dull hue to be seen on the side of a dead fish. ... One was trundling some sort of bundle along the upper lip The dead man and the living man exchanged a long look" (Crane 53-54). ... When you read this quote you can imagine walking in a park or forest on a windy day and hearing the trees bristling. ...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The man I loved, Pyramus, was the most handsome man in the entire west. ... When I was almost to our meeting place, I was to busy looking at the sky to notice a creepy man walking behind me. The man, I later found out was a robber. ... The man had a knife in his other hand and threatened me with it. ... Thisbe sat there, crying over Pyramus" lifeless body, thinking that Pyramus had thought she was dead because of her lost shoe and the bloody knife the robber had dropped. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

I couldn't fathom how or why it wreaked stenches of dead bodies and tar. ... I looked up to see the man of my dreams in front of me. ... I placed myself into the hands of another man, once more, but this time I was surer. ... I remember the day we met like it was yesterday; we were both walking down the boardwalk off of 5th avenue. He was walking with his friend and the reflection of the sun off of his chest caught my attention. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

Matt believes justice won't be served until Strout is dead and off the streets. ... Matt is angry; he is upset that his son's killer is walking the streets on bail, and that his wife sees him on a regular basis in town while she is running errands. ... Matt was a very vengeful man. ...

• Word Count: 616
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• Grade Level: High School