The Dolly clan, a group of wayward, backcountry folk all related in one way or another, lives in a shoddy town nestled in the Ozark mountains. ... In the end, Teardrop tells Ree, "I know who now.... You go straight to hell'n fry in your own lard. ... Don't you make me come out here and tell you again!... During a bleak winter in the Ozark mountains, Ree receives nothing but tough love and detachment from those around her. ...

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Don't go into the basement alone!. ... These stories tell different tribes where they came from. ... The adults always go golfing on the morning of the 4th and get back in just enough time to watch the 4th of July Parade go throughout the town. ... Whether it be creation stories like those in "On the Way to Rainy Mountain-, or trickster stories like a few in the Erodes/Ortiz packet. ... This book tells the creation and evolution of the Kiowa's. ...

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My house lies on top of a mountain that has an incredible view of the Mediterranean Sea. When I look down from my house, I see the mountain's feet touching the water softly. ... That's my father, always a morning person: he would wake up really early to go to work and come home late; he didn't have much time for us. ... One night, my brother and I were swimming and when we swim together, we always go crazy. ... We used to sleep in the living room around my grandma while she used to tell us stories about my grandpa's adventures. ...

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Her eyes were filled with pain and weakness and her lips set straight and stern in a way I could not tell whether it was of anger or regret. ... When I had fully awakened I clime down to go take a shower while my little sister ran behind me asking so many different questions? ... Want to go play?... She vents to me because she has no one else she cries, yells, and tells me her dreams because she has no one else and no matter how painful it ever gets I have and will always lesion when she needs me. ... To this day I remember the flood of feelings I fealt flow threw me like a thundering water fl...

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Now, while these are not the only semiotic guidelines but they are the ones I"m going to focus on for this paper. ... So, as a white American male I am going to deal with the realism in The Joy Luck Club. ... The use of the party before June goes to China is an excellent way to tie all the pieces together. ... Every shot that takes place in China begins with a long low woodwind sound and mountain shot, while the establishing shots in America jump right into the action. ... Maybe The Joy Luck Club had more embellishments that some thought necessary to tell the story, I felt it made an enterta...

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My family and friends had rented a cabin up in the mountains, far away from any civilization, to spend the Christmas break. ... We were all still stuffed from lunch, and we all opted tom go straight to bed so we could get an early start tomorrow morning. ... We were all a little perturbed by the colossal hole in the side of the hill, and were debating on whether to go in or not. After a few minuets of discussing, we all got up the courage to go into the cave. ... Farther, farther, and even farther we walked, hoping to find something interesting or weird to tell a story about when we got ...

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• Grade Level: High School