I went home and though over and over that night what I was going to name him. I was going to name her Princess, but then I thought a while and decided I would name her Kisser after the fact she wouldn't stop licking my face and hands. ... She did have to get her leg amputated though, but it was okay with me. Right after she came home with only three legs, we went to visit my cousin in Saddle River. ... She could barely run away because she only had three legs, but she wouldn't stay inside and be an inside dog. ...

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This short story provided excellent descpitions of beliefs and betrayal in the characters. By using this form, flannery O"Connor gives the story a sense of reality. Appearing to be the narrator of this story Mrs. Hopewell is divorced with one child. She is a woman of great patience who believes t...

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I think when Manly told Joy-Hulga that she was very brave because she had a wooden leg he got her attention. ... When he takes her leg from her she is left helpless. I think O"Connor uses Joy-Hulga's heart trouble and wooden leg as a symbol. ... She gets all dressed up to go to a weight loss class, wearing gloves and a hat. ... For example, she still thinks of black people as slave, so he goes and sits next to them on the bus. ...

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I was all arms, legs, and freckles. ... I remember that if my pants fit me around the waist they were too short in the legs and if they were long enough in the legs I could have fit two of me in them. ... The doctor said "So I am going to close off the end of her tongue to stop the bleeding and I will give you a referral to a specialist for the mute....

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Don't go out too deep. ... The van kept going, and going, and going until there, in the distance, the water glimmered as the sun reflected off the surface and signaled we would be pulling up in less than five minutes. ... As I turned my head in every direction trying to see who she was pointing at I felt the brush of sandpaper against my leg. ... A sharp pain pierced through my toe and shot up my leg. ... Mom, am I going to lose my toe? ...

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Hooper was lying face down, his legs stuck up over the bank, There was a bit of blood on the water, looking as though it came from his head Oh God, Oh God". ... Later on in the novel the family goes on an outing to an old castle. ... Hooper climbs up high and is scared to come down so Kingshaw helps him down but Hooper falls " It was like a film that went very slowly Hooper seemed to go on and on falling a peculiarly graceful sort of way Before he hit the ground". Hooper is all right and just suffers a broken leg. Then Kingshaw goes into Hoopers bedroom and takes Hoopers "battle plan" whic...

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The lottery enforces an unfair distinction in class status between men and women. Women are subordinate in the social power structure of the village, as shown when Mrs. Hutchinson's family is chosen in the first round. Objecting that her daughter and son-in-law "didn't take their chance," (562) Mr. ...

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He never goes out or does anything besides work. ... After Gregor's attempt to be part of his family while his sister plays the violin, Gregor "[makes] the discovery that he [can] no longer move at all it seemed unnatural that until now he [has] actually been able to propel himself on these thin little legs. ... He [has] pains, of course, throughout his whole body, but it [seems] to him that they were gradually getting fainter and fainter and [will] finally go away altogether-(53-4). ... He struggles to get out of his bed, and realizes that "he would [need] hands and arms to lift himself ...

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The list goes on, and often contradicts itself. ... Love is half smiles, touching her leg while driving, seeing her face when she sees me outside. ... Love is unconditional only when it goes both ways. ...

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They all go behind the grandmother into the woods where they are each killed. ... She realizes this near the end which is represented when she sinks further into the ditch "feeling so dizzy that she sank down in the ditch with her legs twisted under her" (1052). ... "Hiram and Bobby Lee returned from the woods and stood over the ditch, looking down at the grandmother who half sat and half lay in a puddle of blood with her legs crossed under her like a child's and he face smiling up at the cloudless sky" (1053). ...

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Lyman goes into the Adult ego state once again when he thinking about Ada's version of Shelly's marital situation. ... The lack of a leg and minor paralysis does not allow him to perform normal tasks to their fullest. ...

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He is known for writing several young adult books, including The Worst Soccer Team Ever, and Break a Leg (Reed Methuen). ... A distant neighbor, Michael Geraghty, feels the need to go and help her. ...

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Friends and family leave to go to America, but the author's mother doesn't want to go. ... The father leaves to go into hiding. ... The girls are concerned that the lack of exercise will make their legs wobble. ... The visit goes very well. ... The Oostervelds's home are going to be search by the Germans. ...

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Friends and family leave to go to America, but the author's mother doesn't want to go. ... The father leaves to go into hiding. ... The girls are concerned that the lack of exercise will make their legs wobble. ... The visit goes very well. ... The Oostervelds's home are going to be search by the Germans. ...

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She is determined to go down that path despite anything that might come between her and getting the medicine for her grandson. ... Then, she goes downhill but soon finds herself tangled with a bush, and she does not want to rip her dress. ... In addition, she faces a barbed-wire fence, which is not easy for anyone, but she gets through, again telling herself that "she could not pay for having her arm or her leg sawed off." ... Not even these words from the hunter could make Phoenix give up, always getting herself out of a predicament, and having her grandson as a reason to keep going...

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ficult this trip is going to be for an elderly woman such as her. ... She is determined to go down that path despite anything that might come between her and getting the medicine for her grandson. ... Then, she goes downhill but soon finds herself tangled with a bush, and she does not want to rip her dress. ... In addition, she faces a barbed-wire fence, which is not easy for anyone, but she gets through, again telling herself that "she could not pay for having her arm or her leg sawed off." ... So the time come around, and I go on another trip for the soothing medicine." ...

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My mother and I knew his condition, my sister was going to lose weight, but after three or four months, she had lost fifty-five pounds. ... His face was gaunt; his arms and legs looked like sticks and his bones jutting shoulders, the same as the ribs of the rib cage. ... When she ate, she ate a lot, and directly after going to the bathroom to remove it from her body. ... She is not yet on the weight need, every day she continues to work to overcome this and get ahead; the struggle with her eating disorder is something that will not go away soon. ... If at some point in your life you go throug...

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When the doctor told me I was positive I cried I didn't know what to do or who to tell all I know I was going to be in big trouble with my mother. ... I got thru my second trimester and finally decided to tell my mother I told her and she didn't say nothing like if she knows what was going on and was waiting for me to tell her. ... I talk to her and told her I was having contractions she ask me do I want to go to the hospital I kept telling her no then finally I said yes .my sister came to my house to take me the hospital I didn't even grab my bag. ... After verifying my feeling...

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I still remember the day I left India. I was sixteen years old at that time.In the morning I woke up by the hustle and bustle of all relatives. Our flight was not till the evening, yet everyone was still there. It was just like a mela (Indian fair). I could see everyone laughing and have fun, but I ...

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The narrator says, will be nervous until after her sister goes; she will stand hopelessly in the corners, homely and ashamed of the burn scars down her arms and legs, eyeing her sister with a mixture of envy and awe.... After everyone was finished greeting each other, they all went inside and sat down to eat dinner where Dee told Mama that she does not go by her birth name. ...

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My purple duvet cover was burrito wrapped around me but there was only enough material to barely cover the ends of my legs. ... Yours truly was upset because I couldn't go to my friend's annual homecoming party because they wanted me to spend quality time together as a family. ... Should I go to the spacecraft or run and hide. ...

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Even then her husband Matt still doesn't want to give up on their dream saying to her that "Keeping this house is going to save us a lot of money, money we can help them with later" (70). ... In conclusion the lake that symbolizes their unity and the house that represents their dreams are shaken up by the burdens of their family by the loss of her [Jamie] brothers' leg and his inability to work. ...

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Analysis of "Shiloh" in Bobbie Ann Masson's "Shiloh" In Bobbie Ann Mason's story "Shiloh" she presents Norma Jean as a strong willed person but having emptiness within. Norma Jean is presented as a strong character on the outside in the opening of the story. "She lifts three-pound dumbbel...

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In Timmy's first football game of his senior year, Timmy broke his leg and couldn't play another game for the rest of the season. ... Timmy had no way of going to college because his mother and grandmother could not afford it. ... Timmy wasn't too scared about getting drafted for war and he was willing to go when called. ... She explained to him what his mother was going through. ... After about 2 weeks, Timmy had completely lost his mind (Timmy is retarded), and he was forced to go to a mental hospital before he could go home. ...

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With my grandad standing roughly around 6'3, dark skin-tone, with salt and pepper hair, broad shoulders and toned legs. ... Just because your day is going great doesn't mean the person next to your day is. ... The only thing I heard him say was "GO!... Grandpa John was the go-to guy whenever there was a problem. ... I am so mad and kept thinking to myself it would go flat on Highway 72, and I had no idea how to change it. ...

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