She taught me to cook with love, always hug, and smile even when you feel like giving up. ... He could give you the amount of time he was married to his bride, all the way down to the second, at any moment, throughout their fifty-seven years of marriage. ... It's like saying you start out like a tree seed, you know just when it's your time to go shine, to feel the power you did not have when you were alive. ...

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• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

So he can convince them to give up things that are important to them. ... Rumpelstiltskin is in control of his "victims" when he offers them the deals he gives them. ... There is something vaguely familiar about stories when you lose out because you have barked up the wrong tree, or made a deal with a person that has screwed you over. ...

• Word Count: 1467
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Many times throughout the story the boy wanted to give up, but the man wouldn't allow him. ... They don't give up (McCarthy 137). ... Seeing some smoke coming up through the trees, they went to investigate. ...

• Word Count: 1634
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

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...

• Word Count: 2252
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School