Tiger1519

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"Hitting Close to Home: The Dystopian Genre"

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While it is no secret that there is a correlation between fiction and current events, it never occurs to certain readers that their favorite books can be more than a mirror of their own world. Such works reach deep within and touch somethin...

0 Likes | 0 comment | 1270 views | Essays | September 24, 2017

"Our Inner Darkness"

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Our Inner Darkness Reading Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness is a true study of how men come to lose their hope in humanity. It also displays the overtly cynical and sometimes racist and purist overtones that plagued Europe in i...

0 Likes | 1 comment | 979 views | Essays | September 24, 2017

"The Time Before You Die Review"

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Preliminary Information The title of my book is The Time Before You Die: A Novel of the Reformation. The author of my book is Lucy Beckett. The name of the book’s publisher is Ignatius Pr...

0 Likes | 0 comment | 911 views | Information | September 24, 2017

"God Above All Else"

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As was the case with many 16th century writers, Edmund Spenser’s writing was heavily influenced by current events. Specifically, Spenser was a major proponent of anti—Catholic sentiment and the power of a Christian god, somet...

0 Likes | 1 comment | 1220 views | Essays | September 24, 2017

"Turn of the Screw: A Menacing Fixation"

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A Menacing Fixation The governess of The Turn of the Screw travels to the Bly estate with the intention of looking after the two young children. Yet it might as well have been one. While innocent Flora falls to the wayside,...

0 Likes | 0 comment | 1068 views | Essays | September 24, 2017

"Liar"

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ACT ONE: Center stage contains a podium, and nothing else. A sign across it reads “H.A.” and a small (but still visible to the audience) line underneath it clarifies “Heaven Admissions”. The Heaven Admissions Director...

0 Likes | 0 comment | 1127 views | Drama | September 24, 2017

"Lost"

by Tiger1519

LISA, a thirty- year-old woman in a hospital gown, enters stage right. She stands center stage, with a spotlight shining on her. Her face is tired and full of emotion. A second spotlight shines to the left of her, but there is nobody there....

0 Likes | 0 comment | 1213 views | Drama | September 24, 2017

"Tradition"

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If there was one thing Lacey’s father believed in, it was tradition. That was one thing that wouldn’t change, with or without her mom, or his job, or their spacious apartment. Lacey was smart for twelve. She had known it was possible th...

0 Likes | 0 comment | 1113 views | Short Stories | September 24, 2017

"What Makes a Man"

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What Makes A Man Looking at a story like Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, there are some striking differences between their values and the values we hold today. This is especially true for the roles of men and women, as best illus...

0 Likes | 1 comment | 980 views | Essays | September 24, 2017

"Symptoms"

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Never check the Internet when you’re sick The horror stories do more harm than good The slippery slope takes you down quick You can’t stop, though you know you should The horror stories do more harm than good Is it a headache, or a...

2 Likes | 1 comment | 1376 views | Poetry | August 20, 2017

"Communication"

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A message is seen, but gets no reply It seems there’s nothing left to say “Okay, I trust you”- truth or lie? You can’t be bothered with “hi” or “bye” Two spare seconds out of your day A message is seen, but gets...

1 Like | 2 comments | 1308 views | Poetry | August 20, 2017

"Do Not Be Yoked-An Exegetical Analysis of 2 Corinthians 6:14-18"

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This focus of this exegetical assignment will be 2 Corinthians 6: 14-18. Much like its predecessor, 2 Corinthians was written by the apostle Paul, formerly known as Saul, to the city of Corinth. But a number of scholars have theorized that...

0 Likes | 0 comment | 1955 views | Essays | August 20, 2017

"Colorado, Here We Come"

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In July of 2002, my parents, brother, and I embarked on a vacation to gorgeous Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado. I was just five years old then, and this journey would be one of the very first I would take with my family. So natural...

1 Like | 0 comment | 930 views | Autobiography | August 20, 2017

"Dislocated"

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They were right Every little step counts One foot in front of the other A sharp, searing pain Everything feels off balance Because it is Down you go Check yourself over Left knee- fine Right knee- OUCH! No, That’...

1 Like | 0 comment | 1371 views | Poetry | August 20, 2017

"Dipytch"

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All she ever wanted Was to be seen Her face became her canvas Painted only to stand out Hair like a neon wave Skin like Pepto-Bismol A dab of turquoise here In her mind, perfection She was It Noticed Loved Adored Until t...

0 Likes | 1 comment | 1208 views | Poetry | August 11, 2017

"Bridges"

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Was this finally it, he wondered, as stamping feet and sharp curse words alike echoed through the thin walls of his best friend’s house? After six years, would this finally be what tore their threesome apart, like the faded hallway wa...

0 Likes | 0 comment | 1145 views | Realistic Fiction | August 11, 2017

"Just a Mole"

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They tell you from a young age that the little things that separate you from the rest-freckles, birthmarks, scars-aren’t bad at all. They’re what make you unique, and what’s so bad about that? Nothing—most of the time. But then you...

0 Likes | 1 comment | 822 views | Autobiography | August 11, 2017

"Eleven Candles"

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Eleven Candles On Julian’s eleventh birthday, the day as he knew it would be changed forever. Perhaps that was a bit melodramatic, for if you were to step inside his mind and rummage through his birthday memories overall, it’s doubtful...

1 Like | 0 comment | 1072 views | Realistic Fiction | July 28, 2017

"Absence makes the heart grow fonder?"

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Having a friend disappear from your life is something no one should ever have to experience. I’m not talking about a casual parting of ways here. Sometimes, even when you think things between you and a friend are perfectly fine, they have...

0 Likes | 0 comment | 757 views | Autobiography | May 25, 2017

"Day in the Life of a Student Teacher"

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In November, registration for next semester’s classes is imminent, end of semester projects are being assigned, and final exams are just a month away. But for ONU’s education majors, there is a different kind of pressure at play. The s...

8 Likes | 1 comment | 768 views | Journalistic Writing | May 24, 2017