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    The knocking… Horror Story One day‚ a massacre occurred at 6 Lauren St. The massacre happened in a house located in East Texas‚ a place that is known for it’s low popularity‚ and it’s unnatural episodes. Rumours were spread all over the entire city‚ one telling that children was brutally murdered‚ and another telling that they got tortured but no suspects were chosen‚ neither found. The day started. Tommy was at school waiting for the lesson to be over. He didn’t make any homework for the

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    A unreliable narrator defined is one who tells lies‚ conceals information‚ or misjudges statements are untrue not by the standards of the real world or of the authorial audience but by the standards of his own narrative audience. (Wikipedia). In the story “Tell Tale Heart” by Edgar Allen Poe‚ the unreliable narrator describes his story about an old man that he stalks. He talks about his “healthy” obsession of at every day of the week going to the old man’s house at twelve am and stalking him. The

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    Maya Zelaya Hour 6 10/30/12 King’s Horror Dark and cold‚ those were the two words that described the room. The only illumination was from the faint moon‚ a tempting ghost for a young and anxious soul. The room‚ though‚ held two souls‚ was accompanied by the lingering smell of pepperoni from a pizza. One of the souls was resting on the wood floor of the room and the panels creaked beneath his body as he shifted in his dreams. Although‚ creaking of the flooring was not the only thing to be heard

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    are various narrators in fictional stories who just weren’t meant to be trusted. There are unreliable narrators or speakers whose intentions were to develop some possibility of differentiating between truth and falsehood within the imagined world of the novel‚ as there is in the real world‚ for the story to engage our interest.develop some possibility of differentiating amongst truth and deception inside the envisioned universe of the novel‚ as there is in reality‚ in order for the story to connect

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    At Elms High School‚ and Indian-American boy names Ravi is constantly bullied and insulted for his religion and race by two jocks named Bradley and Bernard.Emily who is goth with midnight hair is goth who is taunted by three popular girls named Kelli‚Bridget‚and Heather who abusing that they would actually be friends.Dane has inherited an old secluded house in the woods from his late uncle’s will.The outcasts are all invited to a video shoot by thier friend Kurtis who asked Ravi if he could come

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    taking their sons out on dangerous trips‚ which is not the case in Mark Slouka’s short story‚ Crossing‚ which was published in 2009. It’s a nerve racking story about a father who takes his little son on a survival trip in a forest‚ which turns out bad. It is an interesting story and this study will analyze and interpret the narrator‚ setting and structure and will finally conclude on the story as a whole. The story is being told from a limited omniscient third person narrative. “He remembered asking

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    Why is the narrator an unreliable one? 1. He is not a reliable narrator because he is insane. Though he repeatedly states that he is sane‚ the reader suspects otherwise from his bizarre reasoning‚ behavior‚ and speech. ‘‘True—nervous—very‚ very dreadfully nervous I had been and am; but why will you say that I am mad?’’ The reader realizes through Poe’s description of the narrator’s extreme nervousness that the protagonist has in fact descended into madness‚ as anxiety is a common symptom of

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    ‘’Mom‚ why do we always have to move to another town?’’ I whined. “Well‚ your parents’ promotion is there‚ Lina. It will be the last time‚ I promise you”. I didn’t know whether I could trust her or not‚ but either way‚ I waited to see the result in the end. My father had always difficult problems with his job. He was sad and tired every morning‚ and I always heard him telling my mom how terrible his job was. I hoped his new job‚ in the new town we ‘d move into‚ would change him. Even though‚ during

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    House of Nightmares He stumbled through the snow‚ hugging himself in a desperate attempt to stay warm. The blizzard raged around him‚ battering him so much he could barely see‚ snow clinging to his frozen face. If he didn’t find shelter immediately‚ he would die. He stopped. In front of him was a tree‚ or what could only be called a tree. Its bark was dull and rotten underneath the snow but its few thin branches offered slight protection from the storm. He quickly got under it‚ cleared a space for

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    It was a wonderful day in southern Spain and Sara and Kevin was out for a walk in the mouintains on their last vacation day. The view was extrodernery‚ olive plantings turning the otherwise dry land green and small white houses forming tiny villages‚ everything bathing in the strong Andalusian sunlight. As they walked upon an old path with a high cliff on the left-hand-side they passed a yellow sign with some text and the cliff painted in black‚ but since neither of them spoke Spanish they thought

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