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“THE CASK OF AMONTILLADO”
“CASEY AT THE BAT”
FROM I HAD A HAMMER
“THE BIRDS”
“ECHO”
“I HAVE A DREAM”
“THERE IS A LONGING”
“THE GOLDEN KITE, THE SILVER WIND”
“NEW DIRECTIONS”
“OLD MAN OF THE TEMPLE”
“PERSEUS”
“THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME”
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“THE CASK OF AMONTILLADO”
“CASEY AT THE BAT”
FROM I HAD A HAMMER
“THE BIRDS”
“THE LISTENERS”
“BEWARE: DO NOT READ THIS POEM”
“ECHO”
“CAUCASIAN MUMMIES MYSTIFY CHINESE”
“THE RED-HEADED LEAGUE”
FROM THE LINCOLN PREFACE
“I HAVE A DREAM”
“I HEAR AMERICA SINGING”
“THE ROAD NOT TAKEN”
“TO BE OF USE”
“SLAM, DUNK, & HOOK”
“SHOULDERS”
“OLD MAN OF THE TEMPLE”
“THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME”
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MIGHTY CASEY
STRIKES OUT
MUDVILLE LOSES IN NAILBITER
Yesterday was not a good day for Mudville’s
hometown team. They looked rather lethargic
through the first eight innings with their only support
coming from Mighty Casey’s two home runs, but in
the ninth inning something brought them to life.
Surprisingly, the slumping Flynn earned his
first hit in his last sixteen attempts. Then, the
talented rookie Blakely, who has been a huge
disappointment this year, hit a rocket which bounced
off the wall for a double moving Flynn to third.
Mudville had momentum on their side and
put themselves in position to win the game with
Mighty Casey, the league’s home run leader at the
plate.
For no apparent reason, the hometown hero
refused to swing at the first two pitches saying after
the game, “When you’re as good as I am, there is
just no need to swing at pitches that I can’t hit out. I
don’t get paid twenty million dollars to hit singles.”
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Mighty Casey
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MIGHTY CASEY
STRIKES OUT CONT.
BIGGER CONTRIBUTION NEEDED FROM CASEY SAYS VILLE
Muddy Ville, the team’s new manager,
appeared devastated, “Everybody here knows
that…that Casey is one of the all-time greats
in the game, but he needs to be more a team
player. He needs to try harder and rely on
more than sheer strength.”
This is a continuation of an upsetting
trend for Mudville fans of an obvious lack of
effort from Casey. This mighty superstar is on
pace for a record shattering ninety-one home
runs and has brought a countless number of
fans to the stadium to see his awe-inspiring
display. However, until he starts to come
through in the tough situations when his team
truly needs him to be a superstar. People
outside our little town will never think of him as
the greatest ever.
Ernest Lawrence Thayer
MASTER OF THE FIGURE OF SPEECH
Ernest Lawrence Thayer’s most wellknown poem is “Casey at the Bat.” Although its
basic plot is fairly simple, he makes this poem
standout by using figures of speech to create a
strong sense of suspense. Thayer uses
hyperbole to make the reader understand how
serious these people are about baseball, he
uses a metaphor, “Cooney died at second.” He
uses synecdoche to convey how many people
were depending on Casey saying, “Ten
thousand eyes were on him as he rubbed his
hands with dirt.” On the same note he said,
“Five thousand tongues applauded.” To create
realism, Thayer uses dialect having Casey say,
“That ain’t my style.” This use of language has
the reader so caught up in the story that he can
not stop reading until he finds out what
happened to the last pitch.
Ernest Lawrence Thayer
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AARON: AN AUTHOR AND ATHLETE
DEITY OF DETAIL
We know Hank Aaron as an athlete and the all-time
home run champion. However, he has proved that he is
also a fabulous author. He gives the reader the feeling
that they are actually there with him. In his nonfiction
selection from I Had a Hammer, Mr. Aaron discusses every
detail of the record-breaking night. He says, “Downing’s
first pitch was a change of pace that went into the dirt.
The umpire, Satch Davidson, threw it out, and the firstbase umpire, Frank Pulli, tossed Downing another one of
the specially marked infared balls.” This is only a small
portion of Aaron’s description of his historic at bat. By
giving all of these details, one can reach a clear mental
picture of everything from “the ball shooting out on a line
over the shortstop, Bill Russell, who bent his knees as if
he were going to jump up and catch it” to “Buckner running
to the fence like he was going to catch it.”
Hank Aaron
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“UNFORTUNATE” TRUTH COMES OUT
DYING MAN REVEALS MURDEROUS PLOT
Montresor revealed some highly disturbing
news to the world just moments before his own
death. If his reports are true, he was the man
responsible for the mysterious disappearance of
the Italian wine connoisseur Fortunato over fifty
years ago.
Although he did not clearly explain his
motive in the statements made before his wife and
family, he admitted to sealing Fortunato in the
catacombs. This seemingly good man lured the
unsuspecting Fortunato into the Catacombs
claiming that he was storing wine there.
Fortunato, drunk and naïve at the time, fell into the
trap.
After that admission Montresor medical
condition took a turn for the worse. He repeatedly
through gasping breaths said, “I… Fortunato …
seal … mortar…bricks… clever plan… no one
knows.”
Moments later Montresor died of heart
failure. Italian police are investigating as to if this
is in fact how Fortunato spent his last hours.
Chief of Police, Giovanni Investigatorre, said,
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ARTISTS INTERPRETATION OF
FORTUNADO’S MURDER
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“UNFORTUNATE” TRUTH COMES OUT
CHIEF OF POLICE TO CONTINUE INVESTIGATION
“I am confident that our force will
perform a swift and thorough investigation of
the case to settle this as quickly as possible for
the families of both parties involved.”
Because Montresor was extremely sick
and running a high fever at the time, doctors
say that a possibility exists that he was
speaking in delirium when he admitted to
committing a brutal homicide. However, this
doctor says, “In my past experiences, I have
found that dying patients usually discuss
issues of importance to them in their last
minutes on Earth. Although it is possible, that
he was delirious in making those claims is
highly unlikely, especially considering that we
know that the victim mysteriously disappeared
around the time to which the patient was
referring.
Private services will be held for
Montresor some time next week.
Investigations and searches of the catacombs
will begin immediately in a search for the body.
CATACOMBS
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Edgar Allan Poe
FOREMAN OF FORESHADOWING
Edgar Allan Poe’s works are practically dripping with
foreshadowing. When one rereads the “Cask of Amontillado,”
that he could not guess what would happen from the clues
baffles him. Even the character’s name, Fortunaro,
foreshadows that he might not be very “fortunate.” Another
example of foreshadowing is Fortunato’s saying, “Enough, the
cough is a mere nothing; it will not kill me. I shall not die of a
cough.” This hints to the reader that perhaps Fortunato would
die that night. Montresor even shows Fortunato the weapon
that he would use to murder him beforehand when Fortunato
asks him if he is “not of the masons,” a secret society.
Montresor replies that he is. When Fortunato asks for a sign,
Montresor, using the double meaning of mason to his
advantage, shows him his trowel that he would use to seal
Fortunato in the catacombs for eternity. Montresor’s family
arms also show things to come. His arms are, “a huge human
foot d’or, in a field azure; the foot crushes a serpent whose
fangs are imbedded in the heel.” I, knowing what happens in
the story, believe that the foot represents Montresor. We
know that Fortunato has done something to irritate Montresor.
This represents the fangs imbedded in the heel. If we used
this symbolism, we could predict that the foot, Montresor,
would crush the snake Fortunato.
Edgar Allan Poe
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AARON NEW HOME RUN KING
RUTH”S RECORD SHATTERED
With one awe-inspiring swing of the bat
at an Al Downing slider, Hank Aaron became
baseball’s all-time home run leader. Fighting off
racial discrimination and hate, he succeeded in
reaching what people once thought an impossible
record.
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Hank Aaron, who seemed more relieved
than happy, said, “I was in my own little world at
the time.”
Aaron rounded the base, shaking hands
with first baseman Steve Garvey and second
baseman Davey Lopes. Suddenly two kids ran out
onto the field to join Aaron in his triumphant trot
around the base path. Although they gave security
a great fright, they had good intentions and meant
no harm to Hammerin’ Hank.
Everyone present will remember last
night as one of the most historic ones in baseball
history.
Hank Aaron
ECHO!!!!!!!
PEOPLE HEAR GUNFIRE IN FOREST; PARROTS FLEE
People camping in the woods
reportedly heard machine-gun fire
from somewhere in the woods of
Bigtree Park. They then reported
seeing a flock of parrots, obviously
frightened, screeching and flying
around wildly.
Park ranger Ned Nogun
appeared visibly devastated about the
gunfire, “I don’t understand how this
happened. This has always been
such a … such a peaceful place. And
now this? I am really at a loss.”
Police have begun an
investigation to determine the source
of the gunfire. They expect that it is
the work of poachers looking to shoot
animals in the protected area.
BIGTREE NATIONAL
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Henriqueta Lisboa
LESS IS MORE
In the poem “Echo,” Henriqueta Lisboa gives
the reader very little information to create a better
experience for the reader. “Great uproar invading the
forest” and “strafing space steely screams” lead us to
believe that someone has fired a machine gun in a
peaceful forest, but she never actually plainly says
that.
She leaves it to the reader’s imagination to
determine what really is happening in the poem. This
forces the reader to think about it more and try to use
their brain to figure out what is going on. As the
reader we must imagine if it is shooting that scared
the parrots, and, if so, we wonder why they are
shooting the parrots. This prevents the reader from
simply reading the words of the poem but not actually
“digesting” them in the way that the author wants us
to.
Henriqueta Lisboa
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Carl Sandburg
ALL IN THE ANECDOTES
From the selection from The Lincoln Preface, I learned
that Abraham Lincoln was a very complex, interesting person.
Carl Sandburg beautifully illustrated this through anecdotes.
Simply stating that he was a unique person does not come
close to the power of actually showing it.
We learn that he is a kind, friendly person when he met
the author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin, and said, “So you’re the little
woman who wrote the book that made this great war. I do love
an open fire: I always had one at home.”
Sandburg illustrated that he is willing to do what is right
for the country no matter what saying, “I will violate the
Constitution if it is necessary to save the union.” He also told
the Secretary of Treasury, “Not to bother himself about the
Constitution. Say that I have that sacred instrument here at the
White House, and I am guarding it with great care.”
Additionally, this story shows that he is a peaceful
person. He said, “Voorhees, don’t it seem strange to you that I,
who could never so much as cut off the head of a chicken,
should be elected, or selected, into the midst of all this blood?
These interesting, and sometimes humorous stories both
entertain the reader and convey the author’s message. This is
what makes Carl Sandburg one of our all-time greatest authors.
Carl Sandburg
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“KING” OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT
MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. GIVES ROUSING SPEECH IN D.C.
Yesterday Martin Luther King, Jr. gave an
inspiring speech, “I Have a Dream,” in Washington D.C.
He caught the attention of millions of Americans, telling
them that, “I have a dream that my four little children will
one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by
the color of their skin but by the content of their
character.”
More than two hundred thousand supporters of
the civil rights movement gathered in our nation’s capital
to see the great leader deliver his address.
One white onlooker said, “In the past I have
always been …well, not anti black, but pro white. I guess
you could call me a racist. I came today to see this man
speak just to be a part of it and find out what was going
on in our nation. He has forever changed my opinion.
Any race who can produce someone like that deserves
equal treatment.”
Another one of King’s supporters, this one black,
said, “This is only the beginning of things to come. I
promise you that we will not rest until we achieve
complete equality.”
Well, this historic day has solidified King’s position
as the true leader of this movement for equality and just
treatment of all people.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
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MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.
REACHING OUT TO THE WORLD
Martin Luther King, Jr.’s speech, “I Have a
Dream” was highly effective in accomplishing its
goal of building its support for the Civil Rights
movement. Dr. King did this by speaking out
individually to as many groups of people as he
could. He addresses “the sons of former slaves,
and the sons of former slave owners” in Georgia;
he makes reference to the governor of Alabama.
Additionally he used flattery by saying
something great about their state to persuade the
people of some states to adopt his views. This
man referred to the “prodigious hilltops of New
Hampshire” and “the mighty mountains of New
York,” and the great things that we associate with
a handful of other states.
However, the most important thing that he
tried to convey was that he was not just trying to
make peace and equality between blacks and
whites. King wanted to bridge the gaps between
Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics,
and various other cultural groups against which
people sometimes discriminate.
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ROBERT FROST
THE ROAD NOT TAKEN
“The Road Not Taken” is a fabulous
poem, but is its author Robert Frost literally
talking about a fork in the road in the woods?
Most people do not think so; many believe
that he is referring to his own career.
In deciding his career choice, Frost
found, “Two roads diverged in a yellow wood.”
One of his options was to follow a
conventional career route and become a
doctor or lawyer or one of the “traditional”
occupations. Instead, he took “the road less
traveled” and became a poet.
This was a much riskier choice than
taking the other road was. To wander off the
path would have been very easy for him.
However, he continued pursuing his dream.
Eventually his efforts paid off, and Robert
Frost became one of the most beloved poets
in American history.
Robert Frost
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ANNIE JOHNSON BEATS ODDS TO BECOME SUCCESFUL
Annie Johnson basically had nothing in her favor. She never received an education,
was a single mother, and was a black in the highly prejudiced South. However, she
overcame all of this to become a successful businesswoman.
To understand her story, one first must understand Annie Johnson. Probably the best
word to describe her is proud. Ms. Johnson was just too proud to become a domestic worker
or some low position like that. Instead, she examined her talents and decided what she
could do with them. She knew that she could “mix groceries well enough to scare hunger
away from starving a man.”
Using this skill, she made meat pies and brought them to the cotton gins to sell during
lunch. As soon as the workers got out for lunch, she dropped the pies into boiling water and
allowed the aroma to float to the workers. Those pies not sold she took to the lumber mill
and sold there.
One of Johnson’s loyal customers said, “I always be the first one see Miss Annie. She
makes ‘bout the best pies I ever tasted in m’life. All us worke’s love Miss Annie. She probl’y
makes real good money, too.”
Annie herself said, “I personal don’ think my food be too fancy, but those men o’er at
the factories sure seem to like it. It sure makes me feel real good to feed them and me some
money all atta same time. I always tell me babies, ‘Babies, your mommy be cutting a new
path for us. Things gonna be real good real soon.’”
“Is There Anybody There?”
MAN MET AT DOOR BY PHANTOM LISTENERS
Last night a traveler, who has asked us not
to identify him, approached a house at which he
had an appointment to keep. He insists that
supernatural forces were amidst in the house.
He said, “I did not see or hear anything in
particular, but I felt it. I really felt something. I
could feel them looking at me … and… and I
really can’t talk about this.” This man, obviously
shaken, began to weep openly.
Police are planning further investigation
into the house. Chief of police Arnold Jackson
said, “This is definitely not the first time that we
have had reports of mysterious happenings in
that general area. That there is actually a ghostly
force at work is unlikely, but we suspect the
possibility of burglars hiding in the house.”
This Traveler, however, vehemently denies
that possibility. “What I saw,” he said, “was not of
this world. I am not crazy. There was definitely
something there.
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Walter de la Mare
Like the author of “Echo,” de la Mare uses a “less-ismore” approach to his poem “The Listeners.” He does not
tell us who the Traveler is nor why the Traveler is there. He
also gives us very little information about the phantoms
themselves.
About the only thing that we know is that the Traveler
had an appointment because the Travelers says, “Tell them I
came, and no one answered, that I kept my word.”
This surprisingly adds effect to the poem by making us
to think more about what is happening and really to use our
brains much more than we usually would.
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Ray Bradbury
MAN OF MORALS
Again, Ray Bradbury has pleased
readers all over the world with “The
Golden Kite, the Silver Wind.” He has
once again written a funny story that
delivers a powerful moral. He tells us to
care more about our lives and the lives of
others than obsessing with competition.
Those people in the story obsess with
building walls to such an extent that
“Sickness spread in the city like a pack of
evil dogs. Shops closed. The population,
now working steadily for endless months
upon the changing of the walls,
resembled Death himself…” This is an
example of what happens when we
obsess with beating our friends in
competition, just on a much grander
scale. With all of his books and stories,
he brings happiness and understanding
of what to do in situations.
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NEW HERO OF GREECE
Perseus, the boy who the fates foretold would kill
his father, has remarkably slain the Gorgon Medusa.
Reportedly, he went out in search of the head of the
monster to get as a present.
This hero claims to have received divine help
from the great gods Athena and Hermes. They gave him
guidance as to how to slay Medusa; her two Gorgon
sisters were immortal. Hence he could not kill them.
Hermes gave him a sword that could not bend or
break from the Gorgon’s scales. Athena allegedly gave
him a breastplate that he could use as a mirror so that
Medusa would not immediately turn him to stone.
Additionally, we have heard unconfirmed reports
that Perseus saved the lovely princess Andromeda and
has taken her for his wife. Perseus is still recovering
from his expedition and was unavailable for comment.
However, his mother said, “I am so angry with that young
man. He put himself in danger for no reason. If he
makes it back alive, I’ll … I’ll … kill him.”
Of course, Perseus is the child associated with
the well-known story of his grandfather Acrisius who
locked his daughter Danae up so that the prophecy that
her son would kill him would not prove true.
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PERSEUS
YET ANOTHER CHANGE
“The Golden Kite, Silver Wind”
Today, our Mandarin has
announced that we will be changing the
walls of our fair city to the shape of a
scabbard to sheathe the sword-shaped
city near ours. This is the continuation
of an ongoing building battle between
our city and theirs. Our city is showing
signs of suffering because of this terrible
battle in which we have engaged
ourselves. Several rebels have called
for an end to this battle. Our Mandarin
has warned them that all people
objecting to his rule will die.
He released a statement, “I truly
believe that that this is for the good of
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PEOPLE SPEAK OUT AGAINST MANDARIN
our city. If the people hold strong during
this tough time, I am confident we will
prevail.”
One of the rebels, who asked us
not to use his name, said, “This is truly
the collapse of our city. If our Mandarin
does not stop this immediately, all of us
will perish. Our wall’s shape is no
indication of the status of our city; the
people’s happiness is, and I know that
our people are unhappy.”
This battle between the cities will
in all likelihood continue for the
foreseeable future. All that we can do is
wait and pray.
CITIZENS FORCED TO FLEE
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Rosa Parks
A PERSUASIVE WRITER
“Rosa Parks: My Story” is a
short, nonfiction story. This story is
short and to the point. Rosa Parks
tries to get her readers into the
story. She writes with great detail to
try to give you a picture of what is
going on. With this writing style,
Rosa Parks gets you to feel what
she is going through and what is
going through her mind. “People
always say that I didn’t give up my
seat because I was tired, but that
isn’t true. I was not physically tired,
but I was only tired of giving in,” said
Parks. This quote is a good
example of how Rosa Parks gets
you into the story, and how she gets
you to feel what her emotions were.
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There Is a Longing…
A STORY ABOUT THE STRUGGLE OF
NATIVE AMERICANS
Chief Dan George delivered a
sad speech about the struggle of
Native Americans to get their land
back. yesterday, saying, “There is a
longing in the heart of my people to
reach out and grasp that which is
needed for survival,” said Chief Dan
George.
The fight for their land is
becoming the biggest fight they will
ever have. Yesterday, the battle
went into the courts. “I am a chief,
but my power to make war is gone,
and the only weapon left to me is
speech,” said Chief Dan George.
Chief Dan George and his
people will have to use that weapon
to convince many people that the
land rightfully belongs to the Native
Americans.
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There Is a Longing…
THE FIGHT CONTINUES
Today, at 3:45 P.M., the
Native Americans are taking
their case to the District Court
Appeal. If they are successful
in winning, they will be appealed
to the State Supreme Court. If
they are going to win their land
back, they will have to win their
case at the State Supreme
Court.
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
SHERLOCK HOLMES
One of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s most
famous creations is Sherlock Holmes.
With Sherlock Holmes, Doyle creates
stories about mystery and suspense.
With Sherlock’s cunning ability to solve
murders, he figures out the mystery of the
murder in “The Red-headed League.”
“The Red-headed League” has both
mystery and suspense. Doyle’s unique
writing style allows the reader to interact
with the mystery of the story. As you read
along, Doyle builds up the suspense. By
doing this, you can’t stop reading his
story. You want read to the end of the
story to find out the mystery of the
murder. Doyle gives you many clues to
the mystery such as that the man’s
trouser knees were worn. After Sherlock
Holmes explains the situation, it all
seems obvious, but to solve them on
one’s own is very difficult.
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KEAY DAVIDSON
CAN YOU QUOTE THAT?
In “Caucasian Mummies Mystify Chinese,” Keay Davidson adds effect to his nonfiction article by
including many interviews with the people who actually participated. For instance, most people find the
discoveries of the Caucasian mummies surprising, but we learn that top scientists like Victor Mair also
seemed surprised. He said, “The questions kept nagging at me: Who are those people? How did they get out
here at such an early date?”
We also learned about DNA analysis directly from Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza who said, “It’s a
very tricky type of analysis. Old DNA is generally very damaged.”
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Yusef Koumunyakaa
SO MANY SIMILES
Yusef Koumunyakaa makes his writing powerful and effective by
using a great number of similes in “Slam, Dunk, & Hook.” He
describes the basketball’s entering the hoop as being “like silk.”
Then, he described the players as being like story book sea
monsters poised in midair.
Again he uses a simile to describe how the players “glide like a
sparrow hawk.”
These figures of speech alone make his works of literature
exciting and entertaining to read.
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Killer Birds?
If It Happened In England, Why Not Here?
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This is the question we find
ourselves asking all around the world
as literally millions of birds attacking
innocent civilians in England. “It is an
outrage!” says Nat Hocken, a farmer
whose house was swarmed by these
hostile creatures. The sad thing out
here is that the people in the cities are
all being protected from these pests,
but what about the poor farm folk?
They are left to fend for themselves.
“I had friends that did not take
this seriously, they thought it was just
an act and went out and had a
shooting contest. Not one of them
survived! That is why we think that we
need to stick together and form an
alliance to keep this kind of thing from
happening again.” explains Mrs.
Hocken.
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One question that has the
officials stumped is the fact that these
birds attack with the tide. They
actually come in with the tide and fly
back out when the tide goes out. The
same is true for the land birds, who
rest in trees or on fences when the
tide is out.
“These birds,” says a source,
“are like little suicide fighters. They
dive-bomb people without a thought of
what may happen to them. It is almost
like they are being possessed by
some outside force.”
There are other people like her
that think the Russian have poisoned
the birds and are forcing them to
attack England, and soon the rest of
the world. Others believe that this is
nothing more than the sudden cold
front coming through so early in the
year and so quickly.
“Whatever it is,” says an
anonymous political figure, “it needs to
be ended quickly with the smallest
possible amount of casualties.”
Daphne Du Maurier
Daphine Du Maurier’s short story “The Birds” is
really suspenseful. A man tries to save and
protect his family from killer birds that are in
thousands. After every sentence you get a chill
that something strange has just happened.
You don’t know if anyone has died or has been
injured. “The brushing of those wings against
the door.” What do you think is going to
happen? As you try to guess on every
sentence you read, you don’t know if the birds
are going to attack, or just resting. You read
about Nat trying to save himself and his family
from the birds. He is quiet and shrewd when
he hears the birds. Even after the last
sentence you wonder what is going to happen
next with his family. This makes the story
extremely exciting to read.
DAPHNE DU
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Handle With Care
Naomi Shihab Nye is telling us a valuable lesson. In his poem
“Shoulders,” he says that family and friends are the most important
things in your life. The man is trying to care for his child by not
waking him up when he is sleeping. He doesn’t want to hurt his
child either. The man avoids everything he possibly can to try to
help his son. It shows how much love and care he has. Naomi’s
poem is wonderful because it teaches other people to give care for
your children. You should try to do anything possible to have your
child be happy. It shows symbolism because not only does the man
care for people, everyone care for people. This poem should go out
to every parent so they can all be taught that life is the most
precious thing you can ever get.
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THE HUNTER BECOMES
THE HUNTED
Island of the Human Hunter
Just yesterday the famous hunter,
Rainsford, returned home after
mysteriously disappearing from a
ship carrying a few hunters. He has
told news reporters that he was
stranded on Ship-Trap Island, the
dreaded island for sailors. There, he
said, he met a monster, a human
who was one of the greatest hunters
of all time. His name was General
Zaroff. He had hunted every kind of
animal on the earth, and still he
yearned for a challenge. Then it hit
him. He would hunt humans,
animals who were intelligent and
could provide him with a good, hard
chase.
“He was crazy,” exclaimed
Rainsford. “He kidnapped strong
sailors and used them as pray. But
this prey was a match for him.”
Rainsford had defeated the
terrorizing, blood thirsty killer, by out
smarting him at his own game.
Rainsford killed Zaroff’s helper,Ivan,
first, along with one or two of his
dogs, too. “Ivan was enormous. He
could have ripped me apart with his
bare hands if he got me,” says
Rainsford remembering the giant
man. “But with the knife that was
given to me as my weapon, and a
branch of a plant, and some
grapevine, I was able to lessen my
threat by one step.”
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THE HUNTER BECOMES
THE HUNTED CONT.
He was nearly killed at one point,
but it seemed to him that the ruthless
hunter wanted the hunt to go on for
more than one day of the three-day
period in which he had to kill Rainsford.
According to the rules of this “Most
Dangerous Game,” General Zaroff had
three days to kill Rainsford.
He was armed with his assistant,
guns, and his hunting dogs. Rainsford
was armed with one day’s rations, and a
knife, but the skilled hunter could not kill
the evasive Rainsford.
At the end of the third day,
Rainsford went back to the mansion of
the hunter, slipped into his bedroom
window to find Zaroff waiting for him.
They dueled to death. In the outcome,
Rainsford was victorious and Zaroff was
killed. Thanks to the great hunter
Rainsford, the island of Ship-Trap is no
longer feared by sailors at all.
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TEMPLE HAUNTED BY
POSSESING GHOST
Driver Possessed By Spirit; Passenger Saves Him
“He was a ghost, a lost spirit, who’s memories appeared in front of him.”
said “The Talkative Man.” This man met a ghost. The ghost took over the mind of
his driver, making him seem crazy. “I was shut into the corner of my own mind,
aware of the fact that this thing was controlling my voice, my body, and
everything else,” says the driver, Doss. “Its scary. You have no control over
yourself. And what makes it worse is you’re aware the entire time. You watch
your life sort of like a TV screen.”
The talkative man made conversation with the spirit, talking about “current”
news to the ghost, but unknown news to him. They talked about the king of the
time and of how the ghost died, which the ghost himself apparently knew. The
passenger got the ghost out of Doss’s body by telling him to think hard about his
wife.
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TEMPLE HAUNTED BY
POSSESING GHOST
By some miracle, to the ghost’s
eyes she appeared walking down
the hill. “I don’t quite understand
what happened, but if you have
some idea I’d be more than happy
to hear it,” says a confused “The
Talkative Man”. No one really knows
what happened but it is apparent
that it is something supernatural.
There is a full investigation taking
place at the temple to find out for
sure what may have happened.
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Richard Connell
Greatest of Writing, The Most Dangerous of All Games
The great author Richard Connell, has dreamt up one of the greatest
masterpieces of all time, in a short story that will imprint itself in your memory for
a life time. He thought up the great Rainsford, along with Zaroff, the murderous
human hunter. This man brought an unimaginable story into existence. With his
sense of writing, adventurous mind, and amazing word using skills, he creates a
story that will terrify you, mystify you, and horrify you out of your skin. You read
about the treacherous Ship-Trap Island, feared by all sailors world-wide, and of
the skilled hunter who becomes the prey of another hunter, the hunter of
humans. Though he put to death some of the strongest, most brutal sailors, he
could not match his own kind, a hunter with the knowledge of many hunting
techniques. Where does a man get such ideas like this, and why do they have
such a powerful meaning, enough to imprint this great story in our minds and
hearts forever? I don’t know, but for those of you who have read this story know
the rareness of a story so great, from an author with such a great talent and
skill.
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Marge Piercy
TO BE OF USE
“The people I love the best
jump into work head first
without dallying in the shallows
and swim off with sure strokes
almost out of sight” The writers
that I love the best, jump into
work head first, just like Marge
Piercy does, and her work
shows it, too. You can tell that
she puts thought and feelings
into her work in her usage of
metaphors, such as, “I love
people who harness
themselves, an ox to a heavy
cart.” Usage of terms and
elements like these are signs of
a terrific author, and that is not
a rare compliment for the
amazing poet, Marge Piercy.
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R.K. Naryana
The lord of supernatural
usage, R.K. Naryana, is an
amazing and talented author.
He uses great writing
techniques and bases most
of his stories on supernatural
events and happenings. This
main fact, the usage of
ghosts, spirits, and other
elements of fantasy, cause
the reader to want to
continue reading. Line by
line, page by page, they read
to the end, under the spell of
R.K. Naryana excellent
literature writing skills.
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Ishmael Reed
Reader Beware;You Are In For a Scare
You all probably know Ishmael
Reed to be a superb writer by his
many pieces of literature. If you don’t
then I would definitely recommend
reading some of his work. He uses
wonderful dialect to express himself in
“Beware: Do Not Read This Poem”
such as “it has drawn in yr feet, back
off from this poem, it has drawn in yr
legs, back off from this poem.” He
uses the title, “Beware: Do Not Read
This Poem”, to catch the readers
attention as well as to make the reader
continue reading to see why Ishmael
selected this title for this poem.
He makes you think that you
are becoming a part of the poem, like
“getting sucked into a good book”.
The poem seems alive as it fictionally
cobbles you up and leaves you with
the statistics “the U.S. bureau of
missing persons reports that in 1968
over 100,000 people disappeared
leaving no solid clues nor trace, only a
space in the lives of their friends.”
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American Olympians Rejoice!
U.S. Track and Field Wins the Gold!
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The U.S. women's track and
field team wins the gold by the
spear thrower! So, how does it
feel to be an Olympic champion?
That is the question we asked
Lilia Rosedale, the spear thrower
on the U.S. track and field team.
“Oh let me tell you, it feels great!
But you have got to feel sorry for
the other girls out there who
worked so hard. I think it went
well out there and we gave it all
we’ve got, and that is what really
counts. I think that the only
reason that we won like we did
was because of the whole team
and not just me, because it could
just as easily have been them in
the spotlight and not me.” says
Rosedale. I think that she is a
great athlete as well as a great
person.
Walt Whitman
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Calling All Patriots! Calling All Patriots!
Walt Whitman was born on May
31, 1819, in West Hills, Huntington
Township, on Long Island, New York.
From 1825 to about 1830, Whitman
attended public schools in Brooklyn,
which constituted his entire formal
education. At the age of eleven or
twelve, he went to work, first as an
office boy and then as an apprentice
printer, beginning on the Long Island
Patriot and moving on to the Long
Island Star, both of which were
published in Brooklyn.
When his father moved the
family back to Long Island, Whitman
remained in Brooklyn, continuing to
work for the Star until May 12, 1835.
And that pretty much sums up his
entire career except for a year-long
period in 1838-1839 when he edited
and published his own weekly
newspaper.
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He was very interested in the
art of printing and writing from a very
early age and that is probably the
reason that he became a famous
poet. Another attribute that he has is
determination. He was determined to
become a great author even though
he was accused of being insane. His
poem, “I Hear America Singing,”
makes you stop and think about what
it is like to be a working person in
America. He tells us about the way
the different people with different jobs
sing different tunes that depend upon
their mood. “Singing with open
mouths their strong melodious
songs.”
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