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Hatchet: The Will To Survive
Number of Words: 1288 / Number of Pages: 5
... survival supplies out of the survival pack. While Brian is fixing himself food that came from the survival pack, he tries to figure out how the emergency transmitter works by flicking the switch. Brian thinks that the transmitter is broken because he does not understand its function. The climax of the story occurs when the plane flies over and lands on the L shaped lake.
ACT III:
The conclusion is when Brian is flipping the switch back and forth on the emergency transmitter and he inadvertently leaves it on. The pilot who rescues Brian picks up the distress signal from the emergency transmitter. ...
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Creative Writing: Utopia Z
Number of Words: 2909 / Number of Pages: 11
... rides, a Ferris wheel, and many other rides,
designed for children and adults of all ages. Along with that, the amusement
park, also has many carnival games.
Beside all of that, we have the football field, which also includes a
track for running. The football field includes a computerized refereeing system,
which will run the game, and also keep track of the score.
Another big addition to the Recreation Dome is the built-in Ice Arena.
This Ice Arena also has a computerized refereeing system. But besides that, the
Ice Arena is pretty close to the modern ones we have today, along with a couple
of ...
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The Morning
Number of Words: 930 / Number of Pages: 4
... I was wrong. At 6:10 I found myself stuck in the library for what seemed like an eternity. It was not my typical morning dump, it was the never ending dump from hell. Every time I thought the nightmare was over, I found my self dropping more and more and more. It was already 7:30 and I had to leave by 8:15 in order to make it to my office by 9:00. This would only give me an hour to rehearse my presentation; but I was prepared. I still had forty-five minutes to get ready for work. Surely I was done destroying my toilet?!
I was ready to finish my usual triple "S" morning routine (shi#, show ...
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Creative Writing: When I Was A Kid
Number of Words: 1640 / Number of Pages: 6
... have no such luck;
they move into the charming town without a clue of it's underlying sickness and
disagreeable citizens.
One of my first discoveries was the river that passed through the middle of town.
I was only a kid, maybe ten, when I started fishing by the edge of the river.
It wasn't easy finding the perfect location; this was a place where I would
want to be alone, a place to get away from the unhappiness that would spread
like fire through my home on occasion.
This time away was possibly the most important thing to me then. When I turned
eleven years old, one of my favorite gifts was a larg ...
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Personal Writing: On My Time
Number of Words: 1406 / Number of Pages: 6
... I drew
the second band on stage out of nine. The best position to be in is about
fourth or fifth band because that is when the crowd starts getting into the
music. Pissed off I haphazardly wandered back to my group to inform them
of my greatest mistake.
We loaded the equipment into the worlds slowest elevator, and
stumbled our way to the backstage lounge. After I had read graffiti
covered walls until my heart was content I noticed much writing by some of
my favorite groups like Nine Inch Nails, Marilyn Mansion, Korn, and The
Dead Milkmen. Inspired by them I also signed the wall with some ...
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Finding A Job
Number of Words: 1191 / Number of Pages: 5
... the job greatly but the pay was not steady. I then started looking for employment that would provide a more stable income.
I applied at many different businesses and got no response. However I just kept on applying anywhere I could find that would let me. My neighbor from across the street, came to my door one day and asked if I needed a job. She said that she was transferring to another department and could probably get me on at Quality Motors. I didn't care what kind of job it was as long as it paid more than minimum wage. I started at quality as a detail helper; before six months were up, I ...
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Personal Writing: Trip Through The Soft Soft Sand
Number of Words: 803 / Number of Pages: 3
... side
of the road. Being true cavers and adventurous types we decided we had to
poke our heads in to take a look around. I veered off the road in started
heading in the direction of the rock formation. Unfortunately although
driving along what seemed to be tracks I was getting myself deeper and
deeper into very soft sand. This was my mistake, traveling along a path
that was untested and the whereabouts of the destination unknown.
"Are you sure you know what you are doing" said Jamie as the tires
began to spin more and more in the soft particles of sand.
"Sure, don't you see the tracks in the san ...
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Basketball Dreams
Number of Words: 706 / Number of Pages: 3
... correct any of my mistakes. His comments were always to work hard, and all the hard work would eventually pay off. He always drove me to watch the older kids play. He also encouraged to play with them so I could get tougher and better. I was very intimidated by the older kids, but he always encouraged me to keep on going and to never give up. The biggest lesson I learned from him was if I lost the game to keep my head held up high because I knew that I gave it everything I had and that next time I would be better.
When I got to middle school. My skills had improved dramatically. I began ti see ...
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Creative Writing: My Summer Off
Number of Words: 1528 / Number of Pages: 6
... I was only fifteen and the workplace just wasn't ready for
me. So I thumbed through the course book, singing a chorus of no's until I
arrived on the Debate and Public Speaking page. There resided a large
photograph of a boy confidently standing behind an ornate podium, clearly frozen
in the middle of some captivating and influential argument. I read the passage
describing the course and was immediately sold. How could a stuffy math class
or a trivial course in art compare to “a course that teaches students the skills
and techniques of competitive debate, culminating in a week long tournament? ...
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Personal Writing: My Interest In The Military
Number of Words: 126 / Number of Pages: 1
... has been encouraged by ROTC community service activities,
through learning aabout leadership as a partisipant in the cadet chain of
command, and from teachers at ________ who support our efforts to meet our
goals.
Encouraged by my interest in "Patton" and military strategies, my
dad began to share his interest in military history as I grew older. This
interest extended out to interest in battleships and battles. Family
vcations were sometimes planned around visits to places such as the Russian
fort, Fort Ross north of San Francisco. ...
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