Crows were flying over Amari and Shawn’s heads and cawing loudly. The road was rough and rocky, they almost tripped over a lot of times. Next to the road, there were no plants or any flowers on the ground, and it was dry and dirty. Steps away, there was the graveyard.
“Shawn...This is ridiculous to find a random lady here, ” Amari complained. “ Especially in the graveyard.”
“I told you this story before, about the old lady,” Shawn said it mysteriously. “In the story, before she died, she was rich and beautiful, but when she was having her baby, she was murdered by her husband! If you found her, she will ask you for her baby, if you don’t give the doll to her she will curse you. But if you do, she will give you a wonderful life in the rest
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” Shawn suddenly turned around and faced Amari. She was frightened, but still walking towards the graveyard.
“I’ve heard Mrs Mary’s story ages ago.” Amari staring at him and whispered. “She is not real.”
“Hey. ” Shawn gets a bit mad, he walked faster in the front. A few minutes passed, they arrived the graveyard. The door was rusty and full of dust. Obviously, no one had been in here for years. Bats flew out from the door as soon as Shawn opened the door. Amari coughed because there are a lot of dust coming out and flying all over the place. Rows of tombstone stood erect in silence to the left and right, front and behind, like a sea of death. They feel like something was about to come out from the surface of the ground, and the fun around them get thicker every time they move forward some steps.
They saw something, like a woman, standing in front of them.
The old lady is wearing a black long dress which highlight every curve of her body, the shadow of her big hat covered her face, only the mouth is out of the shadow. They are cracking, the whole of them seems like a dying rose. Her skin is bright pale and cold, her breathing is shallow. She floated with ease with eyes as empty as the nothingness from which she came. Her hair was midnight black, rippled in dark thick waves. The strand resembles the dead of
This article is a narrative. It does not aim to analyse the topic. It describes the author's experiences at the mortuary and the resulting disturbing thoughts she had.
Sparta was known for being strong, but was it really? In case you don’t know, Sparta was a Greek city-state. Sparta only focused on war. Spartans were only taught the basics of other topics. Spartans were trained for 13 years just to fight. Reading and writing were only taught in Sparta for practical reasons. The strengths didn’t outweigh the weaknesses. There were more weaknesses to Sparta than there were strengths. The strengths of Sparta didn’t outweigh the weaknesses for three reasons. The first reason is that the babies were killed just if they looked weak. The second reason is that the Spartans barely new anything about other topics (math, reading, writing, etc). The third and final reason is that the helots outnumbered the Spartans 50 to 1.
The deathly ringing of the clock resonated throughout the chambers and faded away like they always had. But this time, the festivities did not flare back to life, for the new figure had control over the attention of everyone. This unique figure was shrouded in a robe as black as a void that covered all of his body except for his face, which was concealed by a peculiar mask. Contrary to the darkness of the robes, the lean mask was a pure, ghostly white with two blood red, curved lines, thicker at the top of the mask and thinner towards the bottom, through the eyes which were void holes. The air around him was cold and stale, like death lingered around him, waiting for its next victim. From the outskirts of the crowd, he moved in closer to the revelers, with each step echoing unnaturally loud. People shuffled away from him, afraid some terrible fate may befall them if they get close in proximity to him, as he strolled toward some unknown destination.
In the book Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Alborn on page twelve it says “And on a cold Sunday afternoon, he was joined in his home by a small group of friends and family for a “living funeral.” The concept of a living funeral is where someone talks about the goods and everything they adored about you, Morrie thought it would have been a good idea if before you pass everyone says everything they have to say about you before you pass because what is the point of all that if your gone. Might as well hear everything they have to say about you until your time comes. It would have been great if we could have had a living funeral for my tio john because living funerals are better than funerals after death and people would benefit hearing what people would have to say about them before they leave
The Graveyard Book is a tale about Nobody (Bod) Owens, a human boy who was raised in a graveyard. Bod came to the graveyard as an infant, escaping his death by The Man Jack. Adopted by the ghosts of the deceased Mr. and Mrs. Owens, Bod is raised among the dead who inhabit the graveyard. Taught by the spirits and given Freedom of the Graveyard, he learns special talents like “fading” in order to live in the graveyard comfortably and undetected, safe from the man Jack, who is still searching for him. On his journey through childhood and adolescence, he befriends a human girl named Scarlett, helps the spirit of a witch, opens and subsequently escapes a ghoul-gate, dances the Macabray (a dance of the dead), and even attends school outside of the
The Romantic Era was a time when writers wrote with passion in relation to elements of writing such as the fantastic or supernatural, the improbable, the sentimental, and the horrifying. Edgar Allan Poe was one of the many writers who used elements such as these in his writings. Poe was famous for reflecting the dark aspects of his mind in a story, creating detailed imagery intriguing the reader. The fantastic and supernatural elements are expressed in The Premature Burial as impossible and in a sense, horrifying. The idea of people walking after their believed death is very extreme thinking in a world that seems normal.
Her eyes were blue with age. Her skin had a pattern of its own of numberless branching wrinkles and as though a whole little tree stood in the middle of her forehead, but a golden color ran underneath, and the two knobs of her checks were illuminated by a yellow burning under the dark. Under the red rag her hair came down on her neck in the frailest of ringlets, still black, and with an odor like copper.
Dealing with the problem of learning difficulties in children's books, Theresa Breslin's excellent book “Whispers in the Graveyard (1994)” is chosen to represent children's dyslexia while “The Turbulent Term of Tyke Tiler (1977)” written by Gene Kemp is the other selection related to a late developer. Based on the research, there are some features often identified in children with learning difficulties: being teased or bullied, misbehaviours, and the lack of self-confidence (Prater, 2003: 58). These three elements can be found in both cases, indicating these features are general situations that happen in children’s school times.
“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself” This quote relates to the stories for a few reasons. The first reason is, if Ivan had not been so scared and was rational about his actions than maybe he wouldn’t of ended up dead. The second reason is if Billy Weaver had realized his mistake and fearlessly taken control of the situation, then his fate would have ended up differently. “The Path Through The Cemetery “ is about a timid man named Ivan who overcomes his fear, at the expense of his life. The second short story “The Landlady” is about a young man who falls into the clutches of an evil woman, who is later on in the story responsible for his death. In one of the stories the author uses fear to teach us that if you don’t face your fears, they can consume you. Whilst in the other story, the author used fear to ignite warning signals in the readers mind.
This novel narrated by death. The Book thief, her brother, and her mother are on a train to Munich. Her brother starts to cough aggressively. Soon the constant coughing stops.
The Graveyard Book, written by Neil Gaiman and published in 2008, is a story about Nobody Owens, or Bod. Bod lives in a graveyard with parents, mentors, guardians, and friends who are ghosts. These ghosts keep Bod safe from a man named Jack, who killed his real family when he was a baby. One day, Bod asks a dead poet, Nehemiah Trot, to tell him about revenge. Nehemiah responds with "Do not take revenge in the heat of the moment. Instead, wait until the hour is propitious." What do you think of this advice?
Larry McMurtry's "In a Narrow Grave: Essays on Texas," with a new introduction by Diana Ossana, Liveright, 2018, provides us with an exploration of Texas and the role it has in shaping American history. With McMurtry's hand full of essays, he delves into the soul spirit of Texas, giving us the identity and the interconnectedness that it has to broader national historical developments. Over the course of this essay, we will explore three essays from the book: “Hud in Your Eye,” "Cowboys, Movies, Myths, and Cadillacs," and "Eros in Archer County." Within these essays, we will examine the themes of transition and adaptation, reflecting how the developments of the twentieth century are connected to the larger historical developments, and being
It is early morning and he walks alone. The iron gates, crusted with rust, clang in his wake. Fog washes over the tombstones in waves. His feet crunch upon the ground. The fog obscures his vision, but he could walk here blindfolded. This journey to the cemetery has become a routine, anticipated but not enjoyed. The call of a loon sails through the milky air; the sound ripples along his spine. He walks onward, head forced down, eyes riveted to the ground.
The Declaration of Independence contains a snippet about the equality of men; a topic interesting to 18th century authors. The speakers in Gray’s “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard” and in Goldsmith’s “The Deserted Village” utilize the themes of death and isolation in order to represent the different social classes. Goldsmith’s speaker idealizes and mourns the decay of rural life, while Gray’s speaker equalizes the different classes. . This essay examines the difference between these two depictions and shows how Gray’s use of stylistic features creates a more convincing argument.
"I'll start my search there. We won't lose hope that she may still be alive, but don't lose your sense of reality either." His voice had a coldness to it and his face looked like someone whose life was taken out of him.