Huge Schoolgirl - TV Tropes
A profile in one of the databooks states that when she reached 170 cm, she started to eat rice porridge to keep her from growing, since it has no nutrients. In Eva's case she is actually physically younger than the rest of the class (she was turned into a vampire as a 10 year old) despite being roughly 600 years older than most of the class
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He sent a dog to see how high the tide had risen, and when the dog reported that the water was very near the top, the people were transformed into stone. As there was no disease or death, the population increased so that it was necessary to enlarge the earth after 300 years; Yima accomplished this with the help of a gold ring and gold-inlaid dagger he had received from Ahura Mazda, the Creator
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Xenagos is slain and order returned to Theros, but Elspeth is killed, Heliod gets away with everything, and Elspeth's sacrifice turns out to be senseless as it condemns a Returned Daxos to a shadow of life searching endlessly for her. Otherworldly and Sexually Ambiguous: Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver, a Planeswalker and Humanoid Abomination who specializes in bringing people's worst nightmares to life
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Boba Fett - Wookieepedia, the Star Wars Wiki
Even as Fett trained her, she was required to help with mechanical work and other fairly menial tasks around the Mandalorian settlement, and in doing so, learned about the Mandalorian culture and Fett's personal history. Following the Death Star's destruction at the hands of the Rebel Alliance, Fett ventured off onto the planet of Solem where he took a job from Imperial Governor Malvander Bren to capture the Governor's own brother who was leading a Rebel cell on the planet
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The Monkey's Paw
It was all over so quickly that at first they could hardly realize it, and remained in a state of expectation as though of something else to happen - something else which was to lighten this load, too heavy for old hearts to bear.But the days passed, and expectations gave way to resignation - the hopeless resignation of the old, sometimes mis-called apathy. Then he sank trembling into a chair as the old woman, with burning eyes, walked to the window and raised the blind.He sat until he was chilled with the cold, glancing occasionally at the figure of the old woman peering through the window
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The Most Dangerous Game
The cry was pinched off short as the blood-warm waters of the Caribbean Sea dosed over his head.He struggled up to the surface and tried to cry out, but the wash from the speeding yacht slapped him in the face and the salt water in his open mouth made him gag and strangle. All I could get out of him was `This place has an evil name among seafaring men, sir.' Then he said to me, very gravely, `Don't you feel anything?'--as if the air about us was actually poisonous
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The Necklace Characters - eNotes.com
Again, such opinions generally are so unfavourable that almost everyone would worry himself to death if he heard all that was said about him or the tone in which people spoke of him. It would seem that Maupassant's "The Necklace" is all about desire for worldly things, which, according to Buddha, is the source of all human suffering
Though most of the story concerns the events surrounding the ball, the narrator recounts her birth into a humble family, her marriage, and also the many years of poverty they suffer afterward as a result of losing the necklace. But for the most part, the narrator simply describes the events of the story, leaving it up to the reader to determine the nature of the characters through their actions
Guy de Maupassant - Biography and Works. Search Texts, Read Online. Discuss.
Among Maupassant's best-known books are Une Vie (A Woman's Life, 1883), about the frustrating existence of a Norman wife and Bel-Ami (1885), which depicts an unscrupulous journalist. Perhaps the lack of interest shown in the novels is due to teachers relying on the short stories because of the limited attention span of their students
1.6 Why was Mme Loisel anxious to hurry away from the ball? 1.7 What efforts were made to find Mme Forestier's necklace? 1.8 Describe in your own words how the Loisels' life changed after they had paid for the new necklace. 3.3 How far do you think force of character affects our lives? Do you think it would be easier for a young, married woman to fulfil her dreams today? 3.4 Discuss whether the Loisels chose the right course of action when they found the necklace was missing? What other choices were open to them and why were these not chosen? 3.5 Do you think there is a moral to this story? 4.1 Write a play based on this story
The Necklace
Though he didn't invent the short story genre, he perfected it, popularized it, and greatly expanded his audience's understanding of what could be done with it. Does that situation really seem all that far-removed from today? In many ways, the figure of the dissatisfied housewife is just as relevant now as it was then
The Necklace Summary - eNotes.com
What, she asks herself, would have been her fortune had she not lost the necklace? One Sunday, as she strolls along the Champs-Elysees, she sees Madame Forestier taking a child for a walk. She is jealous of one acquaintance in particular with whom she attended convent school, Madame Forestier, who has made a good marriage to a wealthy man
The Necklace
2 pages Theme: the contrast between true values and false values .Mathilda was born into a family of clerks but she was not satisfied with her position in life. 50 pages Acknowledged throughout the world as one of the masters of the short story, Guy de Maupassant was also the author of a collection of poetry, a volume of plays, six novels, three travel journals, and m..
Short Stories: The Necklace by Guy de Maupassant
He threw over her shoulders the garments he had brought for them to go home in, modest everyday clothes, whose poverty clashed with the beauty of the ball-dress. She washed the dirty linen, the shirts and dish-cloths, and hung them out to dry on a string; every morning she took the dustbin down into the street and carried up the water, stopping on each landing to get her breath
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