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    town in whose residents are so deeply entwined in the old and out fashioned traditional beliefs and practices. The community gathers to play lottery where, before beginning the game they have to engage in traditions and rituals of the game such as chanting, swearing-in, performances and customs. The destructors, as the name suggests revolves around the lives of male teenagers who are given directions by Trevor, the protagonist, to destroy the house of an aged man. Their scheme is well drawn to launch

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    story of a old man with Alzheimer. She is telling his story as he is coming home to what we expect to be his wife. This is a narrative poem in which we see this shell of a old man remembering bits and pieces from his house which seems to be the only thing that he remembers. The pieces are reveal piece by piece of the small things he remembers about his house. Even with all the things he remembers it won 't be enough to save this crazy old man. Cherry uses imagery, and diction to show a old man as he

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    historical context to reveal the purpose of the destruction of a house. The Wormsley Common Gang’s new recruit, Trevor “T.” proposes to destroy Old Misery’s house during the time Old Misery is out for Bank Holiday. As soon as the gang agrees with T.’s proposal, the action takes place, but before it is completely destroyed Old Misery comes back. Old Misery’s unexpected arrival leads to some slight changes. At the end a truck driver destroys the house by driving his truck from the car lot. “The Destructors”

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    checked the address one more time before we left the house. One of Molly’s friends invited us to a party but none of us have been to the house before. So, we were taking our chances to find our way there. On our way to the party Molly took a wrong turn instead of going left she took a right. We didn’t realize that she took a wrong turn until we were already driving down a dirt road and we were out in the middle of nowhere and where there were no houses and where there was no cell phone service. So, we

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    Yes, Griffin Bing and Ben Slovak had slept at the Old Haunted Rockford House, a building taken out of custody from a supposable murderer. This house is haunted by a man’s wife well known as Rockford’s wife who was somehow killed inside of the same house with Old Man Rockford not injured at all. The baseball card of Griffin Bing was worth almost a million dollars. S. Wendell Palomino also known as Swindle, Griffin gave S. Wendell Palomino this nickname after he tricked him into selling the card for

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    Potter house. This house suits me because it has some characteristics that I do as a person. However, I do not think that it is the best house for me. They are viewed as clever and skilled at their craft. The mascot for Slytherin is the Serpent because of the snake’s power. The element of Slytherin is water. Overall, I am very excited to be in the Slytherin house. Some of the characteristics I have with my house are resourcefulness and ambition. I show how I am resourceful by using old junk

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    There is an old brown house across the street from mines it is brown, rickety, dilapidated that will fall to pieces with a simple touch of the pinky. Cow webs decorate the house and the windows have been shattered. Some people would say witches, old people, and even fallen celebrities live in that run down house. But no one suspects Old Ranger Joe. Old Ranger Joe a mysterious, quiet man in his mid 50’s. He has blue eyes fill with rage and envy; his hard hardy hands could crush a bone with one simple

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    known as T., has suggested to the boys of the Wormsley Common Gang to destroy an old man’s home while he is out of town. The boys begin destroying Mr. Thomas, also known as Old Misery’s, house. The kitchen is in shambles, the dining room is stripped, and the floors everywhere are demolished. The author presents us with the idea that “destruction after all is a form of creation.” As the boys tear apart Old Misery’s house they create something new and beautiful in their own minds. They may look like

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    Fall of the House of Usher” and “House Taken Over” both have their own types of literature. Although “The Fall of the House of Usher” is Gothic Literature and “House Taken Over” is Magical Realism they both have similarities. As well with similarities, the stories have many differences. Depending on how you use these types of literature can either make or break your story. In the following paragraphs, I will describe how they are similar and different. In the story “The Fall of the House of Usher”

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    to a house which was in the middle of the forest. When they opened the house, the house was full of dust and spider webs. They started cleaning the house. Emily and his brother navin started roaming in the forest. Suddenly, Emily heard a sound ‘boom’. Then she went to the spot from where the sound came. There she found something hanging on shrub and shinning. She slowly walked towards that shining thing. That was an amulet. She Wore the amulet and went to her home and cleaned all the house. It was

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