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Write the 'origin story' of a person who goes on to achieve great things.

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“I Will Stand” by Sierra Butler

Submitted on 06/26/2020

"I don’t want this. I want to eat melting ice cream on a hot summer day. I want to complain about homework and tests with my friends. I want to learn how to drive with my dad. I want to embarrass my little sister on her first date. I want a normal life, not this. Anything but this."The dim light from the setting sun glinted off the tears that were running down her cheeks."Here we go again," Liz said with an exasperated sigh. "Haven’t we already been through this? Life ain’t all sunshine and rainbows."

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“YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE! ” by Daine Rodriguez

Submitted on 07/04/2020

Trigger warning: depictions of rape and sexual assaults   NEVER GIVE UP!!!   I sat in the corner of the cold room. The smell of humanity numbed my senses. My dress was torn and all that was covering me was a small piece of cloth which I managed to find. My body felt so unclean and tired. Every inch of my body felt disgusted. There were scratch marks all over my body. I had lost every little hope of until………   Hi, this is Susan, owner of fight club...

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“By what name do I call my Superhero?” by Catherine Stevens

Submitted on 06/30/2020

Your shoulders are bowed by the responsibility you carry,   Yet compassion is all we see.Your hands are rough and calloused from all your hard work.   Yet we don’t notice as you wipe away our tears.Your body aches and your arms are fatigued,    Yet your lap is always open as we run to you for hugs and cuddles.                     &nbs...

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“Ray Charles” by Blane Britt

Submitted on 07/03/2020

When I get to thinking about people who came up from the ranks I think about Ray Charles. Its funny because I never liked his music and the songs he sang. But the thought of him and his struggles with heroin addiction is as close to me as any other person that I don’t truly know. I got addicted to that drug at the age of 14 years of age. When I first hit that spike in my arm I can’t nor do I want to tell you what it trul...

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“The Joe-man and his shop.” by Jesna S

Submitted on 06/30/2020

Joe-man had an interesting profile. Ever since a teenager, he was obsessed with the bug of acting. Towards his man-years, he started his career as a professional shoplifter.The five shops he robbed had one trait. The name ‘Joe’ was a brand, of the 1980s, found in garments, utensils, books and cutlery. Since his childhood, he has so loved his own name, so chose the forbidden profession. He would survey the shops in the morning for the same purpose. The Joe-man would be attired in a stolen business suit clothing that is of good quali...

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“"CHALLENGES ARE OUR GREATEST TEACHERS"” by Swati Sharma

Submitted on 06/28/2020

A magic happened, a little girl born on the plannet. She grew under the superb guidance of her elders. They made her strong, independent girl so that she could face any challenge and hardship in life. In return, she didn’t let them down. She didn’t just become strong and independent but also become bold, confident and a fearless girl who can achieve almost anything in her life. In addition to thi...

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“Zip2” by Tvisha Yerra

Submitted on 07/01/2020

“Go get the newspaper!” I frown, and shake my head. Like I would ever do anything useful willingly.“Do it yourself.” Grunting, I sigh and slump against the wall.My cousin glances at me and tsks. “Well then, don’t just sit there!”“Well, then, what am I supposed to do? Netscape didn’t reply yet.” I wrinkle my nose. I know I don’t have a computer science degree, but would it be so hard for them to at least say that? When you get turned down harshly, it hurts. But when you get turned down silently, it hurts even ...

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“My Only” by Rose Bingely

Submitted on 06/29/2020

Dear Aaron,You told me you went to the doctor for a simple yearly checkup. With that special glint in your eye you smiled a cheeky grin and waved as you shut the door behind you.I miss your smiles.It had started a month before. You were silently crying in our bedroom. You, like any other man I know, never cried. As a woman I cried about minuscule things here or there. I tip-toed in and asked you what happened. You shrugged and said the allergens were out of control. I knew you were making up pseu...

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“Karl or Carl” by Kathleen March

Submitted on 06/30/2020

How am I ever going to complete this assignment? Write the 'origin story' of a person who goes on to achieve great things. Don’t we have enough stories about Horatio Alger, Huckleberry Finn, and Abraham Lincoln? Maybe not, so I’m going to tell another one. *** Once upon a time there was a little boy w...

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“SEEING IS BELIEVING” by Uzonna Cyril

Submitted on 06/30/2020

SEEING IS BELIEVING “Seeing is believing” has been and continues to be one of my leading principles in life and am not ready to have a rethink on that no matter how hard you persuade me. Besides it is not going to be a bad thing at all being another Thomas. Who knows sharing and taking a bit of the two known Thomases? Thomas Aquinas and Thomas the...

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“The Social Disease” by Avelino De castro

Submitted on 06/27/2020

What follows is a series of email, text, and telephone conversations between two very different sisters, Brigette, and Betty Carson. Enthusiastic, and ebulliant, together, they could be manic. The distance between them, and the differences in them. had dampened their relationship since Betty went to LA.Brigette lives at home with their parents in Foxham, Massachusetts. She is a nineteen-year-old, promiscuous sophomore at The University of Rhode Island. Her sister Betty is a twenty-four-year-old newlywed, marrie...

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“DEAD AND ALIVE IN ME” by Ophoke Leonard

Submitted on 06/28/2020

DEAD AND ALIVE IN MEI am still in wonderment looking for features to explain this incomprehensible heart, ornamented in virtues, outpouring judgment with sympathy, always hanging patiently as she relies on what hope brings each moment and seasons that visits her home, drawing closer to the pain of others without counting the cost of what it may take. Who is this queen who never laughs or triumph at the neighbour’s miseries? Oh! It is breathtaking, intriguing to prese...

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“Greatness is not always on the top” by Harken Void

Submitted on 06/29/2020

This is the story of someone who started at the bottom and worked all his life to get to the top. Only, that’s not how it appears on the surface. If you or I were to look at him, we would see the exact opposite is true; that this person started at the top and descended to the very bottom. But that is because we do not know the whole truth. We do not understand this person’s perspective, and we judge his actions according...

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“Origin story: A Dog's Life” by John Steckley

Submitted on 06/27/2020

Origin Story: A Dog’s LifeIt was the beginning of the new and the newsworthy. But it was also the end of old and the anonymous. The day started off as many had before it. It was six o’clock in the morning and I was taking a walk in the park with my labradoodle Ross. Labradoodles are part Labrador retriever, part poodle, and in his case seem part kangaroo as well. He has black curly hair, kind of what you might expect on a shag rug. As usual we had both to compromise as to what speed we should tr...

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“Hot Air Balloon” by Z. H.

Submitted on 07/01/2020

March 5th, 1780The Hot Air Balloon speaks to me. It sits tucked away beyond the rolling green hills in another realm. The balloon is far away on the land of green, flowers, and houses but I am stuck on the sea of rapid waves, storms, and currents. But none of it shall matter because our hearts are bound together like strawberries and whipped cream.It is not lonely though. It is only I who is lonely. The balloon meets friends every day, from kids to old men.Today, Gilbert told me that we must sail...

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