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Write about someone finally making their own choices.

Posted in Middle School on Oct 26, 2022

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“Breaking Free” by Sandy S

Submitted to Contest #95

47 year old Shantha watched the thin and tall frame of her daughter striding toward the security checks, a stride of elegance and homeliness at the same time. She watched her stop suddenly in the middle and adjust her dupatta that had been displaced by a gust from the air conditioner. The growing gap reminded her that it was time to search for a groom. It wouldn’t be very difficult, she had raised her well. Rashmi’s thick black plaits and fair complexion that beautifully contrasted her black, round bindi, only added to her conventional beaut...

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“The Freedom” by Ameya Anna

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The story of a girl who loves to write started in the year 2020 when she felt something is missing in her life. The first story she wrote was only 50 words. But the essence of her writing impressed everyone and she started pouring out her emotions on to the paper. Her feelings happy ,sad ,angry love everything she expressed through the flow of letters and words. She forget the world, she forget her family she was in an imaginary world full of wonders and realities. The year ended and she was surrounded by the cruelties of the world .The dile...

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“*Wolf Hunter*” by Riley Rein

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**The clouds above her seemed whiter than the snow itself. Rieka stared up at the sky. She wasn’t sure if a snowstorm would be approaching soon. If only the sun would come and cease this never-ending winter. The surface layer of snow was melting, but not quick enough for her. She stared intensely at the crossbow that was clipped to the leather quiver. A few arrows peeked out of it. How was she supposed to take down the very thing that's been threatening her little village for ages. Here wasn't even deemed to be her calling in the first place...

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“Finally ” by Samuel Yi

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Meg was just like any other girl in town. Well, she was extra prettier than the others. And she had over 2 million followers on Instagram, which was verified, and over 4 million subscribers on YouTube. People just adored her. And she's just in high school. DING, Megs phone vibrated. She grabbed her phone and opened up her Instagram. She smiled because on her feed, she gotten 4,ooo likes right of the bat. She liked being popular. She quickly took a photo of her outfits and posted it on her story, asking "Should I wear the red or the blue?" Al...

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“The struggle for Love” by Shushant Singh

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It was a normal day in Sameer’s life when he was doing the normal teenagers things, using phone and was scrolling social media for memes. Everything went fine until he gained some interest in a feed post which contained a gameplay video. It wouldn’t have been so interesting if his character wouldn’t have been in that gameplay. But wait, there was something else he saw and remembered… Two days ago-          It was the fifth time when Sameer’s mom called for him and he gave the most ritualistic answ...

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“A New Life” by Sohani Mehra

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On a bright, sunny morning on the streets of London, England it was complete chaos. Cars were honking, motorcycles were speeding, tires were screeching and people were yelling. Along with a few other children was Billy Brown who was playing in the local park. Billy was a skinny and tall twelve year old boy. He wore a red shirt, black trouser, black runner shoes and a blue sweater. He had light brown hair which shone in the sun. Billy's parents were the owners of a large soap company and were very, very rich. They owned a large house with 3 f...

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“Hannah's Angel” by Julie Walker

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The last thing Hannah did before leaving the hotel bathroom was to turn the toilet tissue roll round the right way - she could depart now, satisfied that all would be ok on the flight home.She needs to know that I have her back, she doesn’t need these rituals, I won't let any harm come to her, she chooses not to see me. Hannah seems afraid that if she acknowledges my presence that somehow it will set off a chain of events that she won't be able to cope with, or it will disrupt her ordered world and yet if she specifically asks me for help it...

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“Debate club, Poetry Club or Uncertainty.” by Fatima Mohammed

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It’s Sunday afternoon. The time when a sheet of calm covers most of Nigeria because half of its population just got back from church and is asleep. But the two girls seated side by side in front of the mirror at Ifa’s Salon are very much awake.There’s Biebi who has her hand—which holds some pink attachment—stretched and awkwardly positioned in front of the standing fan inches from her, so strands of this attachment fly away and towards Enyo. Then Enyo, who sits with her jaw clenched for a few minutes, removing the hair from her body wit...

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“The Queens Daughter” by Abby Burton

Submitted to Contest #95

I am Harper Rose, I am 17 and I am queen Alexandra's daughter. All my life, my mother would always make decisions on my behalf. She nor father would let me make my own choice. They would always choose everything, like what i'm going to eat, or wear or who I will marry in the future. You see, to me marrying someone must be out of love, and I would love to choose who I marry and not. But every time I tell mother she would always scoff, and say that I must be prim and proper. I must act like a lady and dress like one. She keeps telling me, that...

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“Nagalapuram - The Town of the Talk” by Bharathi Raja R

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The king asked his chief minister Iyer, “Mr. Iyer, Do you have any details around why the Pandyas shifted their capital from Korkai to Madurai? Why did they move from Madurai to Tenkasi again? Would you be able to do some research tonight and come back to me with the details tomorrow?” “Sure, Your Majesty! I did hear about the confusion that is bothering you these days. It’s a good idea indeed. We don’t need to do everything in one shot. We can have two capitals for now,” suggested the chief minister. “Wow! You got to know about that as ...

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“Anti-prodigal journey” by Arch R

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I’ve left home. I am now six thousand miles away from my parent’s grasp. My parents and their overbearing love which felt less like a cocoon and more like a blade that sharpened a pencil to a point, chipping away at it to achieve a semblance of perfection. The anti-prodigal journey has been winding. First, the northern pilgrimage after living in the South for a few too many years. And what a Mecca at that: New York City, the pinnacle for those who want to get lost in a crowd. Not caring is the currency of the city. No one cared what I did ...

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“Erik” by Leah Murphy

Submitted to Contest #95

The rain pounded against his blistering hands, cooling the fresh sores. It was hard to breathe; his asthma was pushing his lungs to their extreme, making him force deep painful gasps of air and water droplets. His boots sank into the soft  mud as he dug the rusty spade deeper into farm soil. The wood handle stabbed his fingers with small splinters, the shaft threatening to snap at any moment. He heard the barn door creak open in the distance and saw his father trudging across the field, his face twisted into a scowl. He only needed to d...

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“Once upon a time, Samuel made his own choices. ” by Prince Brempong

Submitted to Contest #95

Once upon a time, Samuel made his own choices. Each person has the right to make decisions and have choices about how they live their life. The decision making is the process of making choices by identifying a decision or gathering information and assessing alternative resolutions. There is a step-by-step decision making process or choices that can help you make more deliberate thoughtful decisions. Choices as in decision making is perhaps making the most important component of Managers activities. It also plays the most important role ...

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“Fate” by J.V. Stump

Submitted to Contest #95

"Mama, no."The words slipped out before I could stop them, which is a cliche that is a cliche for a reason."No, I can't. Won't."She drew back from me, seemingly uncomprehending what I had just said. Everybody else in the room had gone quiet, eager for her to respond to that which she did not yet understand. While she stared at me, I dissected her face, and the look on it. Was that...bemusement? Shock? Anger? Did it even register with her that this wasn't the fate I had chosen for myself?That was another cliche. Fate. What did that even mean?...

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“You devil, you ” by A. Balla

Submitted to Contest #95

I opened my eyes halfway to the shrieking sound of my alarm. Everything was blurry. My eyelids felt heavy, obscuring my vision. A layer of saliva covered my dry cracking lips. I could barely carry the weight of my head as I lift it off the soft comfort of my pillow to grab a drink of water. As the cold water rushed down into my thirsty soul, it did little for my dehydration. I suddenly became very aware of my dreadful nausea. It felt as though black clouds were looming over my head, putting pressure on my skull, so much so that it was about ...

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