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The Hunger Games trilogy has more well-developed characters than the Harry Potter series.

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If Cinderella’s fairy godmother had not arrived to help her get ready for the ball, she never would have married Prince Charming.

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Baseball is the best sport.

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Pretzels are better than potato chips

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Ironically, in a surprising ending to the fascinating short story, “The Most Dangerous Game,” Rainsford once again assumes the position of hunter and in turn kills Zaroff, proving that ultimately he does not value human life.

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Zaroff eagerly anticipates his newest challenge, preying upon a fellow hunter, Rainsford. Though they have hunting in common, what sets the two characters apart is Rainsford’s clear respect for human life.

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The powerful connection between the speaker and Annabel Lee in Edgar Allan Poe’s haunting poem demonstrates that true love is entirely possible at a young age.

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Although Edgar Allan Poe and Maya Angelou discuss what appear to be vastly different kinds of love in their poetry, ultimately, “Annabel Lee” and “Greyday” are similar, depicting a deeper expression of love.

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In Guy de Maupassant’s short story, “The Necklace,” it is ultimately revealed to Madame Loisel (after ten bitter years) that the necklace she had lost was actually fake, and hence, worthless, revealing the moral of the story: material items are not important in life.

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In the surprising conclusion of Guy de Maupassant’s short story, “The Necklace,” Madame Loisel discovers (after ten bitter years) that not only is the necklace she had lot actually fake, and hence, worthless, but also that the last several years spent living in poverty could have been avoided; divulging the moral of the story: one should be able to find happiness in his / her current situation.

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