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Year: 1985
Duration: 01:24:50
Directed by: Mardi Rustam
Actors: Aldo Ray, Neville Brand and Tina Louise
Language: English
Country: USA

Also known as: Demon’s Night

Description: Several teenagers were abducted and placed in a hospital, in which three of the aliens are operating using the blood of the earth patients in prolonging their own lives. Starring Aldo Ray, who also played in SWEET SAVAGE and SWIFT JUSTICE

This uproariously bad sci-fi horror oddity plays like a contemporary form of a cheesy ’50s alien invasion flick, only not as clever. The filmmakers deserve some credit for throwing everything but the kitchen area sink into the plot (and perhaps also the sink’s in there somewhere), which involves the diabolical plans of three silver-suited aliens, played by — prepared with this? — John Carradine, Julie Newmar (TV’s Catwoman), and Tina Louise (Ginger from Gilligan’s Island), who employ a couple of drunken wrench jockeys (Neville Brand and Aldo Ray) to assist them abduct a lot of lame-brained teenage campers for usage in the manufacturing of a youth-restoring serum. This allows for endless riffing on the Friday the 13th situation, as over-sexed teenagers are stalked by ski-masked Brand and Ray.

My 10/10 rating of course only applies to the sorts of people who’ve decided that they like this movie even before they watch it (like me); for anyone else, this movie is a total zero. “Evils of the Night” has some aliens seeking human blood as the key to eternal life. And what luck! There’s a bunch of horny teenagers camping out near a lake! When I saw the box in Movie Madness, it mainly caught my eye due to the casting of Tina Louise; after all, what man wouldn’t want to be stranded on an island with Ginger Grant? Anyway, here she plays one of the aliens, and Julie “Catwoman” Newmar plays another. As for the horny teens, they’re the kind of characters who horny teens are supposed to be in horror flicks: the boys are a bunch of sex-starved goof-offs, and the girls all have giant breasts. Will your sex drive get going while watching “Evils of the Night”? Let me put it this way: aside from making one think about Ginger Grant, probably a quarter to a third of the movie shows people having sex. And those girls were hot! Hubba hubba…

Some people may think that these kinds of movies are completely worthless, but I must disagree. “Worthless” in my opinion means that it pretends to be important but doesn’t actually amount to anything. This movie doesn’t pretend to be anything but nice, silly fun. Cool.

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answer: 1986

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Who directed the movie?

answer: Mardi Rustam.

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answer: Mardi Rustam directed the movie.

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answer: Mardi Rustam directed the movie.

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answer: English.

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answer: English language.

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answer: The movie was english.

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How long was the movie?

answer: 01:24:50.

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answer: 01:24:50

text: "Duration: 01:24:50"

answer: 01:24:50

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answer: The movie is 01:24:50 in length.

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question: Write a ~3 sentence summary.

answer: "Evils of the Night" was a 1985 cult classic movie packing oversexed teenagers and aliens, a blender of genre tropes turned upside-down stylishly. This sort of thing is divisive trash for one audience, but nice, silly fun for another.

text: The movie isn't a cult classic.

refinement: "Evils of the Night" was a 1985 movie packing oversexed teenagers and aliens, a blender of genre tropes turned upside-down stylishly. This sort of thing is divisive trash for one audience, but nice, silly fun for another.

text: The author never says the movie blends genre tropes or that it does anything stylishly.

refinement: "Evils of the Night" was a 1985 movie packing oversexed teenagers and aliens. This sort of thing is divisive trash for one audience, but nice, silly fun for another.

text: The author doesn't call the movie divisive.

refinement: "Evils of the Night" was a 1985 movie packing oversexed teenagers and aliens. The aliens seek human blood for eternal life, and there's a bunch of horny teenagers camping out near a lake. This sort of thing is trash for one audience, but nice, silly fun for another.

text: The summary can use another sentence. It should touch upon the plot a bit.

refinement: "Evils of the Night" was a 1985 movie packing oversexed teenagers and aliens. This sort of thing is trash for one audience, but nice, silly fun for another.

text: Sexy teens: "As for the horny teens, they’re the kind of characters who horny teens are supposed to be in horror flicks: the boys are a bunch of sex-starved goof-offs, and the girls all have giant breasts."

text: Aliens: "diabolical plans of three silver-suited aliens"

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The article is a review of the film Eyes of the Night. The source claims that the monsters fantastic three do odious things to young teens.

The writer's general impression of the film is mixed.

text: The summary is made up.

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refinement: In Demon's Night, aliens seek eternal life through human blood, and horny teenagers camp out near a lake. Playing as the aliens, John Carradine, Julie Newmar, and Tina Louise employ a couple of drunks to kidnap the teens for their youth serum. The plot is dumb, a third of the movie is about horny teens having sex, and the author recommends the movie to anyone who'd like such a movie even before watching it; otherwise, it's trash.

answer: Extremities is a suspense thriller about a woman who wakes up in a secluded cabin to realize she has been kidnapped by a serial killer. She must convince the killer to let her go while also fighting for her life. Filled with realistic tension and nail-biting suspense, Extremities is a definite must-watch.

text: The summary is talking about some other movie, it seems.

text: There's no answer.

refinement: In Demon's Night, aliens seek eternal life through human blood, and horny teenagers camp out near a lake. Playing as the aliens, John Carradine, Julie Newmar, and Tina Louise employ a couple of drunks to kidnap the teens for their youth serum. The plot is dumb, a third of the movie is about horny teens having sex, and the author recommends the movie to anyone who'd like such a movie even before watching it; otherwise, it's trash.

answer: "Extremities" is a thriller about a woman being stalked by a psychopathic killer. After being attacked by the killer, the woman turns the tables on her attacker and must kill him in order to escape alive. Scenes of violence and murder dominate this 80s thriller.

text: The answer is talking about some other movie, it seems.

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refinement: In Demon's Night, aliens seek eternal life through human blood, and horny teenagers camp out near a lake. Playing as the aliens, John Carradine, Julie Newmar, and Tina Louise employ a couple of drunks to kidnap the teens for their youth serum. The plot is dumb, a third of the movie is about horny teens having sex, and the author recommends the movie to anyone who'd like such a movie even before watching it; otherwise, it's trash.

answer: The article is a summary of a pulpy horror movie about aliens from 1985. The author says that most people would not like the movie, but if you like bad movies it is fantastic. The movie also has a lot of sex in it.

text: Pulpy, bad movie: "Several teenagers were abducted and placed in a hospital, in which three of the aliens are operating using the blood of the earth patients in prolonging their own lives."

text: Lots of sex: "Let me put it this way: aside from making one think about Ginger Grant, probably a quarter to a third of the movie shows people having sex. And those girls were hot! Hubba hubba…"

text: Fantastic for a specific audience: "My 10/10 rating of course only applies to the sorts of people who’ve decided that they like this movie even before they watch it (like me); for anyone else, this movie is a total zero."


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BARRY HICKEN (born August 8, 1946) is a Canadian politician and farmer. He represented 5th Kings in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island from 1986 to 1996 as a Liberal.[1]

Hicken was born in 1946 in Pembroke, Prince Edward Island.[2] He was educated at Montague Regional High School and Holland College, and was a mechanic by career.[3] He married Louise Alice McHerron in 1972.[4]

Hicken first attempted to enter provincial politics in the 1982 election, but was defeated by Progressive Conservative Lowell Johnston.[5] Hicken ran again in 1986, and was elected councillor for the electoral district of 5th Kings.[6] He was re-elected in 1989.[7] On June 6, 1989, Hicken was appointed to the Executive Council of Prince Edward Island as Minister of Energy and Forestry.[8] In November 1991, he was moved to Minister of Community and Cultural Affairs and Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture.[9] In January 1993, he was given an additional role as Minister responsible for Francophone Affairs.[10] Hicken was re-elected in the 1993 election,[11] and was appointed Minister of Environmental Resources on April 15.[12] In the 1996 election, Hicken was defeated by Progressive Conservative leader Pat Binns in the new Murray River-Gaspereaux riding.[13]

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text: Barry Hicken was "appointed Minister of Environmental Resources on April 15" after his re-election in 1993.

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answer: Barry Hicken is a Canadian politician and farmer who represented 5th Kings in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island as a Liberal from 1986 to 1996. His last post was as Minister of Environmental Resources in 1993.

text: Barry Hicken "is a Canadian politician and farmer. He represented 5th Kings in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island from 1986 to 1996 as a Liberal."

text: Barry Hicken "was appointed Minister of Environmental Resources" in 1993.

answer: Barry Hicken was a politician in Prince Edward Island from 1986 to 1996. He was a member of the Liberal Party and represented the electoral district of 5th Kings. He was appointed Minister of Energy and Forestry in 1989, Minister of Community and Cultural Affairs and Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture in 1991, and Minister of Environmental Resources in 1996.

text: Barry Hicken is still alive, so the answer should be written in present tense.

refinement: Barry Hicken is a politician in Prince Edward Island who served in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island from 1986 to 1996. He was a member of the Liberal Party and represented the electoral district of 5th Kings. He was appointed Minister of Energy and Forestry in 1989, Minister of Community and Cultural Affairs and Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture in 1991, and Minister of Environmental Resources in 1996.

text: Barry Hicken "is a Canadian politician and farmer. He represented 5th Kings in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island from 1986 to 1996 as a Liberal."

answer: Barry Hicken is a Canadian politician and farmer. He represented 5th Kings in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island from 1986 to 1996 as a Liberal.

text: Barry Hicken "is a Canadian politician and farmer. He represented 5th Kings in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island from 1986 to 1996 as a Liberal."

answer: Barry Hicken was a politician from Prince Edward Island who served as Minister of Environmental Resources from 1993 to 1996. He was defeated in the 1996 election.

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refinement: Barry Hicken is a politician from Prince Edward Island who served as Minister of Environmental Resources from 1993 to 1996. He was defeated in the 1996 election.

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as published in the November 19, 2016 edition of the Blytheville Courier News

  “Trolls are slow in the uptake, and mighty suspicious about anything new,” J.R.R. Tolkien

Perhaps some of you have spent a great deal of your life looking for gold at the end of your rainbow, leprechauns, unicorns and other mythical things. You probably haven’t actually found them, but good luck. However, I can say with certainty that there is one type of mythical creature that you will not only find terrorizing Tolkien’s Middle Earth, but also here in Blytheville. That creature is the dreaded troll.

When I speak of “trolls” I am not speaking of the fabled, cave-dwelling creatures of folklore, but I am speaking of a creature equally ugly. A “troll” is someone that preys on social media sites, looking for opportunities to strike with deliberately offensive or provocative statements designed to lure others into an angry response. For some deranged reason, trolls get immense enjoyment out of doing so.

Joel Stein, in the August 29, 2016 edition of Time, wrote an article called, “Why we’re losing the Internet to the culture of hate: how trolls are ruining the Internet.”

In his article, Stein writes, “They’re turning the web into a cesspool of aggression and violence. [And] what watching them is doing to the rest of us may be even worse.”

He also added that a Pew Research Center survey showed that 70-percent of 18-to-24-year olds that use the Internet have experienced harassment personally online.

A 2014 study in the psychology journal Personality and Individual Differences performed a study “looking for evidence that linked trolling with the ‘Dark Tetrad’ of personality traits: narcissism, Machiavellianism, psychopathy, and sadism.”

The September 18, 2014 online article entitled “Internet Trolls are Narcissists, Psychopaths and Sadists: Trolls will lie, exaggerate and offend to get a response” reported that the study showed that “Dark Tetrad” scores were highest for those that said trolling was their favorite Internet activity. Every other segment of the population scored much lower. But with self-identified trolls, all four scores were extremely high. In fact the direct relationship between trolling and those traits are extremely linked.

The authors of the study wrote, “…the associations between sadism and GAIT (Global Assessment of Internet Trolling) scores were so strong that it might be said that online trolls are prototypical everyday sadists…both trolls and sadists feel sadistic glee at the distress of others. Sadists just want to have fun…and the Internet is their playground.”

So, why have I written this column? I have written this column for three reasons. The first reason is to show how important it is for parents to take time to teach their children how to behave in the community known as the Internet (and believe me it is as real a community as anywhere else on the planet). The second reason is to give some practical advice on what to do when “bitten” by a troll. Lastly, I desire to show trolls that may read this that they need help. They are not the normal, mainstream, balanced, functioning people that they believe themselves to be and their behavior is not acceptable.

We teach our children how to behave at home, especially in temperament and language. We also teach them how to behave around their elders or at church. We teach them how to be quiet at the library or theater, how not to throw a tantrum at Wal-Mart and even how to behave at the grocery store.

So how much more should we teach them how to behave in the largest public forum community ever created – the Internet? It is infinitely more important. Not only because of the exponential likelihood of being misunderstood or offended by someone from another geographical or cultural location, but also because people tend to be more outspoken while at the same time more isolated while online. Cyberbullying is a very real thing that all too often has lasting and even deadly consequences.

Those trolls that precipitate a young teen’s suicide are just as guilty of murder, in my humble opinion, as they would be if they had shot them with a gun.

SO WHAT DO WE DO WHEN “BITTEN” BY A TROLL?

This may sound strange, but we have to ignore them using “child psychology” and the “sticks and stones” method. Trolls feed on, grow from, multiply to and most of all enjoy rejoice in angry responses. When we respond, we give them the fuel they need and crave. If they don’t get an angry response, they will eventually keep moving until they find one that will give them their desired reward.

Admittedly, it is very difficult to have thick skin, ALMOST impossible at times, but it is truly the only way. There are also online tools such as banning, blocking, silencing, de-friending, etcetera that can be employed to cut them off from contacting you. Lastly, if trolled by multiple people, perhaps you should stop visiting the website, forum, group or page.

Now clearly there are many other means of Cyberbullying, such as by mobile phones, text messages, Snapchat, Periscope…and the list goes on and on with no end. But that is beyond the scope of this column.

NOW, IF YOU ARE A TROLL. STOP BEING A JERK. Your behavior is not funny, amusing or a small deal. If you are a cyber bully you are probably not good at one-on-one personal relationships. That is too bad. I challenge you to follow the golden rule and “do unto others as you’d have them do unto you.” And step away from the keyboard long enough to develop some real, meaningful personal relationships. Add joy to your everyday life and you’ll see that the so-called joy of attacking others online is not joyful at all; it’s pathetic.

So, if you are experiencing Cyberbullying and don’t know what to do, visit www.stopbullying.gov/get-help-now/.

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I have been fortunate to hold a number of very interesting jobs over the years – jobs including newspaper reporter (twice), restaurant/retail store manager, restaurant multi-unit manager, a Christian bookstore manager, pastor, video store manager and as a funeral home employee. My last three jobs included being a news editor, a civil war book editor and a programs specialist/grant writer. I have three college degrees (from Arkansas State University and Arkansas Northeastern College) including a Master of Arts in history. I spend all of my non-work time with the sweetest woman I’ve ever met. Her name is Lillie Caroline. Together we have four children (all now adult). My wife is without a doubt the answer to my many years of fervent prayer. I have never been happier than I am now. In my free time, I enjoy writing, reading, traveling (especially to historic/civil war sites), learning, intellectual discussion and singing. We live an hour north of Memphis and we love “walking in Memphis, ten feet off of Beale” as often as we can.

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What does the text say about the Dark Tetrad?

answer: The Dark Tetrad is a set of personality traits: narcissism, Machiavellianism, psychopathy, and sadism. A 2014 study in the psychology journal Personality and Individual Differences looked for a link between the Dark Tetrad and online trolling. An online article in 2014 reported that the study showed that Dark Tetrad scores were highest for those that said trolling was their favorite Internet activity. All four scores were extremely high for self-identified trolls, but the authors of the study noted that there seemed to be an exceptionally strong association between sadism and trolling.

answer: The Dark Tetrad is a group of correlations and include narcissism, Machiavellianism, psychopathy, and sadism. In a 2014 study, it was concluded that Internet trolls also have high scores in Dark Tetrad.

answer: The text discusses a study which shows that self-identified trolls are prototypical everyday sadists due to their high scores of the Dark Tetrad. This means that trolls are narcissistic, psychopathic, and sadistic.

text: Does not define fully the Dark Tetrad

refinement: The text discusses a study which shows that self-identified trolls are prototypical everyday sadists due to their high scores of the Dark Tetrad. This means that trolls are also narcissistic, psychopathic, and machiavellian. These four qualities make up the Dark Tetrad.

answer: In 2014, a study in the psychology journal Personality and Individual Differences explored what personality traits trolls most resemble. The study was a test to see if trolls had the personality disorder called the Dark Triad. The test found that trolls are narcissists, psychopaths, and sadists. Now, the relationship between the Dark Triad of personality and trolling is so strong that it could be said trolls are just everyday sadists.

text: Triad means three. Tetrad means four. Huge difference.

refinement: In 2014, a study in the psychology journal Personality and Individual Differences explored what personality traits trolls most resemble. The study was a test to see if trolls had the personality disorder called the Dark Tetrad, or narcissism, psychopathy, Machiavellianism and sadism.  Now, the relationship between the Dark Triad of personality and trolling is so strong that it could be said trolls are just everyday sadists.

answer: The text discusses how the Dark Tetrad, narcissism, psychopathy, Machiavellianism, and sadism, are very highly correlated with people that are internet trolls.

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What does the text say about how to respond to an internet troll?

answer: Trolling is meant to create a scene and elicit an angry response. Stepping away from the keyboard and not letting an internet troll provoke an already angry response is the best thing to do. Carefully ignoring the troll will signal it to move on until it finds an angry response, ceasing its aim at ending an angry response.

answer: When "bitten" by a troll, the author proposes ignoring them. The purpose is to deprive the troll of the response they crave.

answer: The author says the best way to deal with an internet troll is to ignore them. They feed on and enjoy angry responses, so if you deprive them of that response, they will move on until they find someone else who will give them that response. There are also tools like banning, blocking, silencing, and de-friending to cut them off from contacting you. If you're being trolled by multiple people, you can also just avoid certain websites, forums, etc. The author notes that some of those tips will not work for trolling via text messages, and certain apps.

answer: The text suggests ignoring the troll and blocking them if necessary. The troll is likely to leave if they don't receive the desired response from their initial comments.

answer: The text advises ignoring a trolling individual and employing blocking and banning tools to cut them off from contacting the reader.


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My dad and I used to play catch a lot.  We’d go out to the backyard and just toss the ball for a little bit.   I loved watching baseball, so I went out to play any chance I could get.  I think my dad did it to blow off some steam.  He hated his job, so he blew off steam a lot.  Sometimes he would just sit looking out the window in the middle of the night.

	On Thursdays my dad would get out of the factory early.  He would go to the bars at around four, and be back before eight.  My mom and I would be watching the 7 o’clock news.  He would get back and stand to the side of us without saying a word.  He would look at me and ask me to go to the front yard and break a twig off of the small tree by the mailbox.  I’d look at him, and I’d look at my mom, then back at him, and say “ok.”  So I did what I was asked and brought him the switch.  He’d then calmly ask me to take off my shirt, and so I did.  For the twenty minutes after I’d be whipped with the switch.  It never hurt too bad.  When he was finished, he’d tassel my hair and say he’d love me, and I would respond, “I love you too.”  I’d go to hug my mom, and with tears in her eyes she’d hug me too, and then I’d go to bed.

	Every now and then, my dad would bring me to go bowling with him and his friends.  They would always cheer me on, and every time I had a good shot, my dad would yell, “that’s my boy!” and give me a high five.

	Sometimes at night I’d sneak into my parents bedroom when they were sleeping.  I would grab my dad’s snub-nose out of his nightstand drawer, and aim it at his head from about an inch away.  I’d cock it as quietly as possible, and just stand there with my finger on the trigger.

	As a joke, my dad would occasionally kick me down the stairs if he was right behind me.  It would just be a light kick, and I’d stumble down a step or two.  I would always look back at him and smile, and he would be laughing too.  One day he did it again, but for some reason I couldn’t catch myself.  I just kept on tumbling and tumbling down the steps.  I landed on the wood floor at the bottom, not in any pain at all really.  I looked up at him expecting to see a smile, but he just had this horrified look on his face.  I saw my hand, and I just had a couple broken fingers.  Not a big deal, we’d just tell them that I shut my hand in the door like we always did.  But, then I looked at my right leg.  Instead of the knee bending the normal way, it bent the same way, but forward.  The bone was sticking out, and blood was pouring on the floor pretty fast.  I looked at him, and he looked at me, and for the first time I could see remorse and fear in his eyes.

	A couple months earlier, my dad brought me to the drive-in.  Instead of leaving after the first film, we just stayed until the third movie was over.  We were making up life stories about everyone we could see.  My dad was really good at making up stories.  We left at about midnight, and both of us could not stop smiling until we got home.  It was a good day.

	Three days earlier, and twenty years later, my dad died in prison.
	I visited him every Tuesday for the most part.  Some days I just didn’t have time, but I always warned him ahead of time.  The day he died I had to stay at work late.  I didn’t call him, because I didn’t have time to even think about it.  That day he stayed in his cell alone, and then went to the visiting center to window #3, the same window as always.  He would then wait at the window to be visited by a non-existent visitor.  He just looked at the window.  The memory of not having the memory of looking back at him I will never forget, and always regret.  An hour and a half after our usual visit time, my dad died on his cot.

	During the summer sometime, we played catch in the backyard.  It was a little later in the day than usual, but I didn’t care.  It was about midway through, and he stopped and looked towards the sunset.  Seeing him, I put the ball in my mitt and looked too.  It was the most beautiful thing I had ever seen.

title: [RF] Catch With My Dad

question:
Answer the following question based on the above passage:

How would you describe the relationship between the narrator and their father?

answer: The narrator and their father have a complicated relationship. It seems as though their father beats them, but the narrator doesn't seem to mind. The narrator seems to love their father unconditionally.

answer: The narrator and their father have a complicated relationship. The narrator seems to love their father, but they also seem to resent him.

text: The story doesn't suggest resentment. The narrator seems to like his father quite a lot, even tolerating being beaten for some reason.

refinement: The narrator and their father have a complicated relationship. The narrator seems to love their father, even tolerating his weekly beatings.

answer: The narrator and their father have a complicated relationship. There are moments of love and tenderness, but there is also abuse.

question:
Answer the following question based on the above passage:

Would the narrator be a better dad than his own father?

answer: It is likely that the narrator would be a better dad than his own father.

text: The story doesn't suggest one way or the other about whether the narrator would be a better father.

refinement: The story doesn't suggest one way or the other about whether the narrator would be a better father.

answer: It is likely that the narrator would be a better dad than his own father. He would likely be a better role model for his son and would not abuse him as his father had done.

answer: It is implied that the narrator would be a better dad.

text: The story doesn't suggest one way or the other about whether the narrator would be a better father.

refinement: The story doesn't suggest one way or the other about whether the narrator would be a better father.

answer: He would probably be a more loving father.

text: The story doesn't suggest one way or the other about whether the narrator would be a better father.

refinement: The story doesn't suggest one way or the other about whether the narrator would be a better father.

answer: He would probably be a more loving father. In the story, the narrator's father is abusive and neglectful.

question:
Answer the following question based on the above passage:

What are some memories of their father that the narrator has?

answer: The narrator remembers a time when the father brought him to the drive-in. They played catch in the backyard. They also played catch in the backyard when it was getting late in the day. The narrator also remembers the sunset.

text: The answer is phrased awkwardly.

refinement: The narrator remembers a time when the father brought him to the drive-in. They played catch in the backyard, sometimes even when it was late. The narrator also remembers the sunset.

text: The answer should mention the beatings too.

refinement: The narrator remembers a time when the father brought him to the drive-in. They played catch in the backyard, sometimes even when it was late. The narrator also remembers the sunset. On a more negative note, the narrator remembers that his father beat him with a twig on Thursdays, although it never hurt him too badly.

answer: The narrator remembers their father playing catch with them, bringing them to go bowling with his friends, and making up life stories about everyone they could see.

text: The answer should mention the beatings too.

refinement: The narrator remembers their father playing catch with them, bringing them to go bowling with his friends, and making up life stories about everyone they could see. On a more negative note, the narrator remembers his father beating him with a twig on Thursdays, although it never hurt too badly.

answer: The narrator remembers when they played catch in the backyard. They also remember the drive-in and their father's stories.

answer: The narrator remembers when they played catch in the backyard. They also remember the drive-in and their father's stories. The narrator also remembers the time their father died in prison.


text:
littenkitten99: Where do I right a character bio Dec 26, 2018 3:29:22 GMT

kavprabath: how do i join the server? Jan 17, 2019 16:24:37 GMT

kavprabath: i filled out a form and submitted it Jan 17, 2019 16:32:16 GMT

pj: Hi everyone, this is a vanilla server, right? No mods? Feb 14, 2019 23:25:16 GMT

ROSEofTheGarden: Miss everyone, hope you're all doing well Feb 19, 2019 23:04:38 GMT

B-Man: Sorry I haven't been on much guys. Just thought I would pop in and see how everything was going. And letting you know that I haven't abandoned you. Hope you all are doing pretty good. Apr 21, 2019 6:56:00 GMT

ragequitr2: Just checking in- I'm still alright. Hope you guys are too. Jun 7, 2019 23:33:04 GMT

charham25: so will you email me if i make it Jun 17, 2019 2:04:24 GMT

H04X: Hey everyone. If you're still interested in LiLS, please head over to our Discord server instead of waiting for the whole application process. It's much easier this way. Thanks! Jun 23, 2019 20:21:13 GMT

Herb AKA The Founder: Miss everybody insanely. If you remember me and the fun times we used to have get in touch on Instagram @oddgos Apr 1, 2020 22:29:36 GMT

steela91: Who do I send my member application to? Apr 29, 2020 4:22:17 GMT

phoenixflame89: is this still a thing? ;-; May 3, 2020 16:48:18 GMT

siddo23: How to send application? Jun 21, 2020 6:08:57 GMT

mark: YEP COCK Aug 5, 2020 22:29:48 GMT

question: What is written in the text?

answer: The writer is asking how to send an application to join the server.

text: "ROSEofTheGarden: Miss everyone, hope you're all doing well Feb 19, 2019 23:04:38 GMT"; "ragequitr2: Just checking in- I'm still alright. Hope you guys are too. Jun 7, 2019 23:33:04 GMT" and "phoenixflame89: is this still a thing? ;-; May 3, 2020 16:48:18 GMT" is evidence that the messages in the chatroom were not only about applying to the server. Change the answer to reflect that the text is a series of messages on a chatroom.

refinement: The writer is a series of messages exchanged on a chatroom.

text: "ROSEofTheGarden: Miss everyone, hope you're all doing well Feb 19, 2019 23:04:38 GMT"; "ragequitr2: Just checking in- I'm still alright. Hope you guys are too. Jun 7, 2019 23:33:04 GMT" and "phoenixflame89: is this still a thing? ;-; May 3, 2020 16:48:18 GMT" is evidence that the text is a series of messages on a chatroom. The writers differ from message to message. It will be more advantageous to refer to the text, rather than the writer.

refinement: The text is a series of messages exchanged on a chatroom.

text:
"kavprabath: how do i join the server? Jan 17, 2019 16:24:37 GMT
kavprabath: i filled out a form and submitted it Jan 17, 2019 16:32:16 GMT" is evidence that user 'kavprabath' is asking how to join the server.

answer: The text is a series of messages from people who are interested in joining the server.

text: "ROSEofTheGarden: Miss everyone, hope you're all doing well Feb 19, 2019 23:04:38 GMT"; "ragequitr2: Just checking in- I'm still alright. Hope you guys are too. Jun 7, 2019 23:33:04 GMT" and "phoenixflame89: is this still a thing? ;-; May 3, 2020 16:48:18 GMT" is evidence that the messages in the chatroom were not only about applying to the server. Change the answer to reflect that the text is a series of messages on a chatroom.

refinement: The text is a series of messages from people in a chatroom.

text:
"kavprabath: how do i join the server? Jan 17, 2019 16:24:37 GMT
kavprabath: i filled out a form and submitted it Jan 17, 2019 16:32:16 GMT" is evidence that user 'kavprabath' is asking how to join the server.

text: "charham25: so will you email me if i make it Jun 17, 2019 2:04:24 GMT"; "H04X: Hey everyone. If you're still interested in LiLS, please head over to our Discord server instead of waiting for the whole application process. It's much easier this way. Thanks! Jun 23, 2019 20:21:13 GMT" is evidence that the text is a series of messages on this theme.

answer: It appears to be a log of a chat room from different users from December 2018 to August 2020.

text: "littenkitten99: Where do I right a character bio Dec 26, 2018 3:29:22 GMT" is the first message in the text. It dates from December 2018.

text: "mark: YEP COCK Aug 5, 2020 22:29:48 GMT" is the last message in the text. It dates from August 2020.

text: 'littenkitten99'; 'kavprabath'; 'ROSEofTheGarden' are some of the users that use this chatroom.

answer: The text is a transcript of a chatroom.

text:
"ragequitr2: Just checking in- I'm still alright. Hope you guys are too. Jun 7, 2019 23:33:04 GMT

charham25: so will you email me if i make it Jun 17, 2019 2:04:24 GMT

H04X: Hey everyone. If you're still interested in LiLS, please head over to our Discord server instead of waiting for the whole application process. It's much easier this way. Thanks! Jun 23, 2019 20:21:13 GMT" is a sample of the conversation that took place in this chatroom.

question: What is the chatroom's main topic?

answer: The main topic of the chatroom is the LiLS game.

text: "H04X: Hey everyone. If you're still interested in LiLS, please head over to our Discord server instead of waiting for the whole application process. It's much easier this way. Thanks! Jun 23, 2019 20:21:13 GMT" is evidence that the LiLS game is at the center of the conversation in the chatroom.

answer: the information was not given, but it appears to be about a game where players are able to make their own character (possibly role playing). There is also a mention of the words "vanilla server" and "mods" so this might be a video game with online multiplayer and mod support.

text: "littenkitten99: Where do I right a character bio Dec 26, 2018 3:29:22 GMT" is evidence that a user asked about a character biography, proving that they make their own characters.

text: "pj: Hi everyone, this is a vanilla server, right? No mods? Feb 14, 2019 23:25:16 GMT" is the post referencing the 'vanilla server' and 'mods'. This might refer to a video game with online multiplayer and mod support.

answer: The chatroom's main topic appears to be LiLS - the vanilla server.

text: "pj: Hi everyone, this is a vanilla server, right? No mods? Feb 14, 2019 23:25:16 GMT" is the post referencing the 'vanilla server' and 'mods'. This might refer to a video game with online multiplayer and mod support.

refinement: The chatroom's main topic appears to be the LiLS game.

text: "H04X: Hey everyone. If you're still interested in LiLS, please head over to our Discord server instead of waiting for the whole application process. It's much easier this way. Thanks! Jun 23, 2019 20:21:13 GMT" is evidence that the LiLS game is at the center of the conversation in the chatroom.

answer: The chatroom's main topic is the application process for the server.

text: "littenkitten99: Where do I right a character bio Dec 26, 2018 3:29:22 GMT" is evidence that a user asked about a character biography, proving that they make their own characters.

refinement: The chatroom's main topic is the application process for the server that allows access to create characters.

text: "pj: Hi everyone, this is a vanilla server, right? No mods? Feb 14, 2019 23:25:16 GMT" is the post referencing the 'vanilla server' and 'mods'. This might refer to a video game with online multiplayer and mod support.

refinement: The chatroom's main topic is the application process for the server that allows access to create characters and play a video game.

text: "kavprabath: how do i join the server? Jan 17, 2019 16:24:37 GMT: is evidence of an application to the server.

question: How active is the chatroom?

answer: Based on the messages posted, it seems like the chatroom is not very active.

text: "littenkitten99: Where do I right a character bio Dec 26, 2018 3:29:22 GMT" and "mark: YEP COCK Aug 5, 2020 22:29:48 GMT" are the first and last messages in the log. There are 11 messages in between.

text: Dec 2018; Jan 2019; Jan 2019; Feb 2019; Feb 2019; Apr 2019; Jun 2019; Jun 2019; Jun 2019; Apr 2020; Apr 2020; May 2020; Jun 2020; Aug 2020 are the dates on which the posts are made in the text. It is never really active.

text: "littenkitten99: Where do I right a character bio Dec 26, 2018 3:29:22 GMT" and "mark: YEP COCK Aug 5, 2020 22:29:48 GMT" are the first and last messages in the log. There are 11 messages in between.

refinement: There is not a lot of activity in this chatroom.

text:
"pj: Hi everyone, this is a vanilla server, right? No mods? Feb 14, 2019 23:25:16 GMT

ROSEofTheGarden: Miss everyone, hope you're all doing well Feb 19, 2019 23:04:38 GMT" is an example that the messages do not reply to each other.

refinement: There is not a lot of activity in this chatroom. The messages do not reply to each other.

answer: The chatroom is active for a few months, then it dies down.

text: Dec 2018; Jan 2019; Jan 2019; Feb 2019; Feb 2019; Apr 2019; Jun 2019; Jun 2019; Jun 2019; Apr 2020; Apr 2020; May 2020; Jun 2020; Aug 2020 are the dates on which the posts are made in the text. It is never really active.

text: "littenkitten99: Where do I right a character bio Dec 26, 2018 3:29:22 GMT" and "mark: YEP COCK Aug 5, 2020 22:29:48 GMT" are the first and last messages in the log. There are 11 messages in between.

answer:
The chatroom has only seen a 13 users post 14 messages during a span of 3 years. None of the messages is a reply to the previous post (there months before anyone posts again) which shows very little interactivity between the users.

Lastly, a user called Herb AKA The Founder advises the users to go to a Discord server, which would explain why the log's details are few.

text: "H04X: Hey everyone. If you're still interested in LiLS, please head over to our Discord server instead of waiting for the whole application process. It's much easier this way. Thanks! Jun 23, 2019 20:21:13 GMT" is evidence that the user who posted the message to move to the Discord server is H04X and not Herb AKA The Founder. Change the name in the text to H04X.

refinement:
The chatroom has only seen a 13 users post 14 messages during a span of 3 years. None of the messages is a reply to the previous post (there months before anyone posts again) which shows very little interactivity between the users.

Lastly, a user called H04X advises the users to go to a Discord server, which would explain why the log's details are few.

text: "littenkitten99: Where do I right a character bio Dec 26, 2018 3:29:22 GMT" and "mark: YEP COCK Aug 5, 2020 22:29:48 GMT" are the first and last messages in the log. There are 11 messages in between. This corroborates the first sentence of the summary.

text:
"pj: Hi everyone, this is a vanilla server, right? No mods? Feb 14, 2019 23:25:16 GMT

ROSEofTheGarden: Miss everyone, hope you're all doing well Feb 19, 2019 23:04:38 GMT" is an example that the messages do not reply to each other.

text: "H04X: Hey everyone. If you're still interested in LiLS, please head over to our Discord server instead of waiting for the whole application process. It's much easier this way. Thanks! Jun 23, 2019 20:21:13 GMT" is evidence of the message that was posted to go to a Discord server.

question: What game are the users playing?

answer: LiLS

text: "H04X: Hey everyone. If you're still interested in LiLS, please head over to our Discord server instead of waiting for the whole application process. It's much easier this way. Thanks! Jun 23, 2019 20:21:13 GMT" is either a video game or a campaign on a game. Change the answer to reflect that LiLS can either refer to a video game or a campaign of a game.

refinement: LiLS is either the name of the video game or a campaign being run in a game.

text: "littenkitten99: Where do I right a character bio Dec 26, 2018 3:29:22 GMT" is evidence that the players can create characters. This means that whatever the game is it is probably a multiplayer game. Change the answer to include that the game involves role playing based on character bios.

refinement: LiLS is either the name of the video game or a campaign being run in a game. It involves role playing based on the creation of character biographies.

text: "H04X: Hey everyone. If you're still interested in LiLS, please head over to our Discord server instead of waiting for the whole application process. It's much easier this way. Thanks! Jun 23, 2019 20:21:13 GMT" is evidence of the video game discussed in the chatroom.

answer: The user named H04X mentions LiLS - which either refers to the title of the game or a campaign they are running on a game. The game seems to be role playing since players can create character bios.

text: "H04X: Hey everyone. If you're still interested in LiLS, please head over to our Discord server instead of waiting for the whole application process. It's much easier this way. Thanks! Jun 23, 2019 20:21:13 GMT" is evidence of the video game discussed in the chatroom.

text: "littenkitten99: Where do I right a character bio Dec 26, 2018 3:29:22 GMT" is evidence that the players can create characters.

answer: The users are playing LiLS (likely a vanilla Minecraft server).

text: "H04X: Hey everyone. If you're still interested in LiLS, please head over to our Discord server instead of waiting for the whole application process. It's much easier this way. Thanks! Jun 23, 2019 20:21:13 GMT" is evidence of the video game discussed in the chatroom.

text: "pj: Hi everyone, this is a vanilla server, right? No mods? Feb 14, 2019 23:25:16 GMT" is evidence that there are questions about it being a vanilla server.

answer: It is not stated.

text: "H04X: Hey everyone. If you're still interested in LiLS, please head over to our Discord server instead of waiting for the whole application process. It's much easier this way. Thanks! Jun 23, 2019 20:21:13 GMT" is evidence that the name of the game is not stated. LiLS can refer to a video game or a campaign in a video game.

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: From 2018 to 2020, there has been a small amount of activity in a chatroom for LiLS. The users have been advised to head to a Discord server.

text: "littenkitten99: Where do I right a character bio Dec 26, 2018 3:29:22 GMT" and "mark: YEP COCK Aug 5, 2020 22:29:48 GMT" is the first and last messages in the chatroom. It proves the timeline described in the answer.

text: Dec 2018; Jan 2019; Jan 2019; Feb 2019; Feb 2019; Apr 2019; Jun 2019; Jun 2019; Jun 2019; Apr 2020; Apr 2020; May 2020; Jun 2020; Aug 2020 are the dates on which the posts are made in the text. It is never really active.

text: "H04X: Hey everyone. If you're still interested in LiLS, please head over to our Discord server instead of waiting for the whole application process. It's much easier this way. Thanks! Jun 23, 2019 20:21:13 GMT" is evidence that the chatroom is for LiLS.

text: "H04X: Hey everyone. If you're still interested in LiLS, please head over to our Discord server instead of waiting for the whole application process. It's much easier this way. Thanks! Jun 23, 2019 20:21:13 GMT" is evidence that the users are instructed to head to the Discord server.

answer: This is a vanilla Minecraft server, where people can apply to become members. However, the application process is no longer active.

text: "H04X: Hey everyone. If you're still interested in LiLS, please head over to our Discord server instead of waiting for the whole application process. It's much easier this way. Thanks! Jun 23, 2019 20:21:13 GMT" is evidence that the video game or campaign is called LiLS. It involves role playing. Change the answer to reflect this.

refinement: This is a vanilla LiLS server, where people can apply to become members. However, the application process is no longer active.

text: "H04X: Hey everyone. If you're still interested in LiLS, please head over to our Discord server instead of waiting for the whole application process. It's much easier this way. Thanks! Jun 23, 2019 20:21:13 GMT" is evidence that the users are redirected to a Discord server. Change the answer to reflect this.

refinement: This is a vanilla LiLS server, where people can apply to become members. However, users are redirected to a Discord server for his purpose.

text: "pj: Hi everyone, this is a vanilla server, right? No mods? Feb 14, 2019 23:25:16 GMT" is evidence that the user is looking to get access to a vanilla server.

text:
"kavprabath: how do i join the server? Jan 17, 2019 16:24:37 GMT

kavprabath: i filled out a form and submitted it Jan 17, 2019 16:32:16 GMT" is evidence of a user looking for access to the server and enquiring about the application process.

text: "H04X: Hey everyone. If you're still interested in LiLS, please head over to our Discord server instead of waiting for the whole application process. It's much easier this way. Thanks! Jun 23, 2019 20:21:13 GMT? is evidence that users are redirected to another server.

answer: The author of the post is looking for a role-playing game server to join. The author has been looking for a while and has found a few servers, but they are all dead.

text:
"kavprabath: i filled out a form and submitted it Jan 17, 2019 16:32:16 GMT

pj: Hi everyone, this is a vanilla server, right? No mods? Feb 14, 2019 23:25:16 GMT

ROSEofTheGarden: Miss everyone, hope you're all doing well Feb 19, 2019 23:04:38 GMT" is evidence that there are multiple users posting on this site, thus multiple authors. Change the answer to reflect the fact that there are multiple answers.

refinement: The users on this chatroom are looking for a role-playing game server to join. They have been looking for a while and has found a few servers, but they are all dead.

text: "H04X: Hey everyone. If you're still interested in LiLS, please head over to our Discord server instead of waiting for the whole application process. It's much easier this way. Thanks! Jun 23, 2019 20:21:13 GMT" is evidence that the users are redirected to the Discord server. Change the answer to reflect the redirection to the Discord server.

refinement: The users on this chatroom are looking for a role-playing game server to join. They are redirected to a Discord server to continue playing LiLS.

text: "kavprabath: how do i join the server? Jan 17, 2019 16:24:37 GMT' is evidence that a user is looking to join a server.

text: "littenkitten99: Where do I right a character bio Dec 26, 2018 3:29:22 GMT" is evidence that a character biography is being developed, which means that the video game involves role playing.

text: "H04X: Hey everyone. If you're still interested in LiLS, please head over to our Discord server instead of waiting for the whole application process. It's much easier this way. Thanks! Jun 23, 2019 20:21:13 GMT" is evidence that the users are redirected to the Discord server.

text: "phoenixflame89: is this still a thing? ;-; May 3, 2020 16:48:18 GMT" is evidence that there questions surrounding the survival of the server after the redirection notice has been given.

answer: This is a group for people who are interested in joining the LiLS server.

text: "H04X: Hey everyone. If you're still interested in LiLS, please head over to our Discord server instead of waiting for the whole application process. It's much easier this way. Thanks! Jun 23, 2019 20:21:13 GMT" is evidence that people are directed away from his LiLS server and to a Discord server. Include this direction to the Discord server in the answer.

refinement: This is a group for people who are interested in joining the LiLS server. The users are redirected to a Discord server.

text: Dec 2018; Jan 2019; Jan 2019; Feb 2019; Feb 2019; Apr 2019; Jun 2019; Jun 2019; Jun 2019; Apr 2020; Apr 2020; May 2020; Jun 2020; Aug 2020 are the dates on which the posts are made in the text. It is never really active.

refinement: This is not a very active chatroom for a group for people who are interested in joining the LiLS server. The users are redirected to a Discord server.

text: "kavprabath: how do i join the server? Jan 17, 2019 16:24:37 GMT" is evidence that there are users that want to join a server.

text: "H04X: Hey everyone. If you're still interested in LiLS, please head over to our Discord server instead of waiting for the whole application process. It's much easier this way. Thanks! Jun 23, 2019 20:21:13 GMT" is evidence that the server in question is the LiLS server.


text:
*Are you really happy?*

The advertisement’s subtitles scrolled across the screen in time with the voice, Demetri could imagine a little ball bouncing across them in time with the speaker. His voice was like warm velvet, full of all the intonations and expression to imbue it with a feeling of altruistic concern, as if it were some great fatherly deity looking down upon its children and asking them if they were all right, did they want anything from the store? Was school going okay for them?

It was a question Demetri could imagine coming from a doctor too, the voice wasn’t simply prone to philosophical musings, no this was a question about a symptom.

Are you hot?

Are you cold?
Where does it hurt?

Can you feel this?

*Are you really happy?*

The symptom was unhappiness, not merely limited to true melancholic depression, nor the more colloquial ‘blues,’ no, the advertisement called out to everyone who simply wasn’t happy all of the time.

The advertisement called out to the entirety of the human race.

Unhappiness was a symptom of the sickness that was the human condition, and Elysia was the cure. Elysia,a serum that was cheap, efficient, and ultimately accessible by all. It cornered a market that had existed for eternity, a market that in itself contained all others; vacations, travelling, dining out, film, entertainment, all of them fell in comparison. If the generally accepted goal of life was to be happy, and one could be happy simply by buying, and charging, an eRing™, eBracelet™, or for the truly opulent, the eNecklace™, then what was the point of anything else?

What was the point of anything at all?

The eccessories™ were just the tools for the medication, a mixture of needless and electrical pulses that influenced the body’s blood flow in conjunction with the added Elysia substance to create, inspire, evoke, engineer, happiness.

*Are you really happy?*

It came in varying degrees, depending on the eccessory™ you used as well as the potency, or ‘mix,’ of Elysia that you bought. Demetri liked all of the mixes (as did everyone of course, how could they not, it was happiness), but his recent favourites included Warm Summer Picnic™, First Kiss™, and Hugs on a Cold Day™ . He had saved up enough recently to purchase his own eNecklace™ but had not yet accumulated enough money to try the recently released Happily Married™. But that didn’t matter, because he was happy, fulfilled even, whatever that meant. Work didn’t tire or stress him, he was happy to do it so he did. He wasn’t a particularly attractive man, but he wasn’t unattractive either, so as long as he was wearing his eNecklace™ women knew they would be happy with him.

‘The most attractive quality to have is a truly happy smile,’ the advertisement proclaimed, and it was true, all people wanted was to be happy, what else mattered? And a smile meant you were happy, right?

In the last few years there had been very few technological advances outside of anything directly related to Elysia, Demetri wondered if there was any point. Wasn’t this the pinnacle of human civilisation, being happy? He imagined the Elysia-Deity staring at a computer screen with the words “GAME OVER: YOU WIN” scrolling across it in the same way the words “Everything is easier when you’re happy, try new ‘Won the Lottery™’ today!” scrolled across the electronic billboard above him, Demetri smiled happily, that mix had been a good one.

*Are you really happy?*

If Demetri wasn’t so happy he’d be frustrated hearing that question so often. Of course he was happy, he’d just taken a 6 hour dosage of First Kiss™ and was strolling happily, hands in his pockets, towards a pretty woman he’d made quite inviting  eye contact with.

It occurred to him that he couldn’t actually remember his first kiss.

Why was he thinking that? What did it matter? He shrugged off the thought, letting it fall from his mind like a damp and heavy coat. Yet still it lay, clumped and crumpled there, on the floor of his consciousness. Come on, it couldn’t be so hard to remember something like that. A feeling he was so used to these days…

Lost in his mind, Demetri stumbled on the sidewalk, his idle hands too slow to catch himself and protect his smiling face.

He heard a series of cracks as his jaw crashed against the footpath and left a lovely half-skid of blood as he lifted himself up.

*Are you really happy?*

He pulled himself up and tried to wipe the red spittle from his face, but instead it just smeared across his cheek, he got the odd feeling that it must look like a long crimson smile.

It hurt.

Their first fight had been in a park, they’d yelled and she’d tried to walk away and he’d caught her and held her. Their first kiss had been there too, it had been raining and she’d been cold. And there, nestled against him, she’d looked up and kissed him.. It had been a year or so before she’d gotten cancer. Cancer was hardly an issue now though, the suffering were given free Elysia, what more could they want, they died happily?

Demetri’s stomach tightened, his chest heaved slightly.

He didn’t want to think about her, the long hours he’d spent by her side in the hospital. The moments and feelings they had shared. No, that wasn’t happy.

No.
No.
No.

*Are you really happy?*

In his head, the deity-doctor seemed to sound concerned, almost frustrated, with Demetri’s lack of answer. What did it matter that she had died? He was happy, everyone in the whole world was so fucking happy all the time, what did it matter.

No.

No.

He just wanted to be happy, and then he felt it hit him.
A dark wave of nostalgia, fear, anger, pain, frustration, boredom, cold, weakness.

And love.

A wave from an ocean so deep, and thick with restrained thoughts and memories. Feelings from the time his mother had told him his hamster had ‘run away,’ feelings from the time his friend Derrick had joined the ‘cool’ kids, feelings like his mother crying when she only had to make one cup of tea in the morning.
Feelings like a soft kiss in the rain.

Like the rain they washed over him, feelings that affected him, feelings that were different. Feelings that made and unmade him, created him and destroyed him, defined and erased him.

Feelings that were real.

*Are you really happy?*

And like rain they fell to the ground in front of him, like rain they slid and dripped and stayed.

And then they were gone.

His consciousness writhed in frustration for but a moment, stretching, reaching for any vestiges of the pain.
But it was gone.

Demetri blinked.
He stared at the smooth concrete in front of him.
The scrape of blood was slowly coalescing with a few soft, small drops around it.

*Are you really happy?*

Of course he was.

title: [Real]

question:
Answer the following question based on the above passage:

What does the text say about the symptom of unhappiness?

answer: Unhappiness is not limited to melancholic depression. It is a symptom of the sickness of the human condition. The advertisement page offers a product called Elysia which claims to be the cure. The serum substance provides a cheap and efficient way to inspire, evoke or engineer happiness.

answer: Unhappiness is a symptom of the human condition. Elysia- which is a mixture of needless electrical pulses and Elysia substance- is the cure to this unhappiness. Demetri is happy, satisfied even, and finds nothing else in life more important than being happy. Feeling unhappy about memories or his previous relationship is just a symptom of the sickness of unhappiness, which Elysia can cure.

text: Does not quite get the central thrust of the story

refinement: Unhappiness is a symptom of the human condition. Elysia- which is a mixture of needless electrical pulses and Elysia substance- is the cure to this unhappiness. Demetri is happy, satisfied even, and finds nothing else in life more important than being happy. According to the adverts, feeling unhappy about memories or his previous relationship is just a symptom of the sickness of unhappiness, which Elysia can cure. The story implies that this is untrue when the main character remembers sad events in their life and feels real emotion.

answer: According to the text the Elysia serum cures a wide range of symptoms, including true melancholic depression, like a common cold, Hugs on a Cold Day often took Demetri a long way down the happy spectrum. Demetri dealt with the same thing through his eNecklace™, which often took him to the path of Happily Married™.

answer:
The advertisement calls out to humanity for its utter lack of happiness within a given time.

Demetri believes their unhappiness is because of the human condition. It separates the species from the other animals, who are always happy.

Unhappiness is a symptom of the "sickness that was the human condition".

Both Demetri and the advertisement that he buys from after being wooed on the streets by a beautifully attractive woman who spills a glass of water on him suggest that human unhappiness can be cured by money and Elysia.

In the last few years, there have been very little technological advances outside of anything directly related to Elysia.

That means there's no new social networking sites, pornography, television shows, or games, according to the fictitious account of Demetri.

text: Most of this is irrelevant

refinement: The text says that unhappiness is a symptom of the human condition - a result of the sickness of the human condition. The advertisement for the Elysia medication promises happiness as the cure. While Demetri admits to being happy as a result of using Elysia, unhappiness is what he feels when he thinks of the death of his long-time love. While happiness is largely manufactured through Elysia, unhappiness is a more potent, raw emotion which is real.

answer: The text says that unhappiness is a symptom of the human condition - a result of the sickness of the human condition. The advertisement for the Elysia medication promises happiness as the cure. While Demetri admits to being happy as a result of using Elysia, unhappiness is what he feels when he thinks of the death of his long-time love. While happiness is largely manufactured through Elysia, unhappiness is a more potent, raw emotion which is real.


text:
   Once upon a time there was a stuffed Tyrannosaurus Rex. Because this is the 21st century and not the 19th, it was made of synthetic materials rather than velveteen.

   This t-rex was given to a boy, and it became his favorite toy. The played together everyday. Pretending to dismember action figures and over turning lego houses was a thrill to the t-rex and it felt almost alive. Especially when the boy and his t-rex terrorized the dolls in the dollhouse the t-rex felt like he was a real dinosaur.

   But one day the boy got sick and went to the hospital, the doctors said it was asthma and it was brought on by dust. Despite being the boy's protests at losing his favorite toy, the boy's mother donated it to Goodwill in her effort to rid the house of all things that might harbor dust.

   The t-rex was lonely in the donation center. He missed the boy. There were no lego houses to wreck here, and all the dolls and action figures around him were already dismembered. Eventually he was sorted and placed on the shelves at a local Goodwill store, and there he stayed for a long time because no one buys stuffed animals at Goodwill; that's just gross.

   One night a fairy came to the t-rex. She told him he was a good toy and his fate was unfair so she would grant him one wish, but he only got one chance to make one wish because those are The Rules.

   The t-rex thought for a bit and said, "I want to be a real dinosaur and go on a bloody rampage all over town."

   "Sorry, but I can't do that," answered the fairy. "See that tag that says 'made from synthetic materials?' That means you are made from petroleum byproducts. Petroleum comes from the remains of dead plants, dinosaurs and other organic things that were buried under sediment and trapped under pressure for a long period of time. You already are a real dinosaur. In fact, you are probably several." And with that the fairy disappeared.

title: I bit of a flash I wrote based on the children's book The Velveteen Rabbit. I hope it makes you laugh.

question: Why was the stuffed t-rex made of synthetic materials and not of velveteen?

text: No content

refinement: Because the story is set in the 21st century

answer: The story is set in the 21st century.

answer: Because the t-rex was made in the 21st century, not the 19th. In the 21st century, synthetic materials are more common than velveteen.

answer: It was made in modern times.

question: Why did the mom get rid of the t-rex?

text: No content

refinement: The boy's asthma was was triggered by the dust his toys were collecting.

answer: The boy's asthma was caused by dust.

text: We need a cause for that sentence

refinement: The boy's asthma was caused by dust accumulating on his toys.

answer: The boy's asthma was was triggered by the dust his toys were collecting.

answer: The mom got rid of the t-rex because her son was sick and she thought the t-rex might be making him sick. She thought it was better to donate the t-rex to Goodwill than to keep it in the house.

text: Because it had dust

refinement: The mom got rid of the t-rex because her son was sick and she thought the t-rex might be making him sick because it had dust on it. She thought it was better to donate the t-rex to Goodwill than to keep it in the house.

question: In what way is the t-rex already a real dinosaur?

text: No content

refinement: He comes from synthetic materials that are made from petroleum, which is made of dead dinosaurs.

answer: It is made of synthetic materials, which are made from petroleum byproducts.

text: Dead dinosaurs are petroleum byproducts

refinement: It is made of synthetic materials, which are made from petroleum byproducts which are made of dead dinosaurs.

answer: He comes from synthetic materials that are made from petroleum, which is made of dead animals.

text: dead dinosaurs not dead animals

refinement: He comes from synthetic materials that are made from petroleum, which is made of dead dinosaurs.

answer: The t-rex is already a real dinosaur because it is made from organic materials that were buried and compressed over time, just like real dinosaurs.

text: Not "just like", the literal remains of dinosaurs.

refinement: The t-rex is already a real dinosaur because it is made from organic materials that were buried and compressed over time, the remains of real dinosaurs.

question: Why does no-one buy stuffed animals at Goodwill?

text: No content

answer: That's just gross.

answer: According to the author, it's gross.

answer: People generally do not want to buy used stuffed animals, as they may be dirty or have lost some of their original quality. Additionally, people may be put off by the idea of buying a used stuffed animal because they may not know how long it has been sitting on the shelves at the Goodwill store.

question: Write a ~6 sentence summary.

answer: The Velveteen Rabbit is a children's book about a stuffed animal that comes to life. The book is about the stuffed animal's journey to becoming real.

text: Missing elaboration.

refinement: The Velveteen Rabbit is a children's book about a stuffed animal that comes to life. The story is about a stuffed dinosaur made of synthetic materials, abandoned in a charity shop. The dinosaur wishes it could come to life, but the fairy does not grant its wish because she says it is already a real dinosaur - it is made of synthetic materials.

answer: A boy gets a stuffed Tyrannosaurus Rex as a gift. He plays with it every day, pretending to dismember action figures and over turning lego houses. One day, the boy gets sick and goes to the hospital. His mother donates the t-rex to Goodwill. The t-rex is lonely and misses the boy. One night, a fairy comes to the t-rex and tells him he is a good toy and his fate is unfair. The t-rex asks the fairy to make him a real dinosaur and go on a bloody rampage. The fairy says she can't do that because he is made from synthetic materials.

answer: The story is about a stuffed Tyrannosaurus Rex that becomes a favorite toy for a boy. When the boy gets sick and has to go to the hospital, the t-rex is donated to a Goodwill store. The t-rex misses the boy and wishes to be a real dinosaur, but the fairy tells him that he already is one.

answer: A boy has a stuffed t-rex made of synthetic materials. After dust triggers an asthma attack in the boy, his mom donates it along with his other toys to Goodwill. The t-rex hates being there. One night a fairy appears and offers to grant one wish, but only one. The t-rex asks to become a real t-rex, but the fairy says as he's made of petroleum, which is composed of dead animals, he probably already is a real t-rex. She leaves without granting his wish.

text: Remove "probably" in front of already

refinement: A boy has a stuffed t-rex made of synthetic materials. After dust triggers an asthma attack in the boy, his mom donates it along with his other toys to Goodwill. The t-rex hates being there. One night a fairy appears and offers to grant one wish, but only one. The t-rex asks to become a real t-rex, but the fairy says as he's made of petroleum, which is composed of dead animals, he already is a real t-rex. She leaves without granting his wish.


text:
[Dharmic X]

Dharmic X writes for Complex Music

@DharmicX / Google+

Oct 25, 2013

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Are LUPE FIASCO and CHILDISH GAMBINO friends or enemies?

The two exchanged in a Twitter back-and-forth back in the summer, which Lupe eventually clarified was a joke. However, when Gambino went on air with the Breakfast Club yesterday, the rapper and actor never clarified that it was indeed a fake beef, only saying that his eventual response was a verbatim quoting of CHIEF KEEF's infamous tweet aimed at Lupe back when they had Twitter beef. He accused Lupe of "sneak dissing" him because he wasn't a street dude, unlike Keef.

This morning, Lupe (whose account remains private), once more jumped back on Twitter to respond to Gambino. According to Lupe, he doesn't sneak diss at all, and not only that, Gambino's sneak dissing accusation was a sneak diss itself. Lupe concluded by saying that he watches more anime than Gambino.

Will Gambino respond to this? Or will this bizarre exchange just fade away like the last one?

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question:
Answer the following question based on the above passage:

Why does this document ask if Lupe Fiasco and Childish Gambino are friends or enemies?

answer: The two engaged in a Twitter argument the summer before this document, but Lupe said that was a joke. The morning of this document, Lupe responded to Gambino's lack of clarification that their exchange the past summer was a fake argument.

answer: The document wonders if Lupe Fiasco and Childish Gambino are friends or enemies because they exchanged words in a Twitter back-and-forth and Gambino went on air saying it was a fake beef. Lupe has now responded saying that he does not sneak diss and Gambino's accusation was a sneak diss itself.

answer: It all started in the summer of 2013 when Lupe's Twitter bio alleged that Childish Gambino was ruining the fabric of society. After that, they exchanged comments on Twitter, but Lupe eventually deleted his Twitter page. Also, in a Breakfast Club recent interview, Childish Gambino said that he had responded to Lupe.

answer: The document seeks to answer the question of whether or not Lupe Fiasco and Childish Gambino are friends or enemies due to their recent back-and-forth on Twitter.

answer: They exchanged in a Twitter back and forth back in the summer. When Gambino went on air with the Breakfast Club, he never clarified the beef between them.

question:
Answer the following question based on the above passage:

Who is Lupe Fiasco?

answer: That information cannot be found.

answer: He's a rapper and an actor.

text: It is not stated who Lupe Fiasco is, but general knowledge states he is a rapper.

answer: Lupe Fiasco is a rapper and actor.

text: The last part of this response needs to be omitted because it is not known if Lupe Fiasco is an actor or not.

answer: Lupe Fiasco is an American rapper and producer.

answer: The document doesn't say exactly, but it seems he was involved in music.

question:
Answer the following question based on the above passage:

What is the document referring to when it says "Will Gambino respond to this"?

answer: There is a Twitter back-and-forth between LUPE FIASCO and CHILDISH GAMBINO, and the document is asking if Gambino will respond to a tweet from Lupe.

answer: It is referring to Lupe's tweets at the time of the document. Lupe suggests Gambino made a "sneak diss", and that he watches more anime than Gambino.

answer: It's referring to a Twitter exchange between Lupe Fiasco and Childish Gambino. Gambino accused Lupe of "sneak dissing" him, to which Lupe responded by saying that he doesn't do that and that Gambino's sneak dissing accusation was a sneak diss.

answer: The document is referring to Lupe Fiasco's tweets and Childish Gambino's response to them.

answer: He is not responding to that when Lupe accused him of sneak dissing him.

question:
Answer the following question based on the above passage:

What is the Breakfast Club?

answer: A radio show, perhaps

answer: The Breakfast Club is a morning radio show that concentrates on hip-hop music and culture.

answer: It's not totally clear in the document, but it seems to be a show of some sort.

answer: The Breakfast Club is a popular radio program in which rapper and actor Childish Gambino discussed a Twitter feud with rapper Lupe Fiasco.

answer: The Breakfast Club is a radio show.

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: The relationship between rappers Lupe Fiasco and Childish Gambino is discussed along with their Twitter messages.

answer: It seems like LUPE FIASCO and CHILDISH GAMBINO have continued their Twitter beef, with Lupe accusing Gambino of sneak dissing him. What further happens between the two is unclear.

text: The capitalization of the rappers names does not need to happen and needs to be edited.

refinement: It seems like Lupe Fiasco and Childish Gambino have continued their Twitter beef, with Lupe accusing Gambino of sneak dissing him. What further happens between the two is unclear.

answer: Hip Hop artists LUPE FIASCO and CHILDISH GAMBINO are having a Twitter back and forth because of unclear reasons but it is almost comedic in nature.

text: The names of the rappers do not need to be capitalized.

refinement: Hip Hop artists Lupe Fiasco and Childish Gambino are having a Twitter back and forth because of unclear reasons but it is almost comedic in nature.

answer: LupE Fiasco and Childish Gambino have been skirmishing on Twitter, with Gambino accusing LupE of sneak dissing and LupE criticizing Gambino's anime viewing skills. There has been no confirmation of a truce, or whether this dispute will be resolved any time soon.

text: The E at the end of Lupe's name needs to be lower-cased.

refinement: Lupe Fiasco and Childish Gambino have been skirmishing on Twitter, with Gambino accusing Lupe of sneak dissing and Lupe criticizing Gambino's anime viewing skills. There has been no confirmation of a truce, or whether this dispute will be resolved any time soon.

answer: This document discusses what seemed to be an argument between Lupe Fiasco and Childish Gambino at the time of the document.


text:
I take a deep breath, adjust my goggles and sprint to the end. My feet barely touch the mass beneath me and I approach the tip of the wing, the wind screaming beautifully past me, a rush like the flow of blood through an artery, like a wave of water crushing a swimmer for a moment before allowing her respite, the swell of breath as you feel a lover’s touch on your thigh, her eyes locking with yours before her lips do the same. My left foot touches the edge, heel to toe; my knee flexes, and for a moment I think I hesitate, but perhaps I don’t and just wish I had. Perhaps I am pushed.  I launch and turn backwards, flipping so I can see the plane behind me, the earth upside down and for a moment, the briefest moment, I’m suspended in the air. According to physics it’s at this moment where I’m not moving in any direction. There is nothing pushing me this way or that, no commitment to worry about, no forces act on me at all. Then I fall towards the earth speeding along towards the cities, commitment, life, reality. For the next several minutes I feel myself speeding up, crushing down at the solid ground. Finally it feels like I’m not falling. I feel suspended again, floating full of life and feeling and power here 10,000 feet above terra firma.

Pushing through the sky like a bottle opener into a cork, I spin and spin diving further and further towards a certainty I cannot escape. Clouds come into view, glorious and looming. I see them so often from the ground they have become meaningless; up here where it’s different I see them for what they are: constantly shifting bodies. Clouds don’t move, they come into being in a different space, while leaving other parts to wisp away into the wind. They pulse and breathe. They hold you for a moment and then release you. Inside the cloud there’s a magic, a concrete feeling of luscious glory that lasts momentarily before I exit. Clouds come and go as do I, entering and exiting them at a velocity best described as wonderful but dizzying.

The ground is closer and more real than ever, and it’s time to pull. Put a stop to this freedom and embrace safety, end the charade of a freewheeling care-free young man and settle down. The equivalent of a wife and minivan, the kids and the bills and the security of others. Someone who doesn’t just give you the thrill and leave you, something that doesn’t feel like a one night stand. Time to plant your feet on solid ground.

I fall, hand on the cord, eyes on the altimeter, and slowly rotate so I fall looking at the sky. Looking at where I was, seeing how far I’ve come and wishing I was one minute ago, three days ago, 6 months ago. Being dropped is terrible, falling is exhilarating, but finding ground again…

Finding ground again is frightening. The idea of walking around miles below where you were and having to work to get back up here to the sky: well honestly it’s goddam awful. I want to be up in the sky again already, looking down at everyone beneath me, I want to be high up again. But no, right now I’m falling; falling increasingly faster and faster. The ground is rushing at me, that which was so unimportant only a moment ago is now so very important.

I think of what it took to get here. The training, the practice, the years of waiting, the checking of gas, wheels, equipment, radio, wings, instruments, and all the work just to reach the air. Learning and practice and practice and trust and building something that could work. Only to find yourself up high above the world, above it all, nothing can touch you. Packing the chute…

Oh god the parachute. I touch the cord handle of the cord and recall this fall isn’t like the others. I’ve been here before, but I always landed softly, holding the plastic handle that was attached to my chute. There’s nothing safe about it this time. This time I will land hard. I’m passed the moment where I can actually deploy and safely land on the ground. I yank hard on the cord and my chute rips open; a chest with ribs broken and a heart looking at the surgeon beating softly with the thump of a speaker. Wind fills the parachute and I feel myself slow down incredibly fast. I look down and I see the ground only one hundred feet away. I brace myself and try to glide in along the ground, I pull my feet up and I pull the cords by me and I look and I scream, my mouth opens wide and it all comes flying out of me. I slide through high grass going far too fast; my body instinctively curls up and I roll along the ground cracking bones, bruising ribs, and generally fucking up my body. I inhale dirt and scrape a gash on my shin that deposits blood on the ground every few feet. The roll last 6 seconds, but I feel like I’ve been tumbling for months. Dust is everywhere and the cloud billows up around me as I finally come to rest on the ground.

Broken, bruised, beaten, busted up and generally destroyed on every level of existence. I cough and blood mixes into the bare grass around me and I contemplate laying here forever. The sun is fading in the west I look over at it, and I watch, laying down in a mixture of brown, red, green, and yellow and realize that there’s nothing that has to happen, there’s nothing that is more important than finding my own strength and standing up to say I’m ready. I slowly rise up to my knees, and then one foot at a time, I stand up. I watch the sun burn the remnants of the day away, a bright orange ball that everyday cooks the world to a crisp, only to show up the next morning to a fresh new set of ingredients; ready to burn again. The sun’s flames lick the ground and for a moment, a lifetime of a moment, the ground glows red along the entire horizon. I shrug off my parachute and look back up the sky.

I’ll be back up there again soon.

title: Falling in Love and Falling out of a Plane

question: What kind of narrative is the story?

answer: It's not straight-forward but rather an extended metaphor.

answer: The story is a narrative story.

answer: Mainly a lyrical story.

text: Wrongly stated that the story is lyrical.

question: What does the narrator want?

answer: The narrator longs to be free from constraints and most especially from the ground, seeking to live in the sky while experiencing the exhilarating feeling of a fall; but upon returning to reality after his fall, he craves the danger and excitement of high flying again.

answer: The narrator wants to experience the thrill of falling again, even though he knows the fall will also lead to pain and possible injury. He also seems to want to return to being free and carefree even though he knows that plunging back into life may be more difficult than he anticipates.

answer: The narrator wants to enjoy the fall, to be back at the moment of the jump, before facing the ground landing was a pressing issue.

question: What are the main events of the story?

answer: The main events in this story revolve around the person taking part in skydiving. They take the jump, fall fast and hard towards the ground, deploy their parachute in time to prevent crashing, but land a bit hard nonetheless. They stand back up afterwards, reflecting on what they have gone through.

text: Unnecessary use of pronoun - They.

refinement: The main events in this story revolve around the person taking part in skydiving. He takes the jump, falls fast and hard towards the ground, deploy his parachute in time to prevent crashing, but lands a bit hard nonetheless. He stands back up afterwards, reflecting on what he has gone through.

text: "Perhaps I am pushed. I launch and turn backward, flipping so I can see the plane behind me." This is evidence that the person was skydiving.

answer: The narrator skydiving and landing.

text: Ommission of the thrill the narrator has of falling from the sky, feeling free, and landing hard on the ground.

refinement: The narrator skydives. He is thrilled to be flying and free-falling towards the land. He deploys his parachute but nonetheless falls hard on the ground.

answer: The main events of the story are falling from a plane, experiencing the thrill of flying and free-falling towards the ground, and then successfully deploying a parachute to safely land on the ground. During the fall, the main character contemplates falling in love and falling out of the plane, then survives and reflects on what the experience meant to him.

question: What does the narrator fear?

answer: The narrator fears the return to ground level after experiencing the exhilaration of free-falling. The ground suddenly carries a sense of finality and commitment that fills the narrator with terror and dread.

text: It is omitted that he fears the efforts it will take him to get back to the sky.

refinement: The narrator fears the return to ground level after experiencing the exhilaration of free-falling. The ground suddenly carries a sense of finality and commitment that fills the narrator with terror and dread. He fears the idea of having to work to get back up in the sky.

text: "Put a stop to this freedom and embrace safety, end the charade of a freewheeling care-free young man and settle down." This shows that the narrator is fearing his return to the ground.

answer: The narrator is afraid of returning to solid ground and the mundane reality that it embodies. Instead, he longs to be up in the sky again, experiencing the thrill and freedom of falling through the air.

text: It is omitted that the narrator fears the idea of walking miles below and having to work to go back to the sky.

refinement: The narrator is afraid of returning to solid ground and the mundane reality that it embodies. Instead, he longs to be up in the sky again, experiencing the thrill and freedom of falling through the air. He also fears the idea of walking miles below and having to work to get back up in the sky.

answer: He fears finding ground and being stuck doing all the walking and hard work just to get back up in the air.

question: Write a ~4 sentence summary.

answer: This story depicts a skydiver's experience of falling from a plane and reflects on the moments prior to and after the jump. The skydiver jumps from the plane and spins through the open air, feeling free and excited. But upon approaching the ground, the thrill turns to fear as there is no safe way to deploy the parachute and land in one piece. Upon impact, despite injuries, the author redeems the experience, finding strength to rise back up.

answer: The main character takes off on a skydive and falls towards the ground, at times both exhilarated but increasingly frightened as he nears the ground. Ultimately, he crashes hard, but is inspired by the beauty of the sun setting on the horizon to move on.

text: It is omitted that he fears the efforts he will have to make to get back up in the sky.

refinement: The main character takes off on a skydive and falls towards the ground, at times both exhilarated but increasingly frightened as he nears the ground. He fears having to work again to get back in the sky. Ultimately, he crashes hard, but is inspired by the beauty of the sun setting on the horizon to move on.

answer: The author describes taking a skydive, falling towards the earth, and landing. The experience inspires reflections on why anyone would choose to pursue something as potentially dangerous and exhilarating as skydiving. Ultimately, the author decides that it is worth it to experience moments of soaring freedom and exhilaration, even if the landing is rough.

answer: The narrator, a skydiver, jumps out of a plane and enjoys the fall. The ground is compared to the certainty of a conventional life, one with a wife and children. He dreads landing and having to walk back and do more work to get back into the sky to jump again. He pulls the parachute too late and lands hard, injuring himself.

answer: This piece is about the sensation of falling from a plane – from an exciting, euphoric experience to the fear and hard landing of crashing on the ground. The author contrasts the thrill of the fall with the terror of crashing, reflecting on the work of learning to skydive and finding the confidence to get back up again after a failure.

answer: The author recounts a skydiving experience; plummeting down from 10,000 feet with only a parachute to save them. They hit the ground hard, breaking bones and bruising internal organs, but despite that the adrenaline still thrills them. They realise that skydiving - the very thing that brings them such exhilaration and terror - isn't something that needs to be avoided; it's something they'll enjoy doing again and again.

text: Unnecessary use of pronoun -They.

refinement: The author recounts a skydiving experience; plummeting down from 10,000 feet with only a parachute to save him. He hit the ground hard, breaking bones and bruising internal organs, but despite that the adrenaline still thrills him. He realises that skydiving - the very thing that brings him such exhilaration and terror - isn't something that needs to be avoided; it's something he'll enjoy doing again and again.

text: Omitted punctuation mark - despite that, the adrenaline

refinement: The author recounts a skydiving experience; plummeting down from 10,000 feet with only a parachute to save him. He hit the ground hard, breaking bones and bruising internal organs, but despite that, the adrenaline still thrills him. He realises that skydiving - the very thing that brings him such exhilaration and terror - isn't something that needs to be avoided; it's something he'll enjoy doing again and again.

text: "my body instinctively curls up and I roll along the ground cracking bones, bruising ribs" shows that he broke his bones and bruised his internal organs.