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…were still cool and they had a fire against it, a small fire, neat, niggard almost, a shrewd fire; such fires were his father's habit and custom always, even in freezing weather." The fire mentioned in the quote is a symbol of Abner's character. Abner…

…spend the night at. On the way though, he notices a sign in the window of a nearby house: "BED AND BREAKFAST." Billy looks in the window and notices that it's a charming house, with a roaring fire and a little dog curled up asleep on the rug. On an impulse…

…that saw use during the Civil War. Guns, the heaviest of the field artillery, which fired shells at a long range over flat trajectories. Howitzers, a lighter version of the guns, that fired lighter shells on a high arching trajectory. Finally, mortars were…

…, my friends hair-straightening iron, which she swore she unplugged right after using it, caught fire to a stray piece of tissue paper. If my housemate hadn't returned home in time, the fire would have spread to the curtains. While I was living in the house…

…in the middle of the room on one foot. One day, January 21, two of the children, an 11-year-old boy and his 12-year-old sister, had devised an appalling machination to kill their grandmother and their younger siblings. Their plan was to set the house on fire…

…into the barn he finds Muley and was somewhat relieved. Tom, Muley, and Joad made a fire out of the loose wood on the house and made a fire to cook some rabbit. They were around the fire eating and talking like a family would around the dinner table. They were…

…on fire that night. Everyone screaming. My grandfather said, “Get out the house, now!” Flames were spreading and the thick smoke covered the whole house. They can hardly see and breathe. The front door was on fire and that’s the only exit they can escape…

…It seemed so long ago, the fire, the burning, and the screaming. I could not see my mother through all the smoke. It was a terrible experience I went through. I hope never to go though it again. Let’s see…how did it begin? I could go back…no back…

…put up in the freezer. Uncle Rudy also taught me how to gather the wood and build a fire properly in the fireplace. I did not have a fireplace at our house back in St Louis. As a result, building a fire for Uncle Rudy was an exciting activity for me. First…

…but there is enough food to keep them alive. Jack and the hunters promise to supply meat. Ralph makes a rule that whoever is in possession of the conch shell is allowed to speak. Ralph proposes the idea of a signal fire to alert passing ships of their presence. All…