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At the 13th hour

I am sure you have heard about  people who work at the 11th hour. Hello, you know me. I do my work at the 13th hour (well that is not saying much if you think that the day has 24 hours, but lets stick to the classic analog clock). And when I say 13th hour, please don't imagine me trying to bribe someone. So what do I mean. See, 11th hour work involves, for an example (and probably the only time I do any work) during an exam, doing crash course the night before the exam, studying all through the night, burning the midnight oil, etc. I am not like that, I believe in sleeping adequately before exams, so even if I don't know much, I will retain the functioning capacity of my brain, to bluff around what little I know. So what does the 13th hour work involve? When you finish writing your paper early (while everybody else is furiously scribbling, and you have exhausted even your think tank), you try to give yourself marks based on your answers and past experience, and see if

Scarlett O'hara

The most beautiful,The most desired and the most annoying. The one character, the protagonist of the story, that you hate so much and yet you can't help but find yourself at the edge of your seat hoping things will work out for her. One of the most annoying character I have ever read, and the most admirable too. You hate her but you can't help admire her. She breaks all stereotypes of what a woman can be and should be. Yes, she is often pure evil, but she ends up doing more for the good of the people she is caring for than someone with a kinder heart. She is an egoistic character who thinks she is always right, and has to do things on her own terms, and people just detest her, (and you just detest her even as a reader) but when she achieves her goals, it's not only her that benefits from it. she is always carrying this huge burden on her shoulder, never showing it, never losing her grace or her pride. And she suffers from so many misfortunes and setbacks but she neve