Narrative Essay On Small Town

It was a gloomy day in Smalltown, Wisconsin. The town was so small it was named Smalltown. The weather was always the same but no one really cared. There was nothing interesting to do there . It only had one grocery store and a gas station. If you wanted to go to the mall, you would have to go to the city, which meant you would have to pass through the forest that surrounds the isolated town. Everyday their routine was the same. The kids ( which were not many ) would go to school and the adults would do their jobs, either it was farming or teaching. All the kids looked forward to graduating,that was the only way they would leave this town. Quinn Cooper is the only senior at school and she got straight A’s in all her classes. Everyone looked up to her.
Quinn wanted to leave this town more than anyone else. When she was only 6 years old her mother committed suicide. At least that’s what her father told her. Her memories that night were not clear. She remembers how her funeral went the day after. The whole town was there but none of them knew her mother very well since they moved to Smalltown only a month before the incident. Ever since her mother’s death she visited her grave frequently. She would place her favorite flower on her tomb and …show more content…
She grabbed a book placing it in her backpack and she hurried out the door before her father gets home so she wouldn’t have to tell him where she’s headed off to. It took Quinn 5 minutes to arrive to her destination. She sat under the willow tree. She unzipped her bag and took out the book she’s been wanting to read, The Maze Runner. She found it in the grocery store in the “Best-Selling” section and she didn’t want to miss the chance of reading it. “Now playing in theatres” was written on the cover and she desperately wanted to see the movie but she knew her dad wouldn’t agree to it. He hated the city. He hated people in general. That’s one of the reasons why they moved