A Different Story

unfold. He talks of his inaction at the time of the event almost vaguely, as if to distance himself from its end. He circles around the idea of the event as a story, and, as culture goes, stories are meant to be told. O’Brien writes that Bowker “imagined the feel of his tongue against the truth” (136). Bowker creates a sort of outline for his story, that is presented to the reader by O’Brien. He states that he would have “in a soft voice, without flourishes, … told the exact truth” (141).…

Initially, this seems to be a story of two single people traveling abroad in Spain. The main characters comprised of what seemed to be, an America gentleman and a young lady from America or England. The setting consists of the couple sitting outside a bar in a train station in Spain. What makes this story so enduring is the fact that it is a coming of age tale. During the course of waiting for the train, the young women grows from a naïve girl into a woman, fully in charge of her destiny.…

around him. He is under attack and may die himself, but sings a light-hearted tune. Is one of these two less human? The question of certain behaviors’ naturalness hovers above the entirety of The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien. In the Chapter and story, “Style”, the reader is introduced to a young girl dancing among the burnt wreckage of her village. The girl, in all her innocence and loneliness, is exactly like an American soldier. Her reaction to…

pilgrims stopped at Red Lobster on 281 for an appetizer, the adventurer decided to tell a story. He was determined to win the prize for the best story. The year was 2080, man had already colonized Mars and made it into a second Earth. It was very futuristic it looked like it was straight out of “Star Wars.” Most people acted like one, but there was some people who had different ideas. That's where our story begins. Nick had somewhat of a significance in the Martian Air Force. He was a mix…

If children aren’t allowed to read stories about negative topics, then are they guaranteed that these things won’t ever happen to them? Children must be taught right from wrong, so that we can make good choices in our own life. Stories and characters help us learn about these things that we sometimes know nothing about. I don’t think the book, ‘’Bridge to Terabithia’’, should be banned just because it shares a story that deals with real situations that might be difficult for…

see. Not only that, I have to also tell what really happen in the three pictures make sure they link together and see how I can relate John Wideman’s story in mines with quotes. I have chosen three pictures one of me standing in the hallway of my room, a picture of my room, and a picture of my TV and hallway. In these three picture there is a story behind all of them describing what I was about to do. In picture one it is a picture of a man standing in a hallway with black and blue on. The man…

decided to take the time to make a good game a great game. Undertale is a story about a young non gender specific human that had fallen into a pit that led to a world underneath the mountain called Mt. Ebbot. The world is inhabited by monsters that were trapped underground by the humans many years ago. The human’s original goal is to survive and escape from the underground. The characters that you come across in the story are very well developed. Each one has their own personality. Even just…

that I didn’t like. The logos for that story was dumb and the characters had me ripping my hair off during my read. Same thing with “The Red Bow,” that story had me paper gritting my teeth due to its logos as well. “The College Rape Overcorrection” was something that could’ve been toned down a bit in terms of listing out statistics. “Shame and Survival” had me rolling my eyes because Monica Lewinsky was the publisher of the article and it felt too biased. Stories like “This Old Man”, “America’s…

Sonny’s Blues is a story that displays the consequences of making bad life decisions at a point where it changes the life of both brothers. It illustrates the importance of accepting people as who they are by acknowledging that being different will not cause failure as long as, it receives the sufficient amount of care and support. One of the main themes that discovered by James Baldwin is the drug use. Sonny was involved in drugs when he was a kid, and he went to prison because of it. His…

In Harper Lee's "To Kill A Mocking Bird," the main character, Scout, changes a lot as she grows and learns new things. As you follow her life, her views as a child versus her views as an older girl, are quite different. Even as a young child she is very capable of understanding some things, that would be missed by other children. Even so she is still a child, and is entitled to her fantasies. This is impart because of her curiosity and willingness to learn, and partly because of Atticus. As she…