Short stories

There I was waiting in the long, steadily moving lunch line at school. I was smiling and laughing with my friend. It was a regular Wednesday, just like any other. My phone was in my hand and I felt a sudden vibration. I looked at my phone to read a text message that my beloved boyfriend had sent me. It said "I don 't think this is working." As I read each word, I felt my heart crumbling to pieces. I had never felt such excruciating pain within my chest. I couldn 't believe the words that I had…

leaves on mud, I leave my own trail of crunched leaves, and blood. I got to a point where I could stabilize myself, on a tree that is near the top of the slope, and I looked at the house that stood before me. It had a sliding door on a patio, two stories, and a wooden balcony, like the one I had left, but everything is on the wrong side. Inside, a party rages on. Streamers with school colors and class balloons flood the windows. This is wrong. Three guys stand outside, blue zip-up sweatshirt,…

In the stories, “Energy Story,” “Short Circuit,” and “Conducting Solutions.” They use examples and real life experiments to tell the reader about energy and different ways it can be conducted. To begin, In the story “Energy Story.” They first begin by catching the reader's attention by saying how energy is used everywhere in our lives and most of the appliances we use today would be useless without energy. They then begin to explain atoms and how they have to do with electricity. “Electrons…

In the story “Clover” which, is about a man named Graham; he is a school teacher who teaches a class full of girls. Throughout the story graham interacts with the girls by telling about his house. Graham also has very unique characteristics that he shows throughout the passage talking with the girls. Throughout the story the readers begin to perceive how he interacts with the girls; the readers also see Grahams unique characteristics. In the story “Clover” Graham interacts with the girls all…

Exactly! What's wrong with these writers because it literally just seems crazy to me. I would immensely enjoy hearing what they would have to say about Hayley's characterization. I wonder if Hayley is based off of someone in real life? Tragic if so. Although Elijah would rather lose his life than to ever speak those words to Hayley. Hayley will never be a “good” person. None of them are “good” people but they all have some redeeming qualities. Even if the writers were to flip the script and…

Everyone has their own story of mercy. Everyone has a story of mercy that might inspire them. A story they will never forget. In my case the story I’m telling you today took place most of my childhood. It all started in in the year 2006. My mother was taking me and my brother to her home country, Dominican Republic. My father didn’t go due to his job requirements, so it was just me, my brother and my mom. When we got back from our two week vacation. Everything went back to how it always was. My…

Compare essay of “Mega” and Superassassin Although both short stories “Mega” and Superassassin describe the troubles the main character has to confront while living with an alcoholic parent, “Mega” takes place in Germany where Kim Schmitz lives with his alcoholic father, whereas Superassassin takes place in America where an American-Filipino kid lives with his alcoholic mother. While Kim focuses on having a better life than the one he is currently living because of his father’s alcoholic…

After reading the short story “Into the Storm” I can infer that Tucker and Richard have a lot in common. Tucker is a short twelve year old that lived in Morehead City, North-Carolina he loves fishing. Richard also likes fishing in the passage it says “ Tucker asked the man if he liked to fish. Richard said yes. He’d been a commercial fisherman before he became a captain in the Life-Saving Service.” Richard is like Tucker in this sense they both have something in common they like to fish.…

something to keep warm. How could a piece of material be anything else? In Cynthia Ozick’s short story “The Shawl,” we see that it indeed can be more than just a piece of cloth. The main character, Rosa is a mother who uses a shawl to protect her baby, Magda, while Magda uses the shawl as a source of comfort and Stella, Rosa’s niece, is envious of the shawl and sees it as a prized possession. The story takes place during a horrific time in history when the Nazi regime is in power. We often…

There are many different traits artists use to construct great art. In the short story “Zebra” the main character took an art class and was taught the basic fundamentals. For an artist to obtain and produce great art they do not need empathy they need knowledge. Knowledge is an essential component to create great art because a person can learn to become a great artist with it. Furthermore, without knowledge, you would not know the basic techniques such as shading, textures, and other aspects.…