Story County

natural. That is exactly what I did, I persevered and was able to submit a complete story. “Keep your head held high” I was told as I walked out of the room with a frown on my face. I had successfully written a story that contained a beginning, middle, and end; but it was not a story that I was proud of. The dramatic event that I wrote about was a car crash and an infant female who died. I believed that the story was not creative enough and that the judges would not enjoy…

Ulises. The narrator is not a separate character in the story but tells the story of all of the characters together. “Eréndira, who was keeping in step with the donkey, bowed down by the heat and dust, did not reproach her grandmother for her figures, but she had to hold back tears” (García Márquez 297). The narrator does not only know the story of Eréndira but also knows about her thoughts and feelings, which a separate character in the story would not be aware. García Márquez is able to show…

Alexie, Sherman. "A Good Story." The St. Martin's Guide to Writing, edited by Rise B. Axelrod and Charles R. Cooper, 9th ed., Bedford St. Martin's, 2010, pp. 557-560. In "A Good Story" written by Rise B. Axelrod and Charles R. Cooper, talks about the stories that Sherman writes and tells. His mother tells him that his stories are to sad and that life in the reservations are not always bad. He tries to ignore her, but cant because what his mothers tells him is true. That life can not always be…

and her true identity. Tris begins as a small, weak and confused girl, but then changes completely, “It will require a great act of selflessness to choose Abnegation, and a great act of courage to choose Dauntless.” (pg. 37). Throughout the entire story, Tris is always wondering if she made the right choice, or if this is where she truly belongs. She feels as if she does not fit anywhere, and fitting in is a big struggle, considering that she is divergent. Although there may be times where she…

In my opinion, I think “The Perfect Storm” is a more compelling story. I believe this because it goes into a lot more detail than “The Wreck of the Hesperus”. The Perfect Storm’s structure also made the story very easy to read. I personally think a story is easier to read than a poem. The story has real events that makes you want to know if actual people survive. The story is about real life or death situations making the story more interesting. The first reason “The Perfect Storm” was more…

student’s names. Seeing the pennants immediately made me think of what Payne (2013) wrote, “spiritual resources provide a person with a ‘future story,’ which gives him/her hope for the future” (p. 9). Teacher’s had bulletin boards outside their classroom. They were decorated with items from the college they attended which I believe reaffirm their “future story”. The Kansas Report Card website (http://ksreportcard.ksde.org) provided useful information about the school district. The Wichita…

water. Another scenario was in “The Moral Logic of Survival Guilt.” The people who felt guilt in this story did not have to feel it if they did not do anything wrong. Also, The soldiers in the story got to choose their occupation and what they do so having a friend pass is part of the job and it happens. The final scenario of why a person should be held accountable for their action comes in the story called “The Value of a Sherpa Life.” Sherpas die everyday due to their job and although this is…

As I sat in the living room watching TV my daughter came up and asked if she can here a story. I said “sure what kind of story do you want me to tell you” she said “a story about adventure. Please?” I said “alright I'll tell you a story about how grandma,uncle mason and I came to America or the land of opportunity as grandma called it”. When I was just a boy me and your uncle and grandma lived in Ireland I worked as a farm hand for my fathers old friend getting little pay your grandmother and…

“Dad can you tell me a story.” The dad replied,”Yes I can, and I have the perfect story in mind that you may like. It is an old legend that happened some 200 years ago.” The legend goes like this there was a man named Floyd once. He was 27 and dedicated to his job. The place he worked at was known as Wal-Mart. He was a television salesman. One day, Floyd glanced at a tv and saw that there was breaking news. The News Lady announced that the world was in a state of chaos. Floyd was then in shock…

Personally I had no idea what I was getting myself into. I had a somewhat good idea of how coalitions in parliamentary governments worked because of the lectures in class; however, I did not know how it would actually play out. Before the simulation game I did some brief research on the Scottish National Party, and I quickly figured out that we were an outlier in English parliament. So realistically the SNP would its own coalition. I went in with the mindset that no one, even the Labour Party,…