The Open Door

Two identical doors. Behind one is a blushing beauty. Behind the other, a horrible beast. Which will the young man choose, the lady or the tiger?Imagine a person life depends on you the choice are dead or alive. In the story Lady or the Tiger by Frank R. Stockton) the boy is in love with the princess in the text it said” Never before had such a case occurred; never before had a subject dared to love the daughter of the king Stockton.” this was a big thing because no one in the land had loved the…

week. For seven straight nights, around midnight, he would crack open the old man’s door very slowly. He did not want to make too much noise because he did not want to wake the old man up. He says, “It took me an hour to place my whole head within the opening so that I could see the old man as he lay upon his bed” (Bedford 1187). Just thinking about it, an hour is 60 minutes. That is quite a long time to be trying to just crack open a door. Since he had schizophrenia, he took his precious time…

the forest, he saw a band of travelers. Fearing they were thieves, he hid. He heard one of them say ,“Open, Sesame!” After this, a rock slid open, revealing the cave inside. The thieves came out, and shut the rock door with a brusque ,”Shut, Sesame!” Then, the Forty Thieves departed. After making sure the thieves had left, Ali Baba crept up to the rock, and said,”Open, Sesame!” The rock slid open, and Ali Baba walked inside. Instead of finding gruesome objects, he was pleasantly surprised to see…

break into (Y/N)'s room, we are invading her privacy." "Don't worry she won't be back for two hours so we have time." Wolf pulled open a drawer checking to see if something was useful. "Help me find her dairy, if she even has one." Mumbling the last part. After a couple of minutes finding and cleaning some places, nothing was found. Hearing the main door starting to open. The two males started to panic. "Shit, hide." As Wolf dives under the bed. Kid hurried to look around to find a place to…

from a certain distance (i.e. from windows and doors) while noting they must not be seen from the entrances. In…

Opening Doors of Sickness Sickness plagues our world, whether someone is ailing, mentally ill, or morally disgusting. It is one of the more miserable aspects of being human, and we’ve all had to experience it. In Maycomb, a fictional town that serves as the setting and as a character in To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, “closed doors meant sickness and cold weather only.” (Harper Lee, pg 11) This is so that the ill person could be in hiding from the rest of Maycomb. Doors are closed for all…

The Symbolism of the Screen Door Once someone crosses the redline, there is no way to go back. Peoples actions are not reversible, what is done cannot be undone. In both the short story by Joyce Carol Oates “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” and the movie “Smooth Talk” directed by Joyce Chopra, the screen door is portrayed as a transition and a boundary although sometimes it is interpreted in different ways. If Connie crosses the boundary, it will lead to many bad consequences. When…

After hearing that she heard her baby crying and she immediately ran up the stairs and went the room the baby was in and tried opening the door and it wouldn't open. She kept trying and trying, and then it finally opened and the baby and Bloody-Mary were gone. She went to go tell her husband that Bloody-Mary “took our baby”, so he went to check and the baby was in the room, but Bloody-Mary was gone.…

closet. As she grabbed the gun, the noise grew louder. I grabbed the gun and walked down the hall to the baby’s room. The door was open, but as I approached it slammed shut with a loud “BANG”. I tried to open the door but it was blocked by something from the inside was blocking the door. I turned the safety off the gun, and pointed it at the hinges of the door and shot. The door collapsed outward toward the hall. I climbed over the dresser that was blocking…

Ah, what a sight she saw there. The house-door stood wide open. The table, chairs, and benches were thrown down, the washing-bowl lay broken to pieces, and the quilts and pillows were pulled off the bed. She sought her children, but they were nowhere to be found. She called them one after another by name…