Twenty Years After

titles we have read, an overlaying and prevalent theme is guilt: specifically guilt is the heaviest burden a person carries with them. Guilt will not go away, even after long periods of time; guilt will also hold you back from success. The saying “time heals all wounds” is horribly inaccurate: guilt can often last a lifetime. In the book, The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien, one of the main characters, Tim, feels the lasting guilt of losing a friend in war. Twenty years after the war, Tim returns to the sight of Kiowa’s death, and even after all this time he thought to himself “I wanted to tell Kiowa…

Did you even think your friend wouldn't change, but they indeed changed in a way that surprised you? Well, throughout the story "After Twenty Years" by O. Henry, the author attempted to convey the message that people will indeed change over time no matter how much one may think they won't, and that greed can majorly affect one's decisions. Friends can change over time. This is exactly what happened during "After Twenty Years". Bob, the main character, awaits his friend Jimmy at Big Joes Brady…

I am writing a story about After Twenty years and this is in (first person)I felt the chilly gusts of the wind and a taste of the rain.I saw a guy and he was spinning his club around.The guy with the club walked with a bit of swagger.Later that night i saw a guy who leaned on the hardware store with an unlighted cigar.The man with the unlighted cigar pulled out a match a lit the cigar. Jimmy Wells and i were raised in New York i thought of him and i like two brothers.I could not drag…

“After Twenty Years” by O. Henry is a story that uses foreshadowing abundantly. The way O. Henry delivers his foreshadowing to readers, really builds that suspense and the desire for more. When reading the story, it is fairly easy to notice many literary devices, but the one that sets the mood is the foreshadowing. The way O. Henry employs foreshadowing in the story greatly enhances it overall. O. Henry accomplishes this by using the foreshadowing to enhance its ending, enhance the story’s…

The letter that Corregidor Alonso Guzman had given him had its desired effect. On reading it, the official in charge of the first regidor of Madrid’s office made an appointment for Antonio to see him at 4 o’clock in the afternoon, four days later. The official said it could not be earlier because the regidor was at Escorial and would not be returning for several days. Antonio wondered just how important the king’s life could be if the meeting could be delayed for that long. Couldn’t they send…

For four years the second Monday in November till the last full weekend in February I have slaved away in the wrestling mat room to try and qualify and make the top eight wrestlers in the state championship tournament. Most years haven’t been successful, but last year was different. In The November of 2015, on the Monday that wrestling practice was planned to start, I showed up to practice after all day at school to meet my teammates for the year and plan out the season. This year been my…

ready for the game. I knew in my heart we could be successful. I loved everything about that day until the first blow. A ball nailed me in the head during warmups. I did not see it coming. I turned around for a split second, and suddenly a meteor shot me in the head. It stung for a second, but I did my best to shake it off. The game began and within the first 30 seconds, the other team scored. They scored 3 goals in the first 5 minutes. Although this was not a blow to my head, it still felt…

No one ever made fun of these kids again after Johnny delivered that punch. I’m sure he scared all those bullies off. I do not agree with fighting, but I was so proud that Johnny stood up for himself like that. I won’t be able to see his shining face anymore, but I’ll never forget that kid and what he did that day. If he didn’t stand up for himself and all those kids that day, things probably would have stayed the way they were. As I drive this bus to and from school everyday, I will always…

Short Essay: After Dark Haruki Murakami tests the boundaries between everyday Tokyo reality and a surreal realm in After Dark. The book follows two sisters who are each present in different realities. In this novel, Murakami uses sleep as a symbol of disengagement and disassociation from the world. The plot bounces between many different locations, but centralizes around Eri’s bedroom and the love hotel, Alphaville. Takahashi discloses to Mari later in the book that his original business of…

I think that afterschool programs would be pointless. If students listen in class then they would not need an afterschool program. Schools last a long time anyway, but if schools had an afterschool program then school would be much longer than it already is. Most students would not even take afterschool programs seriously. It can also interfere with students extra-curricular activities. That is why I think that afterschool programs would be pointless. First of all, I think afterschool programs…