Upstairs, Downstairs

a hand, like from those pirate movies. I snuck back upstairs and called the police. By the time they got here, they found nothing. Not even a trail of blood. That morning, I went for some fresh air, as I felt myself going insane. As I walked down a path in the forest, I saw a house. Curiosity killed the cat, I walked in the abandoned house and looked around. It had the smell of a thousand dead mice locked up in a small room. As I walked upstairs, the smell got worst. But what I saw next chilled…

in and headed downstair.…

aren’t you packing any of your things.” I asked her. “Because I don’t want to move, I want to stay here.” “I want to stay here too but we have to go.” With that I walked out of her room and walked downstairs to get something to eat, because after a day of packing you get hungry. When I went downstairs my dad was working on packing up the kitchen tools and decorations. “Hey Caleb can you help me pack up some things, it will only take a few minutes.” My Dad asked me. “Yes, I guess I can.” And…

In The Story of An Hour, Louise Mallard has a sudden and abrupt realization that she is now free, a word that is emphasized many times. She discovers this while upstairs in her room, alone with her own fantasy world. In Kate Chopin’s The Story of An Hour, the newfound realization of individual freedom is shown through the author’s utilization of repetition, setting, and irony. One way Chopin conveys Mrs. Mallard’s realization of freedom is through the repetition of the word “free.” Having Mrs.…

The Veldt The kids started to walk away from nursery from Mr.McClean then he ask them “ So Who's bodies are these” as his body shakes from seeing the dead body of their parents. Wendy responded “ We don't know we walked in there to see what the noise was about but stay right here while I get your tea” the moment they both leave he quickly grabbed his phone to dial 911 but he hears a door shut and hears a lion behind him ready to feed. He finally called and the only thing the operator heard…

unexpected happened. While he was washing his hands, he heard a loud “thud” downstairs. He went to go check what it was. He walked slowly and silently to the front door. Peaking through the small window next to the door, he saw man with an eye mask desperately trying to open the door with two wire strings. “Come on you stupid door, open up.” Alex thought to himself “ First I must contact my parents.” He went back upstairs to call his parents. He called them several times but they didn’t answer.…

In Salem, Massachusetts in 1692, the town minister, Reverend Parris, finds his niece Abigail and his daughter Betty dancing with a group of girls in the forest. Their “group leader” seemed to be his slave, Tituba. Betty, his young daughter, faints when she is found dancing by her father, and will not wake up for many days. The citizens of Salem believe that they were performing witchcraft and this is the reason Betty will not wake up. Crowds gather outside of the Reverend's house while he is…

The Guilty Actions of Mary Maloney Roald Dahl conjured from his imagination the character of Mary Maloney, a woman who murdered her husband after discovering he wanted to divorce her. A question exists in the story Lamb To The Slaughter asking whether Mary was insane or just plain guilty Jeffrey Dahmer, a man who was responsible for the murder, dismemberment, and even cannibalism of 17 men and boys went on trial and was still found guilty despite the thought that he would have to be insane to…

t was a cold winter night in Pennsylvania, and there was a little girl about 9 years old and her older brother. Her older brother is about 11 years old and they have found a boot in the woods one night while they were playing tag, the little sister went running from her older brother and reached the woods. So her brother went after her and then the little sister Annie had tripped over the shoe and fell and then the older brother Jake picked it up and brought it home. He showed his mom and she…

I ran upstairs, and checked all the hiding spots. All the guns were there, of course, but I needed something to do. I made my bed, cleaned the downstairs, I even alphabetized the books on our shelf, reading pieces of a few that I thought might help. My hand shook more and more with every activity. I was trying to keep my mind away from the matters at hand and what I had just done, but it wasn’t much use. I looked out front and saw no one. I sat down by the window, keeping a close eye out for…