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Fractured “What happened? Where am I? Who am I?” I wake up in a hospital bed. The very first thing I did was… fall down from the bed. “I’m fine. Huh, there isn’t a soul here. Ahh, good thing there’s nobody here to know that but me.” I got up and tried to find something about me in the room. I looked for some time and found something interesting. “Well, well, looks like I found an ID card and a mirror. “I look really good.” Then, I looked in the mirror. “Hmm, it looks like I’m a teen. Huh, Jake…

As my eye lids begin to open, the feeling in my legs is an indescribable pain. There is blood all over me, what the hell happened to me? More and more people start to gather in the crowd. I can slightly make out my mom’s voice; she’s in a panic with blood all over her. The last thing I remember is fighting with my dad. As I think back, he was with a woman. This woman was not my mom but he came gave her flowers and kissed her. As my mind jumped to he was having an affair, she looked to be…

proudly displayed. My happiness faded as quickly as it had come, dreadful thoughts overtaking my positivity. “How did it go with Mary Jane?” I stuttered indefinitely, nervously awaiting an answer. “Virg, I tried. I went to talk to her but…” “But what?” I whimpered, mildly ashamed as to how vulnerable I was. “I couldn’t bring myself to do it. She just looked so pitiful. You know that she just lost her job, right? Virginia, I think that we should wait.” “How can you say such a thing Peter?…

questioned by readers throughout the novel We Were Liars, by E. Lockhart seeing that her memory and mind has altered . First, Cadence blatantly explained that her father “ran off” with “some” woman he loved more than Cadence, and her mother not divulging what really happened. Out of nowhere Cadence expresses, “Then he pulled out a handgun and shot me in the chest. I was standing on the lawn and I fell. The bullet hole opened wide and my heart rolled out of my rib cage and down into a flower bed.…

prior to the beginning of class. While some students could explain some details of what they had done that day, not all could be certain. Details may not seem to be that important when telling a story from a childhood experience or maybe the retelling of a joke, but what if a person was made to recall a memory that took place six weeks ago? This may not seem crucial, however, what if this inability to recall what happened that day could possibly ruin someone’s life? This appears…

pointed her out to everyone and they asked me to tell them what happened the day of the incident. I wasn’t even able to get one sentence out before Tiffany’s lawyer stood up and said that I had “a lack of knowledge.” They dismissed his argument and let me finish telling my story. When I was done they let me leave and sit in the waiting room. I saw Jillian and Maggie sitting on different sides of the waiting room. We sat there quietly unsure of what to do. We heard the yelling of Tiffany’s lawyer…

When I first read the syllabus of our class to see which books we would be using as reference I was with a close friend of mine. I told her we would be reading The Cry of Tamar by Pamela Cooper-White and she told me immediately “You can use my copy! It’s a great story!” I never heard of Tamar and was intrigued to read this book based on my friends recommendation. As I read the story of Tamar, I was saddened and angry to see that even in those times, the men would corroborate to protect the…

Chabelo Have you ever had a pet that was almost like your friend or another family member? Well I have had one and it was a mini Labrador named Chabelo. I know you are probably asking why Chabelo? Some of you know that Chabelo is a Mexican show host that is really old and big and dresses up like it kid. Well my dog had a medium sized body and looked like he was a baby lab but a really big one that’s why we named him Chabelo. Chabelo will always have a place in my heart. Chabelo was playful,…

Ting’s father though about maybe they could move to somewhere else, when they arrived a new place, nobody would know what happened to Ting’s family. However, they were so poor, once they left, they would lost their land, which would lead them to starve. Therefore, Ting’s family decided stay at hometown because they were without any other choices. Ting hide at home, she…

together. When I recall a memory and I am not sure what exactly happened, I tend to ask someone who was there with me. For example, if my sister was there I would ask her what happened that day and she might have a different response. Both of us would say what we remembered and if the stories are different we would fill in the gaps. In my opinion, it is impossible to have a memory like a video…