Alton's Journey To Hell-Personal Narrative

You can tell by this sentence that Paul is truly scared by

At the beginning of the book, Paul is an outcast, “Hey, Eclipse Boy,” and is never noticed, except by a few people, “Unfortunately, nobody… paid much attention to me.” At first, Paul is a person no one really notices or cares about him, not even his own Dad. Almost Everyone is more focused on his evil older brother, Erik. Paul is also almost always cowardice, “I’m

To begin with, Paul is counseling having flashbacks about his family and secrets that are untold. The author

He realizes just like his father and his mother he is using drug and alcohol to cope with his pain is slowly killing them. Paul still didn’t know if he wants to live or die so he flirts with the idea of death, but he stops himself at the last second.

After a fight Paul takes part in at Lake Windsor High, he runs to his neighborhood. Unfortunately, he is cornered by Erik and Arthur, who attempt to intimidate him. Paul narrates, “I understood that I was supposed to be terrified by this spectacle… But for once in my life, I wasn't. I stepped forward and faced them, just as I had seen Luis do… ‘I'm not afraid of you, Erik. Come on’” (Bloor 260-261). Since Erik chooses to confront Paul, Paul finally does not run away or get worried about what the outcome would be if he talked back to Erik and finds the courage to fight him off. He realizes that his opponent is just a punk trying to ruin his life, and drag him into his careless problems. Furthermore, as Paul faces Erik, he recognizes his same procedure full of pitiful remarks and, "When they finally spoke, it wasn't terrifying, it was lame… Erik stared at me with growing fury, with growing hatred, moving the bat in a tight circle” (Bloor 261, 252). Erik conveys his choice to frighten Paul, making Paul see that Erik was not as terrifying as Paul made him up to be. Paul perceives how terrifying Erik’s true self actually is, as a result of Erik’s choice to confront

In verse two we can find the second half of the conditional statement of Paul which was given. The means of fulfilling this command is then given in four clauses which emphasize unity by synonymous expressions.7 The way in which the Philippians can “fulfil” Paul’s joy is by having “the same mind”, “the same love”, being “one

enters peoples houses and surrounds himself with what they have and for a moment he is able to pretend that what they have belongs to him. Paul creates a new identity for himself as

It is Paul’s worsening mental condition, that is a result of his removal from Carnegie Hall, that leads to the decision for Paul to end his life by jumping in front of a train. The emotional consequences of this traumatic event, such as impulsive behaviour, confusion, emotional helplessness and this emotional void, are the driving force behind Paul’s action. If not for this event Paul’s tragic descent into this state of depression

After being forced to leave his job as an usher at Carnegie Hall Paul gets a job working at Denny and Carson's office firm. He gets the money to go to New York City by taking the money he was supposed to deposit in the bank from Denny and Carson's deposit and pockets it. Paul arrives in New York and lives the luxurious life by buying fancy clothes and checking into a nice hotel. After eight days in New York his fun runs out when he discovers in the Pittsburgh papers that his father had reimbursed the firm and was coming to get him. "Paul had just come in to dress for dinner; he sank into a chair, weak to the knees, and clasped his head in his hands. It was worse than jail, even; the tepid waters of Cordelia Street were to close over him finally and forever" (Cather 11). After succeeding

Paul walks into the room where Rose’s funeral and wake took place, and he sits alone by Rose’s casket and begins to insult her, asking why she left him; at that moment, Paul realized that he never really know the person that Rose was and he starts to

In this passage of the second letter to the Corinthians, Paul addresses several concerns. He is addressing the situation of a man who has sinned not only against himself, but against the Corinthian Church as well. He explains why he wrote a letter rather than bringing sorrow upon them. Paul is sensitive to the Lord’s leading, and in love, writes to the church encouraging them to discipline this man in love for the purpose of restoring him. He urges the Corinthians to be obedient and love the man through forgiving and encouraging him. Paul shares with them his trust in the Lord for the outcome of this matter and how burdened he was for restoration to take place. He warns them of the need to not allow Satan a foothold through this

At this moment the main thing Paul's companion can hear is the wind. He envisions that it sounds like a "gatekeeper's tread" (the strides of the fighter who is guarding a camp).The picture here is that the wind is similar to a trooper guarding the burial ground, moving among the dead individuals' tents and letting them realize that all is well. Everything is not OK, in any case; there's work to be done today.

It had been too long. He didn’t have a way of telling time in there, but somehow he knew this was the longest drill he’d ever been put through. He leaned back against the wall of the basement, not caring if a bomb was about to destroy his home and his life. The world was like this for as long as he could remember and then some. Maybe it was time someone ended it.

Our frustrations finally reached a peak and we questioned Cody one last time. “How much further, Cody?” “Just another couple of turns and we’re there”, he replied. “You said that, like, 5 turns ago!” Joe replied, having had enough of the trip. Cody finally revealed the truth: he didn’t actually know where we were or how much longer we would be there. We knew where we were, but had no idea where we were at the same time. We all felt as though we were stuck in a twilight zone. Another hour went by as we all accepted our fate. We were going to be stuck on this non-river forever. But right when all seemed lost, everything opened up. The trees separated. The river deepened. The sun broke through the once-overhanging trees to shine upon our glorious destination: a parking lot next to a small waterfall just before a hanging bridge. Nothing could have ever looked so wonderful. And as we closed the gap to our destinations, the phones we brought with us suddenly regained their signals, ringing for the first time since we set upon the small, yet problematic river. “Where are you guys?”, our callers asked, expecting us many hours sooner. “We’re on our

Paul knew that some would argue that if all Christian had to do was believe that Christ must be a proponent of sin because he didn't threaten any penalty comparable to that of the old testament. Paul inserted that Christ was certainly not a master of sin.