Carvel: A Short Story

On August 30, 1972 Stephen Ernest Carneal was born at Henrico Doctors in Henrico County VA. Janice H. Carneal and Ernest L. Carneal Had their second boy, their first being John H. Carneal. Stephen Went to Richmond Christian Academy for school and liked hunting and and fishing with his dad as a kid. As a teenager Stephen liked hanging out at the mall and the movies with his friends.

The other Wes Moore written by Wes Moore is about two completely different life stories that have completely different outcomes. Two young men with the same name, lived in the same neighborhood, yet they chose two different paths to walk through life. The author chose going to school and getting an education. The other Wes Moore chose the path of drugs and alcohol. Each Wes had events that help shape the path they would walk on through life.

Hayley goes back to her house to get sweatpants. She sees her dad with Trish. Hayley gets upset with Trish and start yelling. Andy starts yelling too and Finn comes in. Andy gets more angry that a boy is with Hayley, so he grabs Finn’s collar. Hayley says she is going to Gracie’s, she packs a bag and runs. She heads for a bus station and Finn follows her. Finn convinces her to stay at his house. He makes her breakfast and Gracie and Tropher show up. They explain that the police came at the party at the quarry. Finn and Hayley tell their secrets to each other. Hayley talks about her mom, Rebecca. Finn talks about his addict sister, Chelsea. Hayley explains the whole backstory about Trish. The next morning, Hayley goes home. She gets into an argument with her dad, about how he never told her about Trish. Hayley goes to Gracie's house and Gracie is hungover. They talk about Gracie drinking and the Trish problem. Later in the week, Hayley, Finn, Gracie and Tropher talk at lunch. Hayley and Finn get into an argument about Finn not telling Hayley about his family. After their fight, there was a lockdown at school. When they were safe, Hayley gets into a fight with a kid picking on another kid. She gets punched in the face. In the nurse's office, she makes up with Finn. At home, she goes grocery shopping with Trish. I think it is important that Hayley volunteered to go shopping with Trish. Hayley

It was Wednesday, August 12th and I was just about to enjoy lunch with Sarah Lucas when I received a message on my phone, “PIPING PLOVER AT CONNEAUT.” Lunch was over - I quickly grabbed my Binoculars and my camera and I was off!!!

"C'mon Lenick...Keep your chin up" As Chance says as he proceeds to fight his student. "I haven't given up before Chancellor, I won't start now." Lenick then throws a punch to Chance. Chance dodges the punch and takes Lenick's arm, throwing him onto the ground. "You are getting to predictable young apprentice. You have to learn to notice your opponent's maneuvers, not let your opponents see yours. That's what it takes to become a Specialist." Lenick gets back up and ready's himself so does Chance. As Lenick is about to strike, The final bell rings, Chance goes to a rest position, "That is today's class." Chance then walks over to Lenick, "Remember what we talked about, make sure you study your opponent before they have the chance to study you."

Nobody has all the answers to death, not even the person who died. In the case of "The Red Convertible", written by Louise Erdich, Henry died of apparent suicide. However, Henry's death could have been an accident. In short, the story took place on an Indian Reservation during the Vietnam War. There are two teenage brothers, Henry and Lyman, who purchase a car together. At the beginning of the story, the two brothers were inseparable. They both were good at making money, so they made an impulse buy of a red convertible.  One day, Henry and Lyman went for a cruise and come across a hitchhiker on the side of the road. They pull over, the hitchhiker introduced herself as Susy, and the two brothers drove her home to Alaska. Susy's parents invited the brothers in, and they lived in a tent at Susy's house until the seasons turned. Henry and Lyman were young, dumb, and free. After they returned home, Henry got drafted to Vietnam. Lyman decided to fix the car in quintessential condition for Henry when returned. However, Henry was gone at war for three years. He suffered from PTSD upon his return. He never looked at the car, the colored TV set him off, and he had bipolar emotions. Lyman decided to manually demolish the car in order to give Henry something to care for. Henry finally acknowledged the car and worked day and night to repair it. His mood steadily improved. Their younger sister, Bonita, took a picture of the two by the fixed-up car. A few months after the picture, Henry and Lyman traveled to the riverside. The season was changing from winter to spring at that point. They sat by the riverside enjoying the scenery and chewed the fat. Henry revealed that he wants Lyman to take full ownership of the car, but Lyman doesn't want to. They brawl and laugh it off. Henry appeared to be his old joking self. He even runs into the river as a joke, but the current ultimately takes him away. He candidly states that his boots are filling, and that is the last statement heard by Henry. While most readers view Henry's death as suicide caused from PTSD, his death was actually accidental.

“Nope, you lost and I won. Besides you wouldn’t want to go against a wimpy girl again would you?” replied Natasha. Sean stormed away in anger and never attended the arm wrestling matches again, which gave other people a chance to win. Natasha’s friends ran up to her and jumped up and down. They were so excited. The crowd started cheering and lifted Natasha up onto the crowd and carried her to the announcer, who gave her a blue ribbon that said, “Arm Wrestling

about the role of family and the significance of independence in a mature adult’s life.

Thump. Thump. The beating of my heart increased. Thump, thump thump. What was I feeling? Why am I under so much pressure? These were all questions that I had asked myself prior to my first Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu match. All of my hard work, an entire year of consistent training, led up to this moment – the second I would have to step on to the match and prove myself.

Who knew after drinking just only two rounds that Neji can be like this? You sigh, smacking your head as your friend drank the last drop of alcohol from his shot glass. You vow to yourself that if Neji wanted to drink, it will only be at home and not at a bar. Just thinking about carrying him all the way to his house will be a very long journey, especially when it feels like you are carrying a dead person on your back. You also made a mental note that Neji is not a heavy drinker like you were. Just two shot glass and he’s already done?

Louise Erdrich's short story, "The Red Convertible," follows two Native American brothers and their evolving relationship over time as well as their adventures in their red Olds. The two brothers, Lyman and Henry, became much closer with the continuous use of the car. The car stays with the brothers, even during the absence of one of the brothers. The author uses the car as a representation of the brother's uncertain relationship.

“Were that the cars that rushed into the smoke? Did they got lost while driving? How they caught fire so fast? Did everyone survive?” I thought at that moment. Tried to find the answer but too afraid to ask them.

A hand sweeps upon a woman’s belly, inflated by the act of child creation. A man peers from the depths of darkness then sits beside the woman. The man scarred from the bottom left of his jaw to the left bottom eyelid. Says “It’s not pain in my skin” when she touches it, but the scars burn, burn like a thousand horses stampeding on the hot desert sand. A sorcerer with long white strands of white hair and robes that seem to go on for an infinite distance, says he can help both of them. The man says no, not trusting of anyone except his love. Yet the woman says yes, as her pain worsens like the darkness’s ever looming existence around them. The old sorcerer takes out a strange orange flask, glowing inside is it’s contents. “Tis’ an unknown world

“Who do you think will win, Benny?” Chazz asked. Benny ignored the question and Chazz got the hint. It was clear to Chazz that this was an emotional time for Benny; seeing two of his friends battle to the death. Benny had been friends with Ricky and Jessica (the last two tributes) ever since childhood, and it was very hard for Benny to imagine that in a few short moments, one of them would be dead. After a few minutes of fighting, it seemed like Ricky and Jess had had an unspoken realization and they stopped their fight. Ricky and Jess then stood side by side and faced a nearby camera, making sure their last words would be heard.

Waking up the morning that I was meant to leave for my trip, all that I could do was try to will my bladder not to have to use the bathroom and inconvenient amount of times and trying to decipher the correct amount of water that I should drink in order to not have to go. When I woke up a peed, before I left, I peed, when I got to Anna’s house I peed again just for good measure- and that was all within a couple of hours. When we finally left on our 8 hour journey my new mantra was “don’t think about having to pee” which as you can assume was the adverse of what I was trying to do. For the first 3 hours I didn’t have to go, and I was so proud of myself. After that I gained some confidence and was like “I got this, I will pee when