English 2 Year 11 Short Story

After months and months of preparing for the big race, the day has finally come. It was a perfect summer day, when Ronald Raptor and his friends Tiffany, Travis, and Barbra strolled up to the Blaze’n Race’n Track. Someone else was walking up too, a ginormous, mean, green, dinosaur named Tyrone the T-rex. Just a glance in his direction makes the hairs on the back of your neck spike up, but he was jealous of Ronald. To sum it up, Ronald wins at life, he has friends , he’s cool, and he beats Tyrone every year. “But, this year would be different” Tyrone thought with a evil smirk on his face, “I have a plan”. Interrupting Tyrone’s mastermind plot was Ronald’s laugh, making him remember how lonely he was, but nevermind that. It was time to start.

The glistening sun scorching my eyes bring me back to consciousness , i have only a few seconds of silence before i am overcome with an unbearable screech next to me .

“There is something strange about this house”, Scarlett murmured to herself. Ten days ago, her mother bought a penthouse which costed a huge amount of money. The penthouse had luxurious amenities, high end appliances, finest furniture and luxurious flooring system, etc. By this Scarlett was exited but at the same time specifically her room was an eccentrics of the luxurious penthouse. Scarlett even knew about the previous owner who was a film producer Sam who had disappeared. Later, after two days the body was found decomposed in a nearby cemetery. This really irked Scarlett. From the following ten day she has been experiencing situations which are hard to describe. For example, feeling like someone is observing, sounds of screaming, doors creaking,

June is notified and tries to track him down, having a motive as Day has killed her only family. Undercover as a homeless person, she befriends a boy, which coincidentally is Day. Climax: June discovers Day's identity and immediately calls the government as Day is trying to support his family. Other than taking Day into custody, Day's mother is killed and both his brothers, John and Eden are also taken into custody.

Kate bursts into tears. She tells Flannery that she was going to give her mother her Christmas present on the guitar as she wipes the tear away from her eyes. Flannery just stands, dumbfounded. Finally she shrugs, telling Kate that Ellis can just use the guitar she will be getting from her father. Kate thanks Flannery and asks her to join her while she strings popcorn. To her surprise Flannery accepts and the two walk to the kitchen to where the popcorn and strip was set up. Just as Kate sits down she hears the doorbell. It's the UPS man. Kate opens the door to see a uniformed man with two big boxes. One from Uncle Simon and Aunt Kim and another from the Guitar Center. Quikly the guitar box is snatched from Kates and hands by her mother and taken away. Kate gives an excited thank you to the UPS man, just waiting for him to stop in front of Flannery’s house. The truck never stops. Kate walks back to the kitchen but decides not to mention anything about the UPS truck. She is surprised when she sees that Flannery has already strung to feet of popcorn.

“Compare/contrast Faulkner’s ‘Dry September’ with ‘A rose for Emily’ in terms of writing style and character presentation.”

My hospital bed was ice cold and the bleak and empty white walls depressed me as the uncomforting thought that I would have to stay here for maybe another week brought tears to my eyes. The usual and oppressive smell of disinfectant lingered in the room as I recalled that night in my head, trying to convince myself it wasn’t my fault, as I had done everyday since the accident. It was the day everything changed and my life was turned upside down. Forever.

“There's no hope left, the whole house is going to burn,” i yell out in fear as the ravishing heat hits my face as if it was a sucker punch. Macey calls all her children and the 4 kids run in order outside the house. “Wheres Ben !?” “We couldn't help him ma, the door collapsed and we couldn't go into his room to help him,” Will whimpers on the floor sobbing his pain away. In a heartbeat we see MAcey run in for her child, we yell out , “don't go, there isn’t nothing we can do!” She's gone in a beat of a second. Will escapes my grasp and follows his mother. Cracks are heard the house was tilting and in a blink of an eye it all collapse. My world had fallen into ashes like my home, my life had endured at that moment a pain that is un-humane, something that man suffers when their life is coming to an end. I had lost more than just a home, i had lost pieces of my within that burning

Ray is almost healed but still need some cuts to recover. Amanda is back from school around 3:30 and doing homework. Then suddenly hears on the radio in her room over 115 people are in danger from a falling airplane. She looks threw her bedroom room window. Amanda runs out the house in fierce.

There was a noticeable shift in temperature as the sun began its slow descent toward the horizon, the impending dusk transforming the western sky from faded blue to an artist’s palette of muted pink and orange tones. Across from the aquatic center, Tom and Dennis loitered at a bus stop, their teenage attire helping them to blend into the urban environment. However, despite his outwardly composed appearance, Tom was anything but calm. His eyes scanned the street, searching for any sign of their suspect. Tyrell Carson was an unknown quantity, and therefore, he needed to stay alert and not become too complacent. While Booker had voiced a certain amount of skepticism, Tom knew all too well the dangers of dealing with teenage felons, and he

His hand was covered in blood, as he put it under his wife’s head. On the other hand was a phone, already dialed to call the hospital. In the back, the sound of a woman screaming; crying in pain. Brandon is calm, taking deep breaths in and out. He never thought it would happen like this because he had thought of this day over and over again making the new one more perfect from the last. He recites what he will eventually say to the nurse, “My wife is bleeding out, and the murderer is in my house get two ambulances here right away” Brandon told the people at the hospital where he lives, and there were two ambulances on their way to the house. Brandon looked over at the murderer, sitting on the cold hardwood floor looking braindead with blood

627 words. It took 627 words to shatter me and my walls, but in turn, they opened me up to a safer

Antagonist: Captain Torres Flat and a little stereotypical: The captain does not show his thoughts or feelings. he is a standard, cruel, brutal army officer bad guy, killing the good revolutionaries. However, he shows a little change is telling the barber that “Killing isn’t easy, is it? You can take my word for that.”

Kasey sleepily looked around her dirty home. She realized there were cups and food all over the place and people knocked out on the couches. Her only concern right now was wasn’t how she was going to clean up the huge mess from the party she threw the night before but how she was going to make all these people wake up and make them leave. Kasey noticed her friend Alison near by and realized she was the only person who would be willing to help her out. She shouted Alison’s name and rattled her awake. As Alison woke up they both realized Kasey’s parents would be home in 2 hours after being away for the weekend to visit their friends. Before they could think or say another word the only noise in the room was the screech of the front door opening.

The feeling of adrenaline rushed through his veins, the pounding sound of his friends chanting for him do do it,