Jape's Short Story: Home

When we make our way past countless vendor to the tunnel the crowd roars. As I step through the tunnel into the light the glare of the setting July sun hits me. When my eyes finally readjust to the light I look around and almost have trouble with my depth perception because of how big and crowded Fenway is.

Dick wanted to live a respectful and spectacle life, Frank as a good friend told Dick to make him a promise that if he wants to live a respectful life, he needs to stop gambling and start saving money to at least get a room. Henry, a friend of Dick, he is a bootblack just like Dick, he has no place to sleep and Dick being a good person offers him to share a room with him. As Dick starts to become a little serious about his future his fascination if he will ever learn to read and write, Henry was a son of a gentlemen that passed away at the sea. Henry had acceptable knowledge about reading, writing, geography and arithmetic. Dick asked Henry if he can be Dick’s private tutor and teach him how to read and write. As Dick advances in reading and writing, he offered Henry a place to stay, for Henry’s generosity Dick paid for there room’s rent. Dick and Henry also opened a savings account which assisted them so much in the future. Several months passed, Dick and Henry’s lives succeed and the more they saved the better there living conditions remodeled, but with great achievement comes with great

Janie’s second home helped her learn that love cannot be bought with gifts. Jody was a successful man; he had become Mayor of Eatonville. Even thought Jody bought many gifts for Janie he was no better than Logan at affection and love. Jody was a sexist and disrespected women. He restricted Janie’s freedom out of jealousy, she would only go out for work or chores. The only reason she stayed with him was that she didn’t have many options. “but he is something in my mouth He’s got tuh be else Ah aint got nothing ‘tun live for. Ah’ll lie and say he is. If ah font, life wont be nothing but uh store and uh house”. She had to lie and fake her love for Jody except when Jody had died, she mourned the loss of him and had mix feelings but she cherished her freedom as a widower. After several months she wanted to go back to her birth home but remembering she had no more family to go to, she didn’t know what to do and that transitions to her final

John learns that work has caused him to lose touch with the neighborhood where he has lived for many years. And he finds out that things weren't always as they seemed to be -- in many ways.

Once the rift appears in their fidelity, both of them are very confused. Missie May has been caught by Joe in bed with Otis D. Slemmons, the bragging rich man. Specifically because this offense occurred in the bedroom, it is a threat to their future happiness. If Missie May becomes pregnant with another manís child, Joe will no longer be considered an adequate man, and Missie May will no longer be his. Joe is truly in love with Missie May, and is happy in their marriage ìThat was the best part of life-going

Carrying the dog represents the relationship the speaker had with his ex-girlfriend before they separated. When the speaker awkwardly steps onto the scale with the dog and “subtracts [his] weight” (Collins 7), he is symbolically removing himself from the relationship and can now assess what remains. Just as it was easier to discover the dog’s weight after removing himself from their sum, he had not “figured out what [she] amounted to” (11) until after he had left. The last stanza indicates that with his new-found perspective, he begins to doubt the decision to leave. The symbolism of the the man awkwardly holding the dog allows the reader to easily conjure Collins’ mental state and transition from a general situation to one specific to Collins.

John shows a willingness to change his ways and attempt to resolve conflicts that have arose between him and his family. As John evaluates his relationships, he is able to admit to his own fault and understands his need to change if he wishes to stay apart of his family. While debating going to the event, John analyzes how “he was too preoccupied with other things to pay much heed to the boys activities.” Because of this, John feels a wash of guilt and figures “he owed it to the boy.” During the event, John tries to keep good intentions and is “anxious to create a good impression for the sake of the boy.” His effort to change and become a better person and father is clear. He is no longer looking for an outlet for his blame and know understands and thinks to himself, “No, it’s your fault. It’s always been your fault.” His acceptance of his fault is the first step in trying to change his ways in order to better his relationship with his

They say the desert is unforgiving. Especially for those that do not belong there and she definitely did not belong here. Matix confined to a manmade plaster shell in a hospital somewhere in the Chihuahuan desert she had a feeling she was just like a turtle washed too far inland. Just like that turtle who needs the currents of the ocean in order to survive, she needs to use the only moving currents she has left to help her finish what she started. She promised never to use this again but what other choice does she have now, she can’t just lay here and do nothing while others struggle forth to survive. Her brother will be very displeased…

Thirty minutes had passed since Jahlil had entered the bank and he had wasted all of his ammo shooting rounds outside to fool the police into thinking the threat was larger than it was. Jahlil trained his weapon on his hostages and yelled for them to shut up and stay still. The police were outside yelling for him to come out on the bullhorn. They still had no clue how many people were armed inside he thought. Jahlil stood frozen. Waiting for the inevitable. Waiting for the huge double doors to get toppled by the swat battering ram and the full brunt of the law to bear down on him. It never came. Instead a lone police officer came in through the back. He was a short Mexican man. He looked very desperate but there was a dangerous gleam in his eyes. The moment Jahlil and the officer locked eyes their weapons came up. “Drop your weapon” Jahlil said. “Where’s my wife?” Said the man. There was a long silence. Jahlil was bluffing. He had no ammo. He was beaten. One look into this police officer’s eyes and he knew there was only one way out.

Junior then introduced the readers to his best friend, Rowdy, who tried to help him feel better by telling him no one would notice if Junior left and ran away, so he should just tough it out and stay at the reservation. Junior understood what Rowdy meant, and knew it was Rowdy’s own way of showing him he cared about him. The narrator states, “His heart is as strong and mean as a snake, too. But he is my best human friend and he cares about me, so he would always tell me the truth” (16).

PJ’s home from school for the weekend, and mom is so happy. A marathon game of Skip Bo, lots of laundry and good food prepared by PJ. He’s a year away from receiving his degree in gaming design and development and now he’s talking about attending culinary school. Love you son, but only one degree, You get to do the next one. You are an awesome chef. The red snapper you grilled for dinner tonight is mouth watering good.

The young man who told Betty Clay his name was Jason felt he had not gotten what he had worked hard for in life. He knew of the law of life that said you get what you earn, but he didn’t think what he had gotten of recent was a fair return. If you work hard, you get good things. If you treat people right, they will treat you accordingly. His understanding of what should be happening was different from what was actually happening.

"More than anything, I just want you to know that there is more than one person you can lean on. You may have someone up their who you are relying on, but you have two incrediably strong sons who would never wish to see their mother in pain like this. Whatever the outcome we finally get your boys will be strong for you and in return I'm sure you will be strong for them."[/b]

"You can't keep holding on to stuff like this, James." Natasha sighed, slipping a delicate hand through her hair. "It's not healthy."

Jitters’ was the assistant general manager and was a skittish server. This was the only time in Japes career that he saw a server placed in such a poor position. Jitters had a little bit of a Kiva in him as he always did what Shorty told him to do. He was not independent of thought and showed true difficulty in making a decision. He was always nervous whether conducting a meeting or simply walking the hall. An honest server and a good citizen of the hotel, but in the wrong role for someone so ill-prepared. He was seen from time to time in the public space of the hotel with Mr. London. Mr. London’, was the President of the Hotel Division and was responsible for all the general managers and their assistants. He was from Europe and was the one who insisted on complying with the demanding work schedule. He would openly berate Jitters at the top of his lungs in front of everyone. He would publicly embarrass him to make a point. The only point he was trying to make was that he was in charge and all the servers would fall in line. The only real communication Japes had with Mr. London started as Mr. London one day decided to raise his voice at Japes. Japes, in a calm manner, directed Mr. London to the side of the lobby and said loud enough for any server to hear, ”Take your condescending attitude and leave, I don 't know who you think you are but you will never talk to me in that fashion!” Mr. London never addressed Japes