Warfield: A Fictional Narrative

The long 172 days had finally passed, and the day I had been waiting for, for months, had finally come. We were in Chicago for my One Direction concert, the day couldn’t have come faster. The agonizingly slow hours that passed that day was too much to bear. Before arriving at Soldier Field, I was highly anticipating meeting one of my closest friends, Jessica, for the first time. It’s actually rather incredible to me, we first were introduced on social media, we didn’t know each other at all, all we knew was that we both loved the same band, and we were both going to the same concert. Prior to meeting for the first time, we were restricted to Skyping each other almost every other day and texting every day.

We quickly grabbed our guns and we started fighting many people were injured or killed.Everyone

Have you ever been hesitant to share a true story because you suspected that it would appear as a fabricated anecdote to your audience? Well, most of the time we add bunch of things or change a true story to make it sound genuine to our audience. We live in a judgmental and complex world where lying has become a part of our daily lives. Because of this habit, it is hard to differentiate the truth from a fabricated lie. Since I was a child, my parents always talked about battle of Adwa and many events that took place centuries ago. It is always amusing to listen to those stories because it is about heroic act that most of the kings of Ethiopia accomplished. Although I heard different versions of these stories, I always tend to believe my parents’ version. The reason is not simply the credibility of my parents’, but the way it was presented. According to the short story, “How to Tell a True War Story” by Tim O’ Brien, a true war story is hard to accept as true because some of the most agonizing parts are true, while some of the natural parts are not. Tim O’Brien’s narrative shows that a storyteller has the power to shape listeners’ views. We can change our perception because of the story teller, and neglect the fact that we are avoiding the actuality. Therefore by listening to different versions of a story, it will actually help the reader find greater truth of the story.

the men sitting around. Suddenly the bus came to an abrupt stop next to a building where the sounds from a broke down

He was confused—he thought he had heard rumors that the government had destroyed the last of the organized rebel groups. The man spoke again. “We can stand together, work together, and you won’t have to be oppressed and overworked any longer.” He paused to pull down his bandana and smile. There was a clear line across his nose where the exposed grey skin met the cleaner, whiter skin. “We have a place for you at our base. You can help us, guard our base, and in return you will receive no less than any of the rest of us. We just need some more supplies.” He nodded at the door and covered his face with the

In “How to Tell a True War Story” O’Brien looks for the relationships in between the events during a war and also the art of telling those events. O’Brien doesn’t have a clear idea of what a true war story. He talks about his buddy that was in Vietnam. His buddy`s name was Bob Kiley but everyone called him Rat. O'Brien talks about his friend Rat`s friend gets killed, So Rat sits down and writes a letter to the guy's sister.

Incredible lines such as these are uttered by characters, both relatable and far-fetched. Each civilians’ personalities contrast one another, and this simple concept is enough to entertain the reader. It is almost as if they have a identity disorder, with their thoughts constantly altering and dictating the ones they have

The short story that will be discussed, evaluated, and analyzed in this paper is a very emotionally and morally challenging short story to read. Michael Meyer, author of the college text The Compact Bedford Introduction to Literature, states that the author of How to Tell a True War Story, Tim O’Brien, “was drafted into the Vietnam War and received a Purple Heart” (472). His experiences from the Vietnam War have stayed with him, and he writes about them in this short story. The purpose of this literary analysis is to critically analyze this short story by explaining O’Brien’s writing techniques, by discussing his intended message and how it is displayed, by providing my own reaction,

During my four years at Beddingfield High School, I have made and lost a lot of friends, met people that will forever remain close to me and went through a couple of things that I probably thought would ever happen to me. My freshman year at Beddingfield, I had just moved from Atlanta, Georgia, so I really did not know anyone. My first day at Beddingfield High School I met a girl name Brionna and at the time I didn’t know anyone, so I was surprised that she even had spoken to me. I was shy the first couple of weeks, but getting to know I everyone I started to come out of my shell except for when it was time to do a presentation or talk in front of the class. I still have this fear today. As months went by I felt as if I knew everyone, but that thought changed when people started to spread rumors about me. I really didn’t say anything because I knew it was a lie. When that happened I started to distance myself from people because I started to figure out who my real friends were. The same few people I was friends with my freshman are the same people I hang with today because they showed me that everybody is

I just arrived at the goldfield one week ago. Everything is going perfectly. I have already found a lot of gold because I have the richest and wealthiest mine by far. Father, your large amount of money that you lent to me has helped me buy the best food, travel on the best stagecoaches, buy the best tools and have the best mine. Even though I had the best stagecoach all to myself, the journey was still rough, the water was still not clean and the food not fresh. It took seven days to travel to hill end because we had to keep stopping to change horses and give them a rest. The weather up here is freezing cold in the morning and late night, but okay during midday.

This week’s book is Warcross by Marie Lu. This sci-fi thriller is the first installment of Lu’s newest series. The sequel, Wildcard, is due to be released in September of 2018.The main characters are Emika Chen and Hideo Tanaka. Emika starts off as a bounty hunter with incredible hacking abilities who is just barely keeping herself off the streets, even with her roomate, Keira, trying to help pay for rent in their run down apartment.

His name was George Hartfield and he was rich as buttercream and the paper said just as sweet. I’d like to think of him as a miser. Probably hired children and worked them to death; paid less than a penny too.

The reading that most appeals to me is “An Episode of War”, authored by Stephen Crane. In “An Episode of War”, an army lieutenant is busying himself with doling out rations of coffee to his company of soldiers. Whilst using his sword to parcel out the coffee, he is shot by someone in the nearby woods. The shot catches the lieutenant in one of his arms, and he goes into shock. His soldiers try to assist him, but at that point the lieutenant realizes his hopeless situation and retreats from the field of battle to the medical tents. On the way the lieutenant watches the battle unfold, helpless and hopeless. He finally reaches the medical tents and the doctor there assures him that he won’t have to amputate his wounded arm. This turns out

“Journey’s end”, a play written by R.C Sherriff he describes the horrendous effect of war on the soldiers. They play was written after Sherriff was sent home wounded in 1917. The play gives you an idea about the life of soldiers in war and how they survive; it portrays their feelings and emotions being there while witnessing the misery. Being an officer, R.C Sherriff understands the feelings and emotions of the officers in war. The three characters: Stanhope, the leader of company “c”, Raleigh and Hibbert which are two officers from the same company are affected by war and the change of circumstances. R.C Sherriff successfully shows the horrific effect of war on the officers by changes in their personality.

Normally I would be bouncing off the walls waiting for my mom to unlock the car doors. But not that day. That day was different. That day I was climbing through the back seats begging not to get out of the car.