training and exchange student camps. Very sarcastic but also very like-able guy. He helped us get through every rough moment in our camps and training. And now he was with us during our final moments. After claiming every baggage of every student, we moved to a corner that was unoccupied. We hugged each other goodbyes, and shook hands. It was a weird feeling that I had at that moment. Looking back, I didn’t
as a reference to implement a richly descriptive southern setting in her short stories. She was raised by devout Roman Catholics; her faith was deeply intertwined with the overall theme and character development in her writings. O’Connor portrays moments of grace for her main characters at a time of utter shock and devastation. In “A Good Man Is Hard to Find”, the grandmother is enlightened when a mass murderer’s gun is pointing at her. In “Good Country People”, Hulga’s salvation comes when Manley
should I say some cat. SHERAE Cat? (laughs) Don’t you mean dog? LISA Honey, dogs are a mans best friend and are very loyal. Now cats they stray. SHERAE You have no chill sis. (Sales person enters to take SHERAE to try on her dresses) LISA (After a moment.) Sherae if you don’t get out here so I can see you in this dress. Bring ya skinny self on. (SHERAE comes out of the dressing room and spins for LISA.) SHERAE So how does it look? LISA It looks like you got five more minutes before the clock strikes
conscience if I did.”(117) O’Connor’s use of the word “conscience” leads the reader to believe that the Grandmother has good morals and values, but upon further investigation it’s evident that this “good” only runs so deep. At first glance, this moment can be perceived as one filled with sincere fear on the grandmothers part, however, the chances of the family actually running into a loose criminal on a family road trip is one in a million. Which leads to the conclusion that the Grandmothers sole
time?” and after a short silence, I looked up from my device, and began a blank stare that lasted about three or four seconds. In those couple seconds, my mind was blank; my mind was accustomed to saying and receiving. This was confusing, but after a moment I realized that she had not heard me. However, by this time, she was already looking up at me, sharing near the same realization. Now, with mutual eye contact, I repeated myself. Tess heard me, and said “how about next Saturday?” and
In the twelfth poem, the speaker begs the beloved to ignore surrounding threats and to enjoy their time together. The poem consists of only one sentence, the first half of which portrays the moment of intimacy they share while the second half contains the speaker’s request to the beloved to forget about their fear of discovery and separation. The first verse describes the setting in a slightly ambiguous way as the noun “matten” can mean either mat or mountain meadow. Although the former would fit
My prom night was the night my dream came true. And it was a dream I didn’t even remember I had, until I was in the moment and he brought it to my attention. Who knew that a sixteen (16) year old (at that time) would’ve been the one to bring my dream to life? Like a leprechaun out of luck? I didn’t have a date to go with me as the date for prom approaches closer, everyone at school already had dates, even my two (2) best friends had dates. I even decided to go alone; I went as far as asking my sister
Before the grandmother realizes who it is that has stopped to assist them, she states, “We turned over twice!” (126), trying to gain sympathy from the men by lying about their predicament. However, this only last a few moments until she finally realizes exactly who the man is, she seals her family’s fate by blurting out “You’re the Misfit!” without even thinking about what may happen to them if she does (Walters). To this the Misfit states, “Yes’m, but it would have been
on my life helped make writing about it a positive experience. The moment of seeing and getting to hug my sponsor child is a once in a life time experience so when “I walk up to him and Mrs. Jeanel says “Emmanuel meet your sponsor Gracie” that moment was a life changing experience for me because not everyone gets to meet their child (Phelps “Rough Draft” # 2). In addition to our first moment of meeting each other another moment that had such a major effect on me was getting to give him his gifts
Who are you? More importantly, who would you like to be seen as to everyone else? Some may say they want to be an astronaut, or a photographer, or a successful business person. Unfortunately, wanting to be something and actually being something are two very different things according to Western Michigan University professor Ilana Nash. She claims “A woman’s personhood can exist fully only in a society that support it … unless her society shares that view, she will not enjoy real freedom” (Nash 45)