reading the two short stories "Powder" by Tobias Wolff and "If the River was Whiskey" by T.C. Boyle‚ which both feature father-son relationships that are placed under a large amount of stress. There are many similarities and differences between these two relationships that are not apparent upon just a cursory glance. A father can be completely inconsiderate of his sons needs or try his best to meet them and still create turmoil within the relationship. After reading Wolff’s short story "Powder‚" one
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One day the god of wine came down to earth and heard about all the shooting in the world. Dionysus flew right back to Olympus and went to Zeus. Dionysus asked Zeus if he can come down to earth and try to stop the shooting. Zeus said‚” Yes you may‚ but please take other gods with you.” Dionysus said‚ “Thank you‚ but I could go alone.” “No‚ you cannot‚’’ said Zeus.” Dionysus asked‚ “ Who may I take then?” “You may take Ares and Hercules‚” said Zeus. Then‚ Dionysus went to go look for Ares and Hercules
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The younger man‚ by now‚ had learned that the older man had lost his wife 2 years ago. The thick-necked‚ sun-burned redneck had had no children and basically no one would miss him. He (the redneck) would be an easy mark. Time now for the redneck to use direct deposit for his monthly Social Security check‚ monthly pension from the railroad‚ and his monthly military stipend. That way‚ the younger man could score. Feeding the redneck’s different farm animals in the barn was a lot more palatable to
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Detective Warren Gallagher arrived at the Santa Monica pier a little after eight that morning. He was feeling rather lively because last night his girlfriend Amanda had agreed to become his fiancé‚ and because the barista at Cultivar Coffee Bar had given him an extra shot of espresso on the house. It’s wasn’t every day that he got to report to his job as a crime scene detective looking forward to the day that lay ahead of him. As he stepped out of his Subaru and began to walk up the boardwalk his
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figured out what it was and it was a flashlight we had forgotten under the trampoline. So we knew that we had to grab the flashlight and we all decided to together. Then after we grabbed the flashlight we jumped back on the trampoline and said of 5-4-3-2-1‚ and we headed for the house. We were all tripping and slipping in the grass cells over and I end up following everybody else end because it had just rained and there was like holes in the ground. I ended up falling on my knees close to her door. Finally
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It was the day of the championship game. The day before I got 1 hit out of 5 at bats. I could not get a hit. All I did was fly out or get walked. I was so mad all I did for the rest of the day was hitting the in the backyard. The day of our final game I was in our backyard hitting. As I was hitting my brother walked outside to help me. He told me to stop hitting so he could tell me what happened yesterday. And when he was talking I really didn’t understand what he was talking about. After he told
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As Nevaeh Williams flies above a town she overhears and old man‚ ”I know it’s so sad that they don’t get to eat much in that town especially the children but‚ hey what can we do.” As Nevaeh thinks oh my goodness the children! She flies down to ask the man‚ ”hello l think I overheard you saying something about people don’t get to eat and l was wondering if you could clarify that for me.” “Well of course‚ ”said the old man. ”There is an island on the Fouthwood Gulf were the people there are getting
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Black Sabbath Chapter 1. The man’s eyes snapped open and the man’s breathing was rushed and very loud. Crack! One of the men wearing a green uniform smacked the man unconsious.Seconds later The car stopped to a halt and another man jumped out. The men grabbed and threw the man to the ground. The bruised being turned to see as one of the men shoot him in his elbow. The man grasped his elbow as the men dragged him across the ground. The man looked around. It was dark out and they were surrounded
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When she knew Jerry had no mother‚ and he had no skates‚ she wonderland was pacing back and forth‚ staring at a picture she once took with Jerry up in the snowy cold mountains thinking‚ Why would Jerry lie to her? Didn’t he trust her enough to tell her the truth? In a serious thoughtful moment‚ something came in mind. “ he must of had a reason for him to lie to me”‚ She said. The next day she had cook Jerry’s favorite food. She had set the table with a white tablecloth with a vase of‚ dark orange
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felt weak and BAM I’m put to sleep. When I was out‚ I had this crazy dream. It was mixed with me falling into the bottom of the world‚ me breaking my arm at that moment‚ and the hospital. Crazy. It was about 10 minutes I was sleeping‚ but felt like 2 minutes. As soon as I wake up‚ they already put the big cast on. I did NOT like having a broken arm. When I am fully awake‚ they ask me for some apple juice. I say sure because I haven’t had a drink in 6 hours. Once we start to leave‚ they wheel me in
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