A Gap of Sky A Gap of Sky is a short story by Anna Hope which deals with the pressure from society and the consequences of it. In our modern society many young people feel the pressure to be perfect like a heavy weight on their shoulders. You need a long‚ good education. You need to be attractive‚ be social and have lots of friends. Sometimes the pressure can become too much and you forget what is important in life and gets on the wrong track. In A Gap of Sky we meet Ellie a nineteen year
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The short story‚ “The plan‚” is about the narrator‚ the protagonist of the story‚ who strongly believed that Greg and Amanda‚ partners in crime‚ wanted to kill her in order to have $10 million for themselves. The money was originally stolen by all three people from the bank. The story takes place in modern day California where a lot of bank robbery happens in real life to make the story seem more realistical. Since this story is told in the narrator’s perspective as though he or she was retelling
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Reunion is a short story written by John Cheever in 1962. The story takes place in New York in the 60th. We follow this young boy‚ named Charlie. He tells about the last time he saw his father. He is in New York to visit his grandmother‚ and decides to meet with his father‚ who he hasn’t seen in three years. They have a lunch date‚ but the father is dissatisfied with the waiters‚ so they move from one restaurant to another‚ and so on. Because of all the restaurants shifts‚ the time ran out and Charlie
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Updike is a short story about a young boy named Sammy. He was 19 years old and he was working at A&P mini market. One day‚ there were three girls shopping at the store wearing bikinis‚ and Sammy was surprised yet adore these three girls‚ until one day he quitted his job because he wanted to be their hero‚ but unfortunately‚ the girls didn’t even see him. John Updike was trying to describe Sammy as a typical youth who is trying to get some attention. At the beginning of the story‚ Updike didn’t
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this world‚ we do have some say in who.” -John Green. They thought for sure he was going to die. Doodle is a happy little boy that has a compact body‚ with parents that think they know for sure he is going to perish in less than a month. This is the story of William Armstrong‚ also known to some‚ as Doodle. To begin with‚ Doodle is expected to die; he has quite a delicate heart that puts up limitations for letting him to actually be a kid. Everyone‚ from doctors‚ to his parents‚ to his Aunt Nicey seem
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I chose the short story “Late July‚ 4:40 A.M.” from the selections from In Brief. The story begins in the plains of western Kansas and transitions to a truck stop where a “herd of big rigs” is located. The author talks about how the trucks are polluting the world but people are models of their environment so they could care less. Heading to Colorado‚ the author talks about the landscape and the clean air despite the endless big rigs. They also bring up the signs for attractions that they see along
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Essay on the short story ” Crossing” The short story ”Crossing” from 2009 written by Mark Slouka canters around a ritual trip where a father‚ suffering a life crisis‚ wants to show his son how to beat the difficult opponent that Nature is and there by strengthen the relationship between them and once again find meaning with his own life. We see a father trough a third limited narrator who is on a difficult path to see things right in his now current life‚ after a divorce from his wife. This
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THE HOUSE Arriving at a new school is scary and nerve racking. I’ve moved five times since I was six‚ but Dad said this would be the last time for sure. I’m hopeful‚ but I should never keep my hopes too high. The first day was good‚ I even started to talk to some of the other guys. They all seem nice and chill‚ everyone does for the most part‚ but it’s high school‚ people aren’t always what they seem. After talking to my parents and the guys who I had become friends with
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that causes a person to possess the inability to see or to have the sense of sight. In the short story “Cathedral”‚ we meet an average‚ suburban husband and his wife‚ who have a troubled marriage. The husband is less than thrilled to meet his wife’s blind friend‚ Robert‚ who she has been exchanging tapes with for the past ten years. We feel sympathetic towards Robert because of his handicap‚ but as the story continues‚ it is in fact the narrator who should be pitied because he has trouble seeing
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When I first read the story I found it relatively uninteresting because there were no huge plot developments of dramatic twist I expected from this short story. After I read it again I realized the prejudice and narrow-mindedness that the father of Nnaemeka demonstrate. It showed me that even close family members can break up your relationship with them just because of a life choice that you made. I was also surprised that the Grandfather never accepted Nnaemeka’s wife also he never saw his grandchildren
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