A Short Story : A Story, By Eddie Kaspbrak

“BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!”, I slammed the snooze bar for the final time in a sleep-deprived fit of rage. “5:45” The red numbers illuminated the dark bedroom and I am hit with the depressing realization that the first day of school has begun. Staying in bed any later would award me with a traffic jam and tardy slip, so I dash out the door.

You know I don’t like it… What time is it?..” He turned over and tried to grab his phone, but he couldn’t reach it. I giggled and smiled at his predicament. Well, I guess that’s what ya get for being lazy. He sighed loudly and managed to scoot close enough to his phone to grab it with his fingertips. Now with his phone in hand he scrambled out of bed and to the closet. I watched and followed him after he got out of bed. Man. This guy only realizes that we’re going to be late if he doesn’t hurry. No, the obvious sunlight should’ve thrown him off or maybe it should’ve been me dressed and ready. He carefully pulled out two traditional American uniforms for us and I smiled before standing up promptly. I went to the kitchen and began pull things out to cook for breakfast. I opened the fridge and took out fish. I also grabbed some milk. I heard the shower turn on while searching in the cabinets for the right pans, bread, and rice. While furiously humming the most recent song that I have heard, I began

He lost his hat, the one that he got from someone at his birthday party. He got offended by Mickey, giving him a punch on the arm. From this, the readers can understand that MIckey, the alcoholic Irishman, was not a good soul to Eddie. Mickey will probably became a part of a negative time period during Eddie’s life, and this could be the reason why the narrator introduced MIckey in this way not completely positive. Thirdly, “She puts his hat back on his head. Later, she will walk him along the pier, perhaps take him on an elephant ride, or watch the fishermen pull in their evening nets, the fish flipping like shiny, wet coins. She will hold his hand and tell him God is proud of him for being a good boy on his birthday, and that will make the world feel right-side up again” (Albom 25) In a lot of moments we read about Eddie, how he suffered much pain and misconstrued events throughout his life on earth: Eddie was searching for some kind of peace within himself, which he never found. However, here the love of the mom for his kid is shown, and the reader can definitely understand that Eddie’s mom cared deeply for Eddie and his brother, Joe, offering her sons a nurturing alternative to their abusive, alcoholic

Turning against the world of drugs and violence, Eddie vows to take the straight and narrow path, even if it means struggling at temporary manual labor jobs. So when he takes a landscaping job for a white man across town thinking that god had finally heard him, the man's truck is stolen from the front of Eddie's apartment causing yet another problem to add on. He hid for hours and days drinking because he really liked his job with the white man and was afraid of what might happen to him. Although getting the truck stolen from him kinda seems like a big deal, it is not because that sort of thing happens daily in the streets of fresno that he lived by, it was almost like that was something normal to him. So when his aunt gets home she reminds him yet another time that his cousin died only this time a gun came with the tortillas she would try and persuade him with the avenge the death of her son.

One cold and crisp Tuesday morning, Tommy wakes up at 6 o’clock to the sound of his alarm blaring. Papers scattered throughout his room, his laptop on his bedside table and his textbooks thrown all over the soft carpeting, Tommy’s room looks like an utter mess. He sits up, smacks the alarm clock to stop its harsh noise, and sighs loudly before hopping in the shower. After getting four hours of sleep, he would rather just go back to bed before going to school for the next eight hours.

Eddie at the beginning of the story was hopeful that his career would succeed.Everything started going well for him, people said he played from the heart. He was starting to show that he had money, he got a leather jacket and and wore a chain. He made 1 record that went to the charts. When he went to hollywood he met a girl immediately and moved in with her. Not only that she taught him how to play the guitar which started his music career.Eddie started to become successful however when the A&R man told him that he doesn't hear a single. His music career was basically over, he had no idea what to do, he was confused. He was lost, he had no career when his A&R man fired him, he is “a rebel without a

After Eddie found out all of the interesting things that he never knew about his father, he is now more accepting himself as a person and where he came from, as well as accepting where his father came

Eddie chose to fit the stereotype to be a cold, distant man who resorted to aggression, violence, and drugs. At Exeter, Eddie assumed that he could not escape from people’s preconceptions, so instead of continuing his quest for a greater future, he gave up and chose to fit the image of how he thought everyone saw him. Eddie never let his guard down and frequently lied about his behavior back home, when “Eddie had fallen from his bicycle while riding through central park… when Eddie returned to Exeter sporting a big bandage and a nasty-looking wound, he informed his classmates he had been injured during a fight on the streets (119). His justification for this lie, he told his mother, was that falling off a bike was not as exciting as getting into a fight. Eddie was caught lying about a lot of his actions, including violent stories about his actions on campus.

The sun was kissing the horizon; the day was just beginning, and the sweet sounds of the birds morning sound had awakened me. I was sitting in the same spot I do day after day, happy and well rested. I awoke from my peaceful slumber with a large, clanging chime that echoed off the walls and the roof. The sounds of footsteps stomped down the stairs, and there, as always, was Todd. And as he always does, he shuffled his way to the kitchen and turned on the coffee. Finally, as the aroma of burnt coffee grounds filled the air, a new day had begun.

Eddie’s tone was him being on top of the world and thought nothing could ever happen. He was making charts. Making nice amounts of money. Buying nice things even partying with famous people. But the tone shifts into an unaware tone. The A & R Man fires him because he doesn't think he can make the hits he used too.

1. Eddie did not have a good relationship with his father. It seems abusive considering his father tried to punch him. He also yells at Eddie and tells him to get a job.

     The next person that Eddie meets is his Sargent from the war. He tells Eddie about how he, the Sargent, died, and how that enabled the rest of the company to survive. He told Eddie that it had been him who had shot him, in order to save his life. Eddie had become convinced that he saw someone in a burning building, and to prevent Eddie from going in there and losing his life, the Sargent shot him in the leg.

Eddie wants to live his life known as a rockstar. He graduates highschool and moves out to Hollywood, California. Moving in with his girlfriend he decides to get a tattoo. She teaches him how to play guitar and he sure starts a music career. Eddie gets too caught up in the fame and his manager explains he doesn't have a single to use. Shortly after Eddie receives news that he has been fired. He goes from being on top to hitting rock bottom.

As Eddie tunnels deeper into substance abuse, he begins to turn emotionally listless (or should I say flaccid). The music fades in the mix, and sounds of snorting and moaning are brought up, taking the audience into

He sees a diner in the distance and runs to it. Eddie sees his father, who was very cold to Eddie and ruined his childhood. He screams and tried to get his