A Short Story : A Story?

Similarly, Jake keeps looking back in his past and resents the time's people have wronged him, particularly his father. The narrator states that “He [father] had a way of making it harder for me [Jake]” and how “always when I [Jake] was around him[father] I did things to make me ashamed”(35). So instead of learning from his past and his father’s shortcomings he latches onto them and does the same with his daughter and family. This demonstrates Jake’s unforgiving nature and how he has trouble accepting his former and current life. Throughout the story Jake is shown to be irresponsible as he spends his wife’s support check getting drunk, he constantly comments on everybody’s negative nature but never seems to embrace their positive side. He is heedless of his daughter’s life and is seen when he asks her how school is and she replies by saying that “It’s holidays”. Jake is an ironic character in the way that he doesn't like to communicate with people but he works as a salesman, he wants people to remember him but he keeps doing things that would make one forget him. Jake is very morose and has suicidal thoughts, one instance is when he thinks of his beer bottle as a gun. “His hand taking the gun to his mouth because he had nothing left to say and no reason to go on living”. Jake’s telephone symbolizes a choice, he can use the phone to reach out to people or have it disconnected which would mean him giving into his solitary life and perhaps commit suicide. But things seem to change when Jake has to save his drowning daughter’s life and he himself has a near death experience while trying to save her. This causes Jake to have an epiphany and rethink his approach to life, he decides that the time has come where he has to choose between hiding behind his telephone or using it to reach

It was an ordinary day in new york, People going to work, birds chirping to indicate that fall had just sprung. A normal tuesday, the sun rising, another ordinary school day at central queens junior high, but not for Robert. Robert had snuck out of school, and he had found out that a couple of his friends were sick. He invited them over and one of his best friends, Alex came over. Robert and Alex played down at the park where they had met up with one of Alex’s friends, Jacob. They hung out until it was time to go back over to Robert 's house, when his new acquaintance Jacob said,

Here it’s not safe”. Jacob’s best friend Ricky ran into the woods and started to freak out when he saw the body. Jacob looked up and shined his flashlight into the woods. In the distance he saw something, “It stared back with eyes that swam in dark liquid, furrowed trenches of carbon-black flesh loose on its hunched frame, its mouth hinged open grotesquely so that a mass of long eel-like tongues could wriggle out.” Ricky didn’t see the creature and Jacob was at a loss of words. After these events Jacob’s family believed that he was going crazy. Jacob was sent to see a doctor named Dr. Golan. Jacob want to go to the island where is grandfather grew up to see if he could get any answers for what he had see that night. His family doesn’t want him to go, but Dr. Golan encouraged him to go, saying that it could help his condition. Jacob’s father takes him to the island. While Jacob goes around to search for answers , his father studies the birds there. One day while Jacob is wandering around, he finds the rubble of Miss Peregrine’s home, and that was where his grandfather was raised. He hears people in the house, Then I heard a girl’s voice say softly, ‘ Abe? Is that

This has to be the strangest day I ever had, as I arrive to Rutherford High School to look for my friends, my mouth gapes open when I saw no one in the building. I stand still, bewildered a million thoughts were running in my mind. “Is it Saturday, no it's Tuesday,” I say to myself as I glance at my phone. Its 7:30 am. Where is everyone? I look to see if I had any texts from my friends when I realize I have no signal. I stand there puzzled as I hear the soft crunch of boots on the dry fall leaves, footsteps coming closer and slower each time. The person, walking gave out a screech every few seconds, a sound so vicious and menacing that echoed through out the empty street. I turn around to see who made that noise. My heart pounded like a jackhammer

During his break Ray liked to go to the park across the street from the bank because it gave him quiet time to think. Around noon he walked across the street and into the grass. It was the perfect day to be outside.

Jake shrugged it off, deciding not to tell his parents. He jogged down the hallway into his room. He quickly glanced over all the supplies all over his bed. There was eight boxes of granola bars, a big coffee container full of trail mix, water purification tablets, three pocket knives that jake took from his dads at-home office. There was four, two liter bottles of water, a flashlight with a few extra batteries, and a three large backpacks to fit it all. He quickly shot a text to his mom to see if nick could come over, and if Kyle could come over

“He’s probably just late. Since it’s a half-day, he has to pick up Kyler first.” I replied, setting my bag on the sidewalk. Still, my worry multiplied as the minutes flew by. Bushra’s ride arrived and she went home. Loitering students walked out of the lot. Teachers drove themselves home.

After Jake's father had gotten killed and his mother had gotten killed in a car accident he decides to leave home and go find the person who killed his dad and go find the person who caused the car accident which lead to his mother's death.

Walking slowly up to the small four story building, I glanced quickly over my shoulder as something blurry caught my attention. I clutched my purse turning around to investigate, there he was. Across the street, blankly staring at me. He knows where I live. He’s going to kill me. I stepped a few paces backwards, reaching for the protection of the gate behind me. But as quickly of a blink of an eye, he was gone. My breath hitched. He was just there. He couldn’t have just apparat into the sky. Could he? No, I shake my head assertively, laughing nervously as I enter the security of the apartment. It was probably someone else, who resembled him. That’s what makes the most sense. What if it was him? The thought lingered until I reached the third

Hearing the bell ring put panic into Ayden. He was not prepared for what was coming today. Millions of thoughts ran through his head at once. Ayden didn't know what he would do. Ayden decided to just sit there, hoping he could wait it out. Ayden checked the clock. 2:46 PM, he had to take action. Ayden got up and slowly crept through the halls, trying to avoid the others. Ayden almost escaped, but he waited too long. There they were, he had no other choice. Ayden tried to run, but he was grabbed by the leader, ready for what was about to come.

It was a typical night at the mansion of O’Brien’s household. Jake lives in Seattle, Washington born to successful parents, he was a typical quite teen with brown curly hair, eyes that look like blue glass and crystals. Laying on the bed, the wind howled as rain battered the window in the dead of the night. The cracking sound of the thunder was everywhere and from the dark cloud lightning struck here and there, lighting up the sky for a second before vanishing.

My dad suggested we moved and everyone at home readily agreed. We left the town as fast as we could. I was eager to leave everything behind especially the memories. I still don’t know what happened to Jake but I don’t want to know, as they say ignorance is

I have class in fifteen and can’t find it anywhere.” His eyes look bright- shining- despite his un-styled hair and mis-buttoned shirt. He’s probably been looking for the book since he woke up. The distress is as easy to read off of his friend’s face as pages in a book. Jake’s always forgetting

Larry suddenly woke up from a deep sleep. The sun was dazzling his half-open eyes, and he couldn’t figure out what time it was. The door to his room was closed; the house was immersed in some sort of reckless silence. He slowly got out of his bed and approached the bench right next to the window. For a moment, he thought, he heard a tapping sound coming from the attic. Then again he heard the sound, only this time it seemed to be somewhat closer. He looked outside the window and saw a man going by the left side of the road. On seeing Larry, the man approached his garden’s fence and whistled. At this point, Larry recognized Nick and waved his hand. He quickly got dressed

It was a dark, stormy night as Jack walked through a thick forest. He was on his way to visit his grandparents, but somehow (even though it was a very small community), he missed his way and got lost. Now, there wasn’t much 13- year old Jack could do so, he decided to continue walking and maybe he just might get to the main road and somehow find his way home.