A Short Story : The Story Of Billy Ray's Life

In the short story “Where Have You Gone Charming Billy?” by Tim O’Brien, Paul faces the task of being in the Vietnam war, which brings out his fearful character. One example of this fright inside of Paul is when he says that, “He did not want to move. But he was afraid, for it was his first night at the war” (1). Paul does not want to move, but his fear of being left alone at war springs him up and into line behind his comrades. Another example of Paul’s terror is when he is thinking of all the things he will tell his mom about the war, like the smell and the leeches as big as mice, “But he would not tell how frightened he had been” (1). This shows that not only does Paul have this fear, but that he also is ashamed of it. The last example of

Next day Tanner and Toby rob another FIRST TEXAS BANK in a different town than the one Marcus and Parker are in. After robbing the bank Toby and Tanner split up so that Toby can go clean the money at the casino and then pay off FIRST TEXAS BANK. Tanner gets pinned down by the cops, Marcus shows up and kills Tanner. Next day Toby pays off the bank.

A question that arises in almost any medium of art, be it music, film or literature, is whether or not the depiction of violence is merely gratuitous or whether it is a legitimate artistic expression. There can be no doubt that Michael Ondaatje's long poem The Collected Works of Billy the Kid is a violent work, but certain factors should be kept in mind before passing it off as an attempt to shock and titillate; certainly, the poem does both of these, but they are not the primary purpose of the work. For one thing, social context needs to be considered; Billy lived in the "Wild West", a time associated with range wars, shoot-outs and great train

The alligator got ahold of Bud’s foot which then went up to his body then ate him whole. Bud’s family wanted him to come over for thanksgiving, but they couldn’t get ahold of him so then they went to his house and couldn’t find him there, they called his work and they said ‘’he called in and said that there was a family problem’’. Then his family called the cops, the cops came out and they took a missing file report, and said they would send out to the world to look out for him and if you see him please call the cops. A month has passed and no one has seen Bud. This little boy was walking and saw a bag,shoes,water bottles, and a hat all laying on the ground like someone has been there or they live there. He walks down to where he thinks all this evidence is leading to, he then finds blood that has been there for awhile down in a sewer and he finds bones laying everywhere. He calls the police and then police told him to get out of there because they said that’s a very dangerous place for him to be at. The police showed, up and took all the bones and evidence to headquarters to see what they could find out. It took weeks to find who these bones belonged to, which then

A family is going to Florida for a family vacation but the grandmother refuses to go instead she want to go to Tennessee to visit her friends. The grandmother trying to convince Bailey not to go to Florida by mentioning The Misfit, the prisoner who escaped the federal penitentiary and headed towards Florida but the family did not listen to her. The next morning the family including the grandmother with the cat under her seat started driving to Florida. They stopped by at the restaurant called “The Tower” for barbecue where the owner is Red Sammy Butt. While the family is eating, Red Sammy and the grandmother talk about how “A good man is hard to find” and no one can be trusted these days. They get back to the car and take

Taylor was working on his family’s ranch, he was the hardest worker on that ranch. Well he and one of their hired hands went to unload a grain bin. Some grain was stuck on the corners of the bin so they tried banging the outside of the bin with a hammer. That did not work so Taylor hopped in, while he was in there, the grain had a crust layer on top. That layer broke and Taylor fell in, the grain and dust covered him head to toe. The hired hand hopped in to try to save him, but he couldn’t get him out, so he hopped in a nearby tractor and knocked the bin over. They cut the side of the bin open and got Taylor out.

Johnny and ponyboy where at the drive in with dallas winston.There were two girls there and dallas was bothering them.But johnny told dallas to stop bothering them.Dallas went to go buy cokes when he came back he gave Cherry Valance the coke and said ‘’here this might cool you off’’.Then Cherry threw the coke in Dallas face.Cherry invited Johnny and ponyboy to sit with them to protect them.Two-bit matthews went behind johnny and scared him even though he knows johnny is jumpy.

In the period time from 1865- 1890, the Plain and Indian War. It started when the Americans wanted to expand to the Great Plains. The only problem was that the Indians lived there. In addition, the government decided to move them to reservations that were small and farming was not possible because the land was dry. The Indians fought for their lands and some of those battles were the Battle of the Little Bighorn, Wounded Knee, and the Sand Creek Massacre. Furthermore, after the Indians lost, the government gave them the opportunity to become and live like white settlers. For that, they will have to give up on their culture, traditions, and language. Furthermore, while the Plain and Indian Wars was going on, in the Wild West Billy the Kid was becoming a legend. In short, like every legend there had to be an end. In the article, The Authentic Life of Billy the Kid by Garrett Pat, identify the incidents that ended the life of William Bonney and the significates of this document in the United States.

It was a bright sunny day when a boy came out to play, he had a funny name it was trey. His friends Alec and Fey played catch all morning long when they noticed a strange spotted thing. As they got closer it was a lonely little dog looking for food. Alex, Trey, and Fey brought it inside and fed it some steak they gave it some water and named the little dog spotter. Because the dog had little black spots. The next week they looked around but couldn't find the dog. They searched high and low all throughout their house but they could not find their new dog spotter. When they went outside to search they noticed they forgot to close their backyard gate. Alec and Fey cried, but Trey the oldest kept on looking for he knew he would find their new

The Collective Works of Billy the Kid by Michael Ondaatje and Jane (a murder) by Maggie Nelson, are two works of literature with a unique story line. Although the books are very different, after comparing and contrasting the two, one is able to find similarities between the two books. The Collective Works of Billy the Kid depicts the last year of the famous outlaw’s life. Michal Ondaatje tells the story using a series of pictures that move the reader to the final confrontation of Billy’s life. Jane (a murder) tells the story of the life and death of Maggie Nelson’s aunt Jane. Jane was murdered in 1969 while attending University of Michigan; her murder was unsolved. Jane takes the reader through the emotional journey of the unsolved

Jocko got off the train, at the platform he went and told the guy that someone had taken his bag, the guy said that he couldn’t do anything about it. Jocko didn’t know what to do, all his money and clothes were in that bag. Then Jocko realizes what his uncle said, he went to a hotel where he found James. Jocko told James that someone had taken his bag and

One day Professor George Green called his wife Melissa Faith Green and her friend Kasey Rose White to meet at the Trumps Mansion for the weekend. The girls agreed to go so they went browsing for something to wear. While they were shopping Professor Green was working with Professor Plum. They were working on a contract for a house. Well Professor Plum cheated the customer that was buying the house out of money. So Professor Green said that he was going to tell their boss what Professor Plum had done.

Ben and chase were at on there way too math class as ben walked in the door he said i am going to stick a whoopee cushion on the teacher's chair as the teacher walked in she sat on the Whoopee cushion the whole class laughed the teacher mrs. dune asked who did this every on pointed at ben that day after school ben had detention chasse told him that you got to start getting good grades and stop getting into trouble you have two weeks or your parents might not let you get season tickets. Ben said i know i am trying it is hard chase said ok i am going home bye. Those next two weeks ben started getting better grades and in less trouble after school on the last day he ended up getting all b’s and one a. he walked home with chasse after school. When he got home he

Smack! Everyone could hear the sound of Billy getting smacked by Bob and Billy was on the floor with a big red mark on the side of his head. Everyone was shocked that Bob hit Billy for no reason but the next thing you know everyone is fighting in the middle of the basketball court and all the parents,referees,and kids were all trying to get to Bob and some of the parents were protecting Bob.

One snowy day there lived four people and the were kings and queens.The two kings names are Rick and nick.The queen's names are rose and sandra they are all brothers and sisters. Then one day on there ice castle balcony they announced their new laws to everybody but rose and nick were on vacation. So sandra and rick had to tell everybody there laws. Than sandra went first to say one of the laws she said “One of our laws is we all have to help grow food”. Than rick told the other one “For the school the food is only hamburgers and pizza”.