Abby: A Short Story

room of the Intensive Care Unit of Miami Children’s Hospital Abby Berenger’s doctor was talking to her father, had been perhaps for some time, but Lavelle Berenger heard him only distantly, distorted by an odd echo effect in his mind. It was like being trapped in a very deep well and hearing someone call down. His mind had gone midnight dark, and the darkness served as the background for a kind of scrapbook slide show. An old snapshot of Abby smiling bashfully for her mother, the photographer, while

you life in jeopardy? In the short story, “Rogue Wave” the story takes place on a ship that has been hit by a rogue wave and flipped over. The main character is stuck in the galley, with a 3 foot air pocket and she has passed out. Similarly, in the article, “Parents of Rescued Teenage Sailor Abby Sunderland Accused of Risking Her Life" the article talks about this 16 year-old, Abby, went to sail around the world by herself and he ship was hit by a rogue wave. The story and the article both have ricky

supernatural beings capable of sucking the life out of their victims. One can find a mention of these creatures throughout the centuries. From a Succubus in the Bible to the Vampires of today’s Twilight Sagas, the short story “Luella Miller” by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman is no different. This story, unlike many other tails, did not just come out and say that the creature was present for sure; it more or less hinted to it possible existences. Also the hypnotic state that the victims were in brings the reader

and CNN all state the same story but covered differently. In Fox News, Abby Wambach, retired soccer star, arrested for a DUI in Oregon. Abby Wambach was under the influence of alcohol. In Fox news it covers that Abby missed a red light and failed sobriety test and even the breath test.It also states when she retired and how long she has played and how she stated a statement on Facebook stating an apology. Abby was arrested by Sgt. Peter Simpson in Oregon. In Abc news, Abby was arrested

While reading first-person narratives, it enables readers to understand more information throughout the story. Hearing the thoughts and ideas right from the character makes it easier to make connections. In the short story “George and the Jewels” by Jane Smiley, the main character Abby goes through a transition from disliking horses to understanding them. In “Black Beauty” by Anna Sewell, the story is narrated by a horse who is introduced into a new environment where he has to become used to being rode

Being cut, especially at a young age, can diminish self esteem, lower determination, and stick with that person forever. In the short story “Cut”, Bob Greene recalled his experience with not making his seventh grade basketball team. After weeks of hard practice, Greene anxiously waited to see his name on the team list, only to discover he’d been cut. Greene turned into a hard worker, completing more assignments and working more hours than needed. At the age of 16, now successful lawyer Bob Graham

Similar to Mama Day, it starts with a character that is not necessarily the main focus of the story that travels to an island to hear the story of Georges, a male African American slave who is the son of a slave woman and a slave owner named Alfred. Georges is a brave man that stands up to Alfred many times, even in the moments where he knows he could be killed for disobeying

wondered why an author chooses a certain time and place in his or her novel? You may ask, why would he/she choose this time in war or why this time in rebuilding? An author that uses setting to support the theme very well as Ernest Hemingway in his short story "Christmas 1910". The setting of "Christmas 1910'' is in the Great Plains. At that time there were not many people living there, only a few went to a farm and have a more peaceful life away from the cities and people. Hemingway uses this setting

choice is made to break apart body paragraphs and to create an increased sense of separation between paragraphs, during large subject shifts, as the author uses a series of asterisks to separate paragraphs. The piecing together of a story, with very incohesive short stories and pieces of information, is a stylistic choice in itself, which is built upon in this instance as the author uses this technique to create a coherent

In 1925, Ernest Hemingway published a short story called "The End of Something." It is considered to be one of Hemingway 's most famous Nick Adams stories. Nick is a main character that pops up in a lot of Hemingway 's stories. He is a war veteran who had a very traumatizing experience while he was enlisted, and he deals with PTSD throughout all of the stories he is present in. However, in this story, Nick Adams has a hard time splitting up with his lady, Marjorie. In "The End of Something," Ernest