Alena's Summer Short Story

Growing up with parents who are immigrants can present many obstacles for the children of those immigrants. There are many problems people face that we do not even realize. Things happen behind closed doors that we might not even be aware of. Writers Sandra Cisneros and Amy Tan help us become aware of these problems. Both of these authors express those hardships in their stories about growing up with foreign parents. Although their most apparent hardships are about different struggles, both of their stories have a similar underlying theme.

Everyone has its own definition of success. For ones, it is to earn a lot of money, to other, it is just to be happy in life. Two stories, Girl by Jamaica Kincaid and Two Kinds by Amy Tan, present those ideas in a form of a struggle of mother teaching her daughter a life lessons to ensure daughter’s success in the future. Although the Girl and Two Kinds have a very similar topic – in both stories mother wants her daughter to be successful, the mother’s approach to the daughter and the general idea of what success is, is different.

Trista had always been a normal kid except for her stories. It wasn't that they were disturbing or horrific, they were just unusual. Sometimes they seemed exactly like the kind of thing you'd expect from a kid, but other times, I'd have to look at her and wonder how she came up with such things. It started when she was four, shortly after our dad split, leaving the two of us on our own.

It was the Saturday before the last week of first grade and my family and I were attending a kickstart into summer barbecue at Scott Shaw’s house. Accompanied by my mother, father, brother, and my father’s 20 plus mountain biking, “crunchy granola” friends and spouses, we all arrived with summer’s approaching warmth on our faces. Everyone shoveling food into their mouths, playing ping pong, pool and swimming, everything was going smoothly.

Once Lizzy and her mother had left things got awkward. Charlie kept staring at me with his "sex" eyes which quite frankly wasn't nice! Chuck and her dad were just having a conversation leaving me with nothing to do until chuck turned to me 'Marina?' I looked up at her 'yes?' 'Why are you with Liz?' Wow I can't believe she asked that... 'Because I love her...' 'You know your the first girl she's been with. Hell we didn't know she was into girls' 'ah. She's hooked up with them before but I'm her first serious one' I smiled at them 'aw I'm so happy for you! I can tell you really like her. The way you look at her just says it all!' I blush at that and look down 'thank you' I smile lightly.

In the weeks prior to the outbreak, Alex had been stuck in a hospital thanks to a job going wrong. He'd been in the city trying to take out a rather devious politician whom he'd been hired to kill publicly. Someone had gotten wind of the hit and it had turned into an all out gun fight the moment he got to his sniper perch. He'd managed to gun down several of the guards as well as some unfortunate police officers who took shots at him. Alex had never been a fan of killing innocent people and the cops were just doing their duty, which was why he'd aimed at their chests to hit the vests they were wearing. The guards took a bullet to the head. This didn't stop him from getting stabbed by a guard and shot a few times. Most of the rounds had hit

Hsiang Lin gave away her purse to a crying bride in a pavilion never knowing what was inside of the of the purse she gave to the crying bride that was in the pavilion. Tony gave away the money he was saving to buy a saddle to buy his grandmother's bracelet back to her. Both characters were unselfish in wanting others to be happy.

Addison mused over their conversation from the restaurant. She firmly believed that when you loved somebody, you accepted him or her without intent or hope of molding them more to your liking. As such, that meant an honest conversation discussing points of interest, like Megan’s love for a variety of pussy, deserve quality time and consideration.

I am Zana Wilson, a soon to be resident of one of your two bedroom apartments. I originally signed for a three bedroom apartment but transferred to a two bedroom apartment because I was granted a $1000 gift card to go towards my rent. I was curious as to whether I could ask for the $1000 to be spread out evenly across the twelve months instead of it all being used at once? Please get back to me as soon as possible!

Summer Blackwell has endured her own private hell and fought her way through to the other side. She’s lost so much and her marriage has crumbled, but she refuses to give up hope. Just as she thinks there might be a chance to reconcile with her husband, things go terribly wrong during a job in Jordan when she and her team are captured by the enemy. Now, with every passing hour she’s one step closer to a horrific death at the hands of the radical terror group she was working to destroy. Escape is impossible. Unless her husband’s team finds her before the deadline hits, it will be too late…

During the beginning of Leah’s freshman year, she was a duckling learning how to swim.

Laerke LOVED her life, a long run, kayaking with her best friend in Davy Crockett Lake, laughing until she cried, travelling, watching the sunset go down behind the ocean, Mexican food, road trips with her friends, movie nights, Bluebell ice cream, and her family.

In the short story a “Leaf by Niggle” written by J.R.R. Tolkien Anna most identifies with starting a project and coming completely obsessed with finishing it while at the same time making it much harder. Tolkien writes how this task started, “It had begun with a leaf caught in the wind, and it became a tree; and the tree grew, sending out innumerable branches, and thrusting out the most fantastic roots” (Tolkien 433). In the same way when Anna realizes she must sort one draw in her dresser she starts there, but this task quickly grows into sorting every draw, the bookcase, the desk, the bathroom and bedroom closet. While in the mess of sorting she realizes she has a bin of stuff in the attic that should be sorted through as well. Once in the

As the world whistled in his ears, John felt that the world was crumbling underneath his feet. His dreams for his people and himself had come to an end as the hard and cold hands of the judge forcefully put the handcuffs on him. All the life lessons and education he had received in the North had not been enough to help him change the view of the people in his hometown, Altamaha. John Jones was persecuted for the murder of the son of the judge and sentenced to death. He was to be hanged at sundown; meanwhile he was placed in jail away from any contact from his family.

Dear Kaylynn, I can’t believe how crazy you are; you’re the real mvp! I can remember that night like it was last night. I’m going to rewind and start from the beginning of the crazy story. It was a school night around 12 o’clock at night. You stayed the night and Skyler had a plan in mind; Me and you agreed to the plan; I grabbed Buster and we got in the car and went straight to the smoke shop on Henderson. We had to go back to Seminary to pick up the Danny because he had the loud stuff. Skyler asked us where we wanted to smoke at and I lead her to the park of stitches. I didn’t know that the cops would be called, I thought we were sneaky. Skyler pulled behind these bushes not knowing that we were trespassing on Railroad property. Skyler sparked