Bone: A Short Story

Since I was a kid I have always wanted to box and when I got older my parents finally let me box. They thought that I was going to be irresponsible and cause problems but then the summer going into ninth grade my father let me start boxing. I started off learning the basics simple combinations and how to move my feet the right way. I loved boxing at first then I grew to hate it as it got more difficult for me. My father wanted me to stay in boxing so I could learn to defend myself, but I didn’t care. At the end of my freshman year of high school, I was at the civic center with my boxing coach.  It was a warm night in May and I was getting ready to practice. The gym was filled with a lot of kids who were playing basketball. The gym was

There was on man that was constantly attacking Andre when he was young. This neighborhood thug named Clay had decided that he was going to target Andre and beat him every time that he spotted him. Eventually Andre became so sick of this and didn’t have a clue what to do so he called his father. After that his father was able to talk to Clay’s father and have Clay leave Andre alone. After that negotiation Clay and his mother came running out of their house screaming. This and the fact that Clay hired a friend to try and beat Andre instead of himself showed Andre that the only way to settle anything in this environment was to use a fist.

James Braddock was a light heavyweight boxer who was forced to retire after breaking his hand in the last fight on September 25th, 1933. He began working as a laborer at the dock because he had no other source of income to support his family, and struggling to make money in order to pay for the heating and electric bills and buy food. James still had a dream to box, and months after retiring from boxing, Joe Gould wanted him to be a last-minute substitute to fight against the second-rank contender. James ended up winning, which nobody expected. After his last win, he was back to boxing. He constantly won fights after that.

Sixty years ago in a small town in rural Minnesota, there lived a rowdy young man by the name of Jack Smith. He had a very obsolete personality and could easily instigate a fight with anyone he met. By the age of seventeen, Jack had already been expelled from high school due to a myriad of reasons that included numerous fights. However, the final straw was when he hit a teacher in a fit of rage after Mr. Robencraw insulted his intelligence for failing yet another quiz due to his extreme procrastination. For years he wandered around Minnesota, a vagabond with no purpose in life. But that was until he met the legendary boxing trainer Rob Rammers , whose famous saying was scurry like a spider, sting like a scorpion. Meeting Mr. Rammers changed Jack's life completely. Under Mr. Rammers training Jack became a truly great boxer and soon, Rammers decided that it was time to take the world by storm. During his first fight, Jack was up against another powerful newcomer that was well documented and was the favorite for the fight. Jack was booed when e went into the ring, but he quickly quelled the crowd by delivering an instant knockout with his devastating right, and because of that right fist, he was thenceforth known as Bazooka Jack. His success did not

Telling his father, the truth brought trust between them, but he betrayed his friend. The author Banks, expresses on page 350, Bone doesn’t want his old life back, for example, “I never want to go back being a sad f-ked up kid like a was over a year ago (Banks)” This is like being an anti-hero for facing up the truth and trying to change his life around, so he loses his innocence. Moreover, Bone had friends he loved and left him riches, for example, “Bone chooses three people to love, Sister Rose, I-Man, Bruce left him riches that he looks back on for the rest of his life, and he was grateful to them” (Banks 385). His riches are his past memories he had with his friends, which taught him a valuable lesson in

beat up and his trainers thought it was time to stop the match. After that fight, Mayweather

Bone is a new resident to Spoon River early isolation is inescapable. In order for Bone to have a more positive outlook, he must first accept the fact that new members must find their own way into an already established society -- which he does. By becoming a tombstone engraver Bone has slotted himself into the community as someone who is necessary, but through this occupation, with a brighter outlook, he can become something much more. With the right attitude Bone can convey compassion to his grieving customers which in turn will allow him to be in better standings with the community as a whole, bringing in more customers which will increase his day to day interactions with the rest of Spoon River therefore ending his

Immediately after the main character arrives to the boxing ring is when he faces a new challenge that he must overcome. This fight between classmates has him worried that he might not even get a chance to give his speech. The author implies that the setting of the boxing ring can intimidate anybody if there were

It was the year 2017, and Bones had been trying to find a way to time travel since the 1980’s. Still going head strong, Bones sought out his puntastic friend, Femur. Femur was about five foot three inches, and she LOVES to make puns and jokes, especially ones about skeletons. Femur was about the only one that Bones could trust these days, even in the World of the Dead where everyone is supposedly “nice.” Bones finally crossed the Swamp of Ogres, and was on the the horrendously long trail to Femur’s place.

Pathos plays an important role in Paul Auster’s common writing techniques. Use of pathos creates a connection between the audience and Mr. Bones. When Auster specifically describes, “He almost felt sorry about it now. He had left his master behind” (Auster 85). As stated by Auster, the audience forms sympathy toward Mr. Bones. For example looking specifically at the diction of “left” and “sorry” the author creates a mood of sorrow and sadness. Which makes the usage of specific words remarkable among the readers. Not only does it contribute to the conflict this creates a characterization of Mr. Bones. By this point of the novel Mr. Bones evolved from inferior personality to Willy’s reality to an individual who is independent and willing to take risks. In order to find his identity Mr. Bones had to make a decision that he may later regret. But, sometimes in order to find the right way out we have to make decisions even if we know the outcome or not. In order to find the right reality, we sometimes have to give the things we value or what we think maybe true. Sacrifice is one of the ways to find the right path. Mr. Bones took the sacrifice of leaving Willy in order to find the reality that would make him who he really is. This shows the transition of Mr. Bones personality from being subservient to Willy’s reality to bravery and willing to take risks. This creates a internal conflict for

Ali got his bike stolen and was enraged at the thief who robbed him. He told police officer, Joe Martin that he wanted to beat the robber up(Muhammad Ali Biography Bio.com). Martin replied to Ali by saying, “Well, you better learn how to fight before you start challenging people”(Muhammad Ali Biography Childhood). Conveniently enough, Martin was a trainer at a local gym(Muhammad Ali Biography Childhood). Muhammad Ali started to work with Martin to learn how to fight, and it soon started his career.

When it comes to a sport that you like, you always want to try your best. But in this story Rocky dedicates his whole time and effort into his favorite sport which is boxing. Boxing to rocky was wasn't only fun loving sport to him it was also hard working and risks. After all his matches he was fully prepared for his all-time big match in his hometown in Philadelphia against the world wide champions.

One night, Kenneth Bone just got back from the Lampidential debate. Unfortunately, it was exciting because the two candidates: Conald Rump and Billary Blinton got into a fist fight, except that they don’t have any fists. They proceeded to use their lampshades and throw shade at each other. After a few minutes of pleasure of watching the fight, Kenneth in his dashing red sweater vest and uneven moustache ventured onto the stage to intervene between this squabble.

match with a man that was three times his size. His trainer refused to let him

So he did, he didn’t how to do any karate or anything so he just stood there.