Calvin, A Short Story

As time passes, the world moves in a faster pace than ever, creating more chaos and instability than ever for the individual. Everything, from sports to academics to achievements became a race, and people start to lose themselves and their identities in this competitive world. Society is now run by technology, where everything connects to each other. This new lifestyle can hinder people from stepping out of society’s bubble to have true self-discovery. In this fast-paced world, people are stripped from the opportunity to step back and live a simplistic lifestyle, and are usually condemned by many. Only recently, individuals have discovered this missing piece of inner peace within themselves and activities such as yoga and fasting drastically increased, especially within the millennial population. Also, terms about serenity from different religions such as yin-yang, Om, and Atman have popularized into a modern-day fads and fashions. In his short story, “The Adventure of a Skier,” Italo Calvino uses simplistic, repetitive diction to create a methodical tone that ultimately suggests that isolation and self-determination can help one find inner tranquility in this world of chaos.

In the novel calvin by Martine Leavitt, it describes a young man’s journey of discovery. This book is about a secofenic kid name Calvin, who has hulanations of a man eating tiger named Hobbes. Throughout the novel, Calvin goes on a hike and he overcomes his fears. I belive, that this novel is a good read for teenagers because they can learn to accept themselves, and their differences. They can also learn to stand up to what they believe in, and they can become more effective for those who have mental illness.

The novel The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas Harris is said to fall under the genre of psychological horror. The stories that fall under the genre of horror include a few essential elements: a villain or one seen as evil to create an initial story line. The foil is the next element; a foil is a person who tries to stop the villain from going through with the evil plan or plot. These two elements naturally lead to conflict between the two persons or groups and then from this conflict -- suspense, the last element is added. Suspense is important to keep the reader interested and to keep the story line going. When psychology is added to a story, the definition of horror is changed completely.

“Wonder how many of these freeloaders would claim to be his friend if I went public with his lewd behavior,” Christine said close to Paul’s ear.

“Father Christoph is in there,” she spoke in a voice that was not her own. It was vacant just like her countenance. Loren came to hold her face in his hands and look her firmly in the eyes.

One frosty day of February 13, 2002 in the Paoli Hospital, a baby boy was born at 2:34 AM. The mother, Alice from the crawford area was a new happy mother. Alice had decided to name her baby boy Ethan Austin Hunt. In the hospital Ethan refused to drink anything for three days, the doctors could not force him to eat so they sent him home with his happy mother. As soon as Ethan arrived home he was comfortable and finally drank milk but there was a problem. Most of the baby formulas upset Ethan's stomach. Alice would have to switch back and forth to different formulas and one day she had finally found the right one for him.

Dan Howell was often considered the life of the party ever since freshman year. Some people found it charming the way that he would dress, talk and party, others found it distasteful and wild. That didn't matter though, all that mattered to him at the moment was the party that he was at and the drink in his hand. Luckily they had plenty of Dan's favorite drink, willing him to stay at the party longer even when it started to fade out. Right when Dan was about to walk out, his cup in hand someone pulled him back in to play seven minutes in heaven. Not a bad group of people, he thought to himself as his eyes scanned the group of people who were playing. Dan was impressed when he saw Phil Lester sitting right across from him with a smug expression

Calvin is a normal teenage boy. That is,until he wakes up in hospital to have a doctor tell him that he has schizophrenia, a mental disorder characterized by abnormal social behavior, and failure/inability to understand what is real and what is not, (differentiate reality and fantasy). He is soon introduced to his very own mind mystery, a tiger, named Hobbes. Calvin begins to think that his life is based on the comic strip Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson. He compares his life to that of the characters, and realizes some very coincidental similarities. He was born on the day that the final comic strip was published, his grandfather left a stuffed tiger in his crib, and he has a best friend named Susie, just like the Calvin

There’s was really no point in pouting, he supposed. He wasn’t sure if the whole organization was as tight lipped as Wesley was, but if they were, he certainly wouldn’t be getting anywhere anytime soon. If there was nothing they could do about his imagined predicament, there really wasn’t anything that he could gain from stringing this lie along for any longer, save for maintaining his image. But, judging by the other man’s coy attitude, he didn’t think he had much of an image to try and save. No, he was sure there was very little to salvage. Though, he couldn’t say he knew what he did to rub him the wrong way. As far as he knew, he was just a guy who may or may not have faked his entire story for his own personal gain. Even if that was the

Haha! I don't know what world he was in when it came to Kol. Aside from the truth that if you go after one you go after all him blaming Kol for Davina's death is utterly ridiculous. He knows damn well that the Ancestors made him do that. I'm surprised he didn't storm up stairs to get Freya himself honestly. If I were him Elijah – especially – and Freya are the ones that would've been on trial. Elijah for his fake ass behavior and Freya for not coming up with an alternative when there clearly was one. Even so I would've probably let Freya go and dealt with Elijah soley. Klaus would need to take a back seat on this one because I honestly doubt Kol would be too inclined to defend Elijah at the moment.

Any minute now. Ariadne Delaford was never late—never, in all the years I’d known her, was she late for anything.

Simon was a young man who lived in a small town called Doverville. He was 19 and enjoyed his job as a construction worker on the railroad. One hot summer day, a rich and powerful man named Cornelius Benedict moved into town. He started buying up all the land. Everyone called the man ‘Corny’ behind his back. Eventually Corny had bought up all the land around town. He stopped the railroad from getting built. Simon was left without a job.

Five years ago he had lost his mother. Ever since he slowly began losing everything else.

What would you do if a long time friend turned against you, then came back for help?

And should that be so surprising? Everyone knows that Theo Raeken is bad news. Theo Raeken is the one your parents warn you about, the wolf in sheep’s clothing who stalks you through the night, fangs bared and ready to bite, tear, rip you apart. He’s the one with claws ready; to slash your throat, to jam into your back when you’re not looking.