Chapter I - Original Writing

“Oh no, here she comes well it can’t be so bad” I thought as my mother came towards me. “How was your day honey?” I replied with a simple, “Good, thank you” obviously lying since, I had just failed my first test ever. “Are you sure? You look kinda down.” Under the pressure of guilt, I handed my mom my paper and braced myself. My mother looked at the paper confused for a bit...then her eyes widened bigger than I could ever imagine someone could. “What is this...this is a joke correct?” She was so shocked she didn’t know what to do she exclaimed, then, she called my

“Everyone get inside!” yelled Jack. Everyone knew that he said it in a comedic way, but we also knew that this was a proper reaction. Our night was about to get very interesting

The short story “Don’t Ask Jack” was written in 2009 by Neil Gaiman who is an English author of inter alia short stories. Neil Gaiman’s short story “Don’t Ask Jack” follows significant themes such as the passing of time and childhood. The story is following the Jack-in-the-box and how it haunts the children who have possession of it. The

Jack is pretty much a normal kid except for his challenge/problem is that every day he's doing many activities that he doesn't like like Chinese and swimming. In school many kids refer to him as kind of funny. He is actually a pretty nice kid but can be very stubborn. In the story there are a few differing moments one is this " “Jack, you do know your dad loves you more than anything

"mom and dad... no WE all need this money" jack yelled especially you and you know that"

“Ah, I see you finally told your son that you’re not dead.” Veronica was surprised to see him. She had always been in love with Jack ever since she was married to Bart. “Jack, we need to talk.” “I’ve always knew you were in love with me, and I’m going to go ahead and guess that you’re standing here trying to confess your love for me.”

“Ugh…”, Jackie sighed, “Joe...They killed my parents. My parents are dead”. I was in complete shock. I had no idea something so tragic had occurred. I just thought that Jackie was overreacting about something minor as she usually does.

“Jack have you noticed anything different about your sister?” I asked thinking he would know. Jack has always cared deeply about family and friends, he’s a very nice and friendly person

The daughter started saying” I knocked on the door as hard as I could but when u opened the door I got buried in the snow.” When the mom found out that she got buried in the snow she was upset with herself.

I sympathize with Jack because growing up his father beat him, he did not have very many friends, and with the way his siblings treated him, he was an only child. Jack’s father, Dwight, was no real father. He beat him, stole his money, often put Jack down, and he seemed bi-polar. One day he would be teaching Jack how to fight and fend for himself, and the next day he would steal Jack’s paper route money and beat Jack. Jack’s father had no method to his madness. Some small things would make him explode. Sometimes, he was a ticking bomb with a fuse that was as long as a mile and other days the fuse was the size of an inch. He was unpredictable as a father, if you could even call him that. I would not wish that kind of father on my worst enemy.

The process of writing may seem like a simple task at first but turns out to be a very challenging task for many including myself. Many times I find it hard to begin writing even if I am writing about a topic that I have studied about for a while. Over time of writing it will get easier as you become more familiar with ways to begin writing. After reading chapters 22-24 I think it might be a little easier for me to write because now I know some questions to ask myself and ways to gather all my information about the writing.

He widens his eyes. " Cept you can't do that neither now, can you?" With this quote here imagine how he would feel when he finally has time to sit down and think about all he did. So in the end Jack has the easier chance of going back to a normal

to Jack, for the time for talking was over. Both boys knew what had to

Jack then is wondering he will ever see Tooth again or "maybe he's going to be hiding inside me in a corner forever" (Donoghue 330) What Jack does not realize that Tooth is an object that extends to larger emotions and large feelings that he has for his mother, this Tooth will forever be with him just like his love and connection to his mother that

“We must go see the salesman right now,” Sobbed jack's mom, “Why did this have to happen.” cried Jack