Clyde: A Short Story

A tragedy in its own right must evoke emotion and a response from the audience through effective use of several elements evident in Shakespeare’s and Aristotle’s style of tragic writing. The plot progression of a tragedy should be rather specific under the idea which leads, ultimately, to the downfall of the protagonist. Despite the sorrowful story behind Richard Van Camp’s short story “Mermaids,” the exclusion of several core elements from both styles of writing prevent this piece from being classified a tragedy. “Mermaids” lacked the development of a tragic flaw in the main character, Torchy, and furthermore did not lead the character to their tragic demise, Van Camp also excluded the idea of isolating him over time and rather brought him closer to those around him to get over his inner conflict, which is unlike a tragedy.

It was a dark and cold halloween night me and my friend Toony were trick or treating and these kids that were bullies at our local school were following us calling our names saying means things. So we ran and ran as fast as we could they didn’t catch up because they weren’t in the best of shape but we were. So once they were no longer in sight me and Toony started to walk we didn't see them for the rest of the night that we knew of but once we were about two miles away from my house. We heard a noise the bullies came storming out of the woods almost scared me half to death so we ran and ran they started getting closer which was a surprise so we just ran into this abandoned house where we hid out for the night. After about 3 hours they had

Ernie has always been a little messed up, he has lived in Missouri for the 32 long years of his life. On the day that changed his life forever, November 22, 1996. Him and his family were driving to the mall and they got into an accident. His Mom and Dad both died and Ernie was very depressed. He got the notes, of what made the car accident happen, an inspection failure with the Engine. He did not know what to do with his life. He almost committed suicide, but then out of rage, the decided he was going to make the person who caused the car accident. He went searching for months, and finally came to the conclusion that the person that last assessed the car was Eddie Thompson.

Being a faithful person in today’s society can prove to be very difficult. There are a lot of temptations that can negatively impact your religious beliefs whether it be completely internal conflict or an external temptation. By internal conflict I mean just your own desires and inner demons trying to reveal themselves. External temptation comes from the people around you trying to convince you to do things that are not right by your beliefs. They can do this directly or indirectly but its up to you to combat these desires and refuse the temptations but that is far from easy. With the many different people that inhabit our world comes a lot of different religions and faiths. This can easily cause confusion and unintentional misdirection while coexisting with many different diversities. In the short story “Young Goodman Brown” Hawthorn uses symbolism to show the struggle of keeping faith in the face of sin with the character’s names, the path through the woods, and the final ritual.

Through the years, many citizens have worked to maintain the museum. In 2012, the Drumright Historical Society began work to bring the story of The Negro American Series back to the public. At first, they began to share the story with their own city through museum exhibits, speeches to civic groups and their local newspaper. Next, they began to share with the State of Oklahoma through organizations such as the Oklahoma Cultural Heritage Trust, the Oklahoma Museum Association and the Oklahoma Historical

This is Shane Humphreys with Willows High School We have you on our books for Thursdays Feb. 11 but I had not heard from you in a while. I was just checking in with times and what you might need from us. Also if you could email us an invoice so I can have a check for you or you can bill us after and we will get a check out ASAP. If you could email me back with this information that would be supper.

How far will one go to protect the ones he loves? To him his intentions are good, but others see no good in what he is doing. Clover, also known as Colin has always been trying to live up to his mother’s expectations. After his mother’s death, he becomes obsessed with the idea of a perfect family. He constantly feels that his mother is judging him through his mind. He was convinced that his mother could communicated with him even though she is dead. If she wanted him to do something he did it without hesitation. “I can be good enough. I'm as strong as Mother. No, I'm stronger. I am a stronger person, and I will not fail. I. Will. Not. Fail.” (215). He always felt that he wasn’t good enough so he kidnapped young girls to prove he was. He did

As Kit Carson looked out upon the wide expanses of rusty red desert before him, he felt as if he was in another world when compared to his boyhood home in the Missouri frontier (Biography.com). Large spires of rock jutted out of the flat ground as if they had come to life and raced to the skies. Combined with a sprinkling of gigantic mesas, the scene before him was most definitely hellish by description, but had a certain form of beauty not seen anywhere else. This beauty was the driving force that attracted the seasoned frontiersman and explorer to the small town of Taos, New Mexico. It was here he built his permanent home (Weiser).

There I was cooking in one of the four kitchenettes at 540 Beaty Street. The area around me is filled with aromas of garlic spinach, charred tomato’s, and crushed herbs and fingerling potatoes. But it’s missing something, the smell of seared lemon butter halibut. I am busy fileting the piece of fish when my knife slips and slits my index finger on my left hand, right in between the second and third knuckle. Almost instantly blood rushes out like and over flowed damn. My partner Sasha look over after my sudden gasp of pain and cries out “MEDIC!”

“Would you rather have me living in hideouts the rest of my life, always on the run?” Johnny asked Dally seriously. They were in the car on the way back to the church, and Johnny was gettin’ on Dally’s nerves. He opened his mouth to answer but nothin’ came out when he saw the disaster.

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It was summer 1985 in sunny Tucson Arizona, but to Dally, it was the coldest day of the month. And your about to find out why. Dally was a good student, got good grades, and had lots of friends. So why would he want to run away?

I see what you mean but you know sometimes you got a let people explain themselves. If you’re just jumping the gun you’re being very naïve. I was stopping, seeing, and addressing the problem can always help. I also don’t fall into a trap of always taking there side. It’s like a double edge sword, you can either believe it or not. Communication is key in any type of

Article Written by Woody West, addresses that gun control doesn't save lives. The author's main arguments over gun control involve the person using the weapon not the laws over the weapon. West addresses the issues of right to carry laws, as he tells the readers that there are 36 states which permit to carry concealed weapons are available to the ordinary citizen with a clean record. He concludes his article by stating that guns and violence are terrifically heated issues, and others say guns don't kill , people do.

Murray Barr was a bear of a man, an ex-marine, six feet tall and heavyset, and when he fell down—which he did nearly every day—it could take two or three grown men to pick him up. He had straight black hair and olive skin. On the street, they called him Smokey. He was missing most of his teeth. He had a wonderful smile. People loved Murray.