Creative Writing: Sock Thief

"Matthew, are you alright? You are acting like the neighbors' cats when they smell catnip," Sarah raised her brow in confusion, but in the inside she was praying for a reasonable explanation. Matthew didn't pay attention to Sarah as his thoughts dwelled deeper to his future test. Matthew's

The location of the story plays a large role in understanding the character’s interactions.  The story opens with instructions on cleaning clothes upon a “stone heap” (Kincaid 118). In 1983 America, most households would have already had washing machines or at least a wash board and bucket rather than the older form of washing clothes at the river and utilizing stones. The next

“It was dirty that’s for sure. The rats ate at your toes and the smell was horrible.”

It was eleven o'clock of a Spring night in Florida. It was Sunday. Any other night, Delia Jones would have been in bed for two hours by this time. But she was a wash-woman, and Monday morning meant a great deal to her. So she collected the soiled clothes on Saturday when she returned the clean things. Sunday night after church, she sorted them and put the white things to soak. It saved her almost a half day's start. A great hamper in the bedroom held the clothes that she brought home. It was so much neater than a number of bundles lying around.

When joe got back from shopping for new shoes he had left them in the living room floor, that was a big mistake! In Traverse city Joe was getting ready to leave his house he went in the kitchen to get a snack, “but wait” he exclaimed in an agerily tone. Joe looked at his dog disappointed and dropped his cupcake, the dog had chewed up his favorite shoes! Hi mouth dropped and fell to the floor, there was pieces of the shoe all over and it was his brand new shoes.

“I’m smarter than that,” she sniped. “I know not to take too much. I take what I can handle and if I ever take too much, I got a place.”

“I thought I saw you leave the store. Then I stopped by your house to deliver some laudanum for your mother.”

After a small collection of minutes, the smoke exhausted itself. There was nothing left to give.

“That’s ok, as long as you don't call me blacky were good” said Lewis jokingly. Jack laughed and Lewis just made his worst enemy into a friend. Lewis went to school the next day and was actually happy to go to school for once in his life for had nothing to fear because he had no enemies and if he did then he would know that he will have a friend that would have his back. Lewis was shocked when Jack came over and said

Sophia inspected her best friend once-over with her huge eyes. “What are you on and where can I get some?”

“Let me see those” said. I handed the notes to her and all of a sudden she ripped them up and threw them on the floor.

“Why did you have to steal the serum, look where it has gotten you.” he said

One day, we were at the field since we had a game against the Psyclones and Emmie was up to bat and Carlie was playing 2nd base without a face mask on. Emmie swing and hit the ball to Carlie, but first of all she was not watching and Emmie drilled it and it………. Hit her face ….. And multiple people in the crowd were screaming “

He’s mean and lowdown. He don’t like me at all, either. It was a pretty

Tucker sat down on his bed and pulled the top hat out of his bag. He felt powerful holding it in his hand. He stood in front of his mirror and popped the material of the top firm. It was a tall hat with a nice portioned brim. The hat seemed to fit to his head perfectly. He pulled it off and bowed to his applauding audience. As he looked up into the mirror however he saw a faint blue glow from within the hat. He reached his hand to touch it when a rabbit appeared. He pulled it up by its ears and pondered in astonishment that the rabbit had just come from a once empty hat. He put the rabbit gently down on the ground and the hat on his dresser. Stepping slowly away he sat on the edge of his bed switching between staring at the hat and staring at the rabbit which hopped happily around on his rug.