Cynthia Rylant's Stray Short Story

The word stray can be interrupted in many ways; however, commonly we define it as moving aimlessly away from a group. In the story “Strays” by Mark Richard, readers explore the symbolism of being a stray throughout many different aspects of the plot such as the setting and the characters. In the story, we read about two brothers that are left by their parents in the care of their alcoholic, gambling-addicted Uncle Trash. To say they are lacking in resources and authority figures might be an understatement, not to mention their house is falling apart and they lack the most important thing in life that we all desire - love. Although they appear to have no source of love surrounding them, their comfort may be found in the four-legged, fury visitors underneath their leaking pipes.

Persistence pays off when people get what they are fighting for. Marko never once stop fighting his love for Ariadne. Even when all odds were against him, he kept fighting. Marko talking to himself, “ I ignored them all. In that winged and zestful moment I had eyes only for my beloved, for Ariadne, blossom of my heart and black-eyed flower of my soul” (6). When everyone was telling him to leave Ariadne alone, he knew he could not of done this and he kept fighting for her love and in the end it pays off. In the end of his fight for Ariadne’s love and when he was about to leave and end the fight he heard Ariadne say something that made him one happy man. Ariadne yelling to Marko, “You may call me tomorrow” (6). When Marko heard this was so happy that his hard work the love of ariadne finally paid off and he can hang out with her. Finally this last theme about Persistence tells about how people should never if they really love something and that is what Marko did, never gave

Subsequently, the theme is shown again as the story continues on. Here Grandpa shows his determination to getting Billy in a hunting contest.. “ ‘Billy,’ he said, ‘it takes some doing to have a set of dogs entered in this hunt. I’ve been working on this for months. I’ve written letters on top of letters. I’ve even had several good friends in town helping me. You see, I’ve kept a record of all the coons your dogs have caught, and believe me, their catch is up there with the best of them’ “ (Rawls 157). In this example, Rawls proves not just the main character, Billy, but Grandpa also shows persistence through hard work, showing

When Faye started to volunteer at the shelter she decided to make a facebook page so people can adopt the dogs. Another example is that Faye always grooms the puppies and photographs them before she puts them on the facebook page. Therefore, Faye also posts the new dogs available each week for adoption on her facebook page. Every Time Faye volunteers at the shelter, the shelter receives 20 new dogs each week but some dogs still need re-homing. A quote from a worker also from the shelter says “ This takes a lot of heat off the pound for us trying to get these dogs into homes.” A quote from Mr. Oliver says “he appreciates Faye in every good way and wouldn’t let her dream be unpredictable.”

Failure is an important lesson in life needed in order to learn and improve. Consequently, letting the failure terminate foregoing dreams is what separates the doers and the achievers from the yes-sirs and the followers. The catalyst of all great things from winning a race, to solving the world’s problems, stem from the root of failure. In The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein, failure and its lessons are experienced in the first person view of Enzo the dog. Enzo and his owner, Denny, go through several first-hand experiences that allow them to develop into the souls before them in which they manifest.

All this happened because she worked hard. This shows hard work pays off. Some reasons why I think the theme in the story is hard work pays off is lupe was hardworking in the school, and lupe was hard working in marbles. First of all, the first reason why hard work pays off is the theme is in the story lupe was hardworking in school. The story said that lupe was a “straight-A student”.

Sometimes people don’t succeed but by trying again and again they might have a better chance of succeeding.This is what happened to a family.In the story “Attack.”Tthe author Ralph Fletcher teaches determination through the efforts of Jimmy and his family as they search to find their roosters.Jimmy and his family are determined to get their roosters back!

For my essay discussion, I choose to share “The Same Story by Suzanne Roberts” with several individuals. The first individual I choose to ask was a guy named Verquise, who I went to the same high school with for two years. After I finished reading him the essay, he thought that the girl is psychotic and she made it worse on herself by lying to her gynecologist about never being pregnant. He also thought that it was horrible that she stayed with him and forgave him when she eventually found out about the other girl who he had also gotten pregnant and tried denying it wasn’t his. He thought the best part of the story was when the author said “We are three, not two. I am two, not one.” I also enjoyed this part of the essay because even though she had already made up her mind to still have the abortion, she was still thinking what could happen if they decided to keep the baby. We both agreed that the essay was modern and

Lori Hart is heading west toward Big Bend, Texas, determined to find a better life. When she'd discovered her boyfriend cheating on her with the new receptionist he'd hired, Lori decided she must break away from that overbearing sneak who refused to let her do anything without checking with him first. Now looking for a new job, she also needs a new place to live.

Knowing that one of the spells that Cynthia had used on them at some point had turned them to these creatures Daniel tore page after page out of the book. Once Daniel was done he threw the book to the ground not realizing that he had left half of the last page still in the spell book. Daniel crumbled and threw the pages from that infernal book into the fireplace that was in front of Cynthia's bed. Gabriel knocked on the door to see if his sisters were done dressing, and Gwen stuck her head out to tell her brothers that they could leave the room. Daniel, Gabriel, and Arthur leave the bedroom and the Jacobson family continue walking down the hallway until they come upon another door. Gabriel pushes the door open and they walk into what appears

Imagine your father didn’t have any money and couldn’t afford anything what would you do? Her father made so little money and pets were out of the question. Imagine you were upset when you can’t get something because your mom said so sometimes people that don’t have a lot of money can’t even get anything. “Even after week had gone by, Doris didn’t name the dog . She knew her parents wouldn’t let her keep it, that her father made so little money any pets were out the question, and that the pup would definitely got to the pound when the weather cleared.”

Ruby Morris is a normal girl who just wants a normal life except with her mom and dad reunited. But everything changes before she knows it. Killer rain begins falling from the sky. Not too long after the killing rain starts, all water is deadly and little safe water remains. After a couple days her mom, little brother, friends, “boyfriend,” and most everyone in her town are dead. Six days after the rain starts falling, 99.73% of Earth’s population is assumed to be dead. Only 0.27% of humans are left. To Ruby, water and living now means everything and the only thing she has left is her stepfather. But even he falls to the poisoned water and dies. Filled with grief for the dead she was close to, Ruby finds Daruis Spratt, a geek no one really

When his owners decided to move into another house, Ollie the pup was left behind in the cold along with the junk of his owners. This dog was saved when Terri Looby received a call about a lost dog. She was a volunteer in Detroit Animal Welfare Group (DAWG). The dog was practically living on the streets in the freezing winter of the American Midwest. Terri Looby knew that she must react fast about this case, because temperatures below zero were danger to Ollie’s life.

Our story’s theme is about children making a bet about them catching a big fish. The moral of our story was that, just because the girls didn’t know how to fish, doesn’t mean they can’t catch a fish. We expressed that girls can fish to and boys aren’t always the ones that are right. We connected the idea of making a bet in our story to the story’s bet in “The Bet”. The moral of our story connects to “The Bet” moral because both of them are providing a point and has irony.

For example all three of them had to work hard and keep on trying to do good in order to keep their job which is successful for them. It is successful for them because they are able to keep their job. It shows the theme that persistency is the key to be successful because in the movie they have to keep on trying to work hard to keep