Danny's Exception: A Narrative Fiction

The next second I lean against Burt, applying pressure to his chest as I was taught and whispering, “I’m not here for you. You’re going to be alright.” In the background I hear Nick and dad arguing, see Durham pressing palms against his head in front of me. Then I see Burt's vision going black as he passes out. The truth is I shouldn't have been there. None of us should've been there.

As he talks to Reuven about the silence between him and his father, he remarks, “…you can listen to silence and learn from it… I feel myself alive in it. It talks. And I can hear it… It has a strange, beautiful texture… sometimes it cries, and you can hear the pain of the world in it. It hurts to listen to it then. But you have to” (249). Danny begins to understand what silence teaches him. He learns to listen to the pain of others because he suffers himself. Moreover, as Danny is about to leave to Columbia for college, Reuven describes, “His beard and earlocks were gone, and his face looked pale. But there was a light in his eyes that was almost blinding… There was a long, gentle silence” (270). Reuven notices that Danny is excited from the light in his eyes, and he now understands that silence is gentle. Because Danny realizes why Reb raised him in silence, he is no longer confused about his future. Likewise, when Reuven’s father asks Danny if he will raise his own child in silence, he replies, “Yes, if I can’t find another way” (271). Although Danny anguishes, he plans on raising his child the same way. He understands how silence taught him compassion, and he learns Reb’s purpose for raising him this way. Due to suffering, Danny understands how to listen to the world’s problems through

Personally, I think I can relate to the suffering that Danny went through. Years ago, when I was a child and in my early teens I struggled so much with my relationship with my father. Just like Danny, I never had a good communication with my dad. If he ever talked to me it was to make me feel bad about myself if I did something wrong. If I wanted to share great news with him regarding to my school grades all I received was silence. My father’s actions towards me were hurtful. Even though I now know the reasons for his actions it still causes me suffering because I wish my childhood could have been more

“Hey, Johnnycake!” Two-Bit yelled from the street. Johnny waved back, a smile lighting up his face.

“But I was.” Derek replied. “I just,” he looked around the room remembering his condition. “Never mind its nothing.” The overworked, annoyed nurse stormed out. Derek’s eyes teared up as he remembered how things used to be, which now seemed like a lifetime

Thinking back on his mistakes, Gene understands that his jealousy of Finny has caused his wrongdoings, when really it was all in his head. Gene wants to relieve his guilt, and he admits, “I jounced the limb, I did it.” (Knowles 70). At first, Gene feels a burden, but escapes it by creating a lie in his mind which he believes as the truth. However, when reality catches up to him, his just decision is to confess to Finny. The guilt is too much to handle, and would lead Gene to be his own worst enemy if he does not face his mistakes. Gene has admitted his wrongdoing, but Finny’s disbelief creates a sense of guilt that he was trying to lift from his shoulders. Finny does not want to believe the truth, that his best friend’s inner hatred was so strong, resulting in a serious injury. Creating an alternate reality is often easier than facing the truth, however doing so will only have short term relief. Gene eventually gives up on his alternative reality, and admits to himself, “ I owe no one anything, I owe it to myself” (Knowles 102). Gene’s maturity has grown immensely, and he recognizes the darkness in his heart, and comprehends that he was only scared of the truth before. Gene addresses the burden on he and finny’s shoulders and knows he must confront and confess his sin to accept his own

Danny Gallagher is a freelance arts and entertainment writer for Dallas Observer. His core interests surround the worlds of comedy, gaming, and film. He contributes comedy material to video game development companies like Jackbox Games and Snap Finger Click, and earlier this year, he wrote jokes and sketches for the Birthday Roast of Stan Lee, former editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics.

“Okay,” I said, trying to look like I wanted to help. Of course, I knew that I had to.

“By telling my story about how dreadful it is when it all goes wrong, it might spur people on to be better and it might stop what could have been from happening.”

The sheer helplessness in Tom’s voice brought tears to Booker’s eyes, but he knew it was in his friend’s best interest to remain in the hospital and receive a full evaluation. “Tom, listen to me,” he commanded quietly. “Just let the doctors do their job, and you’ll be home before you know it.”

Therapist tells teen, you should try doing some light sports maybe walking and the jogging, or maybe swimming, so you can lose fear, ad get comfortable again to play the sports you would like. So, in this case the therapist listens to both arguments, and gives his opinion too both, these means the client gets

On April 3, 2018, I received a called from Ms. Judi from Jim Herrings office to let me know that I had a 2:30pm meeting with Mr. Herring. Once I arrive down stairs Mr. Herring was in unexpected meeting with the Mayor. I was then told I could go in Mr. Jim office since the Mayor left at 2:41pm. Once in his office I was joined with Ms. Pamacheche, and Chief of Staff Davison. During the meeting we were talking about my timesheet and why I will only get paid for 48 hours when I was approved of administrative leave for the following dates of March 21-25, 2018. I sent Mr. Davison the email on March 20, 2018, and I received and approval email from Mr. Davison that evening.

She regretted not being there for Lavender in her last moments, for being too distracted to help her – maybe the moral support wouldn’t have helped her, but at least she could’ve said that she tried. It was something she knew she had no chance of redeeming now, but she couldn’t help but feel a peculiar stabbing pain in her chest at the thought of not being able to turn back time.

Gloria: “Right, all right then, I hear what you are saying.” She thinks for a few seconds. “All right then I wanna work on accepting me then. I wanna work on feeling alright about it.” She nods as thought to indicate that she now has clear direction as to a way to reach inner peace and in Person Centred Therapy, self actualization.

“If there’s ever anything I can do to help you,” Jerry said, “don’t hesitate to ask. I mean it.”