Eleven: A Messenger of Hope In late May during the wee hours of the morning a rapid knock at the door woke Anna from another horrible nightmare. She sat straight swimming in her bed, crying, and drowning in the torrent of blankets. Suddenly there was a second knock, but before she could completely rub the sleep from her eyes the door was opened and in stepped a very thin, tall stranger with soft curly dark brown hair and golden eyes hidden behind spectacles. "Hello I'm Joseph," he said and coughed, "I'm sorry I am a little under the weather." So you must be Willy," he smiled and walked over and shook his hand, "It nice to meet you. And you must be Anna the pleasure is all mine." Anna supposed he was thoughtful. He seemed to have a quiet, …show more content…
Slowly the feelings faded and perhaps because he feel as if he were being selfish he asked, "Do you write?" "What?" Anna asked surprised by Joseph's suddenly change in subjects. "Do you write stories? Could you write a story about a butterfly? If you would Willy and I will read it together." She thought to herself with a tinge of excitement, writing a story and having my words read by others would be a very strange and wonderful experience. But she dared not say the words out loud, afraid that it might spoil the moment. "Yes I can write a story." Anna finally responded, "but why butterflies?" "Because the flapping of butterfly wings that begins in our own hearts, minds, and souls flutters outward and alters all kinds of things in many different ways. They are flutters of a greater plan something bigger than us and have profound effects on everything and everyone in our lives and in the world. We are all connected by the light." Joseph …show more content…
The basement was their home. Every day they got up early and made their bed. Around six o'clock Miss Margot would come in breathless and in a hurry with their breakfast which usually consisted of warm tasty porridge. And now and then in the afternoon she would burst through the door holding flowers and cookies and smelling fresh like the outdoors. She would stay for a moment or two and chat about with the children about the wonderful weather or her garden. The children would show her the pictures that they had drawn and ask her questions about their mother. Which she could never answer, but she would try. On the other hand, at first Joseph, who was new to basement living often, spent his days quietly pacing. Anna noticed that at times he appeared to have silent remorseful secrets in his eyes and a tortured soul. But as time passed, he too accepted his fate and began amusing himself by talking. He would talk about anything and everything, including the occasional whiff of Miss Margot's perfume which Joseph said, "reminds me of a day when I had walked into my house and found that it was warm and cozy and smelt like sweet vanilla and pine
This is the modern, everyday life of many unfortunate people. For People of all ages. You can hear on the news about wives and children and even husbands who were killed in acts of rage and domestic violence. Even though I am unable to relate to this certain passage, I was still touched and I actually felt sympathy for these fictitious characters.
I wonder is the narrator going to choose the fish of Shelia. There is countless reasons why he can choose her and the fish. He fishes all day long. That he knows the what kind of
Thank you the M-1 Marvels for allowing me to be apart of the huddle this week!
Paragraph 1 tone : He seems nervous about this trip He says ,“We’ve all been up since midnight, starting our predive checks after a couple of restless hours of sleep, and the whole team is running on adrenaline. These are the roughest conditions I’ve dived in so far on the expedition” The way he says that they’ve been up the whole night doing checks without sleep and how this is one of the roughest conditions he has dived in so far just gives the sense of nervousness if he will make the challenge.
1) “They carried the soldier’s greatest fear, which was the fear of blushing. Men killed, and died, because they were embarrassed not to. It was what had brought them to the war in the first place, nothing positive, no dreams of glory or honor, just to avoid the blush of dishonor. They died so as not to die of embarrassment” (O’Brien 20).
1. I would put myself in the place of the man on the horse he looks like he could be the leader, so the leader.
1.) The ending did not surprise me; I think it may have if we hadn’t discussed it in class. I think I would have been very surprised and confused, if I hadn’t known the ending prior to reading it.
1. "When the fog clears to where I can see, I'm sitting in the day room. They didn't take me to the shock shop this time. I remember they took me out of the shaving room and locked me in seclusion" (Kesey 9).
1. They decided to create a union together. 2. The little girl was abducted brutally.
“As though nothing less tenuous than ether intervened between the white earth under his feet and the metallic done overhead” (Wharton 13).
This passage describes the emotions of Ronald Franz who was a man to took Alex McCandless under his wing when he first gave him a ride. There was a quality in Alex that attracted him and had led a special bond between the two friends up until Alex had died. When Franz picked up an Indian youth from the side of the road, he discovered something that he had not known. The Indian youth told Franz that Alex was dead and had froze to death on the tundra which is something he had read in a magazine. This is ironic that the person who had such a close relationship with Alex was the last one to find out about his death and let alone it be from a hitchhiker on the side of a road. Franz was hesitant about letting Alex go off on his own into the Alaskan mountains, but since
Grendel Journal Part One: You will need to find a total of ONE quotation for each aspect of the “Big Six”. You must choose quotes from different parts of the novel. You must correctly cite each quote.
She woke early... she who once thought 9 am was dawn. She would exercise, then go to where she was to be. She’d spend her day, then come home, perhaps to go out again, perhaps to have visitors, perhaps to clean, and was almost always in bed before 10
(Parish)- “yes im sure you are i see your pretty determined to get that spot based on your daily cameo appearances. Joseph and him both looked at each other and slightly giggle about it they laughed about this moment. Joseph examined how great Parish dressed he wore a fancy hat that was similar to a bushel of wheat that matched his leather dress shoes. his white tie was nice it spoke to people and, dignified he was important and he was truly the boss. (Parish)- “what is your name ?” . “My name is Joseph Hall Mr. Parish “ he said back nervously in a trembled voice. Parish laughed “I like you already Joseph. You've been doing your research. I noticed you knew who I was before we met. Yes I need this bad sir, just give me a shot I will not disappoint you Joseph said. Parish just looks at the man, examining his brown pant that looked worn out. His white shirt showed a slight stain, resembling leftover
Trying to be polite and chat with Jeanette, although the girl had never interested her before - she was shy and painfully plain, Allie wondered how she even snagged a husband, especially one as handsome as the young merchant. The conversation was dull and completely one-sided. Getting a response out of Jeanette was like