Feeling Colorss : Creative Writing : Feeling Colors

| Tom wants his old life back prior to the accident and he sees the accident as the end of his life as he knew it. He loses his sense of identity and sense of family in particular.Feels guilty and ashamed about the irrevocable consequences his brother’s irresponsibility had for other people and their familiesRetreats into a depressed state which feels empty and black.

The sun was beating down on Timothy’s neck, walking hand in hand with his younger brother walker and a stranger. Tim’s eyes stung from bawling the night before and his body was bruised from being roughed up by the mysterious man. One second enjoying the sights of Austin, Texas, the next being shoved into a back of a car and taken away. It’d been almost a day since he’d seen his parents and neither him nor his brother knew where where

Mildred, the victim, had seen what appeared to be a complete success story. Her fear of her neighborhood was greatly reduced and she was doing much better than before the crime had taken place. She was socializing with neighbors and had become a better person. David, the burglar, had a much greater success in his process. The relationship he had with his parents was stronger than ever. David started to attend college where he would begin coaching a little league baseball team. The team that David coached had run-ins with Betty’s husband’s team in which David’s team won most of the time. David made many efforts to make things right with Mildred and apologize whenever he could. He had purchased a clock that he thought would be a great gift to Mildred to replace the watch he had stolen. David has also become a restorative circles facilitator like the ones who had helped Mildred and himself. The community had become a much safer and better place because of this. Everyone seemed to be much more engaged in helping one another and assuring that everyone was safe and making positive changes for the

Craig becomes depressed, receives treatment, discontinues the use of his antidepressants, and admits himself to a mental hospital. Surrounded by other troubled patients, Craig is able to forget the world outside and heal. These ideas are propelled by the characters. By taking the initiative and changing the people he associates with, Craig is able to recover and make discoveries about his identity.

The lives of his neighbors affected is view of Lisa, relationships, and ultimately himself. Lisa is a beautiful, successful woman who wants nothing more than to

The suspense in this story is the death of the narrator’s daughter, Gracie. That is why she becomes the reason to remember how family ties are important. The central character of the story is the narrator. The conflict of the story is that the narrator’s brother, Sonny, is in jail for taking and selling heroin (Baldwin, 489). The narrator displays his brother Sonny, who is also antagonist of the

1. The Man in the Yellow Suit enters the Tuck home with an expressionless face, but Winnie sees something unpleasant behind it. “His face was without expression, but there was something unpleasant behind it that Winnie sensed at once, something that made her instantly suspicious”.

Imagine how life would be, starting off with having nothing to having everything you could ever want in your lifetime. With the efforts to help a young hopeless man, Leigh Anne Tuohy has greatly influenced Micheal Ohers life in numerous ways. Not only has Leigh Anne changed Michaels life, but in turn changed her life as well. She sees that Michael has the potential to be the greatest he can be if she pushes him to his limits. She becomes a stronger woman emotionally because of her experiences with Michael. Her family learns to accept him into their life and later considered him as part of their family. He also effects his community in many different ways. His disengagement from society leads him to become the most talked

She lost another love by the name of Oluf, could not find much work, and lost hard-earned money through a bad business investment. After all this peril she took Russell and Doris and moved to Baltimore. Another move equaled more stress, less money, and more struggling to get by. With what seemed to be the world against her, she made it. She remarried, bought a house, and became the success she demanded of herself. Every step of the way Russell was exposed to all the ups and downs. His mother’s life during those times shaped and influenced his own.

This story takes place inside the mind of R.J. Bowman, a shoe salesman, during the final hours of his life. He has been a traveling salesman for fourteen years, and recently recovered from a serious case of the flu. On his first day back at work, he is unexpectedly anxious and drives his car off the road. Bowman is unable to say what is wrong. He then walks to the nearest farm, where the woman tells him that “Sonny” will help him. Sonny turns out to be the woman’s husband and Bowman understands that she is loved. This ends up being his emotional transformation, one that he can’t

Oh yes, I’m smug. I mingle well in a pack, but people always pick me first, for I’m the best Skittle, M&M, Jelly Bean and Starburst. Yet, don’t underrate my power to stand a lone! In a field on a barn, I make a statement, and on the side of the road glazed to a fire truck, I represent peril. I can scream “DANGER!” on a sign. When I’m really hot, I ravage things. I melt them, burn them, mar them for life – and I can massacre.

Sitting in a chair in my study, I stared out into the vast landscape of Grand Isle from a gaunt window. Staring as intently as this, people would think one as insane. I can assure you that I am not insane. I simply would just stare at the ocean and listen to its wave’s crash upon the shore. It was loud and angry, as if taking one's wife was not enough to satisfy it. I suppose it was something that Edna had in common with the ocean; they were both ludicrous. It only took me so long to see the comparison. To see what they were really like.

He sat squashed in his couch cushions, and ticked off a mental list of reasons. He’d recently found out that his wife had been cheating on him for the better part of a year, and that morning a folder of divorce papers came in the mail for him. Vernon was overweight, and he’d had self esteem issues practically his entire life. He’d been stuck in the same accounting job for twelve years, he hated his boss, he hated his desk, he hated his apartment, his clothes, his hair, his glasses, his beard, his furniture, his friends…

The blare of saxophones, trombones, and trumpets exploded over the ballroom hum of muffled voices. Young couples crowded the dance floor as the band broke out in a lively rendition of Glenn Miller’s popular hit, “In the Mood.”

“wait, what happened to Angela?” one of the kids in the hospital asked. She was in a hospital gown with colorful tights and a pink bunny sitting in her lap.