Funeral Short Story

there. Uncle Ernie is lucky that he got out while he could. Alright now, put away your dirty looks. You have to understand, this is my seventeenth funeral in the past 26 years of my life. Yeah, I love Uncle Ernie and what happened to him is devastating, but you have to admit, after your fifth funeral, these things get pretty repetitive. So, long story short, Ernie, I miss you and I’m glad your awful experience in life is over. Have a nice afterlife.” I walk away from the podium and sashay out the double

He has no mother he has no skates all that he wanted was a family.One day she adopted jerry was joyful he was going to get a mom.Then years later jerry was sick he had a couple of weeks to live he was shocked that he was going to die.Then they were shocked that jerry was going to die in a couple of weeks.Jerrys family was not going to be a family without jerry. Couple of weeks came they went to the hospital because jerry didn't feel okay.Then later the doctor came and told them he was not going

The glow of the funeral pyre reflected in their eyes. Rose was crying. “You tried to leave me in the other dimension,” her voice was raw with emotion. “Are we really going to have this out now? We’re paying our respects.” She hugged herself tight and shivered despite it not being a bit chilly. “I need to,” she said, not quite meeting his eyes. “You were going to leave me in Bad Wolf Bay,” she accused. He did not deny it. “Yes.” “The time I spent with my mum, Pete, and Tony, it was good; I

took her away from our town until the day of the funeral. I felt that was the best thing to do. Arthan’s class built a wall of memory in front of the main office of the high school. He was a lot more popular than Henry was but Henry wasn’t forgotten. Johan and Hilary ended up working together to get donations from other classmates and community members for a plot in honor of Henry. Their parents asked Johan and me to give the Eulogy at the funeral. A little part of me wanted to say No, because

The funeral wasn't that extravagant for someone of his wealth but Gordon Edgley had only arranged for close friends and family. Both Pyro and Flare were invited as after the incident in London they had been making friends with him. They had came to like him and thought of him as more than a conduit to find a way into the Edgley families magical heritage but in the end he had to die so that his niece could fulfill Pyro's vision. Stephanie stood there beside her mother and father. She glanced up at

Professional mourners written by Alagu Subramaniam talks about the customs and practices done by the Tamil community in Sri Lanka. The short story begins with the death of speaker’s grandmother late night on Saturday. According to the story a big crowd of relatives and villagers gathered in front of the house. Narrator’s uncle takes care of the whole ceremony. It seems that he is a domineering character without pity and a caricature of his caste and class as he pays more emphasis on the professional

The narrator in the short story “A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner conveys the gossip-worthy life of Emily Grierson through the eyes of the towns people. The story, which begins and ends at the funeral of Miss Emily, is presented in flashbacks that are given in no seemingly particular time sequence, thus adding suspense to the story. This also creates a mysterious attitude surrounding Miss Emily, a once upper-class member of society who lost herself throughout the trials of life. In this narrative

The short story Cora Unashamed by Langston Hughes is about an African American woman who works for an established white family. Cora is their housekeeper and looks after their youngest daughter Jessie. Cora lost her only child soon after it was born so the Studevant’s daughter, Jessie, became like a daughter to Cora. As Jessie grows, she falls and love and becomes pregnant. Cora encourages her love and her pregnancy. However, Jessie mother refuses to allow her daughter to have the child and Jessie

Weddings and Funerals, we view the surroundings of an unnamed narrator. The people closest to the narrator are her grandmother, Omah, and her friend named Laurence. The story continuously changes between taking place in the company of the grandmother, and Laurence. There is only one obvious jump in time throughout the story; this is when the narrator clarifies that they have not been with Laurence for a while, despite seeing him. It also fits the Hollywood model, often used in short stories. The teaser

this story and that is the relationship between the minister and his religion, but how the influences of religion change the way of how The Minister’s Black Veil is narrated. In many scenes of the story some rituals and events that happened are related to the religion, such, as the wedding, preaching and the funeral. William Bysshe refers to these aspects saying that these two incidents, of the funeral service and the marriage extends the profanation of the divine office (388). The funeral prayer