George Hand: A Short Story

Is History True? Handlin argues yes, while McNeill argues no. I am not one to decide for someone else if they think it is or not. However, I do believe most history is. Although, a great deal of our history went unrecorded, the amount we have can suffice to show that what’s happened in the past can happen again in a contemporary situation.

“And George raised the gun and steadied it, and he brought the muzzle of it close to the back of Lennie's head. The hand shook violently, but his face set and his hand steadied. He pulled the trigger. The

Instead of expecting others to change, we should look critically at ourselves and make changes accordingly. Lin in Anne Jew’s “Everyone Talked Loudly in Chinatown” and Sandra in Connie Gault’s “The Man Who Followed His Hand” are both self-centered and narrow minded. They assume that their thoughts are right and feel isolated from their own community. Choosing to ignore the risks and problems surrounding them; only distances them further from the ones they love along with solving their complications in being secluded.

George’s 4th amendment rights in their search of his house on December 22nd, 2014. Chester George lives at 2339 Piety, New Orleans, LA. Mr. George has lived there for approximately 9 months and lives alone. He is the only person on the lease. Dedwin Shelling doesn’t live there. The police officers entered the house in order to check up on Dedwin Shelling for a “residence check” for probation, after Shelling let them in.

Explore the ways the writer presents relationships between characters in the text you have studied.

“He had the gun in both hands. He pressed it hard behind the horse’s ear and swore at the horse ‘God damn it, damn it, damn it, - stop.’ His knees were wet and he drew himself into a ball and pushed with all his strength. He began to squeeze the trigger and he squeezed it again and again and again- so many times then when Sergeant-Major pulled him away the gun went right on clicking in his hands” (63).

As he was approaching Officer Hawkins, Mr. Pugh was on his stomach with Officer Hawkins behind him and an older male, now known to be Phillip Stoughton, standing behind them both trying to pull on Mr. Pugh's legs. At the moment he did not know if Mr. Stoughton was attempting to help Officer Hawkins or hinder the arrest of Mr. Pugh. Officer Francis watched Mr. Pugh push up onto his hands and knees with Officer Hawkins behind him trying to gain control of his arms. Mr. Stoughton had backed away from Officer Hawkins and Mr. Pugh as Officer Francis ran to aide Officer Hawkins. Officer Francis stated he yelled "stop resisting," twice and witnessed Mr. Pugh throwing his elbows toward Officer Hawkins' head in an attempt to strike him. To prevent an assault on Officer Hawkins, Officer Francis knew he had to quickly subdue Mr. Pugh. Officer Francis stated Officer Hawkins was holding on tightly to Mr. Pugh’s back, while Mr. Pugh thrashed his head back and forth throwing his elbows toward Officer Hawkins. Officer Francis thought the use of mace may miss Mr. Pugh’s

“The gun is too old, it’s going to misfire,” mused Stanley as he fingered the trigger of his pistol. It was a small and weak gun that had been in his possession for many years. “I’m too nervous, I won’t be able to pull the trigger, let alone aim this thing,” he thought to himself in horror, his apprehension wreaking havoc on his nerves.

George’s change in characters is also evident through his dialogue in the short story. In the middle of the story the two enemies, Grandwitz and Znaeym, spot each other in the woods while they are haunting and a trees falls on them both. Znaeym says to Grandwits, “So, You’re not killed as you ought to be, but you’re caught anyway ” (Saki 2). The keyword “killed” means put an end to or cause the failure or defeat of something, and the keyword is something that is natural and an everyday thing. This keyword supports my argument because when someone gets killed it could change your lifestyle or put an end to a relationship. But later in the story Znaeym changed from hateful words to more sympathetic words. Znaeym says to Grandwits, “I never thought

That woman Estelle,'" the note reads, "'is partly the reason why George Sharp and I are separated

Hello, old friend. It's been quite a long time since we last spoke, and you're probably wondering why I'm reaching out to you now, but don't worry, I'll get to that very shortly. To be blunt, things between us ended very badly, and while I won't force either us to relive every little detail, it's still such a damn shame how everything went down. But this isn't about that, nor do I want this to be some rant about you. Whatever happened happened, and I've long accepted that. Instead, I'd like to go back in time a bit to when our friendship was at its peak. Music is very much a vital part of my life, so naturally, after meeting in February of 2013, we very quickly found common ground over that. There was one band, however, that really sealed the

George joins the military once he believes that Bassam's idea to steal from the casino has failed. This is believed because he gets called in by Abou-Narha and is asked to join the military. George believes he knows and joins so that they are protected. After George joins, he gets his friend a job delivering products to people, he gets this job for his friend so that he can make more money and get out of Beirut and the casino scene. George is sent to bring his friend into the military, so he picks up his friend and they start to drive and George decides that the way to determine what will happen is to play Russian roulette. The game ends at two rounds with George dead. George started the roulette with "But I am fair you are my brother. I'll give you away out "(179). Therefore George is a best friend who is always there because he has been protecting his friend, making sure he has money as well as making the ultimate sacrifice so that his friend wouldn't have to

Keena’s been hurt, hunted and haunted by her past. Returning to her home town to hide probably not her best idea but she had nowhere else and nothing else she could do with herself.

“Yes, and I’m giving it back to him,” John answered, and the two of them started discussing Bill and Sherrill. John mentioned Russian roulette. Glenda looked at him. “I haven’t felt this way for years,” he said referring to the time she found his gun in his work bench. That was the first time she caught him cheating on her, and the first time she learned that he played Russian roulette.

In a little town in Wyoming lived a little baby giraffe, at birth his parents tried to find the perfect name for him they tried Hank, Wallie, and Mike. his sister the older giraffe said to his mama and papa “how about Gerald”. His parents stopped to think for a while and at the same time they agreed. That was the day that gerald the lonely and sad giraffe was born.