How To Write A Short Story Of Estelle Louise: The Chevy Girl

Have you ever wished that someone had given you a guide on how live the right way? Jamaica Kincaid does just that in her short story, Girl. The narrative is presented as a set of life instructions to a girl by her mother to live properly in Antigua in the 1980’s. While the setting of the story is not expressly stated by the author in the narrative, the reader is able to understand the culture for which Girl was written.

As soon as she shut the door, she realizes Clemmie Sue never replaced the broken window on the passenger side. She automatically searches under the seat, finds a large black plastic trash bag, a roll of bright orange duct tape, and creates a makeshift window. While she sits there shivering, glances around, catches a glimpse of a tattered bath towel behind the driver’s seat, and grabs it. Instantly, she begins to remove the moisture from her dress, which clings to her like Saran Wrap. All too soon she discovers three Mother of Peal buttons missing from the front of her dress and her fancy bun no longer fancy and her yellow satin shoes satin encrusted with mud. Using the towel, she removes the thick mud from her shoes. Afterwards, she pulls a bent safety pin, a broken comb, and several rusty hairpins from her purse and begins to repair what the storm had torn

However, they stood side-by-side; holding hands, and scrutinize the firefighters as they fought the fire. In due time, the paramedics emerge from the back of the house, carrying a stretcher with the injured truck driver on it. Nevertheless, Estelle Louise and Clemmy Sue somberly prayed for the truck driver, as the paramedics placed the stretcher in the Ambulance, and drove away. By now, they are somnolent and their footsteps sluggish as they staggered towards the pickup, their friend Sheriff Johnstone drove over, and motioned for them to join him. They wearily slide into the back seat, when Estelle Louise closed the door the Sheriff says, “The driver of the semi was not seriously injured. He was out of the truck when the fire started. He said he lost control of his rig when it took off like a wild stallion. Estelle Louise, he takes full responsibility, for the accident and promises to set everything

In both stories “Girl” and “Story of an hour” there is use of gender that describes a typically unfair direction of the role of a women, yet the use of gender is describe differently. The use of gender in the “Story of an hour” is mainly about how the wife of a husband who dies in the train crash is going to deal with life without her husband and if she will be able to handle it emotionally. While the story “Girl” deals with a mom that tells her daughter to be well mannered fit in socially with society. The role of women in both stories is to be well mannered and considerate with high standards of behavior. For instance, in the story the women tell the daughter “ on Sunday try to a walk like a lady” (123). A lady is what the mom wants her to become because she is afraid of her becoming unfit for society. Ladies are expected to be very polite and speak in good manners in order to fit the ideal women. In the “Story of an Hour” there is a specific way her family wants her to handle her husband death. The facts Mrs. Malland was told about the tragedy at a certain times makes me believe that writer wants us to believe that women have harder time dealing with her marriage life.

It was the middle of June in 1996. Annie Bauer was a freshman at Hastings High School. She had three friends from school over to her farm for a little get together in the shop. This was very common for the Bauers to have friends over since the Bauer home was a good safe place for friends to hang out, that way the parents would not have to worry. Annie’s friend Jake had to be home at 10:00 p.m. Janna, Annie’s other friend, was responsible for bringing Jake home but wanted to stay back with her boyfriend Steve. Instead of starting an argument with Janna, Annie volunteered to take Jake home. Annie, Katie, and Jake all got into Annie’s brother’s 1993 Buick LeSabre which was in perfect condition since it was only three years old. The interior had

After graduating from high school Taylor decided to leave her hometown. Her car breaks down in the Great Plains of Oklahoma. Exhausted she stops at a bar for some coffee. When Taylor leaves for the car a woman follows her out of the bar and follows her towards her car carrying a something wrapped in a blanket.

He understood exactly what pain she felt and the pain she ached and craved so passionately to share with Cole— his friends being the ones to demonstrate Azairah's desires. Every part of his understanding made a whole new side of her reveal itself slowly and surely. Azairah loved everything about this destructive man in the drivers seat next to her. From his violent tendencies, thoughts and philosophies to his tender kisses that struck her heart and glances that drowned her sentimentally into a dangerous blue ocean. Zai loved how he'd do anything she asked of him, how he emphasized that he'd do it, how he looked at her and reassured her with those formidable, bright blue eyes. It was hard at this

Estelle Louise holds tight to Clemmie Sue as she tells her how she had to fight the storm and four feet of thick muddy water to reach the mailbox. She went on to explain how she lost her balance when she stooped to look inside it and did a face plant into the muck. For quite some time, she struggled to right herself. Afterwards, she just sat in the muck wiping the mud from her face, that’s when she saw the headlights of semi heading straight at her. With no place to go, fell backwards into the mud, held her breath, and prayed. When she finally sits upright, she sees Clemmie Sue driving away. By the time she climbs out of the muck she notices dancing flames around her home and hears Clemmie Sue’s chilling cries. She told her that she ran faster than she has ever run in her life, in order to reassure Clemmie everything is all

It was a sunny afternoon in the town of jamesville. Nobody, including myself, was inside. Everyone was out mowing their yards or planting flowers. There weren't many days like today in this town. Many of the people here have plenty of secrets that they would never tell. See, its sunday and nearly the entire town is pretending to be the perfect little church family they want everyone to think they are. But is this how they actually are?

Estelle Louise opens the cab door, lowers herself to the ground, and shuts the door, however, the plastic bag covering the window blocks Clemmie Sue’s view of Estelle Louise.

To ward off boredom while she waits, Clemmy Sue slaps the earphones over her ears, turns the CD player to full volume, and closes her eyes and begins to sing along with Dolly Parton. In no time at all, she fell asleep and when she awoke twenty minutes later, she begins to wonder why Estelle Louise had not returned. Therefore, she decides to drive over to the mailbox and check on her. Much to her surprise, the mailbox and Estelle Louise are not there. With darting eyes, she searches the area and soon discovers that Estelle Louise’s home is on fire. Panicking, she drives in a maniacal frenzy, up Estelle Louise’s slippery driveway. Within sight of the burning house, she slams the brakes, and the truck slid into the middle of Estelle Louise’s flowerbed and stops. Frantically, she dials nine-one-one, to inform them that a large, white, delivery box truck had driven straight through

"Lucy just quit. Now that you're twenty-one I want you to replace her. You start working nights tomorrow, Quinn."

As time moves on, she decides to drive over to the mailbox and check on Estelle Louise. Much to her surprise, the mailbox and Estelle Louise are not there. With darting eyes, she searches the area and soon discovers that Estelle Louise’s home is on fire. Panicking, she drives in a maniacal frenzy, up Estelle Louise’s slippery driveway. Once she reaches the top, she slams the brakes,

Okay, so the most memorable scene I have had in my life is when a girl pushed me off my toy

Every morning she wakes up wishing she didn't , she forces herself up and out of bed. She walks to her closet and gets dressed, She puts on her dark clothes and her boots. . She curls her hair. Then she puts dark shades of makeup on her pale skin. She stares at the girl in the mirror, her reflection