Jesse James: A Short Story Of A Bad Old Man

Jesse James made a bank in Gallatin, Missouri as his first target. The man who had killed Bill Anderson, the leader of his old gang, ran this bank. On December 7, 1869, Jesse and Frank rode in during broad daylight, shot an unarmed employee, and left with some worthless paper. They made an escape through the midst of a posse sent to capture them. The brothers later declared that they would never be taken alive. The Gallatin robbery essentially set the pattern for more robberies to come. It was risky, it was daring, and it had a hidden agenda other than simple robbery. In this case it was the killing of the man who had hunted down Jesse's old leader. (Stiles 61)

The idea of racism and prejudice has seemingly always been apart of society. Whether it were to be as bad as a full out segregation of schools or just underlying thoughts. In the short story “Big Black Good Man” by Richard Wright. The narrator has a limited omniscient point of view. This gives us great insight into what the main character Olaf Jenson is thinking about the other character Jim throughout the story. Richard Wright did a great job of giving us a look into what was then and may still be today, an example of the average racist.

Jesse's Intent is the story of Jesse Geslinger. Jesse was born June 18, 1981, the second son of Paul and Pattie Geslinger. Jesse was diagnosed with ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency in March 1984. Ornithine transcarbamylase deficiency is an x-linked disease which causes ammonia to build up in the blood as proteins are broken down. OTC deficiency is caused by a mutation in the ornithine carbamoyltransferase (OTC) gene, and is a urea cycle disorder. According to the Genetics Home Reference web page, “The urea cycle is a sequence of reactions that occur in liver cells. It processes excess nitrogen generated when protein is used by the body, to make a compound called urea, that is excreted by the kidneys (2006 ).” OTC deficiency occurs when the enzyme that starts a reaction in the urea cycle is damaged or missing. Since the cycle is unable to continue normally, nitrogen builds up in the blood as ammonia.

Anyways, back to the story, his house was being robbed by not the brightest of robbers, or one who didn’t whose house he was robbing. We may never know, because the next thing the robber remembered was lying in a cell. Nonetheless, Jimmy Jackson was up.

Jesse was eventually caught and lost all of his scholarships and went to jail. For this, Jesse felt that he had disappointed Rake and the town. Neely and Paul went to visit Jesse in jail and ask him to come to Rake’s funeral, but Jesse declines their offer. “They’ll all point and say ‘Look, there’s Jesse Trapp. Coulda been great, but messed up on drugs.

After being blacklisted, and losing his wife and son Jurgis gives up. He takes off to look for work in other parts of Chicago. Every time Jurgis makes a few dollars he spends it on beer and gets drunk, he starts to turn into another one of the homeless drunks he sees on the side of the road. Jurgis meets a young man, that happens to be very rich and very drunk, he gives Jurgis a $100 bill. He ends up losing it at a bar when the bartender only gives him 95 cents back. The Judge unsurprisingly believes the bartender over Jurgis, and he is back to be poor and roaming the streets again.

The book Father Mercer, is the life of Jesse Mercer, also known as Father Mercer to those who did not love the priesthood or “the Old Man” by his critics. The biography of his life begins with a description of what he looked like and of his personality. He was born in “North Carolina in Halifax County on 16 December 1769.” His parents Silas and Dorcas Mercer had eight children and Jesse was their oldest. Silas, who at age twenty moved to Georgia with his family and was able to purchase 100 acres of land near Washington but was only able to live there for a short time because British soldiers took over Georgia, during the revolutionary war. After the war, the Mercer family moved back to Georgia, where in 1977 Silas decided to leave the church

First, he stopped at the newspaper stand and asked for money and the owner told him he could not do that but he could give him a job at forty papers they sell for two-hundred bucks. Jackson took the offer, he went down to the docks and sold all the papers except twenty the rest he throw in the dumpster. Then he went into McDonalds and bought him breakfast. Later on he bought him a couple of lottery tickets. Jackson did not have luck on the first scratch off. The second scratch he won eighty bucks I guess he forgot what he was supposed to be saving the money for. He went to a bar were all the Indians hang out and started buying drinks for him and his friends even people he did not know. Jackson was so drunk he did not realize it was time for the bar to close. Instead of him leaving he got into a fight with the bar tender. After being thrown out the bar he found himself wondering in the back of an old warehouse. Jackson was awaken by a police officer who was wondering why he was lying on the railroad tracks. The officer told him he would have to take him to detox at the jail to spend the night for his action. Jackson begged him not to and started telling him why he could not go to jail. The officer was nice to Jackson. Jackson told him that he was just like his father to be in officer he cared a lot about people and what they do. So he let Jackson out the car and offered him twenty-five bucks, but the officer said you are only going to drink this up I don’t know why I give it to you and he changed his mind and gave him five dollars. Jackson set out to find that pawnshop. Finally as he walked through the door the pawnshop owner said are you ready to buy this dress. Jackson stated I do not have all the money. The pawn broker ask well how much you got. Jackson stated five dollars then he asked is that the same five dollars you offered me the first time. Jackson said no it is a

Hayden Lynch was a lonely man. His family was killed in a car crash one year earlier. He was in the red on money and was behind on house payments. Finally, they cut his power and water. Winter was coming up and this put Hayden in a very poor situation. Not only did he not have power, food, or water, he was forced to moved to move out. He had nowhere to go. He walked the streets of his own town scouring for food. He came upon a alley. There was a fire at the end of the alley. Bad people were at the end of the alley but he had no choice. As he walked down the alley, there was a voice calling. It was a whisper saying “ Come...Change it… Change everything.” Hayden yelled “WHO’S THERE!!!” Out of the darkness a old woman came to be. She was hunched

Here in summit it's a peaceful town there is hardly any fight and next to no crime but the only distraction would be mr.dorset's son. that child of his is something else. His son likes to go by red chief oh can that boy stir up some trouble just last month he was using my cattle as target practice, red chief really does get on every folks bad side. but not here lately we haven't seen the little rascal there are rumors of him being held ransom i was just relishing my time of solitude i thought the kid would never be back here. but all that changed later last night when i was lying back in my on the porch I say around 10:00 or 11:00 pm i seen these three strange dark figures. two of them were tall but one short i didn't think much of it i was

Lifting your head up from a nap from the cold wood-finished desk, trying to overcome the haziness from your eyes as you look at your teacher, turning your head to the right your friend is taking a colorful page of ocean-blue, rosie-cheek-pink, lime-green, purple heart majesty colored notes and you wonder why you are doing the same. You suddenly hear loud thuds coming up the metal-rusted ramp outside leading to the door. The door swings open with a powerful “swoosh” and an eerie creek from the rusted bolts follow. A gun walks in, following a middle-aged white man who has a distorted look in his eyes.

In a tragedy, the tragic hero, usually the protagonist in a story, displays heroic qualities; however he also possesses destructive tendencies. As a result of the tragic hero’s flaw, he causes his own demise. Through his downfall, however, the audience may recognize redeeming qualities of humanity. Three main theories of the tragic hero are the Aristotelian model, Shakespearean model, and the modern tragic hero. Each model has five defining characteristics, which are nobility, hamartia, downfall, anagnorisis, and suffering.

Jesse is in a tough situation where he has to take a runaway slave boy to safety in Baltimore because he promised his dying mother he would. Back then if you were caught doing that you were hung. Jesse has to overcome this situation and take Perry, the runaway slave boy, to safety and make sure nothing bad happens to

    People shied away from him, as people often do when confronted with a powerful stench. Jesse could not help it, hygiene was not so high on his list of priorities, finding food and shelter were a bit more important. He could not find employment even though he was hardworking and educated. Jesse wanted to work, and as a college graduate, he should have ample opportunity to do so. However, Jesse's life had taken a severe downturn. Shortly after graduation, he met a girl at a bar who was willing to 'celebrate' with him. One thing led to another as things are frequently prone to do and Jesse indulged himself. Unfortunately, the girl was only sixteen (a very mature sixteen), her father learned of

Sometimes the biggest tragedy in someone's life is loosing a loved one. The tragedy of this event can be amplified if you're last words are bad or if there is something you forgot to tell them or meant to tell them. There are many book's that are write about this theme, for example In the book "Shoeless Joe Jackson" by W.P. Kinsella, the main character Ray Kinsella is trying desperately to reconnect with his dead father and is willing to put his reputation and financial security at risk for the opportunity to reconnect with his father as well as put his sanity up for question.