Jumping A Gun: A Short Story

I stand and stare in disbelief as the car’s bonnet is crumpled into the bulky metal pole on the side of the road. My limbs are numb and I am drenched from head to toe. The glistening droplets continuously drip off the tip of my nose as I realize how much trouble I’m going to get into. The wind wails around me as if it’s saying “you’re going to be in so much trouble”. I suddenly get back into the car and attempt to reverse the car so no one will see the car rammed into the power pole. Mum and Dad's pristine new car. Scratched. Dented. Ruined.

A title defines a whole body of text and suggests various interpretations. However, an author may want the title to relay a significant message that is to be revealed under both literal and symbolic meanings. Louise Erdrich wrote a short story, The Leap, which contains both literal and symbolic meanings between the title and text.

Even when taking this approach some will still want to play the blame game or argue about who is right. The book suggests three different ways to deal with these situations. First, reframing the conversation into concepts the other person can relate to. Second, when the other party persistently puts the conversation off track, by interrupting or denying emotions, explicitly name that behavior and raise it as an issue for discussion. Finally, when all else fails, listen. The authors state "the single most important rule about managing the interaction is this: you can't move the conversation in a more positive direction until the other person feels heard and understood.” (Stone, Patton, & Heen, 1999, p. 206)

After all, some people like the input that others have to give. It might help them with whatever excuse they are trying to use and it will solve their problem. Calling someone out on their reasons will not always make them an unlikable person. A lot of people appreciate those that give their honest opinion, even when it is not

This particular gang and the members in it protect each other like family. That being said, one of the female gang members had spent two days looking for the two teenagers. She ended up finding them in the City for Palm Springs in a vacant lot. Upon her arrival she took out a firearm and fired multiple rounds at the two teenagers. One of the boys was hit in the shoulder while the other was struck in the throat.

He walked down the bleak hallway every morning, with his face staring at the ground. He heard whispers as he walked through the narrow pathway. He kept asking himself why he was different from the others. This was the life of Eddie Huang, and in many ways we led the same life. Most of us have come across a time in our lives when we did not feel like we belonged in a certain group. My parents moved to America when i was twelve. I barely understood the language and had a tough time fitting in. A character that I share similar experiences with is Eddie from the T.V. show Fresh Off The Boat. Eddie and his family also moved to an area where the community was not very diverse. Eddie and I have experienced similar situations as we both grew up in neighbourhoods where we were outsiders.

Suspense is a unique and a very interesting topic that puts you on the edge of your seat and biting your nails in movies and books, including, The Most Dangerous Game, The Lady or the Tiger, and The Cask of Amontillado. Suspense is the most one of the most recurring topics in the short story, The Most Dangerous Game. Suspense is also portrayed in the The Lady or the Tiger, however it isn’t quite as prominent as it is in The Most Dangerous Game. The Cask of Amontillado is an interesting short story that can also be used portray suspense just like The Most Dangerous Game and The Lady or The TIger. Suspense is a prominent theme is these three short stories, The Most Dangerous Game, The Lady or the Tiger, and The Cask of Amontillado.

The daylight drew low in the Sunday sky, as the smoke of a dying cigarette diffused into the smog of a dying city. Nick Allen wasn’t a detective anymore. He had left it all behind, a long time ago. Too risky. Too thrilling. A man could get lost in that world, where he banned first and asked questions later, and the shadows of CLG team members lurked around every corner.

I managed to make very few promises in my lifetime. The majority of them were with my mother, her pleading eyes telling me to stray away from things that could "harm" me. Usually after the first week or so it was broken, and the guilt washed away in time, but when Ruby Ramirez made one with me I knew I would have to keep my word.

Playing with friends and family outside is usually fun for G.K. .Playing nerf outside with friends and family was even better for G.K. as a kid. When playing with nerf guns you want to make sure no one gets hurt and that it is all fun. He always loved playing with his cousins and older brother. It was a nice summer day in their small town of Crawford, Alabama. Their guns were not the best and would jam sometimes, but they were still good. It was not until one G.K. learned his lesson when he held the jammed gun to his eye to see the problem. After this very learning experience he now knows it is very important to be careful when playing with any type of toy guns because getting shot in the eye will hurt, knowing how to handle a jammed gun will save you from being shot, and being responsible with it helps you and others.

She noticed a crack in her skin after the first time she saw a Pride parade, no older than the age of thirteen. The crack was like that of a broken porcelain doll. It was small, and barely noticeable, but it stretched from past her hairline to the very top of her forehead. She thought about telling her mom about it once she noticed it, however decided it best to just wait for it to heal like any sort of injury she had had in the past. If she had to wear her hair differently to hide it, than that was just a small sacrifice in the grand scheme of things.

In the short story The Final Shot, by Yaseen Rana, this story is about a boy that likes basketball and gets injured. Then he still tries to play even though he is hurt. Rana’s theme, was that you can overcome any obstacle, is revealed through Billy practicing and Billy making the final shot. Through this lesson, readers learn that nothing can stop you from reaching your goals.

I woke up in the morning and I took my dog on a walk and I saw a moving van so I had went over there to see what was going on. On the way there there was a family of two there was a Mom,and girl named Sam the family seem very nice I didn't know about the Sam she seem very odd so I did not know what to think about her. The next day I got up and went to school in the middle of the day the girl next door was there and she was off she was rude and we did not like each other she had black pants and Black short and purple hair she look so mean anyways I from the first day I seen here I now that I will not like her.

I nodded my head deftly as he held me in his arms. He only needed one as I sat there in his grip. I almost felt like a child being held like that, sitting on his arm.

I feel as though that sometimes no one will help those with conflicts, perhaps because they don’t know what to do or maybe because they think the person should work through it themselves. Those are two different reactions, but the second one is more harsh. The first means you probably have at least attempted to help, but the second one seems almost selfish, like you know that person enough to know they can and can’t handle by themselves. Truthfully, we do not know what we, ourselves, can handle often times. Those to seem to have their fair share of similarities and differences, but I have seen they don’t help because they truly believe there is nothing that can be done, that it’s hopeless.