My New Dog - Original Writing

Theme is big idea we take away from a story after reading it. In the novel, Tangerine by Edward Bloor, the primary theme of the story is friendship. The theme of friendship shows up in many events throughout the novel. Over and over again, the reader sees the character(s) struggling with this theme. Bloor develops characters to represent the importance of friendship and what it reveals about human beings.

Trent James was sitting on his bed reading a book. “Trent! Go buy a loaf of bread and a jug of milk.” “Here’s $.50 to get you and your sister some candy.” Trent went to his cooking mother and got the money, then left for the grocery store. Trent was walking down to the local supermarket, which was one block from his house when he heard a squealing animal. It was near, yet distant. He looked over to the playground and started walking to it. He heard the crying sound again. He looked under the slide and saw a puppy crying. He scooped it up and looked for a collar. He didn’t see one. Trent then carried the dog home. “Mom. I found a dog”, Trent said. “A dog?”,Trent’s Mom said. “Yes, a dog.”,Trent said again.

The eyes of T.J. Eckleburg in George Wilson mind are symbols for the eyes of God.

“Oh, there you are” her mother would reply Jordan would giggle, then run back out the back door with no shoes on. For a few days Jordan came inside the house limping on one foot, crying to her mother, “Mommy, I got cactus stuck in my foot” her mother would sit there with tweezers, pulling out each spine from the heel of her foot Jordan flinching each time she yanked one out. As soon as her mother was done, she'd look at her mother thankful she could help her, but still a tear still rolled down her face onto the floor from the surging pain now in her foot. Her mother would look at her in the eyes and repeat “You better learn how to wear your shoes” Jordan would nod, then limp off to her room to take a nap. One day, Jordan opened her eyes, she looked out the door and found her mother to be in the yard digging up cactus in the yard. Jordan made sure to put on some shoes and ran outside hiding around the corner of the house. Her mother saw her peeking around the corner of her house and said “Jordan, do you want to come help me?” Jordan smiled disappearing back around the house. She ran around the other side of the house trying to make her mother to jump. Kristina would giggle and say “Get over here you little turd” Jordan would run up to her mother, hug her, then look up at her saying “I love you mom” as her mother looked down

I jump and scream. As I get half way through the Woods I trip on root coming out of the ground. Scrapes are covering my knee, blood gushing! I limp my way through the woods tripping and falling as I go. I finally see the backyard of my house, but first have to get through the neighbor's yard. Hopefully that angry dog is locked up! I think to myself! But as I reach the neighbors yard I see the vicious, angry, horrifying dog standing there with his slobber all over his mouth Just staring at me. “Nice doggy” I said sweetly. But it doesn't work. He comes chasing at me only couple yards away! “ Bruno!” Yells the neighbors owner.”Stop this instant!” Bruno goes walking toward the man slowly. “Kenal! Now!” Bruno walks past me growling while walking toward his kenal. “Sorry about that,” says the owner. “Here i’ll help you home.” He says sweetly. As we approach the door, my mother opens it quickly. “What happened? Are you ok?” “Yeah.” I reply. “Well thank you!” “ No problem.” says the man. When I walk inside mom quickly cleans up my knee and sends me straight to bed. As I lay in bed I think of all the crazy things I did today. This was a day I would never

Catalina was playing outside the house with Pedro. She was a tall skinny girl, with ivy eyes and a small face. Pedro was a puppy of a german shepherd. They were running, chasing, tackling each other to get the branch. Pedro jumped off of Catalina, and started to run with the branch. “Hey no fair!”, yelled Catalina. She jumped up and started after him. “Catalina! Get Pedro, we are going to the market.”, said Mom. “ Ok, coming,” yelled Catalina,”. She ran over to where Pedro was and grabbed the bone and yelled,”Pedro come here and I win!“.”Arf” barked Pedro.

"You should never have been made a warrior." The orange tom hissed, as I glared at him, my hated boiling over.

“Um, how do you do charlie” I said shyly. “ Fine kid say why don’t you get me a soda” Charlie said very rudely. “ Alright what kind” I said smiling. “Oh wait let me guess Grape right” I exclaimed. “ Lucky guess smartie , that’s my favorite kind” Charlie said astonished. “Ya I guess so” I said kindly. Suddenly Kibbles runs up and started to bark at Charlie. Charlie looked down at Kibbles, and he seemed very disgusted. Charlie kicked Kibbles and yelled “ Get out of here you dumb dog!” Kibbles flew across the room and hit the faded old yellow coach. “ Charlie that wasn’t very nice” I blurted. Charlie looked surprised for a moment then said “ I don’t have to be nice so where is my soda.” “ Over there” I said angrily as Charlie floated past me

One cold stormy night in an alley there was a basset hound. She was just a little puppy. She was all orange and white with a black sport around her eye. She had no tags no collar; she had nothing on her. The pound saw her eating food from a trash can. There was three trash cans and one black cat in the alley and trash all over from the little pup. The pound missed him by a hair. She got away and run off. She found a red barn so she got in the barn and that is where she slept for the night. The next morning the little pup got scared off a weird and unusual sound. The sound sounded like this, “Moooo”. The little pup ran out and saw a bunch of kids and wondered what happened. She went

Getting a new pet is never a decision to undertake lightly, but it is especially important to prepare carefully before getting your first dog. You are preparing to share your life with an animal that will need care, attention and stability for up to twenty years - possibly more. Dogs are not a short-term, temporary commitment.

I threw my hair up into a pony tail. I was about to start my make up when I heard puking noises coming from the bathroom. I ran in there to see who it was and of course it was Jenna. I walked over to her and held her hair back while she threw up. When she stopped she sat down and stared shaking. "Do you want me to go get momma?" I asked. She just nodded her head. I ran downstairs to the kitchen and told my mom," Jenna just got sick." "Oh no," she said and she ran upstairs to our bathroom. I quickly followed behind her. When we got up there Jenna was laying in the floor crying. "Baby girl what's wrong?" My mom asked. "I don't know. I just got nauseous and the next thing I know I'm throwing up," she explained. "Well you should get back in bed," my mom said helping her up. She brought her to her room and got her in bed. "Addie bug why don't you come help me finish breakfast," she said. "Okay," I said following her out. We finished making breakfast and I asked," can I see if Jenna wants anything?" "Sure sweetie. I'll fix her a plate," my mom responded. I brought a plate up to her and as soon as she smelt the food she rushed out of the room to throw up again. I followed her and held back her hair. Once she finished she looked at me and said," can I tell you a secret?" "Anything," I replied. "You can't tell anyone, not even mom or dad," she said. "Okay," I responded. "I

Kevin might do was to get Cromwell and become a dog trainer. Kevin will have Cromwell trained to jump fences jump though rings etc. Kevin is way too young for that kind of stuff I know because Kevin still needs to ask his parents on what to do. Kevin has a plan to ask his friends to help him in training Cromwell. Each of his friends will have a specific course chosen by themselves to see how much Cromwell has learned and what it will learn. The first thing Cromwell will learn is jumping through rings Kevin is holding a ring as Cromwell runs then jumps through it. The first try Cromwell was distracted by a squirrel and was about to chase it but one of Kevin's friends grabbed it just in time.

I woke up to see Nyle and Lucy signing to each other. "Good morning loves," I signed. "Morning babe," Nyle replied kissing me. "We have to go meet my partner today," I signed. "Momma I go with you?" Lucy asked. "Yes love bug," I replied,"let's go get dressed." I took Lucy to her room and changed her into a dress with a white to and black and yellow bottom. "Momma I don't want to wear this," Lucy whined. "You're already dressed and we're running late," I said as I slid in a yellow headband. "No momma!" She yelled. "You better fix that attitude or you can go stay home with Uncle Maks," I said. She just rolled her eyes. "I saw that," I said walking out. I went to my room and got ready. Then I got Lucy and we headed out. We drove for

My family got to my house. My parents asked everyone to sit down. My mom exclaimed, ‘’We need to tell yall something important!” I couldn’t wait any longer and shouted, “Were moving to Frisco!” My family looked at me and my parents and said, “ Yall are moving to Frisco because Haylee made the gymnastics team right?” “Yes!” I screamed, “ isn’t that awesome!” “ Yeah that’s awesome, but we are going to miss y’all!” They excliamed. Then my brother walked in the house. “Does you brother know?” They asked. “ Do i know what?” my brother questioned. I shouted real clearly, “ That were moving to Frisco.” He shouted back,

“Good Country People” is a classic short story by contemporary American author Flanner O’Connor. Published in 1955, it a compilation of symbolism, imagery, characterization, irony, and allegory which created a Christian Humanism short story. The most famous yet clichéd Idiom “Pride goes before a fall;” adapted from the book of Proverbs in the Holy Bible, is exemplified both literally and figuratively in this short story. Its central message goes to show how the attitude one portrays can lead to their self-destruction.