Nothing Happened For The First Half Hour

punishment. “ ‘Only . . . I want to die as myself. Does that make sense?’ he asks. I shake my

“Freeze, Police!” Sgt. Salazar commands from behind. Startled, the robber froze. “Hands up!” Hands were up in the air with the rifle still in one hand. “Drop your weapon!” Slowly placing the rifle on the ground, the robber swiftly rotated ready to shoot, when Sgt. Salazar close behind open fired at the chest.

shot. After doing ballistic tests on the rifle the police found a palm print of Oswald's on the

Climi stated that while he was traveling to the destination the suspect picked up the firearm. Climi stated that the suspect began to wave it around and point it at Climi several times. Climi advised that while the suspect was pointing the gun at him, the suspect became aware of Climi’s concern and proceeded to rack the slide several times discarding one bullet at a time until the magazine was empty. Climi advised that the suspect then showed him that the gun was empty and then placed the bullets along with the empty firearm in a plastic shopping bag. Climi then stated that the suspect proceeded to make statements in regards to him being ex-military and how he had 40 confirmed kills. Climi further advised that the suspect stated that he was a convicted felon but had his concealed carry permit restored. Climi stated that when he arrived at his destination at approximately 2:34 A.M. the suspect asked to be picked up again at 5:30 A.M. to which Climi stated that he was not sure where he would be at that time. Climi advised that the suspect then stated that he would find him if he did not

“ ‘They fired a few shots in the air, then to kill. They got him just as he went over the fence. They said if he’d

But Cashmere does not know what he is referring to, so the three men begin arguing about the gun to find out they have a strange gun, in their possession and they have no idea where it came from or what it could have been used for. Not focusing because they were arguing over how to get rid of the gun some cops spotted them because Cashmere car looks very similar to Broadway 's car that had been seen at murder earlier that day. The cops pulled them over. One of cops was a female officer; she orders them out of the car at gunpoint, which they submit to, but in instant Cashmere 's pitbull runs toward the officer who kills him in self-defense. Cashmere pulls out his gun in anger at the loss of his dog, and points it at the officer only to be shot and knocked down.

Johnny had died in the hospital. This sudden change made both Ponyboy and Dally. Dally did not want to believe that Johnny had passed away. Dally was in depressed. Then Ponyboy, Darry, and Sodapop received a phone call from Dally. “ ‘It was Dally. He phoned from a booth. He’s just robbed a grocery store and the cops are after him. We gotta hide him. He’ll be at the lot in a minute.’ ” (153) Dally was running from the police. Suddenly Darry turned around and stopped. He raised his gun. “I remembered his voice: I been carryin’ a heater. It ain’t loaded, but it sure does help a bluff…… Dally raised the gun, and I thought: You blasted fool…..And even as the policemen’s guns spit fire into the night i knew that was what Dally wanted. He was jerked half around by the impact of the bullets, then slowly crumpled with a look of grim triumph on his face. He was dead before he hit the ground.” (153-154) If Dally didn’t rob the grocery store, if Dally did not raise the unloaded gun, then it might not be like

There is also miscommunication between the two officers, While one officer is saying “He has a gun” it is most likely meant that the gun is not in his hands, while the officers who did not see the gun only heard the words “He has a gun” and immediately decided to use deadly force.

“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).

Meanwhile he was taking off his cartridge-studded belt with the pistol holster suspended from it. He put

It’s April 8 2005 three o’clock in the middle of an intense judge trial Jack finally on the good side of the court. On the other side is James his better older brother and his astute agent walking ungainly to the stand, accused of the shooting in Utah. The witnesses were the people in the shooting and on the side a victim injured, luckly survived. The process starts by stateing the what happened, James judge walked up to the stand promiseing to state all the evidence with authenticity. So the agent looked back

Preston looked around and saw a pistol on the ground. He ran for it and managed to pick it up in time. When this person got real close Preston pistol whipped him into one of the spike traps. Preston aimed the gun at his head, cocked the pistol, and pulled the trigger.

“Steve fired the gun in an effort to dislodge the suspect's grip or jam the auto pistol that the suspect stole from him. His efforts proved futile. The gun was pointed into the air and occasionally at Steve's face. As the fight wore on Steve managed to get on top of the suspect's back. At that point he retrieved his 9mm backup gun from inside his bullet proof vest pocket.

Jack aims the gun at the altar boy, when Lavelle yells out for him to run. Jack conflicted for a moment isn’t sure of what to do, but then aims the gun point blank at Lavelle and

When reading Chan’s short story ‘Nothing Happened’, I notice an intriguing detail, which is that the protagonist of this story, Zhang Dezhi, an investment manager working all around the world, has a same name as his father, a businessman fleeing to Hong Kong after 1949. What is the significance of this detail of patronymic? Is it a symbol of the similarity of the father and son? In my view, it is a symbol of the repetition rather than the similarity of this two generations living in Hong Kong, a colonial city without history. Both generations live in this city with the desire of capital and without any disturbance of politics. As the protagonist signs: “We seem to live in the last chapter of history, the end of ideological contest, and what else could happen?” (Chen: 137). However, How does this experience of repetitive history, or stagnant history, provide a temporal thread for this story?