Pines: A Narrative Fiction

I will never be the same as I was before it happened. The moment I went into THE FOREST. The things that I saw will always haunt me till I die, even now when I’m safe and sound I still see them, the memories of me in THE FOREST it all haunts me. This entire thing started way back when I was still a father.

Far away from here there was a little house. The house was surrounded by the woods. In that little house there was a girl and her family. She was about 12 years old her name was Nikki, she had blond curly hair. She had always wanted to see the world. But her parents thought other they wanted her to stay. She never really knew why they did. But one day she was in her room and she had an idea, not necessarily a good one but an idea.

The pounding of footsteps rang through the clearing. I could hear my heart thumping. The footsteps grew louder and louder. Harsh shouts erupted from behind me. They were coming. So, I ran. Time slowed as I darted in and out of the dark trees. I eyed the woods around me. Surely, there had to be a someone there, but I could see no one. All seemed calm, aside from hunting cry of a bird. Dimly, I sensed a presence behind me. I spun to meet my hunter a second too late. And all at once, I realized with a shock, I was hit.

The warm air filtering through the rolled-down windows, brushing against my face. We were on our last minute escape before the rush of school started back up again. Music spewed from the radio, my sister’s pitchy voice sang right along, faltering on the words she didn’t know, as we headed off towards Middle Brook, MO. I didn’t know what was so special about the place we were going, but I was excited all the same. My mom and dad had been planning this for a few weeks. But there was one part of this trip that I knew I’d love more than anything.

As I sat in the back seat of the car with my forehead pressed against the cool window and my breath fogging up the glass, I watched the unfamiliar landscape crawl by. It felt like an immense betrayal and I understood exactly why I had avoided coming here for so many years; This was the reality I had been trying to avoid. That perfect little

“ Guys, we gotta do something. We’re not just gonna stand here like a couple of lunatics. Which we’re not,” I stated, firmly.

Instantly, as we stepped outside the vehicle, our minds were saturated with excitement. Anything and everything I saw managed to put a smile on my face and made me want to partake in. The powerful melody of an ice cream truck shadowed by a jolly

A newly introduced concept of government, a totalitarian democracy, holds elections to establish political hierarchy yet governors rely on their own intuition instead of the voices of its constituents to determine what serves in the best interest of society (Browne 17). The elected officials may be impeached by a vote of the people and replaced with an individual presumed to be more competent, much like the republic system in place, but that summates the limited power of the citizens.

“Scott, it’s bleeding,” whispered Chris. “I bet that’s from the gunshots I heard last night.”

Democracy is often referred to as the rule of the many, but Aristotle called this definition incomplete. In his book “Politics”, he explained that in a city if the majorities are aristocrats and if they have political authority, then it is an aristocracy not a democracy. He therefore defined democracy as when “free people have authority and Oligarchy as when the wealthy have it” (1290b). Plato viewed Democracy as a flawed system with too much inefficiency that would make any implementation of a true democracy not worth it. While Aristotle viewed democracy as a system that could work if it is limited to certain restrictions and if it is the regime that best fits the culture of the people to be governed. This essay will focus on Plato’s view or rather his critiques of democracy. In this essay it will be argued that democracy does not have its merit and that Plato’s view on democracy as a flawed system is more prevalent or more compelling if the current political arena around the world is observed.

All stories have a beginning, and this one starts in a galaxy far, far away. A group of space pioneers had discovered a new planet, Jeno. When they landed on the planet, they found that the Jenians had no system of government. Everyone simply did what he or she wanted, resulting in chaos. There was not even an established leader. The Jenians begged their guests to help them.

One sweltering August day, Mr. Smith’s 5th period government class was just beginning to learn about political systems in the United States. On this hot, humid August day, the students had just returned from lunch and the air conditioner’s cold airy breeze, was seducing them to sleep. Their tummies were full, and the temperature was just perfect. they sat down in their seats—slowly

The concept of democracy has made a grand mark on humanity, evolving in one of the most powerful civilizations of humankind, Ancient Greece. The perpetual idea emerged during the 6th century B. C. E., almost 2,500 years ago. Its untimely disappearance for a few thousand years gave way for various ups and downs of tyrannical and dictatorial monarchs and sovereigns. Worldwide, many states have struggled with maintaining steady political powers that consider the best interests of all of the state’s people. John Dunn addresses the history of democracy, expressing similarities and differences between modern and ancient democracy. According to Dunn, though the type of “demokracia” occurring in Ancient Athens was very different from the forms of democracy that we see in the world today, all successful democracies share similar fundamental characteristics, equality, stability, and change.

Houses are supposed to be pretty and white, you know, like the pictures show. Maybe black trim around the long narrow windows and dancing little yellow flowers around the base with a few mottled bricks here and there, looking like they just happened to show up. Blue-green short grass too and a little orange dog chasing a stick with its tongue nearly dragging the carpet with glee.

Throughout Plato’s Republic in Book VIII, readers are caught up in the conversation about four unjust structures that each structure will succeed the other as society decays. The four unjust structures are explained throughout dialogue and described as timocracy, oligarchy, democracy, and tyranny. Most shocking critique throughout the discussion is about democracy and its ineffectiveness to rule. Plato’s disagreement of democracy does not involve of what we are acquainted with today, but rather the idea of democracy. Plato explores the central strain of the government that is acknowledged with liberty and fairness. Also, this form of government known for its embracement of freedom and equality. Plato’s description and disagreement about democracy is correct because the consequences of such government is that it leads the population to pursue unnecessary desires.