Red: A Short Story

I walked into the classroom and started setting down chairs and wiping down tables. Ms. Justine was getting excited pulling out the children’s shirt that they had tie died the day before. Ms. Alyssa liked the shirts. Lucy F. came in first and Ms. Justine said “Lucy F. what do you think should I give you your shirts now or later today?” Lucy F. said “I think you should give them now.” Ms. Justine gave Lucy F. and Lucy F.’s mother their shirts as they held them up and looked at them. Lucy F. said “It’s so pretty.” Chase came in and asked to see his shirt and then Manaf, Lucy B., and Assel all came in and asked to see their shirts. Mr. Scott went out and got the rest of the class including Lucas, Jason, Ryker, and Jacob. I asked Lucas what he had

By eliminating the important symbol of red from the movie, the characterization of Curley’s wife, the connection to the girl in Weed, and the foreshadowing are all lost.

Nobody has all the answers to death, not even the person who died. In the case of "The Red Convertible", written by Louise Erdich, Henry died of apparent suicide. However, Henry's death could have been an accident. In short, the story took place on an Indian Reservation during the Vietnam War. There are two teenage brothers, Henry and Lyman, who purchase a car together. At the beginning of the story, the two brothers were inseparable. They both were good at making money, so they made an impulse buy of a red convertible.  One day, Henry and Lyman went for a cruise and come across a hitchhiker on the side of the road. They pull over, the hitchhiker introduced herself as Susy, and the two brothers drove her home to Alaska. Susy's parents invited the brothers in, and they lived in a tent at Susy's house until the seasons turned. Henry and Lyman were young, dumb, and free. After they returned home, Henry got drafted to Vietnam. Lyman decided to fix the car in quintessential condition for Henry when returned. However, Henry was gone at war for three years. He suffered from PTSD upon his return. He never looked at the car, the colored TV set him off, and he had bipolar emotions. Lyman decided to manually demolish the car in order to give Henry something to care for. Henry finally acknowledged the car and worked day and night to repair it. His mood steadily improved. Their younger sister, Bonita, took a picture of the two by the fixed-up car. A few months after the picture, Henry and Lyman traveled to the riverside. The season was changing from winter to spring at that point. They sat by the riverside enjoying the scenery and chewed the fat. Henry revealed that he wants Lyman to take full ownership of the car, but Lyman doesn't want to. They brawl and laugh it off. Henry appeared to be his old joking self. He even runs into the river as a joke, but the current ultimately takes him away. He candidly states that his boots are filling, and that is the last statement heard by Henry. While most readers view Henry's death as suicide caused from PTSD, his death was actually accidental.

In the short story “The Red Convertible,” by Louise Erdrich, there are multiple literary devices used throughout. However, Erdrich most commonly utilizes theme and symbolism. She uses certain themes throughout most of her work, as noted by Keri L. Overall in a literary analysis. “Indeed, the themes of Erdrich’s stories range from the effects of war on families and personal identity to loss of heritage and family and personal relationships.” Erdrich also employs the use of symbolism in this story, to great effect. Furthermore, the two most important themes in this story are Brotherhood and War-time trauma, while the most important symbol is the red convertible.

The lights are shining as bright as the sun, it’s seven o'clock as the football team is about to come out. As the football team comes out we are yelling C-K-H-S. The game gets started and it is all fun in games . Halftime roles around and the boys are up 12-0 but her feet start to hurt and her cheerleading costume starts to get uncomfortable as it is a little too tight and super itchy. She's known as the pretty one that does well in school and gets good grades. The one that all the boys go after but always has a boyfriend. The one who has two older brothers that are popular and strong.

In this situation, Sedwick was being tormented and stalked by two of her former classmates on Facebook, however this whole dispute all started over a boy that the former student of Sedwick dated and so did Sedwick. One of the girls was upset that Sedwick had once dated her current boyfriend and began bullying and harassing her more than a year ago when they both were students at Crystal Lake Middle School.

It is inevitable that people will eventually encounter a hurdle that will challenge them either physically or mentally. Although self-doubt is always part of the equation, the individual always has the option to overcome the obstacle or let the barrier determine their destiny. In the short story “The Red Convertible” written by Louise Erdrich and the play “The Cuban Swimmer” written by Milcha Sanchez-Scott readers get the insight of the struggle two characters face as they find themselves in a difficult time in their lives. Through the events that occur, family support, and symbols readers can find similarities and differences while at the same time finding clues that certify that these two pieces of writing are about struggle.

In the stories The Red Umbrella, by Christina Diaz Gonzalez and ¨Band-Aid for 800 Children¨ by Eli Saslow there is one subject that the both of stories have in common, Immigration. Still there are many differences in the stories, in The red umbrella a family is being separated from a poor lifestyle in Cuba, in ¨Band-Aid for 800 Children¨ kids parents are being deported making it harder for the kid to live. Both stories have somethings in common, in The red umbrella one of the main problems is family separation but also in the story ¨Band-aid for 800 children¨ there is family separation. In The Red Umbrella a family sends their kids to america to live a better life while the parents seperate themselves from the children and stays in cuba.

So the other day me and my friends were casually discussing some of the teachers we've had over the past few years (the good and the bad hahaha) and I brought you up because so many of us had you! After that I just could not stop thinking of all the great memories I had from either grade, which sounds so silly but seriously I've thinking about it nonstop!

After Margot finished reading her poem, the kids accused her of not writing her poem and they forced her into the closet. The students all were jealous of her experience with the

Jessie tried to do the math in his head and came to the conclusion that the redhead was probably a lot smarter than he was. "Sooo, how smart are you little one?" He didn't have time to get his answer that she was already jumping up and down in front of the hot dog stand. "Give her whatever she wants," he asked the vendor. Something kept nagging at him and it took him a few second to find out why exactly. "I'm sorry to be so personal, but why wouldn't your dad want for you to go surfing? You are obviously an overachiever and he must be really proud of you, so what is it? Is he afraid that you would hurt yourself?' Jessie paid for the food and waited for her answer by taking a large bite of his hot

The principal’s office was on the other end of the school from the cafeteria, maybe because he didn’t want to have to hear the noise from us kids, but anyway, it took a long time to get there. it didn’t help that people were following us because they saw me hit Rachel. When I got there, I thanked the boy, hoping he would leave so I could make a break for it, but I guess he was smarter than that because he stayed. The office lady told me that I could go right in, which was a surprise because principals are almost always busy, but I did. When I opened the big heavy door, I was shocked. Rachel had a huge red make on her face! I guess I was a better fighter than I thought! The principal told me to sit down, and then he said, “You’re editor told me about the pen name, and I hope I didn’t overstep my boundries when I told Rachel, Bethany. I figure you just forgot. I’m going to leave you to work this out. If you have any more problems, feel free to stop

This is a short realistic story about a girl named June and she meet June. june went to to the end of the pool and met a bully also named June. After a little mean bully june was being to pinch her and called her names. The name calling went on with no stop.In the end june has had enuf of mean bully june so she yelled no,no,no and the mean june had a supervising face when june was yelling no at her and with kids laughing in the background.

If all the girls were true friends, they wouldn’t tease each other. Martha needs to tell someone about what is happening. The counselor will keep it a secret because, she would know that I didn’t want to be considered a snitch by Martha. Martha wouldn’t want to tell someone because she would be considered a snitch by the girls that are teasing her. Many people post hurtful things on the internet because they are too scared to say things to the other person’s face.

I know a lady Sandy when she was seventeen years old she gave birth to a baby girl name Clarissa. Clarissa was born mid- July and she was pretty as she could be. She had curly hair, nice big brown pupils and the cutest little fat cheeks her mother had ever seen. Her and her mother struggled for a while hoping that things would get better. Her mother gave birth to her in a town that she was not from but shortly after birth they returned back to their home town. When she arrived she did not have a place for her and her baby to live so Sandy’s sister let them move in with her. Her and her sister could not get along they fault constantly, they were living in their grandfather house so her sister moved out and Sandy kept the house.