Short Story Essay: The Cold War

It is 1945 and some of my generation has already arrived, with more yet to come. The month is June and I just arrived. President Truman is in office. The war in Europe just ended, and the war with Japan is about to end. The Cold War has started but it will be two years before they officially call it the Cold War. In case you were wondering that is me in the carriage, as you can see I am not really too concerned about world events as of yet. I’m pretty sure that the rest of my generation isn’t either. It is also my guess that we won’t be for a while. However, as I said history is relevant and many world events will take place in the next nineteen years that will lead some of us toward war, and others toward what I believe to committing the unforgivable crime of treason.

Democratic localism was also enforced to keep the government at bay, allowing people to make their own economic decisions. Capitalism was renewed due to growth. Americans were enjoying various freedoms in politics, religion and travel. Nixon stated in one of his speeches that the United States had “come closest to the idea of prosperity for all in a classless society (166).”

Offner, Arnold, "Provincialism and Confrontation: Truman’s Responsibility" in Major Problems in American Foreign Relations, Volume II.

As the night grew old, Tom decided to head to the bank for respite from his wife and cash in his paycheck so he got into his old, rusted,

About an hour and a half passed when he saw that he was heading toward a familiar supply store. It was the first sign that he was getting closer to his uncle’s houes. He quickened his step and finally was about 5 yards away when he heard an angry shout come from the closed front door of the store.

1947 through 1991 was the time period of the Cold War; the Cold War was a result caused by the tension of the after math of what had happened with world war 2 .The tension that was there wasn 't just any kind of tension it was military tension between the power of the eastern bloc and the power of the western bloc. The Cold War wasn 't only one war but it was decades of "little"wars and intimidation. Germany was busy after the war, there where so much tension between the Soviet Union and the western allies because they had feared each other because they had thought a new war could arise. Minister Churchill then decided that he would put what would be an iron curtain across Europe. The Cold War had so many little conflicts within it like the Chinese revolution, the Palestine liberation organisation, and so many more hundreds if you would that happened in the Cold War time.

- He offered me to take the blame, but I know that did not kill Jill and that man. I could not. I loved Jill - contritely said the man and shut by the hands face. - I saw how he killed her and was unable to help ... no one believes me, and ye believe not. So why come? Convince me that I is guilty? - Tom shouted loudly and dramatically jumped out of bed, his face was purple, his eyes were bloodshot, the veins on his neck swelled and began to throb. - And all because you find it easier to shift the blame on me, than to find the

He told her the reason of why he had gotten to go. He said, “I reckon I shouldn’t ‘a gone, “slowly”, but boys will do foolish things. I had done a good year/deal of fox hunting the winter before, and father let me keep the money. I took the money and paid Tom smith’s tap to weed the corn for me, an’ I slipped off unbeknownst to father and went to the

As a youngster, Tom lived a VERY negligent life. He was physically abused by his father. Tom’s only friend was his dog. Later in his childhood, Tom got into a fight with some kids and during the fight his dog was shot and killed. At the age of 14 Tom decided to run away.

In the beginning, Tom Walker is trying to escape a loveless, bitter, and just all around ugly marriage. In the story it says " … a meager miserly fellow of the name Tom Walker.

Kneeling on the ledge, Tom is dreaming of going into his warm, cozy apartment. Tom then tries to open his window but he couldn’t. His fingers couldn’t fit under the outer sill to push it open. Also, the upper window panel was frozen tight with dry paint. Tom then folds the yellow paper in his pocket and tries to think of ways to get people on the street attention. With many attempts, Tom didn’t get anyone to notice him on the ledge. He decided to wait on the ledge until Clare came home, but checking his watch she was only gone for eight minutes. Then, Tom started to regret not going to the movies with his wife. He now understands that he didn’t need to stay to work on his project. He realizes that working on the yellow wasn’t worth more than spending quality time with his wife. In the story, the text it says, “He wished, then, that he had not allowed his wife to go off by herself tonight-and on similar nights.” He recognizes that he need balance. Tom then muscles up the courage to break his apartment window. With a balled fist and a loud short screaming Clare, Tom was able to break the window. He went into his apartment and placed the yellow paper on the desk weighing it down with a pencil. He went to get his coat from the closet

He grabbed the yellow paper and put it in his mouth, holding onto it with his teeth. He got to his window and it was closed, there was no way to open it from the outside. As he struggled to hold on he forgot that he had the sheet in his mouth, he removed it and crushed it into the side of his pocket. Tom had to brainstorm ideas on how he could get in, he realized the only way was to break the window. He tried breaking the window with the palm of his hand, his shoe, and a half dollar. He even tried to signal people with lighting up some paper he had in his pocket and dropping coins, but no one saw him in the dark night. He realized that he had wasted his life on his job, and all the time he has been away from Clare. Clare gave him the strength to keep holding on to the bars and to break the window. He made a fist and yelled “CLARE” as he struck the window. He broke the window and fell on his apartment floor, he got up and left his yellow sheet on his desk with a pencil on top. As he walked out his apartment to catch up with Clare at the movies the yellow sheet slipped out through the window again. Tom laughed and closed the

He went back to wake up Dill but he wasn't their laying down in bed so Tom got even curious about where Dill had of gone. So he went off to find where Dill went and he found Dill but in a corner crying and shaking he didn't know what to do Tom told him to get up and they would find wat happen to all the people in the hospital .But first they would have to find themselves some clothing to wear. They walked out the next day and it was cloudy and nobody in sight so walk all the way home to find nobody but their homes were destroyed. They were scared that their home and family could be dyed. They found a car and traveled around the whole city and found nobody until they found a guy walking they yelled and he continued to walk they stopped next to him and Dill touched the guy on his shoulder he was not human so the drived away and they talked about what that guy was because he was not human . So they would called that thing a Zombie because they didn't talked and they only walked slow and fragile. So they went on until their car ran out on gas in their car. They walked for days,weeks until they found a guy finding supplies for his group in the city. Tom asked the guy to stopped he ran because he didn't know them until he got tired so Tom told the guy that they wouldn't hurt him that they didn't know what happen to the

He was living a very unhappy life. He did not have love for noone especially his wife. All he cared about was his money and angering his wife. Tom Walker was out in the woods and went to go meet old scratch , the man old scratch offered Tom a deal of making easy money but he didn't take the deal because he didn't want to please his wife. He mentioned the offer to his wife and she was angry at Tom because he didnt

In the begining of the Contents of the Dead Man’s Pocket, I agreed Tom’s action to go out the window to grab the paper. It was not that far, only few feet away, and it seem to be easy task that would finish quick.