Short Story : Story Of 'Johnny The Snowman'

“No matter who we are, no matter how successful, no matter what our situation, compassion is something we need to receive and give,” author Catherine Pulsifer said. Patricia McKissack wanted to show this theme in her short story, “The Woman in the Snow” by using her character, a black mother named Eula Mae Daniels. In the beginning of the story, a racist bus driver spots her struggling through the snow, holding her sick baby and begging him to give her a ride, even offering him her wedding ring. He refuses and drives off without her because she does not have money to pay for the ride. As the story progresses, she is found dead the next morning and begins to haunt the route, killing the bus driver in a crash, continuing to haunt the route until all drivers refuse to take it. This theme begins to develop when Ray Hammond, the first black metro driver, sees Eula Mae on the route and offers a ride for free instead of denying her one, so she thanked him and gave him a smile before disappearing into the swirling snow. Compassion is always important.

It was Christmas Eve when Buddy finally found a home that he could call his own after stowing away in an old fat man's red bag. Little did he know that he was taking a trip to see Santa Claus, the North Pole, and would never come back...

“Come to target and get your Jordan Wings Fusshhhhhhhhhhh!”darn it I wish I could have heard the rest of that add” bob said“But wow! I’m gonna go buy some Jordan Wings. “These Skechers are getting too old”Bob said. “The soles are falling out” Bob said this as he pulled into the Target parking lot and said “this place is way bigger than I remember.”He opened the car door and smelled the exhaust filled air. “This air doesn’t smell good.”he said to himself as he was walking toward the doors of target.

It was one winter night of 2008, the Yazoo County Panthers were playing against the Yazoo City Indians. A guy by the name of Albert had already found his seat and was ready to cheer on his son Albert Jr. Throughout Albert’s life he has been battling with cancer. Albert is a scientist and hopes to one day be cancer free. Meanwhile, kickoff is approaching and Albert is ready. Albert shouts, “Let’s get this W Jr.” Jr responds, “ ok dad.” The panthers went on to beat the Indians 43-7. After they had made it home something unusual happened. Jr starts to moan in pain. “What’s wrong son”, said Albert. Jr responded by saying “my body is in so much pain.” Albert immediately rushed Jr to St. Dominic Hospital. They arrived at the hospital at 11:40 p.m.

I left the house to meet up with the gang. Outside the cul de sac, about eight houses away, Ponyboy was sitting on the curb, smoking a cigarette. I yelled, “ Hey Ponyboy!” Ponyboy looked up and saw Johnny. He looked at his big black eyes and said, “ Hey Johnny come over here.” Johnny walked over to where Ponyboy was standing. As he got there, Ponyboy studied him. He looked as if he had lost ten pounds. “ Johnny. Have you lost weight?” Johnny looked surprised and said,” I don’t think so why?” “ I don’t know. You look skinny.” Just then a car full of Socs. jumped out of the car two houses before us. “ Lets run for it.” said ponyboy. They raced across the streets. The Socs. didn’t seem to care about them much for some reason. They went into a house. What were they doing on the west side? Johnny thought.“ I think we better call it a day. My parents need me back now. Also im kinda hungry.” Ok see ya tomorrow Johnny.” When Johnny got back into his house, He already heard the yelling. He ignored the arguing and went into the kitchen. He got some apple juice and accidentally dropped the apple juice container spilling

Johnny and shoved him. After shoving him Joe ran off Johnny told the principal. The principal called Joe's parents and he got in trouble. Later Johnny drove home with a smirk on his face. When he was on his way home he was delayed. He finally got home and took a nice soaking bath. The next morning he went to the bank and loaned some money.When Johnny was driving home he

Rudy’s mom has always been overprotective of him. Once when he was in first grade he tripped on a jump rope and he got a bruise on his knee, well his mom took him into the ER after she found out that he fell. The one thing he did like about his mom is that she always took him out to eat icecream if he ever had a bad day or got somewhat hurt. Like a puppy waiting for a treat, Rudy was waiting patiently for his mom to ask him if he wanted some ice cream. Coincidently five seconds later Rudy’s mom mentioned “You seem very sad, do you want to go gobble up some ice cream?”

Said Johnny. “Your kidding”. Said his Mom. “No”. Said Johnny.

Johnny ran into the restaurant. He was holding a newspaper. Guess what happened Billy.What? He was holding a newspaper in his hand. The title was “Hiker Mauled on Mt. Canine”. I was astonished. My family and I were going camping there. I didn't want to be mauled on my camping trip. I ran home as fast as I could. Inside Mom was making a salad. Mom guess what. There was a hiker that was mauled on Mt. Canine. “Really”? asked mom. “I didn't know that there were bears on Mt.Canine”. Me neither said Bill. “Isn’t that where we are going camping”? asked Bill. “I believe it is.”said mother

In reading Exodus, I noticed two ways that God divided things. The first way God divides is by dividing the people of Israel from the rest of the world, specifically in this week’s reading from Egypt. The second divide is how he divided the Hebrew nation, before and after Exodus. God always had a special relationship with the Israelites, but he now has started telling them things they need to do such as Passover, Consecration of the First Born, and the Sabbath.

On the third day his parents were at his house, Johnny went and joined the Army. He got back in time for dinner and ate with his parents. Johnny was thinking of how he was gonna tell them that he had joined the Army. Johnny started by saying you remember my dream of being a soldier when I was little he asked his parents. His parents smiled and said yes. Johnny said well that dream has came true. I have joined the Army. His parents looked in shot and said why we haven't even been back for a week and you could be leaving. Johnny said sorry but it's what I was ment to do. Johnny told them his schedule and told them that he will be most likely deployed to the Korean

That would not be the only time Johnnies get in trouble because all that time he spent in the house he was planning his revenge on his uncle. No more than five days after Johnnie was off, oh punishment there he was right back in trouble because of told his parent, he was going for a five-mile run but that was not all he was doing. He decides that it would be a good idea to put a clear plastic fork in his uncle's yard to break his lawn mower. Johnny's uncle remembered seeing him in his neighborhood and call his parent because he thought Johnnie was behind his attack. As Johnnie enters the house all sweaty from his run there, his mother was standing at the door. Where have you did Johnnie his mother ask out running, what that bag in your hand was looking down at the and back up at his mother with an astonished look knowing she knew what he did. Oh did Johnnie get in trouble, he and to pay his uncle for the damages, fix the lawn mower, and run his distance around the neighborhood in a skirt. That was the funniest day of my life seeing Johnnie run around in a

Took a deep breath and thought to himself “why should I shoot this deer”. He said let's think this through “Number 1, My family needs food to survive,Number 2 my family might think that i'm a loser that I can't even kill an animal”. Jammy said “ no one is the boss of me i'm the boss of myself so I put the gun down and said they will never know that I let this deer go, I know i'm doing the right thing”.So Jammy started to pack up and then he heard a gunshot he looked up from his bag and saw his dad with a gun looking right at him. Then Jammy saw his dad walking towards him, as jammy dad got closer he heard his dad voice “Jammy get your head out of your boots there was a deer right in front of you”. Before Jammy could say anything his dad said

The time was midnight and the weather was unbearable. The dirt roads had become frozen shadows of the night, making it hard for anyone to see anything. Nay one was out, most were either sleeping or stuffed into the tavern, drinking, and gambling. Nay one 's dumb enough to be outside during this night, nay one but me. From a distance, I hear a piano being played inside the tavern, just barely audible due to the sounds o ' the snow storm. I eased closer to the tavern, desperate to get some warmth and perchance a meal that doesn 't taste like crap. Nay one noticed as I entered, they were too busy drinking and gambling or both. Always too busy to notice.

This essay is mainly focused on Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM) and how beta (measure of volatility) influences investment decisions. Nevertheless, how much we diversify our investments, it 's impossible to get rid of all the risk. As investors, we deserve a rate of return that compensates us for taking on risk. The capital asset pricing model (CAPM) helps to compute the investment risk and expected returns. Throughout in depth analysis of CAPM model discussed in this essay, we will be looking how beta influences investment decisions and what are the risk associated with different industries. Moreover, how to minimise risk and what are different types of risks involved when investing in different portfolios. This essay is written to critique the ability of a portfolio investment combatting risk as a whole.