Short Story : ' The Tinker '

Jack is 18 years old. He graduates from high school, and gets a job in the movie theatre as a ticket seller and a projectionist. He has a girlfriend named Katy, and they are going to get married in November. When he meets Katy’s parents for the first time, it was at her sister's wedding, he walked in wearing a coat and tie. Jack’s friend LeFranc plays trumpet, and he does not know what to say to a girl. But Jack is getting tired of his friends, but does not complain. He is not very enthusiastic about his job, and feels he is trapped inside. He perhaps feels like he is in a jail, because it is mentioned in the text, that while selling the tickets he looks out in the day light through the metal bars, and the metal bars perhaps symbolizes that he feels trapped inside. In the end he decides to leave in middle of his work, and drive with Katy to Fountain Lake which he wanted in a long time. He changes to a happy and free person, and finally says, that he loves her.

Once on a farm in rural England there lived a boy named Jack. He lived on this farm with his mother. They were poor and the only thing they had was a cow. With no money they still needed to buy food.

Charles went to the gas station one day to get Caril a plush bear. The only problem was he could not afford it. He wanted to buy it on credit, but the cashier would not let him, because his job prohibited using credit. Charles was infuriated by this, so he left the gas station, and planned how he’d get

walked. He also barely had food or money, but he still went on his trip. “After loading his few

So now I deserve to hear your story.” “Okay,” he said, “I just turned “24” three weeks ago.” “Cool,” she interrupted, “go on.” “I found out i got this job last week and was told to come into work today, that I already would know what to do, but I have no idea what I’m doing this job was a favor from my old boss. He was with me when I lost this bad boy.” He was showing his prosthetic leg, and said, “I lost it in an accident.” “Oh really must have been an accident then to have lost your leg.” She said with a face that seemed slightly weirded out. He told her the story about how he lost it trying to keep the truck from rolling off the hill and how the electric co-op paid his bills and him the rest of his salary for the year then gave him the job he currently has now, and her response was. “Wow you are kind-of amazing, but you never told me how you actually came to work for the co-op in the first place.” Then he said, “well to be honest I guess it is because I really liked electrical classes in school.” he was interrupted by the waiter bringing their

An older man sits on the side of the highway holding a sign that says “hungry please help.” A man sitting a few cars ahead of you in a white BMW throws a can of soda at the old man and yells “get a job!” Another car cautiously gives the man some change, and the old man replies by saying “God Bless You!” As I pull forward I tell the man to meet me at the gas station just across the road and I will buy him some dinner. He is extremely grateful and slowly makes his way across the road. We both go in the service center and I allow him to get what he needs. We both pick several items and then I pay for them at the counter. The older man thanked me a thousand times and made his way to front door to sit just outside and enjoy his

When joe got back from shopping for new shoes he had left them in the living room floor, that was a big mistake! In Traverse city Joe was getting ready to leave his house he went in the kitchen to get a snack, “but wait” he exclaimed in an agerily tone. Joe looked at his dog disappointed and dropped his cupcake, the dog had chewed up his favorite shoes! Hi mouth dropped and fell to the floor, there was pieces of the shoe all over and it was his brand new shoes.

The doors opened for him as he was humming the song Closer by the Chainsmokers and Halsey. He saw a sign that said help so he walked up to it because he didn’t know where anything was. “Where are the shoes” he said “by the huge sign that say shoes!” the woman at the counter said. “Ok thank you he said “there they are the last box Yesssss!” he walked to the front “I can’t wait to put them on” he said as he put them on the counter “I’m gonna fly!” “Yeah whatever” the lady said that was checking bob out “one hundred dollars please” bob handed hand her a hundred one dollar bills. It took the lady forever

Taylor was working on his family’s ranch, he was the hardest worker on that ranch. Well he and one of their hired hands went to unload a grain bin. Some grain was stuck on the corners of the bin so they tried banging the outside of the bin with a hammer. That did not work so Taylor hopped in, while he was in there, the grain had a crust layer on top. That layer broke and Taylor fell in, the grain and dust covered him head to toe. The hired hand hopped in to try to save him, but he couldn’t get him out, so he hopped in a nearby tractor and knocked the bin over. They cut the side of the bin open and got Taylor out.

“But we have a neighbor who is a builder and his house looks fine.” My mom explains. “I’ll ask him.” My dad says. He goes over to the neighbor and chats and the neighbor comes back with my dad. “ I just called my other builders, they are coming right now.” Our neighbor says. “Also the Dust Bowl just ended, everybody is talking about it!” Our neighbor says happily. “YAY!” I scream with joy. After a few minutes, the come and fix our house. Two day later, our house is fixed! “Thank you so much, I don’t know how to repay you!” My mom says. Then after a while, I go see my room. “THERE IS NO MORE DUST IN MY ROOM!” Yell happily as I jump on my bed. Then, I sit down and say, “ Finally after all of that suffering… It’s

The fisherman had been crying and crying and crying, but he couldn't forget about his wife and son. One of the townsfolk heard the fisherman and came to see what was going on. The man walked to the fisherman and tapped him on the shoulder. The fisherman looked up at him and then quickly hid his face. The man said "Hey, you can talk to me. Please, tell me what is the matter.". The fisherman looked up at him and told him what had happened. The man helped the fisherman up and patted him on the shoulder. The fisherman never had anyone except for his wife and kid, he felt happy to meet someone new. The man said, "Let's head to the saloon and get you a drink,

Finally, if Jack was to leave the men, then he would have the opportunity to chase his own desires. On his lunch break one day, Jack runs into his ex-wife and later tell the audience, “My ex-wife looks terrific. She drives a BMW now and wears a lot of bright green” (Griffin 21). This really contrasts with how Jack is doing in his life. This passage shows that he desires things that he could have, but the four men are holding him back.

Dave decided to set up a Lemonade stand. He had seen other kids in, the neighborhood do it. It didn't seme that complicated. By the time he had made the sines and lemonade and brought it all out, the boy from across the street was sitting at his lemonade stand. The boys name was Mike. Mike glared at dave as he sat at his stand. Dave got an idea. A while later, he came out with a plate of hommade chocolate chip cookies. Mike stormed into his house. Later he came out with a plait of huge chocolate brownies. Dave crossed his arms, sneered, and went into his house. He came back with a tray of mini sandwiches. a family walking down the street stopped at Dave's stand. They bought to sandwiches and three glasses of lemonade. Then they walked across

Allen Jones was a mysterious man who lived in the woods since he was twelve years old. Allen had been hunting since he was eleven, so it was no shock that he lived by killing animals and eating berries. He had a nice peaceful life until one day when one of the townspeople came into the woods. Allen didn’t realize it was a person and thought it was just a bear, so he shot it. He heard the person scream out in pain and ran over to him. The man had been shot in the leg and needed to see a doctor right away. Allen picked the man up and started to carry him out of the woods and to a doctor. As he was carrying him he thought about how scared he was to go back to town. Allen stopped for a second and then thought it through and talked himself into

Tucker sat down on his bed and pulled the top hat out of his bag. He felt powerful holding it in his hand. He stood in front of his mirror and popped the material of the top firm. It was a tall hat with a nice portioned brim. The hat seemed to fit to his head perfectly. He pulled it off and bowed to his applauding audience. As he looked up into the mirror however he saw a faint blue glow from within the hat. He reached his hand to touch it when a rabbit appeared. He pulled it up by its ears and pondered in astonishment that the rabbit had just come from a once empty hat. He put the rabbit gently down on the ground and the hat on his dresser. Stepping slowly away he sat on the edge of his bed switching between staring at the hat and staring at the rabbit which hopped happily around on his rug.