Silky: A Short Story

Johnny sacks consist of a baloney sandwich, peanut butter and jelly sandwich, an apple and a pack of mustard with a small bag of chips in a brown paper bag. Johnny sacks were usually passed out to inmates for chow during the booking process. One inmate yelled “This is some hoe ass shit” and throws his against the wall. I threw my Johnny sack away because of the pork, and I don’t eat peanut butter and jelly but ate the apple and the chips. I thought to myself “Damn was I hungry!” It was more acceptable to throw food in the garbage than to allow another prisoner to even insinuate that he is applying to take it. Experienced prisoners constantly observed the going-on of everyone and everything in the tank. These prisoners listened to the other prisoner’s tones of voice next to them when they spoke and observe their posture, and the personal space that he commanded within the jail tank.

Many years later they meet again on several occasions but the intensifying stage does not resume until they finally become friends and share details about their past failed relationships. During this period they start spending a considerable amount of time together and their expression of feelings toward the other becomes more intense. We see the beginnings of a true interpersonal relationship development.

“In my younger and more vulnerable, years my father gave me some advice that I’ve been turning over in my mind ever since.

the two become close and they find themselves expressing their feelings to each other without

Then what do they eat? Well, they eat normal foods, but obviously not the best quality. The inmates eat in a cafeteria-like dining room, that prisoners refer to as the “chow hall” (Federal Prisons). For breakfast, they normally get a danish, cereal, and milk. For lunch and dinner, they will get foods such as chicken, hamburger patties, hot dogs, lasagna, burritos, tacos, or fish patties.

“Yes i have heard of him. He was the one who arrested me for robbing places around here.”

I would’ve had the cops take you to juvenile hall quicker than shit.” That was a fib. Policemen were exclusively sluggish for shit like that. Then he said, “I viewed you the whole time and found it funny how obvious you were.” I said, “Who’s Obvious? I’m not Obvious, I’m Reece.” He replied, “Are you shitting me? Wait; is this your first time stealing?” I said, "Y-yes." He commanded, “Sit behind this counter on an uncomfortable crate until law enforcement arrives.” Then a six foot beefy cop with a protruding belly, handlebar mustache and aviator shades irrevocably came two hours later. Dun, dun, duh! I could’ve

“I had a dream, a dream of the past,” he said breathing loudly. “I betrayed them, I betrayed them all . I watch my mom and sister starved by the party without saying a word.”

“Because, he knew I was a thief twenty years ago so he planned to catch me on this day.”

“No, I would never forgive anyone that attempted to take me away from my family.”

“They let me out after I proved I was good. I had to kill everyone that was necessary in order to be with your dad because I loved him first. I knew him first too. And now it’s your turn.”

this speech i'm going to tell you how i went to jail and how i got there and what i did to change,

“I...I don’t know. Sometimes I wish dad would just come back. And other times I wish he was never alive. He left us, to suffer with an alcoholic mother, while he’s probably living a good life with another wife who’s 20 years younger than him.” I rolled up my sleeve, tracing the scars on my wrist. We stared at the passing cars, hoping one of those was mom’s.

The short stories, "The Story of an Hour" and "A Pair of Silk Stockings" were both written in the 1800 's. The stories are both written by Kate Chopin, a female author. The period in which these stories were written gave impact on other female writers to produce stories too. The literary devices Chopin uses in both these stories show how educated female writers were at the time. The way the author, Kate Chopin, uses many literary devices in her works, "The Story of an Hour" and "A Pair of Silk Stockings", such as location, imagery and characterization.

“The defenses here aren’t very good,” Ralan noted as he and Maela looked through the door of the prison dining hall. Prisoners were actually fed in their cells, so the hall itself was more of a room for the jailors and a large prep area for taking food to the prisoners.