Stoney: A Short Story

He uses terms such as the “boy” and the “girl” when referring to himself and his ex wife as a young couple. The boy proves to be immature; he says that if he wasn’t married to her, he could go for her sister. The boy becomes upset when his wife doesn’t want him to go hunting and she wants him to stay home to help with his child. “ ‘You heard what I said,’ the girl said. ‘If you want a family, you’re going to have to choose…’ Then the boy took up his hunting gear and went outside. He started the car. He went around to the car windows and, making a job of it, scraped away the ice” (Carver). This proves the boy is not ready for the relationship or the long road ahead to raise the child with his wife. Carver also uses flashbacks to when they were younger and deeply in love. “The two kids were very much in love. On top of this they had great ambitions. They were always talking about the things they were going to do and the places they were going to go”(Carver). Carver exemplifies that the two are still young, only 17 and 18 years old, and it was impossible for them to know what true love is when one of them hasn’t even fully become an adult. Reality sets in for the two when they start to have struggles with their living situation. The newborn child is always with the wife, and during the winter, the husband is always busy moving snow or

Nothing about me is set in stone, and if it were, it wouldn't make a difference. Stone can be ground to dust. I've tiptoed within the strict confines of a box I built around myself, after too many run-ins with harsh critics, for quite some time now. Committing almost fully to a "safe" portrayal of myself that doesn't leave room for risk and makes it hard to recover emotionally from error. Of all the labels I've been given, "hypocrite" seems to be the one I fear the most. I don't want to be weak. But, the only thing that's weak is not doing what I want, and what feels right. I'm not perfect and neither is anyone reading this. If I want to be a prude today and an exhibitionist tomorrow, things will be just fine. Perception is a tricky thing.

Jenifer grew up in the country in Bellingham, Washington. She lived on many acres and had many cattle. Walton grew up with a mother, father, and adopted sister named Kristin who was 6 years younger than Jenifer. Her father was an alcoholic which led him to develop lung and throat cancer. Not only was he a drunk, but he was also blind. Jenifer had a very close relationship with him but not her mother. Jenifer and Kristin's parents slowly became unhappy. When Walton was 13 her parents decided to get a divorce. The divorce effected their family tremendously. Shortly after the divorce Jenifer's sister, Kristin got in with the wrong crowd. She started using drugs and drinking alcohol. She used these substances for quite awhile. There were bumps along the road after the divorce for Kristin. When Kristin was 29 she became

Janie’s second home helped her learn that love cannot be bought with gifts. Jody was a successful man; he had become Mayor of Eatonville. Even thought Jody bought many gifts for Janie he was no better than Logan at affection and love. Jody was a sexist and disrespected women. He restricted Janie’s freedom out of jealousy, she would only go out for work or chores. The only reason she stayed with him was that she didn’t have many options. “but he is something in my mouth He’s got tuh be else Ah aint got nothing ‘tun live for. Ah’ll lie and say he is. If ah font, life wont be nothing but uh store and uh house”. She had to lie and fake her love for Jody except when Jody had died, she mourned the loss of him and had mix feelings but she cherished her freedom as a widower. After several months she wanted to go back to her birth home but remembering she had no more family to go to, she didn’t know what to do and that transitions to her final

Jeannette can see and understand what is going on to her and her family. Jeannette shares: ‘mom you can’t quit your job’ I said. “ we need the money.” mom asked. “you have a job. You can earn money. Lori can earn money too.”(218). jeannette gets into a conflict with her mother. Jeannette don’t want her mother quit the job; because Jeannette understands this time her family need the money than ever. Opposite to Jeannette, her mother do not care much for the family and her children. Jeannette also conflict with her father after she tells him about her mother problem. Jeannette shares: “who do you think you are” he asked. “Shes your mother.” “ then why she doesn’t act like one?” i looked at dad for what felt like a very long moment. Then I burted out, “and why don’t you act like a dad” (220). Instead go to the bar and drink; jeannette wants her father to get a job to help the family. Jeannette wants her parents have responsibility for their kids and their family. Jeannette matures in her mind and also her actions such as talks to her parents to get a job, and take care her siblings. She is a young lady, but she has a mature thinking. Jeannette says:” i was afraid that Mr.Brecker wouldn’t give me the job if he knew I was only thirteen, so I told him I was seventeen.”(215). Jeannette has to work to get the money to help her family when she only thirteen years old. At this age, most children are only focus on school, but

This is a writing about a book called first part last. Which is a book that is about these two teenagers who are in a relationship. Turns out Bobby's girlfriend is pregnant and the book talks about what bobby goes threw to take care of his baby daughter named feather. What this book is also trying to say is if they are coming of age has he ?

This young woman goes through absolute hell, because she chooses to get involved with a married senator. She keeps saying it won’t happen again, but any time he wishes to speak to her she’s practically groveling at his feet for attention. The senator has Parker lie about their involvement, and when, Parker, ends up pregnant she’s magically “not pregnant” a few days after notifying the senator. Now, having the basic knowledge that pregnancy tests almost never provide a false positive because they only go by detecting a certain level of pregnancy hormone, makes it very hard to believe the third test she took was magically negative. Not only does she endure being kept a secret and a so called false pregnancy, but she’s also forced to remain quiet about any personal issues she might have due to the senators fear that word might get out. This secrecy quickly turns Parker into a liar as she’s questioned about her well-being and eventually becomes too much pressure for her to deal

There once was a boy named leafy who loved riding his bike. one day he was riding around and out of nowhere he hit a penny on the ground while he was braking. It made the back tire slide out and he fell. When he got back up he noticed that the penny was face up. He put it in his pocket and kept riding. As he turned the corner to his house he heard a noise as he looked back before he could see it there was a crow chasing him. he pedaled as fast as he could then an ally came. he crossed without looking and BOOM! Leafy was hit by a car. Leafy died in the hospital the next day. The next Friday was his funeral. when they were done they got to carrying the coffin. when they were carrying the coffin they said they could hear something but they thought

Despite the obvious difficulty of the age difference, the true conflict of our heroine is revealed when Lou Bessie stops by their apartment in search of Husband. She is about to leave when she looks at the pictures on display

The novel begins with the mother ignorant to modern society. Junior emphasizes this. "No one had ever taught her anything. She was an orphan at six months"(23). "At the age of thirteen, she was married off to a man rolling in money and in morality whom she had never seen. He would have been the age of

She tells how Dr. Flint always found the opportunity to make perverted comments to her. He began to fill her mind with awful thought and repeatedly telling her she was his property and that she had to pleased him on anything that the master needed, she tells the reader she could not look for help because her mistress was a little girl and the Mistress mother was jealous of her. Dr. Flint decides to build a house for Linda so he could do whatever he wanted with her. In Linda’s affliction of not wanting to move to that house and be alone with Dr. Flint she starts a plan. Believing that by getting pregnant Mr. Flint will not have other alternative but to sell her. She thought once she was sold Mr. Sand (the father of her two children) would be in the crow and bid for her. Months passed and Linda had her child, Mr. Flint was more obsess he repeatedly told her that her and her child were his property. He was not interested in selling her and repeatedly told her that he was her master and he could do whatever he pleased. She could no longer return to the Flint house. Mrs. Flint threaten Mr. Flint to not bring Linda back or she was going to killed her and he believed her. She conceives another child of Mr. Sands a daughter by the name of Ellen. Dr. Flint constantly reminded her that her and her children were his property. She got tormented about the faith of her

The mother arrived at the library little past 4:15 P.M. because she walked to 7-Eleven to get Gillian some snacks including Guava juice and Pringles. While Gillian was in the car, the mother asked for her preferences of chip flavors. In front of the library, Gillian took off to run away and hid behind the trees although this worker tried to call her back. Gillian then ran into the library and hid underneath the checkout computers. When this handed her some cookies, Gillian crawled out and pretended to be a lion. Grabbing the cookies, she said “thank you” and continued hiding. When the mother arrived, Gillian ran towards her to give her a hug. They checked in a group study

“Please! I can’t breath!” Again, her words were lost in the sea of voices. Suddenly the swarm quieted and Ren spoke with malice and venom pouring from every syllable.

L-Jay and Stoney’s love affair was more passionate than ever. L-Jay moved into her own apartment. It felt exciting that she and Stoney could be together freely. Stoney visited her often and they spoke on the phone every day. Stoney’s wife was due with their baby in a few weeks. L-Jay knew Stoney was waiting to meet their new baby. He shared with L-Jay that he hoped for a son. Whenever Stoney shared about his life with his family he always asked L-Jay if it was okay. Stoney knew that what he may say would cause L-Jay hurt. L-Jay appreciated how he considered her feelings. She never felt hurt when he spoke of his family. L-Jay loved Stoney so much that if he was happy that was all she wanted.

Lori’s face had aged, not much in the sense of years but in worry. Her oval face was framed with baby hairs that were too short to make it into the bun on her head that contained the rest of her deep brown hair. One of the first things you notice about Lori is her deep jade eyes, but upon looking at those eyes you can see the sorrow that lies within.