The Blizzard: A Short Story

The same night, Sam went to her school dance with her best friend by her side and also the foreign exchange student her grandparents were hosting. The geek that had a crush on her would not leave her alone the entire night. Due to this fact, Sam decided go to the auto body part of her school and was sitting in a car. She just wanted to be alone because she was her crush Jake and his girlfriend dancing and she was getting upset. As she was sitting the geek came along and they began to talk , as they were talking in the beat up car. He told Sam that Jake was asking about her like and she got really excited. After, the geek told her this Sam started to practice talking to Jake in the hallway but could not find the right words. Later, that night when the dance was over she saw Jake in the coat closet but froze and did not say anything. On the other hand, Jake froze too when he saw her and did not say

Jade and Serena give Alison the silent treatment. When Alison walks into school she notices that for the first time in her life she notices that people are actually noticing her. A rumor gets out that Alison is modeling for the magazine Zip. Roxie finds out that Alison actually got picked to be a model but instead of being mad at Alison Roxie is excited for her.

English Composition II Rhetorical Analysis of an argument March 11, 2012 “A Blizzard under blue sky” The story “A Blizzard under blue sky” by Pam Houston is about a woman who is not happy and very depressed. She makes a decision to go out into the wilderness. The woman believes that this

Even though she was at her house, she still hurried to get to school for the feeling of satisfaction and safety instead of staying at her house which is filled with fear and discomfort. Barry uses the main character’s actions to convey that the narrator only feels comfort when she is at school and that she always urges to be there. Secondly, in the passage that follows, Lynda Barry writes the narrator’s thoughts to show that just the sighting of someone’s safe haven can relieve panic. “ All I knew was a feeling of panic, like the panic that strikes kids when they realize they are lost. That feeling eased the moment I turned the corner and saw the dark outline of my school at the top of the hill” (Barry 1). The quotes conveys that just when the protagonist sees the outline of her school the feeling of discomfort simply disappears. The narrator’s mind finally went calm, as shown through the thoughts that went through her head. Thirdly, in the next excerpt, the author uses first person narrative to express the thinking of the central figure of narrative. “It’s only thinking about it now, 28 years later, that

Suddenly a low noise came from outside the dorm startling Caroline causing her to hit her head on the fridge “Shit!” rubbing her head she decided to go check it out “probably some frat kids”

The bus ride, was very boring they didn’t allow any talking or socializing in any form, it didn’t look like those 3 years were going to be fun and games.” Hooonk!!!” Friedchickeniqua couldn’t believe it they finally arrived, she stumbled off the bus, and while they unpacked her belongings in her school, she remained outside to admire the encryptions on the wall. Whappot School for Girls is one of the oldest buildings in all of Shenebra, she made her way into the entrance, and went up the flight of stairs. She was hoping her roommate was going to be Ella Julian, but soon she found herself disappointed it was only Mya she was the most vane person she has ever seen, she thinks she is one of the royal families. “Boop!! Boop!! Boop!!” It was the school’s emergency meeting alarms, Friedchickeniqua ran as fast as she could down to the emergency meeting room. She quickly sat down and noticed that there was a member from the Julian family, she was confused. “We have found that the long lost baby is a 11 years old Whappot female.” They announced. Friedchickeniqua heard gasp all over the room, 85% of the girls there were 11 year old whappot girls. Later, the superintendent announced that they were going do a blood testing, Friedchickeniqua froze in

Over one hundred and twenty five years ago one of the most powerful, disastrous, and devastating snowstorms hit the United States with a deadly vengeance. This particular storm was called by a couple of different names such as “The Murderous Blizzard of 1888” and The School Children’s Blizzard”. No matter which name it is referred as, the results after the storm were gravely unimaginable. Without warning this storm killed over five hundred people mostly children. This life changing, painstaking day would hunt families for years to come. This day in history showed a normal routine of chores being done while school children went off to school, a shift in weather, the blizzard, and life after the blizzard.

With the last wrench returned to its spot, Priscilla breathed a sigh of relief before closing up the tool compartment and standing up straight into yet another stretch. Her small dimpled lower back could be seen as she raised her fisted hands high above her head. Turning about swiftly to try and make it to her bunk unseen, she nearly jumped out of her mini-boots as staring her in the face were the bright red mechanical eyes of the robot known as ZZ-8.

Mrs. Honor then explained her visit that lead up to the incident. Mrs. Honor stated she came to the center to drop off some paper work for Daries Faulk. As she was walking up the hallway, she heard someone yelling from Daries’s classroom. Mrs. Honor proceeds to the stand on the side of the classroom door; to be unseen, as she continues to listen, and record Mrs. Simmons yelling.

Athena hangs up the phone. “Athena !” said Suzie. “Did you call for help, “Yes they're coming. "Lauren looked down at Rosey and began to shake her. “wake up sugarfoot,”said Lauren. Athena ran upstairs into the bathroom and grabbed a towel and hot rag. Athena ran down the stairs and ran to

“The dorm had just went into lockdown mode because the students had come from behind majorly in a football game and the students left the game early. Chaos erupted and we had to lockup the lounges. Fires were being set everywhere and I was working the front desk so I saw a lot of it. When we got the call to go into lockdown mode, I looked up, and there went a

A Trip to Perry Fair “Hurry guys, were leaving in an hour,” implied Samantha. Samantha and her friends were at the park and they were in a big hurry because they were going to the Perry Fair in Macon, Ga. “We’re coming!” Screamed

She sat down on the bleachers on a bright sunny day and began to feel anxious as she thought about her results to see if she got accepted to Clark. Some part of herself was unsure of the decision she was about to make once she got her results. The

Soon, she was at school and it was the day the sun would come out. But the other kids did not want her to see the sun. In the end they locked her in a closet and did not let her out until the sun left and went away. This story shows that the other kids struggled with understanding Margot.

“Do you want the whole club to hear you?” Tess didn’t even want to go out tonight. She wasn’t even eighteen yet. Worse still she had a history test on Monday. But Joan was determined to go out tonight and Tess had to make sure she came home without exposing herself too much. Oh why did Joan have to ogle at Alec Jones of all people! Tess thought.