The Blizzard: A Short Story

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

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.

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

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”

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.

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

Thesis: The Children’s Blizzard of January 12, 1888 was the worst blizzard to experience from the Dakotas to south Texas of all the damage from the winds and the snow, the amount of people that died,and the buildings destroyed. So many children died so that's why the name of the blizzard the Children’s Blizzard.

After battling with death, Rosey opens her eyes and started breathing heavily. In her mind death became a myth. Rosey looks at everyone, but couldn’t hear anything all she heard was a baby crying and a yell of Bruce’s voice “How could you be pregnant,” “Athena is the only one that be carrying my child, "said Bruce. Everyone looked outside and notices it's already getting dark. Everyone grabs their things and heads home, Athena and Susie stay back in their apartment and look at each other. They both go upstairs and go to their bedrooms. Beep-beep a sound of an alarm goes off in Susie’s head “The next day already” said Susie. Suzie whispers to herself and says “What happened yesterday?’’The next day after Susie had her little accident, the girls were at school. Lauren yells "What does your schedule look like India?” "I have AP Macro, AP Lit, Calculus & Yearbook." says India As they were comparing classes a short nerdy girl ran into India making India break a nail. "Omg I'm so sorry" says the girl "You gone pay for this bitch!" India shouts. "Don't start mess with her India "said Lauren. "You don't want her to tell her dad the principal that we should get ten days do you,"said Lauren. India looks at the needy girl

On January 12, 1888, the weather in the west was mild, compared to previous weeks. Little did the people know that a massive cold front was in route and would be catastrophic to the people, their livestock, and the economy in the dekota and nebraska praries. The cold front would cause one of the worst blizzards for the region, killing close to 500 people. The factors that made the death toll so high involve the mild weather before the storm, the lack of technology for warning systems, and bad timing.

She smiled. “The book you brought me helped me realize who I am, and how much I hate Nova,” she said, angrily. Ash started laughing. “What? I thought Nova was your enemy too,” she said, confused.

“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.

When I heard Jessica crying and saw the dog looking into my face I told him “Georgie go see why Jessica is crying”. Next thing I knew he went off running and she was quiet so I went to check on her and there they were in the bed sleeping, he comfort her. Even though a snow storm was coming, she decided to go on her winter camping trip anyway. It was like something was calling her out there. But in the event of her wilderness trip she was starting to feel better. There was a positivity her in her life that was growing and the depression had started to fade by the activities she is doing. Her experience of sleeping in below freezing caves, digging out of a snow barricades with the help of Jackson and Hailey. She was doing things her and her dogs would never have dreamed of. She admits that her very cold and freezing adventure has helped her appreciate the beauty of life and her winter wilderness experience. She was starting to feel like she belong and was appreciating the value of her life and her surroundings. “A Blizzard under blue sky” gave her a new lease on life and a spark of rejuvenation.

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.

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.

On a snowy and windy night, I was at Barnes & Noble in Green Bay with my friends, Alan and Karina. Christmas music played overhead, the smell of hot chocolate and freshly brewed coffee wafted over, the customers were kind and cheerful, and snow was beginning to blanket the parking lot outside. We were sitting near the cafe wrapping books to support their mom’s school fundraiser. I stared outside and remembered my mom’s warning of the large snowfall that was almost upon us. Around 7:15, the snowflakes were becoming larger and we could barely see outside the window.