The Death Of Willie Closed

Willie’s continued terror had kept people aware of what could happen when a child is left to create his own world, without guidance from an influential adult to direct them down the right path, before it was too late. Willie, in my opinion, has been waiting for the system to kill him, and put him out of his misery, as he is not able to do it himself.

Tim O' Brien, a fighter affected by the trauma Vietnam War held, divulge on his participations when his daughter asks herself if he has ever taken a man’s life. At nine years old, nearly 20 years after the Vietnam War is over, Kathleen asks her father a question. Has he ever killed someone, she wants to know. O’Brien decides to tell her that he has not killed a man. It felt like the “right thing to do”; he thinks when she is a little older she will understand better. Maybe then O’Brien will tell her about the slender young man who still consumes him, whom he still ponders about when reading the newspaper.

Through the vivid imagery Tim O’Brien uses in this passage, it is easy to imagine the nauseating and pungent smell of pig that lingers on O’Brien even after he comes home from work. In this section of the story, “On the Rainy River”, the fictional O’Brien describes his job at an Armour meat-packing plant, where he works shortly after receiving his draft notice for the Vietnam War in June of 1968.

Tim O' Brien, a soldier affected by the Vietnam War, reflects on his experiences when his daughter asks herself if he has ever taken a life. When she is nine years old, nearly 20 years after the Vietnam War is over, Kathleen asks her a question. Has he ever killed someone, she wants to know. O’Brien decides to tell her that he hasn’t. It felt like the “right thing to do”; he thinks when she is a grown-up she will understand better. Maybe then O’Brien will tell her about the slim young man who still obsesses him, whom he still thinks about when reading the newspaper.

O’Brien begins to describe the death of a fellow soldier Curt Lemon and how his best friend Rat Kelly dealt with his death. He explains that the two were playing catch when Lemon stepped on a booby trap and died. To deal with his pain from losing his best friend, Kelly shot a water buffalo thinking that by shooting the animal his pain would be relieved. Kelly wrote Lemon’s sister a letter to tell her “what a great brother she had (68). Lemon’s sister didn’t reply to the letter which hurt him even more. Kelly experienced a detachment between war and people that never experience. We get

Willie was finally back and holds him hostage at the lake. Bobby was really scared that he was going to get shot by Willie's shotgun. Out of no where the lake lifeguard comes out and pushes Willie into the lake and then Bobby jumps in to fight. Since Bobby was the champion of holding his breath the longest underwater, he almost drowned Willie by wrestling him underwater. He was the hunted that became the hunter like in the story he read called, "The Most Dangerous Game." Bobby was the hero and he felt good about himself now.

Willie soon meets Jack, who he learns they call Telephone Man, and Willie shows empathy and cares for him probably the most out of any of them. The two of them engage in a game of basketball during P.E. class and even though Willie probably feels a little embarrassed with everyone watching he continues to play for Jack's sake so he doesn't disappoint or upset him. Willie then shows empathy again for Jack when he helps him after he gets sick. He makes sure no one can get into the bathroom and gets him clean clothes to put on. "It's okay man really", Willie says.

“Jackie, you can sometimes go a little overboard, so Carl is taking the wheel.” Carl continues. “Once upon a time” Jim screams. He rolls his eyes at Jim, “May I proceed,” He responds rhetorically. By the time Carl finishes the scary story, Jim has already dashed into the tent, startling his dog, a basset hound named Roxy. Carl and Jackie look at each other in regretful worry, walking towards Jim's tent. Opening the tents flap reveals Jim smothering his face into his pillow, crying. “Oh, I didn't mean to scare you with my story, Jim” apologized Carl.“It's just a story, Jim, there's nothing to be afraid of.” sneered Jackie, resting her hand on his shoulder. “Jackie! You know I don't like scary stories!” He cried, muffled by his pillow. “Hey, listen Jim, you can't

Once upon a time there was a man named Willie. Willie lived alongside the Waspi River. One day Willie went for a boat ride on his big steamboat with a big paddle wheel. Willie was on the Waspi River on his steamboat. Willie had a big problem after he was 2 miles down the South channel from his house that was on the North Channel on the Waspi. Willie’s big problem was that he couldn’t get his steamboat to start. Willie was looking for some food, because he was very hungry.

This time Cosmo thought to himself, he would not be fooled, so Cosmo had gotten a toy blow up baseball bat of his room and went to hit “Timmy” with it only to find out it was his dog Chet Ubetcha. Chet Ubetcha quivered in fear. Cosmo thought he was crazy, he made himself food because he was still famished. After Cosmo had eaten, he heard a noise, ding dong, he then heard it again ding dong. He thought there was someone at the door, but then he thought there couldn’t be, not only was it after 9 o’clock, there town district has a curfew because of the current outbreak in toxic gases that can make you see things that aren’t there. To make sure there was no one at the door, he walked to the door, opened it and again it was Timmy. This time Cosmo wasn’t sure what to do, so he just shut the door. Cosmo then went back upstairs and went t bed hoping it was all a bad dream.

At the school Byron gets in trouble all the time. He beats up Larry Dunn for bullying Kenny, He kills a bird by throwing a cookie at it. He is really upset and is crying about that. There parents are frustrated with him. But then one day he comes home with a chemically

It’s the next day, a chilly, yet humid Saturday. We only have that one piece of bread. Poppa didn’t eat yesterday. I can tell he’s acting a little differently. Fleetwood’s crabbier than yesterday, and that takes a lot to be worse than yesterday. I don’t even know what to do. It was later, at around 11:30, and Poppa and Fleetwood were in an argument, God knows what about. I was in the basement, because some dust got inside, and I was using cloth to cover up the holes. I heard my name get thrown around multiple times, so I went up the stairs to hear more. “You can’t let all of us suffer like this!,” Fleetwood shouted. “There is nothing I can do. It’s the matter that I can’t even walk around the house to check the chickens!” I feel bad, because this isn’t a good time to be living in this house. At the same time, both of them said the worst thing possible. “Send

BOY WILLIE: Just lay down here for a minute and then we will get up and sneak on over there. LYMON: Then we can push him down that well.

Willie in the book Goodnight, Mr.Tom, by Michelle Magorian, with the help of Mr.Tom’s kindness and patience he becomes mentally and physically healthier throughout the book. After finding out about Willie's situation before with his mom in London, Mr.Tom’s soft and loving side is shown again on Willie, he helps Willie to become a more confident and brave boy, furthermore providing him healthy food and good opportunities to learn. With the help of Mr.Tom, Willie becomes physically healthier. The first day Willie comes, Tom provides healthy food for Willie that he has never eaten before, but consequently, “All that good food might have been too much of an assault on his stomach.”

"After all the highways, and the trains, and the years, you end up worth more dead than alive," (Miller, 98). This quote was spoken by the main character of the Arthur Miller play Death of a Salesman: Willy Loman. This tragedy takes place in Connecticut during the late 1940s. It is the story of a salesman, Willy Loman, and his family’s struggles with the American Dream, betrayal, and abandonment. Willy Loman is a failing salesman recently demoted to commission and unable to pay his bills. He is married to a woman by the name of Linda and has two sons, Biff and Happy. Throughout this play Willy is plagued incessantly with his and his son’s inability to succeed in life. Willy believes that any “well-liked” and “personally attractive