The Runway: A Narrative Fiction

The sisters had not seen their uncles before, all they knew about them were what was written on letters. Peter Wilks, the girls’ dad, wrote good things about his brothers.

When Lori and Jeanette are growing older, they decide they want to move to New York City to start a new life, away from their parents. Lori and Jeanette get jobs and begin to earn money. They hide their earnings from their parents in a piggy bank they named Oz. One day Jeanette tries to find Oz to put her paycheck in. Instead she says to Lori “Someone has slashed him apart with a knife and stole all the money” (Walls 228). The kids knew right away who had stolen it. It was Dad. When Lori confronted Dad with the news about Oz, he started playing dumb, acting like he had not idea what was going on. But in fact he did steal the money. This action shows that Dad is very selfish and only cares about himself.

This story also paints the picture of a father who would not give up on regaining his time with his son. It shows the father desperately trying to rectify the mistrust issues he created because he stated to the boy when they were sitting in the diner after the highway patrol redirected them away from the snow-covered route home that she would never forgive him if he did not get the boy home for

A small family of four, living in the Tory town of Redding. Life was great Mr. and Mrs. Meeker owned a small tavern that supplies their town with food, rum, and supplies. Their son Timmy helped around the tavern and did chores, because his older brother Sam was off at college. Everyone in Redding was close and knew the Meeker family, they all admired how they had raised Sam and Timmy. Every year after college was over, Sam would come home and visit, except one.

The excerpt summarizes the differences of the two Wes Moores' upbringings and how they were taught to live and think about their fathers. These things ultimately played a role in shaping who they grew up to be. The author's father was a very successful man with good values. With that came the desire to live up to high expectations. Because his father was such a good man, his mother wanted the author to remember the good things about him and to use him as an example. She doesn't want him to, however, ask about him because his death brings back painful memories. The other Wes Moore was taught to forget his father because he was an unreliable alcoholic who never cared about his child. Wes's mother felt that bringing him up would only resurrect bad memories and feelings of abandonment.

The speaker is frustrated and expresses this frustration through humorous diction, but when the child finally appears at their doors, the speaker’s language becomes more kind. The speaker smiles and appreciates that the child “hugs and snuggles himself to sleep” when he is between his parents (line17). The diction helps accompany the idea that the speaker has a change of heart. The comparison of word choices displays that the speaker has contradicting thoughts towards the situation.

Laurie, at first, did not seem at all interested. But when Laurie’s father and I both said that we knew that he was Charles, he just stared at us. “Laurie, or should I say Charles,” said Laurie’s father, “Your mother and I are very upset at your behavior.” “Lying to us is never the right thing to do. Not to talk about all the other trouble you have caused. Kicking the teacher, yelling in the classroom, being fresh, and telling other kids to say swear words is absolutely not ok Laurie!” I could see that Laurie felt a sense of fear. “Laurie,” I said, “Your father and I are going to have to punish you for what you have done. But first, we need you to apologize to your teacher and all of the students for your behavior during the past couple weeks. Do you know what it means to apologize?” “It means to say sorry,” said Laurie. “Correct,” I said. “So when you go to school today, I will ask your teacher to give you a chance to have a word

“I don’t feel so well” Jan’s father had suddenly said one morning at breakfast. Her father, a World War II veteran, stood up and went to go lie down. The rest of the

Recalling around the age of ten, he spent two repulsive weeks with them. Each night after his grandmother took her medication and went to sleep. His step-grandfather went into his room and threatened to harm his grandmother if he told anyone what he did to him. A few nights later, unable to remain silent any longer, Andrew told his supposedly, loving grandmother everything. She surprised him by saying, “Your grandfather loves and treats you special. He would never hurt you or allow anyone else to harm you.”

Per the tutor's request, the mother and father ceased asking the son about his day as often. They became less protective and more carefree of their son's activities under the promise from his tutor that this was what he needed. " Mrs. Coble," the tutor said, ""I think this kid is hurting. You know? Here's a serious, sensitive kid, telling you he'd like to take on some grown-up challenges, and you're giving him the message that he can't be trusted.

The story is presented through the thoughts of the narrator, and the parent’s concern is better portrayed by use of syntax structure. Readers can derive from the lack of paragraph breaks and indentions that the narrator is having a continuous train of thought. Thinking deeply, the narrator is desperately trying to find a logical reason behind the differing thoughts associated with the Old Dictionary and their son. He or

Morton and his wife seem like a perfectly loving family, as they sit near the playground keeping an eye on their three-year-old son Larry, playing in the sandbox. It’s very rare for them to go outside to spend some quality family time since Morton is always cooped up all week inside the factory like university. Morton seems like a well brought up man and is almost never angry. But the man on the bench sitting next to him makes him very angry. Morton and the other man are the complete opposites of each other.

The morning started off like any typical Monday morning, cold and gloomy. Jake got up at 6, brought Eloise to the babysitter, put Jax in the backyard, and was at work by 8. When Jake got to work there was a box outside his shop that said “To: Jake From: Your biggest supporter”. He was kind of confused but also excited. He brought the box inside

The boy’s mother, who works at night, was asleep. When the mother woke, she asked about the child – and only then did the grandparents

However, his words are a key element to the story because they reflect valuable lessons that the children may need for future reference. The narrator wants to save the children from heartache and disappointment; however he fails to realize that all children must experience these emotions for themselves in order to become mature. As the narrator stares into the lives of the children, it seems as though he is reliving his own life. His