The Sheriff: A Fictional Narrative

On October 13th, 1982, at approximately 1:15 a.m. the neighbors of Queenie Volupides had reported that Queenie tore out of the house after an argument with her husband, Arthur. She quickly got in her Mustang convertible and sped away. Queenie stated that she went to the couple’s country club for a party that was going on to celebrate the opening of the new golfing range. But I believe this was just the beginning of her scheme. I affirm that Queenie has murdered her husband Arthur. (Claim)

“His rifle caught on the wire and he jerked at it. The air was rocked by the sound of the shot. Feeling foolish; he lifted his face, baring it to an expected shower of derision from his brother. But

door from the rear building, a locked door where he had hoped to wangle his way in.

Stealth – page 11. Stealthily, feeling like a actor in a Saturday-afternoon movie serial, Henry advanced toward the door and tried the handle

Everyone having their inside thoughts but I was thinking to myself “We can’t lose, we just can’t.” That’s all i could think about. It was the fourth quarter which was the last one. The score was close 44-47 we were down though the entire game. We have never been down before. I can’t believe what was happening at the moment but I tried not to let that get to me.

“He had the gun in both hands. He pressed it hard behind the horse’s ear and swore at the horse ‘God damn it, damn it, damn it, - stop.’ His knees were wet and he drew himself into a ball and pushed with all his strength. He began to squeeze the trigger and he squeezed it again and again and again- so many times then when Sergeant-Major pulled him away the gun went right on clicking in his hands” (63).

“There is that possibility. We have to let the system do its job. Whatever happens, we have done all that we can to solve this crime.

After the adrenaline disappeared, he started to question himself and his stupidity - just why did he have to hide? This was his turf, ever since he decided that he, from now on, would live there. It wasn 't as if something dangerous was chasing him - it was... The man peeked over to see what had been blocked from his view before, and he saw a scene that was all-too-familiar with him before his eyes; a dealing between a drug dealer and an addict (a quite chubby one at that).

The racism is the clearest themes for the reader in The Sheriff’s Children story. The Sheriff’s Children considers a story which happens in central of racism. However, African American are free after the Civil War, they have a hard position to have equivalence with whites in Branson County where a story is. The hard position of African American in a story is materialized with Tom. Tom, is a young mulatto boy who is accused of murder because he is colored. Tom, as a suspect, denies the accusation which kills the white man, however, he totally knows the society, where he is attacked, will be unjust with him. The white men and the sheriff admit this utterance what Tom says. They say Tom, as a suspect, will hang without judge. The racism in the story gives a reader a huge view in what its unaccounted consequences such as accused Tom as murderer. Because of the Civil War, slaves from African American take, what they deserves, freedom, for this reason, some mulatto think that they are black with white spirit like Tom. This is seen, that Tom has a white spirit, because he steals a white man’s jacket; and this is a clear idea about what he wants to be. Tom suffers self-abnegation because all people know that he is color as his mother while he wants to be a white as his father. Tom thinks this a good idea to have a better chance in his life. Consequently, he is ready to contempt his heritage for his own self-interesting when he blames his father, the sheriff, for giving him to black

“Ca ding” the oven bell went off beth said “Jeffrey lunch is ready” Jeffery walked down the squeaky stairs into the kitchen. beth grabbed the oven mitts and pulled potatoes and green beans out, Jeffery said: “thank you, Beth, for this amazing feast”. Before they started to eat they had looked for Sparky their dog around their property. They found their answer the gate was open they both immediately knew that he must have run away.jeffery said “get in the car were going on a road trip”, he rushed inside and grabbed the car key he then tossed them to beth and she caught it, she put them in the hole and they had begun their journey. The car was going a solid 50 or 55 when they saw a man he was about 7 feet tall with brown ungroomed hair and very

out of the room to deliver Merigal's command. The old veteran sighed and Mericc looked in horror at the weariness that he saw

He turned his back on her before shouting above the hum of the drone, “I don’t have time for your trivial questions!” He faced Ava, pinning her with his unblinking gaze.

“Damn it.” Maynard stood up, took two steps toward Gregg and Nikki, and pulled out his gun. ”I’m sick and tired of that little brat’s whining even while your stepmother was asleep. You said you could keep her mouth shut. Don’t make me be the one to do it.”

He left it on the floor next to the fireplace. He then waited, for hours, reflecting and sitting with a loaded revolver. When he heard the family announce that they were taking the car to town, he acknowledged, and said that he would be staying in for the remainder of the evening. He knew that this was the moment to do it, so he put the gun to his heart and pulled the

The two bullets melted into a single hunk of flat, rough-edged steel. I took off my covers and ran to her side as she cowered slightly in fright. I tossed her muffs aside and watched as Damon ran over and threw another soldier to the ground in fury, beginning to viciously beat him with the barrel of the gun.