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Toni Morrison's 'Alessa': A Narrative Fiction

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Alessa woke up in a panic. Sweat was dripping from her face and her breathing was rapid. She looked down at her hands which were clenched onto the sheets on either side of her. She looked back up through her bedroom window which stretched from floor to ceiling. Outside the moonlight brightened the jagged peaks of the snowy mountains which overlooked the city of Athens. The snow that was falling made shadows on the floor and walls of her bedroom. Wind blew through the crack in the window and the drapes that hung from the top of her bed fluttered around her. Alessa inhaled deeply and then exhaled while taking in her surroundings. Her fingers unclenched from her sheets and her heart rate had slowly steadied. She intended to keep her mind blank, …show more content…

Alessa's head jolted up as she looked at him “There is nothing to be worried about, and you can tell the others that too, i've just been busy”
“You're always busy” He blurted out.
“And what's wrong with that?” Her voice raised louder as the conversation continued, beginning to become worried and somewhat angered by Zeus’s constant questioning. Zeus waited a few seconds to collect his thoughts and then walked closer to Alessa slightly.
“We just think you could use some help around here, it's a big job for a lady” “I've been handling myself along with all of this” she said as she reached her hands out to gesture to all of the memories surrounding them “quite well i think” Alessa crossed her arms across her chest.
“I agree but some help couldn't hurt?” Zeus pleaded with her, but Alessa was very aware of the situation that Zeus was pressing on her. Zeus waited for a response but Alessa stayed silent. The anger was building inside her by the seconds as thoughts ran through her mind. Alessa enjoyed being alone, she actually preferred it above all else. The thought of working with someone else took the calmness she found in having control of the things that were important to her away. “We’ve found someone to come stay here” Zeus could barely finish his sentence before Alessa was already walking away from him. “He’ll be here in the morning”. Alessa turned around outraged with his

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