9/11 Short Stories
Black and White Screams, blasts, gunfire. All Sarah Himmel could hear were the cries of those being blasted apart. World War II was well under way. The air was cold and damp, the sky was painted a deep grey. Red and orange flames burnt everything to ashes, and thick clouds of smoke filled the air, turning the sky black. Fear filled Sarah’s mind and she felt the chill of death hovering in the atmosphere. The gunfire continued. She continued to rock back and forth as she sat curled up in a tight ball in the corner of her room. A cold gush of wind blew the window open, and she could smell the suffocating smoke and the metallic scent of blood. Sarah shivered and tip toed over to shut the window and pulled the curtains closed. A big blast made her jump and scream with fear. Her little feet scurried across the cold hard floor. The floorboards creaked as she hopped down the stairs, and she hurried into the kitchen, her cold feet pattering on the wood. She ran to her mother’s side, grabbed her tightly and began to cry. Anna was terrified. …show more content…
“People are fighting” her mother said, “Its called war.” Sarah didn’t like the war. She wanted it to be over. Soon it would be over. Thoughts started rushing through her head. Her heart began to beat a million miles per minute. She asked her mother, “Why are there wars? Why do they want to kill each other? Why do they want to kill us?” Her mother didn’t know. Tears were spilling out of her mother’s eyes and her voice became uneasy and shaken. Her mother was trying to hide her fear and hold back the tears. She gave Sarah a kiss on the top of her sweet head and told her not to worry. Her delicate hands were still clutching onto her mothers
Jeanette Walls Research Paper
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9/11 Short Stories
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Loss Of Innocence In Fallen Angels By Walter Dean Myers
567 Words | 3 PagesRichie and his friends all enter the war as young and naive teenagers, but quickly lose their innocence as the true horrors of war become apparent. One fact that I learned from the book is that a war is one of the most inhumane and devastating event that could ever take place. Previously, my knowledge on wars was limited to descriptions such as bad and really bad. However now, I understand how gruesome and grim war really is from the eyes of Richie. His vivid and terrifying descriptions helped me see that war shouldn’t be viewed with nonchalance, because some of the most unimaginable things have happened there.
Significance Of War In Fallen Angels
711 Words | 3 PagesWar causes anxiety on the battlefield and later in life. Myers showed that his novel has a message about anti-war through the hardships Richie Perry and his squad mates went through in the Vietnam
Research Paper On Triangle Shirtwaist Tragedy
521 Words | 3 PagesThe fire ran rampant across the factory's lower floors. The fire hose was not working because it had no water getting to it. The fire came quick and most people on the 9th floor had no idea it was happening. Ethel Monick Feigen
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674 Words | 3 PagesThe bus looked more like a subway train. It didn't have any wheels. Instead, in hovered slightly above a metal road. When the bus took off, the teenagers looked out the windows and they saw people who looked like humans, as well as reptile-like creatures. There were also little green men with black eyes and big heads.
Ironback Dragon: A Short Story
1531 Words | 7 PagesThe world does not end with a whisper, or with a bang, but rather with a chorus of sirens that build up into a dull roar. The ground quakes beneath Sofia Brown’s cot and the air is hot, making her tent feel like a oven slowly cooking her alive. She’s up in a second, heart pounding and skin already soaked in sweat from the heat. There 's shouting outside as the rest of the soldiers in her tent start to wake. Charles, the commander of her unit, is already shoving on his boots with a calculated hurriedness.
A Separate Peace Internal Conflict
865 Words | 4 PagesEveryone has to fight a battle, whether that’s internally, externally, or both. Many people fight internal wars, and have scars similar to those on the outside. Internal battles can sometimes be overlooked, since the wounds aren’t visible to those around them, but sometimes these wounds can be deeper on the inside than they are on the outside. The book A Separate Peace touches on the struggles of internal and external wars and the toll they take on the human mind. The universal theme of internal war is predominant in A Separate Peace, and affects not only every character in the book, but
9/11 Short Stories
234 Words | 1 PagesThe desperate cries of homeless families, mourning over a terrible loss broke the silence. The shattered glass lay scattered all over the place making it hard to walk. Lila picked up the broken bits of timber that were strewn across her body and stood up to witness the damage that had been done. What was once a place she called home was now bits of rubble on top of each other? Smoke swiftly escaped from each house, polluting the air and making it hard to breathe.
Diction In A Separate Peace
737 Words | 3 PagesWar has been a constant threat to humanity. For 3,400 years, we have only been at peace for 268 years, which is only about 8% of human history. This book takes place during the second world war. In this war America was fighting against the Nazi Germany. The war is constantly held over the boys heads in A Separate Peace by John Knowles.
How Does Gene And Phineas Present The Theme Of War On An International Level
477 Words | 2 PagesJohn Knowles explores the universal theme of war on an international, interpersonal, and internal level through the development of the characters Gene and Phineas in his novel, A Separate Peace. Knowles frequently expresses the theme of war on an international level throughout the text. One of the first evident examples is when the narrator Gene says, “‘He wants to know if I’ll sign up with him,’ I said, ‘enlist.’ It was the ultimate question for all seventeen-year-olds that year, and it drove Brinker’s insinuations from every mind but mine.” (Knowles 107).
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843 Words | 4 PagesHer small, trembling hands pressed hard against her ears and her eyes were squeezed tightly closed, desperately trying to block out the harsh reality that lay in rubble around her. Mother had been right. “Send her to the country,” Mother had pleaded with the authorities over and over, “It isn’t safe here.” That fact was true – it was not safe – but here was her home: how could she have left her Mother here alone? The woman who was supposed to love and care for her was now a poor crazed widow, in need of care herself.
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713 Words | 3 PagesTheir house had fallen into small pieces. Mama was lying against the wall with Ali in her arms. Blood was dripping from both of their faces. “Mama, wake up! We are home.
A Separate Peace By John Knowles: An Analysis
545 Words | 3 PagesTomorrow” (100). This is an example of how international war affects the people of the countries involved. The war can cause young men to use it as an escape from school, like how Brinker wants to. This has an effect on Gene because Gene then says he has been waiting for someone to say those words so he could too. People can learn from Gene’s experience that war can have a big impact on a person's life and their choices.
Girl In The Blue Cot Change
909 Words | 4 PagesThe time of war has come to Hanneke’s life; society has changed, and so has she. Hanneke was once an innocent girl; in the beginning of the war, Hanneke’s boyfriend Bas went to fight against the Nazis. During his time, Bas was shot and killed; Hanneke has blamed herself ever since. The nazis have won and taken over and have
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