Dipper's Tale: A Short Story

Maud had lied to her about her whereabouts last night. Tiziana obviously was in good health and had spent the night away. Why did Maud mislead her? • • • • • • • • • • • • “I hate this road,” Don said. They were stuck in a traffic jam behind a bullock-cart whose driver, a smudge-faced cigarette-smoking teenage girl, was scrutinizing them with curiosity.

Oh my gosh, I forgot it was my sister’s birthday. I rushed down the stairs trying not to wake her up. Today was the day I got to go where I had been wishing to go my whole life, Cedar Point. The smell of French toast was strong in the air as I sneaked into the kitchen as quiet and spy-like as I could.

One sunny day, a young girl by the name of Beth traveled one day to “Mitchell Gail’s,” which is her “go to” store. Beth needs to purchase clothes for her Uncle Al’s birthday party. As she browses through clothes she meets a friendly employee whose name is Hannah. Hannah offers hold on to Beth’s belongings while she goes into the changing room to try on clothes. As soon as she steps out of the changing room, she is caught by Madge P. Groton who is the head security guard of the store.

In a beautiful morning, Aunt Eller was sitting outside her yard stirring butter, the cowboy Curly came and wanted to invite Laurey, the niece of Eller, to the box social party tonight. Box social dance is a party which includes an auction of lunch basket prepared by local women to raise fund, also to mingle with boys. But Laruey seemed not very happy, Curly attempted to persuade her by telling her they were going to the party by riding the Surrey with fringe on top, but it was not exist at all which made Laruey angry. Meanwhile, Will Parker came and told them about his experience in Kansas City. He won $50 at a fair which can help him to marry his girlfriend, Ado Annie, but he spent all the money to buy gift for her.

We subtly receive a hint of peculiarity through her random incorporation of the pistol on the cushion. Next we learn about the broken bottles embedded in the walls. Through quick sentences and odd foreshadowing, we soon come to believe that this foretold story is going to turn out a bit

This helps the narrator's past that the tie of her life she regretted and learned from her mistakes to show she s more understanding. Also, the narrator uses juxtaposition to show her innocence & compassion. The author uses juxtaposition to show how she changes from being innocent to being compassion. Shes hows this by saying

Throughout the short essay, Tan repeatedly reiterates her embarrassment throughout the night’s party using vivid word choice.

The vividness and lucidity of the details Welty uses to describe memories of her mother, convey the value and intensity of those experiences and

The sound of crunchy leaves and twigs breaking. Whitney grabbed his rifle and held it in the direction from where the noise was coming from. Then the noise had stopped but they still couldn’t see whom or what it was. After a few in silence they began to do what they were doing before the noises started to happen. They walked off into the woods after they’ve gotten done finishing cooking.

On a cold winter night like this Jason would be taking a boat to his grandparents house in North Carolina but this year they could not go. Jason was still wondering about why he and his mom and dad could not go. After all that thinking he went to bed. While he was sleeping, his mom and dad, Ann and Tom were discussing about not going to North Carolina . “ To bad we can’t go down south this year.” said Ann.

Anne has shown many signs of maturity in her relationship with her mother. There are many examples in regards to this topic but there are three examples that stand out. From usually talking bad about her mother a year ago Anne is now ashamed of the “past” Anne. Anne has shown signs of maturity or growth with her and her relationship with her mother and their are many examples to prove it. First of all the examples, Anne clearly shows that she is ashamed of her “past self” by writing this, “Anne, is it really you who mentioned hate?

' ' In between events: They had stopped at a bar the first night of their drive. Lawrance sat in a pleather seat hacking on his first cigarette, a man hands him a glass of whiskey to wash it down but only serves Lawrance to hiss as it burns down his throat. Marlene just laughs because when one of the bikers surounding them now pats Lawrance on the back and the poor sucker looks happy and as if he 's acomplished something. It 's Marlene 's job to make him happy in his last days, she had taken Lucy and her mother to disney land and treated them like millionars for a long weekend. Even

she whispered. “AAAHHH!!!” she screamed. Right then she noticed that the bodies were her father and John. She immediately turned around and ran to try and get out of the woods.

Even though she has happy memories, she experienced a difficult childhood. Her parents were often drunk, so she frequently hid in her room. Growing up, her father was a doctor. Although they had a reasonable income, they spent money on very little. Vacations were few and far between.

Mom was at the store and I was glad to see her. She and Harvey, our hired helper, was the extent of the work force. Saturday was Harvey’s day off but it wouldn’t take long before Hammond his little brother (and my buddy), would come in to see what I was doing. Mom usually let me have some time to go exploring, so when she wasn’t looking I’d sneak a couple Rum Crook cigars from behind the counter and grab a few candy bars – and I was out of there.