Mt. Blackstone: A Fictional Narrative

In chapter 13 of the Bully Boys FitzGibbon and Tommy went to search for Tommy’s dad. They went to where Tommy’s dad’s militia was supposed to be. Once they got there they didn’t find anyone. After that they went to a field hospital to find Tommy’s dad. They went in the tent and were hit with a foul smell. There were many wounded men. Someone called Tommy. It was his neighbor Mr.Givens. He gave Tommy a letter to give to his wife and showed Tommy his arm that had been cut off. Tommy realized that the men were more wounded that he thought. Tommy did not find his father in the tent so they asked the doctor. The doctor told them to look in the barn. While the were walking Tommy’s dad yelled his name. Tommy found his father.

All the Pretty Horses, by Cormac McCarthy, is set in Texas right outside of the Mexico border. The book opens with John Grady, a sixteen year old boy, attending his grandfather’s funeral. John Grady has grown up on his grandfather’s ranch, and now that he has died the mother is going to sell the unprofitable ranch. John’s parents are separated at this time, his mother longs for a better life off of the ranch while his father is a professional gambler. His father seems to have lung cancer, but this is not directly stated. After the funeral John goes to meet his father at a café. They are both speechless, and the father feels that he has failed him.

the experience but he tries to downplay it so as not to frighten the children.

At the end Rainsford kills Zaroff when he is asleep. Then Rainsford keeps the house then his old shipmates ship crashes on the island. They are petrified because of the rumors. Rainsford sees them and they are pleased to see him and Rainsford invites them in for tea and bread. After they eat and finish their tea they go out to go hunting to add to their collection. It was close to dawn when they finished hunting. They went back to the lodge to clean off for dinner and bed. For dinner they had cream of mushroom soup. After dinner they went to bed. They loved the beds they said it was like laying on a nice fluffy cloud. At seven a.m they woke up and had left over soup. It hit eight oclock when they gotten finished eating and washing their clothes.

Jane 's mother 's name was Ruth, she was a courageous, bright and loving woman, so who would be so psychotic as to kill her. She was a slave all of her life and she felt Jane didn 't have the life she deserved. Ruth lived and worked on a plantation while she raised Jane. Ruth worked hard from early dawn until dusk. She always tried to protect her daughter from harm and tried to keep her secret when she was a baby because she was afraid that the man who tried to kill her father was going to come for her and kill her.

It was a cold, dreary night in the month of October in 2003. It was the night before

One day during summer break on a very hot and steamy day a girl was running through a field when there lay an arrow in the grass telling her to go towards the forbidden place. She refuses to go and turns in the other direction and goes home, though fear and curiosity were bubbling inside of her. Well for the past two weeks she has been thinking of going and she went to start the journey.

People have to learn about their religion and past. Billie Wind is part of the wind tribe. Her tribe believes in serpents, little men, talking creatures, and the creator. This lead to Billie Wind getting punished into the Everglades for doubting her tribe’s belief. Throughout her adventure, she learns from nature. The Seminole tribe’s legends are incredibly important. Their legends are their belief or their god. Billie Wind evolves her understanding of her tribe’s legends through watching and learning from nature.

I heard Glenda tell Mom that since 9/11, she felt that John was experiencing those old urges, and she was worried that his old habits might resurface. I knew that she seemed worried about the new couple my mom invited, and I changed the subject back to the pervert. I said to Leo, “If we ever meet a three hundred pound hair lip, I’ll have you do all the talking.”

What happened? Why did I do this? Where am I? It was a dark stormy spring night. There was once a kid named James Heinzenberg, his parents were very rude and demanding. It was like James was their slaves doing everything for them and not getting a minute to himself. One day, James thought it would be a great idea if he were to run away, and that’s exactly what he did.

As the three young teenage boy finished egging their 7th house. Tony exclaimed “ Alex my arms are tired.”. “I know I know how about we get some more candy” Whispered Alex. “ Yeah i'm starved” mumbled Philip.

“The journey will never go as expected, life is going to throw in some curve balls and wait to see what happens.” This is the central message to the story that my father tells several times a year anytime we are about to go on a trip. The story all begins with my Pawpaw John. Pawpaw John was a very loved and lighthearted man who was an avid outdoorsman. He grew up poor, so he was a handy man out of necessity. He embraced he prowess as a handy man and would always buy old run down vehicles and boats as fixer uppers.

ABRTACT: Alice Munro is a contemporary writer, who is best known for writing short stories. Free Radicals is among her nineteen collections of short stories. The story does not answer all the questions for the reader.The story does not have any end meaning. The story uses the elements of Gothicism in a unique way. The article provides the detail biography of Alice Munro and her career, which will provide the reader with the insight of what made her a writer, why is her writings considered among the best. It will also discuss further on the critical analysis of the story Free Radicals. The definition of Gothicism and its characteristics.Elements of Gothicism in the story that made it a gothic one.

“I love those tight jeans and that blonde hair, those big blue eyes make me want to follow you to the moon, but not on that mountain,” Dennis said running his fingers through his hair and flipped his head back.

Frantic, she literally runs out of her car and runs home, to find a bloody male body. When she turns the body over she immediately notices