PREFACE The young cripple sat on the floor of the railway station, waiting earnestly, for the train to come and take him to the land of plenty. Crippled from birth, he hadn 't nobody or helper. Deep inside his heart he needed a miracle. He knew the desire to move on to the land of freedom. His eyes to and fro the railway station, patiently, he waited. His eyes fixed on the future......... "It shall come to past" he assure his soul. • He hadn 't any ticket, yet he waited hoping for an unseen miracle, then, his faith grew strong. "I need to go home" he assures himself again. From a distance he saw the train coming, suddenly within a twinkle of an eye, then his determined heart wary. He loses his focus "I have no money can 't get on …show more content…
Excitedly, the younger cripple asked him. "Are you not supposed to be on that train going to the land of plenty?" "Uhm... Yes, but I 'm going back home because I have no ticket" he replied. Then passionately the younger cripple gave a silent whisper to his ears "Two Angels of light found me, they told me you are here waiting for me" he said. Then he brought out a folded handkerchief and unfolded it. Then he said ' 'Here are our tickets, I am sorry I came a little bit late, I need to pay off my dept before departing this city”. He handed over his ticket to him and thus gave him a kiss and pulls him towards the …show more content…
For my love is near. Though my love is near so near The shine of the sun brighten my eyes To behold the beauty under the sun From a distance it tumbled thro ' Then tossed I, turn I onto sleep Then I knew my heart is fragile Upon the high mountains of love Dazzle_I the love I find ..;.., . Wait patiently! For my love is near 4 DESTINED TO WIN Roar the angel of light Let down the glory to behold Through it all, thy wings
When he finally received the money, the police had a plan to capture him that night but he got away. However, the next night he
He thought about how correct the man had been. They again started their way toward the city. Because of the time that they walked, they became weary. The journey back had to
He is at a place where he hopes to one day have dreams. Although he doesn’t seem too hopeful about the outcome of those dreams, there remains a gleam of hope, that maybe in one of these dreams he just might find that familiar place that he has been searching
“Then as the moving air stilled completely, the curtains swinging back from the wall to hang free again, he saw the yellow sheet drop to the window ledge and slide over out of sight” (17). At this moment the author has Tom have confidence that he will go and get his paper and be right back. “In the back of his mind he knew he’d better hurry and get this over with before he thought too much, and at the window he didn’t allow himself to hesitate” (17). At this time Tom is wishing he went with his wife and now is starting to realize what he really has in
I said. ‘Which side of the train did you sit on, by the way?’” (Carver 4-5). This shows that the author did not have any interaction with a blind before and is kind of rude. People would not ask a blind guy a question like that.
He noticed a man dumping leftover food in a street. He sprinted over to it and devoured every last piece, gaining the energy to keep moving on. He had to live as a homeless beggar for a while, searching the streets for just enough food and water to
Standing with his frantic mother as the train rolled backward in search for the young boy. Louie’s older brother, Pete, spotted Louie strolling up the track in perfect serenity”(5). This quote explained how Louis’ mischievous childhood and jumped from a train just because it was impractical. After this ordeal, Louis strolled down the tracks, as if he just accomplished a trivial feat; in other words, it was no big deal to Louis. Shortly after this event, when the conductor chased after Louis: “‘I knew you’d come back,’ he said in Italian”.(5)
The husband was a strong character. It was obvious he was a very understanding husband although, he was a little jealous of the connection between the blind man and his wife. The husband addressed to his wife the issues of images people have of handicap people such as blindness. After allowing the blind man into his home he realized people can be wrong about their images of one another.
Leaving the station in defeat he quickly hails a cab to a hotel where he will not run into anyone he knows. This is peculiar, his longing for companionship for the night over shadowed by his embarrassment to be kicked out of school. Running into someone who knows him would require answering too many questions he is just not ready for.
He had already lived through so much pain in such a short amount of time, that he could no longer go on. His father did not feel as if he had the strength to do so anymore. He was so set on resting that it was almost as if he just wanted to
He is now calm and collected, and no longer afraid, but rather almost broken. “The young woman’s face was drawn down in a shock and revealed at first nothing of friendliness. ‘We had a jeep parked somewhere, but I can't find it’ the boy said. ‘This is my father.’” He had carried his father all the way through the snowy creek, and to the man and woman's cabin.
But George had gone out into the kitchen for a can of beer. George came back in with the beer, paused while a handicap signal shook him up. And then he sat down again. "You been crying" he said
In the end, his suffering paid off as his hope and dream of finding his family alive finally came true. Through the story of a young boy who treasured all his blessings in a harsh environment, I learned to value the things I have and to not waste these special
However, the story takes an unpredicted and meaningful turn at the end when the narrator see things from a blind man’s standpoint. Since the beginning of the story, the narrator does not like the idea of having in his house a blind man. He does not know how to socialize with blind people because his idea of blindness came from the movies. He thinks blind people move slowly and they never laugh.
“The girl was running. Running for her life, in the hope of finding a safe haven for her and her family. She never looks back, the only indication her father was still behind her was his ragged breathing above her head, forming puffs of air in this cold morning. She suddenly stumbles on a root, but her mother secures her fall with a small wisp of air. They lock hands, all three of them, and continue pushing themselves, desperately trying to find the others they lost on the way.