Clayton and his friends started out on a voyage trying to cross the mediterranean sea. They were sightseeing, diving, snorkeling, and having the time of their lives when all of the sudden they realized that straight in front of them was a huge rock in the middle of the sea. One of Clayton’s friends, Terry, rushed to the captain's deck and said “YOUR HEADED STRAIGHT FOR A ROCK TURN THE BOAT NOW”. The captain then said, “ We are to close to turn the boat another way, everyone on board is going to have to brace for impact.” Clayton, after hearing what the captain had to say, bolted up the stairs and onto the mail deck and screamed to everyone to put their life jackets on and brace for impact. The next thing you know, the boat crashed into the rock and the whole boat exploded jolting Clayton along with all of his friends in opposite directions out into the sea. Clayton woke up a few hours later staying afloat on a piece of wood that broke off of the boat. He was feeling hopeless because he saw no sign of anyone else around him. He tried calling for help, but there …show more content…
He looked so unhealthy that you would of thought he was on his deathbed. He knew he had to get food somehow, and the only way to get food on a deserted island is to hunt for it. Clayton found a fallen tree and broke a stick off of it. He sharpened it so he would be able to use it as a weapon to hunt with. After walking around in the ocean for hours looking for fish, he finally decides to give up. Just as he has given up, he sees a banana tree with tons of bananas on it so he threw his stick at the tree and knocked a few of the bananas from the tree. He knew that he could not just live off off bananas forever, so he decided to go hunt animals with his spear he had made. Clayton had no idea whether there was even any animals on the island but was so determined to and find one to kill. Yet again, he came back empty
In the essay “A View From the Bridge” by Cherokee McDonald, descriptive words are used to describe the little boy fishing and the fish he caught. All this happened on a little bridge, but I bet it is a moment that this guy will not soon forget. “... As I neared the crest, I saw the kid.”
Robert Bridges and Anne Stevenson both have different versions of Eros, the god of love. While Bridges depicts Eros as an inspirational icon, Stevenson shows Eros as someone who has been bruised and abused, the opposite of a typical depiction of a reverential figure. They talk about love itself through the god Eros using their diction, imagery, and rhyme.
They talk to their dad and he tells them that he worked with a man called Lice Pecking. He says the he also worked on the boat and he could testify on the fact that Dusty really did dump his waste into the ocean. It turns out he is kidnapped and is unable to testify. They meet his wife Shelly. She tells them that she will help them stop Dusty’s Casino scam. She tells him that she wants to work as a bartender in Dusty’s Boat. She tells them that one night she stays late and sees Dusty dumping the waste from the ship. A few days later he goes to a small pond and sees a park ranger putting up signs that say the water in the pond is contaminated from human waste. Since there are many boats docked in the harbors its impossible to see what boat the waste is actually coming from. They then get the idea to color the waste with a very bright dye and allow after us seeps out the trail of brightly colored water will be tracked back to dusty’s boat. They then go into a food store and purchase 35 bottles of Fuchsia dye. They then tell Shelly their plan. They tell her that Noah will hide in a box full of rum and wait till it is picked up and placed on the ship he then will go into a restroom and Shelly will tack on an out of order sign.
Emily’s act was splendid, and she never talked during her performances. Her actions were funny enough to intrigue the little children watching her perform. Oddly, the children enjoyed seeing an adult clown being outwitted by Belgan and Edward C., two dwarfed men that appeared to be the size of children. Each day, Emily worked strenuously, far exceeding the job description of a clown. Constantly mingling with the crowds, and giving continuous efforts to win laughs, Emily is a great asset to the carnival’s prosperity.
He begins to think how he had just killed a man and how him and his friends had tried to attempt rapping a girl. As he is walking in the lake he touches a dead body and gets freaked out even more and began to yell. Then the girl hears him and scream there they are and began to throw rocks into the lake trying to hit the narrator. He then hears the voice of Bobby who bought him relief and sorrow at the same time. He felt relief because he discovers that the Bobby is not dead and sorrow because the Bobby was alive and wanted to kill him and his friends.
During the period of Realism in the late 19th century, writers attempted to bring their readers into a story that they or someone they knew might experience. It was very popular as it was relatable but also brought up themes that were not commonly explored. As best said by Harriet Kramer Linkin of the Journal of Narrative Technique "Bierce plays a cat and mouse game with his readers in the tale" (Linkin 2). This is shown especially well in Ambrose Bierce's "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge". In this short story, Bierce tests his readers by blurring the fine line between fiction and reality.
Then the sand was sunk. Until one night when he does get it and the monk finds out and goes to Johns. house and hold him at gun point with the cur dog at monks side. He tells John to turn around and drop his jeans and then monk tells he is dog to bite he butts. If John were to move, the monk would shoot him.
Often times events occur in what seems to be mysterious ways to teach an individual a lesson. Choices made when individuals are young, and still growing and developing stick with them. As maturity happens, individuals tend to learn some of the potential consequences they could endure over certain decisions. Life is full of lesson. Life is living to learn how to become better. In this process choices have to be made, and consequences have to be faced. In Ambrose Bierce’s short story, “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge,” the protagonist Peyton Farquhar makes a poorly thought choice leading to an unfortunate consequence. Farquhar was a well-to-do plantation owner in the South during the Civil War. He desired pride and dignity in the war regardless
In the novel El Puente “The Bridge” written by Ito Romo who was born and raised in Laredo, Texas when he wrote this novel he wanted to show people how is the life living in the border of United States and Mexico. The Bridge was taken place in a town of the Rio Grande the pure border of the United States and Mexico. Thirteen women of all ages and different from background react one day that the river turn crimson red. This story covers the problems of each women that are involve to the mysterious changing color of the river. As people also the women were surprise seeing the river turning a different color many news reporter from both sides were making this coverage for first time Rio Grande had turn different color.
Once he woke up he realized he was on a beach and insects were tearing him up. He had landed in a lake and drug himself up. He was still very tired and hurt from the crash so he just fell back asleep again. Once he woke up we went to the lake and got a drink, he was hungry. All he had to survive was a 20-dollar bill, the clothes on his back, and the hatchet his mother had given him before he left. He found a shelter and some berries.
forced to kill. It ended up that he was the last one left on the island except
· Two days later they awaken to an attack by the savages. The helmsman is killed. Kurtz blows the steamboat whistle to frighten away the savages. Dumps dead helmsman’s body overboard so cannibals don’t get any ideas about eating him.
After a basketball game, four kids, Andrew Jackson, Tyrone Mills, Robert Washington and B.J. Carson, celebrate a win by going out drinking and driving. Andrew lost control of his car and crashed into a retaining wall on I-75. Andy, Tyrone, and B.J. escaped from the four-door Chevy right after the accident. Teen basketball star and Hazelwood high team captain was sitting in the passenger's side with his feet on the dashboard. When the crash happened, his feet went through the windshield and he was unable to escape. The gas tank then exploded and burned Robbie to death while the three unharmed kids tried to save him.
the man had to remove the snake from the farm, but can't understand why he had to kill the
...light arose, my eyes began to squint shut trying to block the sunlight drifting in. I failed and immediately woke up opening my red watery burning eyes. David ran through the rough edged sedimentary grey rocks and through the bright green leaves of the trees with an idea. “To get rescued we should make a large SOS sign with rocks so that the planes flying from above can see it” he said. I thought the idea was incredible, so we all came together placing rock after rock deeply in the wet sparkly sludge like sand. After a long hardworking 12 hours we were finally finished. As we waited anxiously day after day for rescue we finally received it. Fifteen days later a enormous smooth plane landed on the island. As the plane slowly lifted off the almond colored ground making a turbo noise, I felt that we all learned in any situation that we need to stick together to survive.