Summary Of Pete Hamill's Essay: The Yellow Ribbon

Day to day humans create emotions, passions, and moments that build up and continue to do so, until the last breath taken. Whether those emotions or moments are magnificent or substandard, they exist in our mind for us to remember them and feel as if one must analysis those moments captured. Aside from the poor, the excellent moments out rules all, which many of us can say, one have own a wonderful moment taken place at some point in life. The fine moments in life are times, plenty of us seem to cherish the most, mainly because one feels wonderful about that particular time which gives a sense of peace. In an essay written by Pete Hamill, “The Yellow Ribbon”, the author tells a story of a man name Vingo who claims “I wrote to my wife” (215), from prison, to tie a yellow ribbon on the oak tree near their home to see if his wife still wishes to continue their marriage after four years of Vingo being kept behind bars. When reading “I told her she didn’t have to write me or nothing. And she didn’t. Not for three years and a half years” (215) this

I counted down the days as the concert date began to get closer. I knew I had to purchase new clothing so I could have something nice to wear for this event, all I can remember was the excitement of picking out which outfits to wear, and came to a decision on a nice Banana Republic light color shirt with the same brand name dark blue jeans, and a black wool coat over it. Then the day finally came, the day of the concert, It was on a Friday, and the concert was hosting a pre concert event outside of the venue free for the public which they call “The Village” and of course I wanted to attend that as well. The Village offered many free giveaways from sponsors of the event, and a mini concert performance by not a so popular artist. Every where you saw, you see all kinds of people, fashionable, fanatics, and young