As men fought their wars against one another, the Angels, unknown of by man, were fighting in their own war above them, in the vast sky the Angels refer to as Heaven. The Angels fought with weapons unknown to man, as they had to be powerful enough to kill an angel of Heaven. The Angels who fought for freedom, known as The Brotherhood of Angel Steel, fought against those who wanted control in Heaven, known as The Overseers. The Overseers wanted to take control of Heaven ever since God had left, while the Brotherhood wanted to keep the order of Heaven as God had left it. The Overseers were very powerful, but The Brotherhood had ways of getting around them. For centuries, the Angels fought against one another, for as long as the Overseers lived, Heaven would not be safe. Then one fateful day a new angel was born. This newborn, named Cassander, would turn out to be the most important angel in Heaven. “Cass! What have I told you about watching the warring angels?” Yelled Belle, Cassander’s mother. “But Mother, I want to see how the Overseers operate.” Replied the 13 year old Cass. “That’s none of your concern Cassander, you should not be thinking of war at your age!” Belle replied in a serious tone. “But Mother, I want to be a soldier to help end this long war!” said Cass. “Cassander, your father has been fighting in that war years now, I do not want you to go into that bloodshed at your age.” said Belle, suppressing a tear. “Alright mother, I guess I’ll wait.” replied Cass. They got away from the window from which Cass was watching the Overseers. Little did Cass know that his father was on the other side of that war, he was in The Brotherhood. Years later, 19 year old Cass received horrible news. His father had been killed ... ... middle of paper ... ...d the fort-like structure of The Overseers' Headquarters, their squadron of Angels circled around to enter through the back of the building. There were four guards patrolling the entrance. Cassander and Achilles decided to take care of them quietly. They snuck up behind two of the guards and suffocated them, while the other two guards went on their rounds. Through teamwork they defeated the guards without raising an alarm. After the guards were taken care of and their bodies hidden away, Cass and Achilles entered the fortress. They moved stealthily, staying in the shadows as they stalked through the tall, long hallways. As they approached the rendezvous point, two of the Overseer guards charged them. Cassander was the first to notice, and quickly grabbed Achilles and pulled him into a roll in order to avoid the oncoming attack from the, now fully visible, enemy.
“Mother what is happening?” I asked her as I looked at the crowd gathering. There were three women in shackles walking.
“No Mark I have better things to do” yelled mother furiously. Mother was still angry that Father and Tim were at war. Everything left her mind.
“What? I didn 't hear anything,” another said and raised his shoulders in a shrug. The tallest boy, who appeared to be about 17, smirked. This was their ringleader, Grendel realized, as he watched them all turn towards him to listen to his voice.
“But before they do it I want you to try and remember what it was like to have been very young.”
The soldier held him firmly and marched briskly to the centurion's quarters. When they arrived there the guard on sentry duty asked the soldier what he was doing there with the boy.The soldier told him what had happened and what centurion Longinus had ordered. The guard allowed him entrance to the centurion's quarters and there the soldier and Maximus waited for what seemed to both of them a very long time.
Camillia commented, “I was a child, so there was nothing I could do, but I wish I was fighter then because I would have fought back during the times I was abused.”
The complex natures of love and family are so intricate that not many authors come close in truly unraveling their mysteries. Eudora Welty, the author of The Optimist’s Daughter, writes about the theme of how family can nurture through love, but they can also cause so much pain through unbeknownst cruelty and betrayal. We can clearly see this theme in Welty’s novel when she writes “Her trouble was that very desperation. And no one had the power to cause that except the one she desperately loved, who refused to consider that she was desperate. It was betrayal on betrayal.” This quote truly captures the overlying them of the novel; we can see how love nurtures, how love betrays, and how love changes us.
The author uses the denial and concealment of truth in order to reiterate that in the closed environment of the household, pampered upbringing only yields to immaturity in the outside world. In the narration, Stella-Rondo easily regains the position of the family “favorite” through the lies she produces and the family’s seeming acceptance of these lies as pure truths. In fact, however, Mama constantly questions these lies. She reprimands Sister for suggesting that Shirley-T is Stella-Rondo’s biological daughter, but she herself wonders how Stella-Rondo could possibly prove that Shirley-T is adopted. Later, she links Shirley-T’s silence and strange behavior to Mr. Whitaker’s consumption of chemicals, suggesting that she knows that Mr. Whitaker is, in fact, Shirley-T’s biological father. The author uses this characterization of Mama in order to show, that rather than not understanding the difference between truth and lies, she prefers one version over another, therefore...
“I’m going to have a little talk with your administration about if this is the way they treat their student’s,” Rachel’s mom growled.
“Sorry, it was wrong of me to do that to you.” Malvinas murmured after a long silence.
She tells Papa Daddy that Sister ridiculed his beard and Uncle Rondo that Sister laughed at him for wearing her pink kimono. Uncle Rondo then punishes Sister by throwing firecrackers into her bedroom the next morning. Sister often appeals to the reader to witness what she actually said. Throughout the story, the family supports Stella Rondo, reminding Sister that at least Stella left home and managed to find a man. Sister reminds them that as China Grove's postmistress of Mississippi's second smallest post office she has her own form of independence and has control of the family's communication with the outside world. Sister casts aspersions about Shirley T.'s state of mind because she has not spoken a word since her arrival. She reminds Mama of how Mr. Whitaker used to drink. Mama approaches Shirley T. who starts to sing Popeye the Sailor Man, proving Sister wrong. An argument builds concerning the parentage of Shirley T. and the whereabouts of Mr. Whitaker. Sister insists that Stella Rondo has been deserted by Mr. Whitaker. The family refuses to contemplate this possibility. By the end of the story, Sister has become so infuriated by the apparent favoritism shown towards Stella Rondo
Stella-Rondo brings out jealousy in Sister that causes tension between them. Sister hates that Stella-Rondo married Mr. Whitaker since Sister supposedly had him first. She feels like Stella-Rondo broke them up by lying. Most likely, Sister is upset because she was not the one to end up with the guy she liked, but she displays her feelings childishly. Sister’s snide comments towards her sister are the real reason that Stella-Rondo turns their family against her. Stella-Rondo’s lies about her daughter, Shirley T., increase Sister’s jealous feelings. Stella-Rondo claims that Shirley-T. is adopted, but Sister does not believe her. Sister wants her family to see through Stella-Rondo’s lies and realize that this two-year old child is not adopted. She points out that Shirley-T. is the “spitting image of Papa-Daddy” (359). Sister cannot stand that Stella-Rondo left Mr. Whitaker after only staying married to him for two years. The fact that “the first thing she did was separate! From Mr. Whitaker!” when Stella-Rondo got married and moved away infuriates Sister (359). Consequently, Sister makes sure her family knows that she had him first. In the heat of the moment at the end of the story, Sister starts saying that Mr. Whitaker left Stella-Rondo, not vice versa, which only builds up more tension.
“Are you sure about that?” Bryan sat back as he thought about what Rick said. He believes deep down that his mother will believe him, but what if she
did not expect success to come without a struggle. In June 1936 her story “Death of a Traveling Salesman” was published in the Journal Manuscript. Within the next two years her work had appeared in prestigious publication as Atlantic Monthly and the Southern Review. Many readers liked her collection of short stories in “A Curtain of Green” and predicted that if would lead her to greater achievements as a successful writer. Two years later her two short stories “The Wide Net” and “Other Stories” were highly appreciated by critics such as Robert Penn Warren. Eudora Welty’s primary goal in creating fiction was not only to relate a series of events, but also to convey a stronger sense of her characters of that specific moment in times, always acknowledging the ambiguous nature of reality. She has written both humorous and tragic stories. Her humorous stories often rely upon the co...
“James, darling, if you could, I’d prefer to get there before I have my 4th 30th birthday, please.” Cruella said, rather calmly, for her at least.