The month of October in 1940, witnessed multiple mysterious occurrences in the small rural area. All involving a box, at least that is what the first-hand eyewitnesses all mentioned. Till now no one knows the exact happening, it remained a mystery that baffled everyone till this very day. Some remember a strange man coming to the town. They said he had a somehow intimating presence. He didn’t stay long they say, he just vanished into thin air, leaving no traces behind. The man who the town believed was holding the box. The corner of the street, in the cold streets of the town, lived two sisters in a decaying small shack. They didn’t choose this life; they just knew that the orphanage will not keep them together. The sister decided to runaway, to keep the memory of their once happy family. The family that was shattered when the two sisters heard about the death of their parents, four shots that was all it took for them to die. The sisters often wondered how many shots it will take to reunite them with their parents. However one of the sister, the little one, didn’t have to wonder much longer, she wasn’t shot, but she suffered from influenza. "I will keep you alive Lydia, I can't lose you, we die together, and we live together, I won't let death come to you" Anna, who is now a young lady, said to her little dying sister Lydia. Lydia found comfort about the thought of death, however the thought of Anna being alone crushed her, and she needed to make sure she will be alright. The morning came, and Anna decided to knock the doors of the doctors, hoping one day someone will pity her and check up on her sister. Anna knew that her sister could recover, that’s what the words on the street said, and they said the best doctor that could c... ... middle of paper ... ...away to her shack, holding the briefcase so tightly to her chest, but she wasn’t prepared to see what was coming. Her sister was on the floor lifelessly facing the ceiling. In tears now, Anna approached the body quickly, dropping the briefcase in the process. She saw a note attached to Lydia's hand, she hurried in opening it "You already knew that there was no hope in saving Lydia, she was going to die whether she was rich or poor. Why risk another soul if the fifty thousand pounds, as you claim, would have saved her. But as promised the money you already received, do whatever you please" And with that Anna's life was never the same. Hating herself with every step she took. Now she only longed for a familiar face in this life. Not two days after that, another death occurred. A little girl died and now a mother is joining her, where did this selfish town go wrong?
Susie’s mother opened the door to let Molly, Susie’s babysitter, inside. Ten-month old Susie seemed happy to see Molly. Susie then observed her mother put her jacket on and Susie’s face turned from smiling to sad as she realized that her mother was going out. Molly had sat for Susie many times in the past month, and Susie had never reacted like this before. When Susie’s mother returned home, the sitter told her that Susie had cried until she knew that her mother had left and then they had a nice time playing with toys until she heard her mother’s key in the door. Then Susie began crying once again.
Cold sweat trickles down Kate's back as she stands over the hospital bed, watching the mother she cares for slowly pass away. The droning beep of the monitoring heart machine pierces through the air. Kate kisses her mother one last time, wiping warm tears from her watery eyes, and sluggishly begins to leave. Step by step out of the door the pain intensifies in her heart, but Kate must keep staying strong and move on. A new chapter of her life begins here. Much like Kate, Anna Quindlen undergoes with the catastrophic death of her mother dying of cancer, leaving her arriving at college with an entire new perspective. Her significant childhood and maturement, experiencing the death of her mother, and giving birth to three children influenced Anna Quindlen with her writings.
Death is inevitable to all forms of life. In giving birth to a typical family, Flannery O’Connor immediately sets the tone for their deaths, in the story, A Good Man is Hard To Find. O'Connor’s play on words, symbolism and foreshadowing slowly paves the way for the family’s death.
She was sitting there the room was in utter silence. She quickly packed her belongings and hid them behind the brown cupboard. Was she really going to run
...r lived in the house experienced some type of paranormal activity. The information was concluded was doubtful in many ways. The evidence about the woman hanging from the tree behind the house would be doubtful. Anything could have happened behind the house on the tree. The person could have just be seeing things or having a flashback about something that happened previous years ago.
She did not survive the Reagan Administration. I am here because my son and I may not survive four more years of leaders who say they care, but do nothing.” In this appeal Mrs. Glaser is appealing to her audience’s emotions, especially the emotions one feels when talking about their family like love and empathy. She mentions that her daughter has died because of this disease and that her son and herself are dying as well to show that this is a disease that can affect anyone and that it is crucial to work on cures or vaccinations to prevent others from suffering the way her family has. No mother or father wants to watch their children suffer and die because of a disease, so Mrs. Glaser uses her experience to appeal to those emotions.
Looking back on the death of Larissa’s son, Zebedee Breeze, Lorraine examines Larissa’s response to the passing of her child. Lorraine says, “I never saw her cry that day or any other. She never mentioned her sons.” (Senior 311). This statement from Lorraine shows how even though Larissa was devastated by the news of her son’s passing, she had to keep going. Women in Larissa’s position did not have the luxury of stopping everything to grieve. While someone in Lorraine’s position could take time to grieve and recover from the loss of a loved one, Larissa was expected to keep working despite the grief she felt. One of the saddest things about Zebedee’s passing, was that Larissa had to leave him and was not able to stay with her family because she had to take care of other families. Not only did Larissa have the strength to move on and keep working after her son’s passing, Larissa and other women like her also had no choice but to leave their families in order to find a way to support them. As a child, Lorraine did not understand the strength Larissa must have had to leave her family to take care of someone else’s
I had just walked into Annie’s room to find her screaming in pain. I ran to find the supervising nurse and rushed back to comfort Annie. Shortly after, the nurse came, fed Annie her medications, and walked out. Not a word was said. But I knew Annie was afraid, confused, upset; managing deep pain in her body. I knew she did not want to be alone, so I stayed beside her for a while, holding her hand until she fell asleep, telling her she would be okay. ================
woman’s life, from her being a teen to her death in her house. The town’s people did not
This whole village reeks of death. The next door neighbors' mother passed away after seven long days of battling
It had been a cold, snowy day, just a few days after Thanksgiving. My grandmother became immensely ill and unable to care for herself. We knew she had health problems but her sudden turn for the worst was so unexpected and therefore we weren’t prepared for the decisions that had to be made and the guilt we would feel. Where would grandma live? Would she be taken care of? So many concerns floated around. A solution was finally found and one that was believed to be the best or so we thought.
The doctor contains his professionalism, but as it goes on, pieces of frustrated irregularities begin to surface. As the doctor learns that the parents say no, that the girl says she doesn’t have a sore throat, he purs...
Now that the summary is out there for all who did not get to read the story let’s make some connections to everyday life. In the story is it said by the author that, “All the while I hated myself for having wept before the needle went in, convinced that the nurse and my mother we...
Corrine, J. (2014, April 30). The Man in The Dark. Retrieved from Your Ghost Stories:
There are centuries of ghost stories and tales that have been passed down from generation to generation. From the Bermuda Triangle mysteries, phantoms of the ocean, ships, and glowing ghosts of little boys, to the curse of James' Deans' car, The Little Bastard and the Amityville Horror. A little background history of this bone-chilling horror may help one decide whether or not to believe in the existence of the beyond.