Every time I visit, I always remember the sound of the water, the curious lapping against the stones that construct the foundation. The sound is inescapable, working its way into the banks of your memory, cementing itself before the inevitable departure. The mixture of boat fuel and sunscreen engage...
I was six years old and the family was spending the day at my grandparent's house. From what I remember, it was a beautiful day. The sun was shining without a cloud in sight, and the temperature was just right for a nice bike ride with my dad. Being the deprived child that I was, however, I coul...
I first heard this story when I was in college. I had come home for winter break, and I remember it was just me and my dad in the house. I was watching some kind of ghost hunters program on TV, just for laughs. I don't really believe in that stuff. When you watch those supernatural programs on TV, i...
Pete Blieu is a tall, blond-haired teenage boy who enjoys cars, football, and soccer. Joe Schone is a short, chubby, sandy brown-haired teenage boy that enjoys the same fruits of life as Pete. The two boys have been the best of friends since the day they could talk. Their parents had known each ot...
In Flannery O"Connor's short story "A Good Man is Hard to Find," the gruesome ending comes as quite a shock. But, upon a second read, signs of an ominous end permeate the work. Hints of the family's tragic finale exist hroughout the plot until the time of the first murder. The story contains ...
In Flannery O"Connor's short story "A Good Man is Hard to Find," the gruesome ending comes as quite a shock. But, upon a second read, signs of an ominous end permeate the work. Hints of the family's tragic finale exist throughout the plot until the time of the first murder. The story c...
Hamlet as it is told is the story of a distressed prince, where the reader, audience, and characters of the story are trying to figure out if and how Hamlet has turned crazy. To the reader it appears as if Hamlet is a result of his visions of the ghost. To Hamlet's friends and acquaintances of ...
It was three o'clock in the morning when Samantha awoke to the sound of screaming from the room across the hall. "Not again,"" she moaned as she cracked open her light blue eyes, rolled out of bed silently, and tip-toed over to her bedroom door. Opening it slightly, she could hear the screaming m...
