The play was designed for me to get the ball and score an easy lay-up. ... He drew up a play for us to get a quick steal and an easy lay-up to win the game. ... I dribbled the ball back down the court and went up for the lay-up. ... It was no ordinary silence, it was as if someone had died. ... I did it! ...
I sometimes think there's two sides to the commandment; and that we may say ?... As they say, old habits die hard, but at least he realized what suffering really was. ... Up until chapter 24, With the Dying, Mary is not a very religious person. ... And when the words were said, John Barton lay a corpse in Mr. ... We are all human, and we all die alone. ...
I lay in the grass and thought about everything that we had done together. ... My closure would come when I realized that we all die and there was a reason why my friend was dead. ... But I don't regret anything about knowing him, except for the fact that I didn't tell him I love him; I told his grave that I did, but it was not the same. ... I hope that I see my friend again and can tell him how I felt about him. ... Now that my friends are dying, and I have a true sense of the real world and what it can take from you, I feel myself die a little more everyday. ...
"I struggled for a long time with survivin'. ... They rush to a hysterically crying Sarah, and as Joel is holding her, she dies in Joel's arms. ... Joel is now forced to focus on saving Ellie and himself, and he almost lays his life down for Ellie. ... When Joel and Tommy find Ellie, Joel and Ellie argue, and Ellie brings up the fact that she has lost people too, saying "Everyone I have cared for has either died or left me. ... Even though he lies to Ellie, he has grown in much love for her, and refused for her to die. ...
When Ted Lavender died as a result of Jimmy not securing the area well enough, Jimmy burned his most prized possessions. ... Although on that final date "her eyes were gray and neutral," and her hand gave "no pressure in return," Jimmy states, "it doesn't matter, I love her" (29). ... The light got the attention of the enemy and Kiowa was shot, sunk into the muck, and died as a result. ... After returning them, it seems that O"Brien has found some peace with the memory; the closure of the physical act and the telling of the entire story helps O"Brien cope with the tragic event of his pa...
One day I was driving home from work and I realized I had forgotten something I was going to let my friend borrow. ... The worst memory that Barry ever had was when his had to watch his youngest brother die of disease. ... This meant that he was going to die. ... "This comforted me." says Barry, "It was the same relief we all came to accept when mom died." ... Out of all the things that have happened to him in his life, he is willing to lay his credibility on the line to help improve my life. ...
Hinton's use of imagery allows the reader to visualize Johnny as a scared, innocent child because his is constantly being hurt by his parents in his own home, so he would not dare lay a finger on anybody else. ... I mean it. ... That was the only time I can think of that I saw him without that defeated, suspicous look in his eyes." ... Johnny never wanted to murder the Soc, he simply did not want Ponyboy to die right before his very own eyes, so he did the only thing he could do to put an end to it. ... After the Soc dies, and Pony and Johnny flee, Johnny's ways and personality do no...
