What he wasn't expecting to see was exactly what he saw.
In the corner of his room, torturing his poor cat, was a gruesome apparition. The first thought he had was to save Lucifer, so he ran and grabbed him and ran out of the room. In his living room, he tried to calm his cat down while calling 911. The only problem was that, for some reason, he had absolutely no signal. "Stupid phone, " he thought, "I'm supposed to have coverage no matter where I go. " He held his phone up to the roof, hoping to at least get one bar. Then his phone flew out of his hands and smashed into a wall, shattering into pieces. The apparition appeared in front of Nickolai and pushed him onto his couch. "Listen up, " said the gross ghost in this screeching, cracking voice, "since you're the smartest person, the only genius, on this god forsaken planet, I need your help. " Nickolai couldn't believe his ears. "Who are you?! " he demanded to know. The apparition slowly shook his head, "I am nothing anymore, ever since what happened to me. You see my name was George Henson and I was a millionaire in the state of Louisiana. My wife decided that she was tired of me and used my money to hire a hitman to take me out. As you can tell, he succeeded. " The apparition seemed sad, but this didn't make Nickolai any less freaked out then he was. "You see, " George continued, "as I was leaving a party that one of my colleagues were holding, someone grabbed me in the middle of the darkness. I was the last to leave the party, so there was no one around to see. The perpetrator took me to the dock house that was just next to the house of the party. There he slit my throat and stabbed me several times before disemboweling me and throwing me in an abandoned boat to rot. ".
Nick didn't know what to think at this point. "How does any of this involve me? " he hesitantly inquired. "Ah, well, since as I said, you're the smartest man on Earth, meaning you're the only one with the brain capacity that will allow me to be seen.
In his article "Dust Bowl Blues", Peter Monro Jack says that The Grapes of Wrath is written in "superb style, one marvelous short story after another, and all melting into this long novel of the great trek." ... Another interchapter, Chapter 3, describes the turtle's journey across the road. ... Steinbeck is a literary genius, and he knew exactly what he was doing when he inserted these interchapters. ...
Joseph Conrad, in his long-short story,Heart of Darkness,? ... On his journey into the dark, forbidden Congo, theheart of darkness,? ... anduniversal genius,? ... Marlow's own journey from Belgium to the Congo and thence up the river then took on the aspect of a man's journey into his own inner depths. ... the sense of human waste that pervaded the story was best unfolded in the ivory itself. ...
He was a genius in creating short stories and was a very active political man. ... Also during this time he discovered he had a talent for the short story. ... This would be one of his well-known collection of short stories that would have multiple editions. ... At the Old Manse, Hawthorne wrote short stories for periodicals. ... He finished the book on 1850 and at first wanted to publish it with a series of other short stories but was persuaded to publish the novel by itself. ...
The story follows Frodo on his journey to the Crack of Doom a fiery mountain in the layer of Mordor where the Dark Lord himself reigns with a swift hand. ... The story detailed his mythical journey in which he was accompanied by wizards and elves in search of rumored treasures. ... The trilogy was hailed as a work of absolute genius by Raynor Unwin, Architect of Middle Earth, in 1974 (112). ... The story follows heroic Frodo the Ringbearer. ... The gift of the ring began the peerless journey, and the story built from there. ...
In Look Homeward, Angel Thomas Wolfe's brother Ben is portrayed as a loner who hides his love for his youngest brother behind a mask of short temperedness and sarcastic denial. ... After Thomas Wolfe wrote Look Homeward Angel, he felt he could not end the story there so decided to continue the journey in a sequel known as Of Time and the River. ... In a massive, ambitious, and boldly passionate novel, Wolfe examines the passing of time and the nature of the creative process, as Gant slowly but ecstatically embraces the urban life, recognizing it as a necessary ordeal for the birth of his ...
The main character is also ET himself as he journeys through the story. ... He has the thoughts and facial expressions of an older person, and, yet, he is kept in the body of a small short person (Lawless 22). ... This is so evident in the story. ... These are two concepts most young teens struggle with as they journey to adulthood. The use of an alien being to help Elliot with his issues is genius. ...
The ignorance that Gulliver begins his journey with represents the ignorance of European society of the time. ... However, on this desert island, instead of the inhabitants being six inches short, these inhabitants are sixty feet tall. ... No matter how tall or how short these people are, they are all innocent, and they try to teach Gulliver why his world is "bad." ... This is another tough, but fundamental lesson that Gulliver learns on his journeys (Todd; Novels for Students; Vol. 6). ... When Gulliver climbs up to this island in the sky, he finds that people in Laputa are geniuses. ...
African American Literature is a composite of many different life stories and experiences African Americans have had to endure throughout a lifetime. ... Harper's books include Poems on Miscellaneous Subjects (1854); Moses: A Story of the Nile (1869); and Iola Leroy, or Shadows Uplifted (1892), a novel. ... Best known for his book Cane, which included poetry, sketches, short stories and a play, Toomer was established as one of the leading American writers during the 1920's. ... Toomer's last book published after his death is a collection on essays, poems, stories and a novelett...