Kyrsten Arnold Period 4 11/1/11 Scary Story This was going to be a scary night. First, at dinnertime, my mother, father, and I had the normal Friday night meal, pizza. All three of us had gathered in the family room and ate in silence as we watched my dad’s favorite TV show “Chopped”. After I finished my last delicious bite of pepperoni pizza, I became tired of cooking competitions, so I began to wash my dishes. As I did I took a glance out the window in front of the sink and had to do a double
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they cannot live without each other or they can be as different as night and day. Lucy and Emily have always been the first. Even at the age of 24 they still lived together. They have rented a small roof apartment in an old post office from an old lady who had to move to a mental hospital after living alone for to long. It was the only tall building in the town so they had a great view over the sea. Tonight was like every other night. They made dinner, mainly pasta, and ate it in front of the TV and
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have to go whatever happens. (4) As I looked around, I finally saw what I’ve been looking for. I knelt beside it and no matter how hard I tried to forget, the memories came back like a wave crashing from the sea. (5) It was raining hard that night, at the same exact day as today, May 9, that I saw Rence, my friend and rival on that unfortunate road. (6) She was holding this same black umbrella that I was holding but it was not broken then. (7) As I watched her walk, I remembered the
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Lady Macbeth utilized figurative language in the genesis of her soliloquy, and begins her account with symbolism. Lady Macbeth speaks of a raven that she has been hearing outside, which symbolizes a bearer of misfortune. First of all, ravens are traditionally black, which is a color associated with death. Ravens are also considered to be omens in many cultures, as they usually flock around dead animals. This is the first piece of foreshadowing the death of King Duncan. In conjunction with the symbolism
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The footsteps got closer and I started to run. The forest was dark but I could see my house in the distance, if I could just keep running I could make it home. Just as I reached my house, I smashed into what seemed like body at high speed. “Fuck, that hurt.” I whispered as I rubbed head, it felt like I had ran straight into a wall. My head was stinging and I stumbled backwards before a pair of ice-cold hands held me just where my crop top stopped. The person covered my mouth in order to stop
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gurneys outside the operating rooms. Ambulance sirens shrieked and squad car lights reddened the cool nights, flashing against the hospital walls: gray-red, gray-red. On slow nights I would lock the door of the administration office, search the reference library for a book on female anatomy and, with my feet propped on the desk, leaf through the illustrations, smoking my cigarette. I was seventeen. One night my eye was caught by a familiar-looking word on the spine of a book The title was 450 X&Y of C~~EW
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corpses. There was always a thick fog that was visible in the forest. It felt like a monsters den, howling every night that was heard miles away. Paulina was a great person, she loved going on adventures and exploring places. She was young and was free. It was her ambition, so one day, she heard about the forest, due to her ambition she wanted to visit it. It was a cold and dark night, the frost hit her, the cold frost hitting against her with the wind. She walked through the fog towards the archway
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needs the boy’s presence in order to reassure himself that he is not alone. “When he woke in the woods in the dark and the cold of the night he’d reach out to touch the child sleeping beside him” (1). The imagery of the dark and cold woods contrasts with the feeling of a calming child’s presence to demonstrate how the boy is a source of hope in the midst of despair. Diction such as “Nights beyond darkness and days more gray each one than what had gone before” is
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related to insect, weather, and natural. Surprisingly enough, insect is the most annoying bugs at night in the summer. They are everywhere, from the grass to the trees. One night in summer day, I was sitting outside in the balcony in the dark and couldn’t see things well because I lit the candles. I heard the “buzz, zee” sound around my ear; I knew some kind of bee around me. I was terrified that night because I would look horrible if I got stung. I immediately blew the candle so the bee couldn’t see
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John’s mother, Elizabeth, is another one whose soul Baldwin explores during this night of prayer. Elizabeth’s memories are different than Gabriel’s; Gabriel was focused more on lust and sexual sin while Elizabeth wrestled with anger and hatred towards the ones who attempted to take care of her. She had lost her mother when she was only eight years old, which shows she had an uneasy childhood. She thinks of a time when she was not fully pleased with having to stay with her aunt instead of her father
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