Lifeless - Original Writing "Come on, you've been in the bathroom for nearly an hour. I thought you were a boy, not a girl," I screamed at Nathan. It got to about an hour and a half when I stared to really worry. I called for mum and dad, "Mum, dad he's been in the bathroom for nearly an hour and a half, I'm starting to worry." Dad decided to knock the door down, when he did we found Nathan sitting on the toilet seat, with a bottle of sleeping pills by his foot. "Nath, Nath! Kelly ring for an ambulance I think he's taken an overdose! Hurry!" mum shouted to me, in tying in vain to wake my brother's lifeless body. "Hello the ambulance service, how may I help you?" said the operator on the other side. "Yeah, um it's my brother; I think he's taken an overdose!" I shouted down the telephone line. "OK. Can I have your address please?" The women on the other side asked me. "It's 26, Primrose Avenue, Birmingham. What do I do?" I asked her. "Go and get the bottle and tell me how many tablets are left in there also how many it says there should be in it," I ran to the bathroom, stumbling as I did, "Mum pass me the bottle, quick. Hello, right there's only 3 left in the bottle and it says there should be 16," I told the operator, holding back the tears as I knew if I stated to cry, mum would follow. "OK, I want you to put him on the recovery position and wait for the ambulance to come. It should be there in 2 minutes. Bye." The minutes seemed like hours then I heard the sirens of the ambulance. Dad ran to the door and filled them in on everything that had happened. "How old is Nathan?" asked the male paramedic, checking his pulse as he did, I told him. The next thing I knew they'd tied him to a stretcher and were putting him in the back of the ambulance.
In Susan Mitchell’s poem “The Dead”, the speaker describes the life of a dead person to show that those we lose aren’t truly gone. The poem starts out talking about what dead people do in their afterlife, starting to form a picture in the reader’s head. Towards the middle, she starts using personal connections and memories associated with what the dead are doing. This shows us that they will always be there to remind us of memories shared together. At the end of the poem, the reader shows us that she is talking about someone who has passed that was close to her in her childhood. Perhaps Mitchell wrote this trying to get over the loss of a loved one, showing that they will never be forgotten. The poem has a
“As I Lay Dying, read as the dramatic confrontation of words and actions, presents Faulkner’s allegory of the limits of talent” (Jacobi). William Faulkner uses many different themes that make this novel a great book. Faulkner shows his talent by uses different scenarios, which makes the book not only comedic but informational on the human mind. As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner is a great book that illustrates great themes and examples. Faulkner illustrates different character and theme dynamics throughout the entire novel, which makes the book a humorous yet emotional roller coaster. Faulkner illustrates the sense of identity, alienation, and the results of physical and mental death to show what he thinks of the human mind.
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On a cold winter day, my family was getting ready to meet at my grandma’s house like we had done our whole lives. Christmas was one of the most important days of the year for the Robertson’s. Each aunt made entrées and deserts along with the delicious food that my grandma made each year. Food and family were the two main reasons everyone loved Christmas. On the way to Triune where my family lives, my mother started to cry which I thought was odd for
Caroline Burke Serena Blount English 210 19 April 2024 Finding Anomalous Features in William Faulkner's As I Lay Dying William Faulkner’s As I Lay Dying, is a Gothic novel that is different from most literature works we have been presented. Throughout the novel, readers follow the Bundren family and see how Faulkner challenges us to critically understand the themes of death, family, and self. What sets this novel apart from others is the use of different writing styles and masked meanings to narrate an interesting, but heartbreaking story. In As I Lay Dying, William Faulkner presents many anomalous features such as symbolic imagery, stream-of-consciousness narration, and unconventional use of language and dialect that are crucial to dive deep
Over the summer break I read two different books, The Martian by Andy Weir and Touching the Void by Joe Simpson. Despite their different genres these two books manage to share the similarity of being survival stories. One book is about an abandoned astronaut on Mars trying to ensure his own survival; the other is about two climbers trying to survive their treacherous climb of Siula Grande in the Peruvian Andes. Both stories have equally as high stakes but they are handled very differently by their authors. The theme of The Martian by Andy Weir exhibits several important similarities to the central idea of Touching the Void.
In the poems, Suicide Note by Janice Mirikitani and Dreams of Suicide by William Meredith, the element of suicide is unmistakably the theme. Although both poems are tragic and melancholic, each poet focuses their attention on different aspects of suicide. Mirikitani dissects the inner thoughts of the speaker and focuses on suicidal ideation, while Meredith’s version brings attention to the suicides of three writers by dedicating and honoring them individually. In Dreams, “the speaker conveys his own empathy for those writers who could not survive the struggle to reconcile art and life” (Kirszner & Mandell).
The sweat on my cold palms glistened like glitter as I traced the path of my lifeline with my weary eyes. The waiting room was motionless while the crisp air conditioner in the hospital building pounded through the relentless eighty degree spring. A crinkled newspaper on the stand next to me was outdated and torn, as if someone has brutally thrown it aside during a monetary loss of the calm tide.
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My writing as a poet has been heavily influenced by writers like Langston Hughes, Nikki Giovanni, Alice Walker and Slam poets such as Black Thought and the Last Poets. These writers write and speak about the struggles and uniqueness of Black culture. Their individual experiences and political stances as well as the influences of other artist are evident in their work. For example in Giovanni’s poem “Revolutionary Music” she quotes some of the lyrics from Sam Cooke and James Brown to illustrate her personal views on racism and the equal rights movements. Hughes in his piece titled “Message to the President” skillfully incorporates the political events of his time into his poem using it to sardonically articulate his view on racial inequalities that were occurring in his time. Black Thought and the Last Poets utilize jazz and urban hip hop along with their idea of Black to relay their message.
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hardest decisions I would ever have to make in my life. My real mom had just gotten a