The Knock on the Door

535 Words2 Pages

“Knock, knock” The muffled sound rouses me from my bed. I stand up and rub the sleep out of my eyes, mildly upset that someone has decided to disturb my Saturday morning. “Knock, knock.” There it is again. I yell out, “I’m coming!” And run down the stairs. I open the door and go into awe. I blink once, twice, three times. And then I rub my eyes again, afraid that I might still be sleeping. The face of the man standing before me brings back so many memories, and suddenly I’m 6 again. It’s Halloween and I had gotten back from trick or treating hours ago but I still sat in my costume. Mom had taken me trick or treating because dad had to work late. He always has to work late. I was planning to stay up as long as I had to until he got home. Mom had tried to coerce me out of my costume but I had held my ground, daddy just has to see me in my costume. Mom had tried to explain that he could see me tomorrow. But I countered in that it wouldn’t be the same or as special. He has to see me in my costume on Halloween or it just doesn’t count. Finally she gave up and said goodnight, probably t...

Show More
Related

  • Analysis of The Necessary Knocking on the Door by Ann Petry

    793 Words  | 2 Pages

    Ann Petry was born in Old Saybrook, Connecticut. She is white and was living in a neighbourhood where the majority of the people were black. Anyhow, Ann Petry when through her childhood without any prejudices against racial difference. It was only later that she encountered racism. Then, she studied and became a pharmacist but in 1938, she decided to move in Harlem with her husband and to write. She began by writing short stories and poems that exposed the treat of racism. The Necessary Knocking on the Door was one of them. Particularly, Ann Petry denounced this scourge of society by using setting, characterisation and conflict.

    Read More

  • The Painted Door - The Tragedy

    441 Words  | 1 Pages

    Ann and John, two characters from he short story "The Painted Door", do not have a very healthy relationship. John is a simple farmer who thinks the only way he can please his wife, Ann, is by working all day to earn money for her. However Ann would prefer him to spend more time with her. Their relationship is stressed even further when Ann is left at home alone with nothing to think about but their relationship because John has to go to his father’s house. The terrible snowstorm accentuates Ann’s feelings of loneliness and despair. John does not pay enough attention to Ann, and therefore creates a weak relationship.

    Read More

  • Jasper Jones Monologue

    709 Words  | 2 Pages

    Suddenly, the silence is shattered and my mind fills with fearful thoughts as my startled eyes flash open. Knock-knock.

    Read More

  • Machete Monologue

    1568 Words  | 4 Pages

    The boy reached for his blanket and covered half of his face in fear. The footsteps continued, getting louder every step. “It’s just mom and dad” he told himself. “No need to worry.” Footsteps were heard getting closer and closer to his room door. LOUD but slow, fear was uprising into the young boy’s heart. Suddenly they stopped and started going away.

    Read More

  • Halloween-Personal Narrative

    703 Words  | 2 Pages

    I can’t hold in my excitement as I run to the foyer. Mom looks at me worriedly, but I ignore her and throw open the door before the person standing behind it can knock. He looks at me with boredom lacing his expression, obviously expecting my weird gift to tell the future. I quickly hug him and grab his pale hand, pulling him outside. Tonight is Halloween, and the only time my pale blonde friend visits me. He’s my first and only friend, so I don’t mind that he doesn’t play with me the other three hundred sixty-something days in the year.

    Read More

  • Narrative Essay On Lord Of The Flies

    677 Words  | 2 Pages

    I woke up to the sound of footsteps and voices pacing back and forth. From what I could establish I was in an industrialized room, which consisted only of a small bed and bathroom. I moved my eyes down and found myself wrapped in blankets. I yanked the blanket off only to discover bandages covering my arms and legs. Where am I? I asked myself. I began to hear keys rattling I shifted my head towards the steel door, as it suddenly opened. A broad, muscular man dressed in a navy officer uniform abruptly said “You’re Ralph, yes?” I instantly felt a strange sense of security hearing a mature voice.

    Read More

  • Creative Writing: Creek Island

    560 Words  | 2 Pages

    I jumped and looked around for the source of the eery sound. That’s when I saw It. The door. I hadn’t seen It before. The door wasn’t there last night. Cautiously, I turned the handle.

    Read More

  • Short Gothic Story Examples

    1412 Words  | 3 Pages

    As we walked through the woods on the dark cold night in October we notice screaming of what we had thought to be the neighbor girl. We creep closer to the large mansion and climb the gates to get in the massive front yard. As me and my friends Kevin, Douglas, and randy reach the front door, we slowly creep open the front door, we hear screams and yells and very quickly leave the situation. We head back to the house for the night and decide that we will make a plan and return to the mansion tomorrow.

    Read More

  • Personal Narrative: Suicide And Suicide

    294 Words  | 1 Pages

    Oh Sh*t! The door slams shut in my face, and suddenly I am stuck in a tight, dark room, where I can’t even move my arms to be able to scratch my nose. It feels as if I have been buried alive, as if I am stuck in a coffin. Every second goes by painfully, seconds feel like hours, and minute’s feel like days.

    Read More

  • The Haunted House

    695 Words  | 2 Pages

    a dull grey colour as if it had lost the will to live and stopped

    Read More

  • The Locked Door

    348 Words  | 1 Pages

    There was a door that I had never gone in. It stood out in the middle

    Read More

  • Personal Narrative: My 18th Birthday

    743 Words  | 2 Pages

    After half an hour of waiting for someone to call and my sister and dad to come home also thinking about what to do. I gave up and went to take a shower. When I came out, my bed was made and my mom called me down for breakfast, which I didn’t feel like having. I just drank a glass of orange juice. My mother went to the porch to sit. After a few seconds I decided to join her. Since I had nothing better to do at that moment, I asked her where my sister and dad had gone. All she said was “I don’t know”. I gu...

    Read More

  • The First Time I Disobeyed My Dad

    945 Words  | 2 Pages

    One beautiful day that summer, I was playing outside with my friends when my mom called for me to come home. I did not want to abandon my guard post at the neighbor's tree house so I decided to disregard her order. I figured that my parents would understand my delima and wouldn't mind if I stayed out for another two or three hours. Unfortunately, they had neglected to inform me that my grandparents had driven in from North Carolina, and we were supposed to go out for a nice dinner. When I finally returned, my father was furious. I had kept them from going to dinner, and he was simply not happy with me. "Go up to your room and don't even think about coming downstairs until I talk to you."

    Read More

  • Narrative Essay About My Birthday

    731 Words  | 2 Pages

    It was around 2:00pm and it was time to open presents. I started with opening friend’s presents then I opened families. I was finally done opening all my presents. I looked around at all the people, who were looking at me and my dad was nowhere to be. That was the only present that I was looking forward too. The party ended and my dad didn’t show up, my little four years old hopes were in the ground, it was like I could feel my heart ripping appart. I looked at my mom and she mouthed I’m sorry, my faced turned rosy red and my eyes filled with tears. From that moment on my life was never the same. It was a dark cloudy day and I was going to see my dad. We were playing the game Sorry and he was winning. I was the yellow player and he was the green player, he was laughing and smiling the whole time. I wouldn’t have wanted to spend my Friday afternoon any other way. When the game was over he asked me to clean up the game while he went out to smoke a cig. When he entered the room and the game wasn’t picked up, he went crazy. His eyes seemed to turn a dark almost black color. It was like he was a completely different person when he came back

    Read More

More about The Knock on the Door

Open Document