I didnt dare say sorry because that would send him either on a rant about how I dont have common sense or crying because he hurt my feelings. I sat with my hands folded and head bowed for the rest of the car ride. We pulled into the driveway and my dad turned the key and pulled it out of the ignition. I unbuckled my seat belt and started to get out of the car. “Bear died,” his voice was shaking.
Y/N” said the machine. Once again, the cry fell on deaf ears. “Security dispatched” was the final remark of the machine before it went back into sleep mode. As Jack sat there in the truck listening to the radio, he noticed a Black SUV, and then another, rolling down the driveway, two flashing lights on top of each, one green, one white. As he stepped out of the truck wondering what he did wrong, he took a big gulp of air.
As the four remorsefully glared at a stone that read “Son, Brother and Friend”, the deafening silence was pierced suddenly by the deathly shriek of a darkened crow. “Ahhh!” exclaimed the silent Delia. Again it shrieked, and again! Frightened Skye grabbed Delia’s hand while Ivan was holding Maia. The unending fog hung on the stones of the dead like a heavy, suffocating sheath, casting relentless misery on all who trespassed through it.
The valley of the ashes connects with Gatsby’s failure in obtaining the American Dream because it is obviously is the root of a lack of success. The eyes of Doctor T.J. Eckleburg are fading eyes on a billboard looking over the valley of the ashes. They represent God’s omniscience and overwhelming ability to see all corruption in the world. Throughout the novel, Tom and Myrtle have an affair although they are married, therefore committing adultery. One night, Myrtle runs into the street and is hit by a car, “It’s driver hurried back to where Myrtle Wilson, her life violently extinguished, knelt in the road and mingled her thick dark blood with the dust.”(pg 137) The way she was hit left her in a prayer position facing the Eyes of T.J. Eckleburg on the billboard, as if she is forced to pay for repentance for her sins.
When conflict arises, it is impossible not to take a side, everyone has a role.” “I was left alone with a group of young women, speaking in a different tongue. When the colonel arrived, the room went dead silent; they all bowed their head straight away, as obedient as a herd of sheep. It’s impossible to ignore the fear in their eyes. I was horrified when I saw a horrible wound across one of the women’s face. It was still bleeding, blood dripping down her cheek.
The man told me that if I cried he would shoot my mother. Luckily the man had to do errands so he took our car, left us on the side of the street and standing a block away was a police officer who quickly caught up with the man and arrested him. This was my first real experience of fear. I wasn’t sure if I was more scared of losing my life or losing my mom. Just like the Lieutenant Cross, I suffered the fear of losing not only myself but a loved one as well.
In this case, her definition of “good” seems to include unawareness and bad judgement, none of which are “good”. The grandmother then utilizes the word “good” to the Misfit. After she and her family get into a car accident, the Misfit and two other men approach them in a ditch. She recognizes him from the newspaper. She asks him whether he’d shoot a lady.
‘Wrecked’ Analysis Cause Effect 1. Main character grabs the wheal While he is hostage. The car crashes, others die and he gets stuck. 2. The crash.
With the second blow came the sound of shattering glass and people. Two people got ejected from the car, and landed like a bug on a windshield, to the side of the road. My dad immediately stopped the car and all 3 of us ran over to help the two people that lay like ragdolls on the side of the road. As we approached I knew that one was gone for sure, due to decapitation, but the other lay motionless. He screamed and yelled for his mom who lay next to him.
Effects of Texting on Communication One dark night, my friend was driving his old car with his friends, on Jizan-Sabia road. While he was driving fast, his phone was in his hand, and he was texting with his classmate on a trivial topic. Suddenly, he saw a car in front of him, but he was not able to stop in time to avoid an accident. As the result, he crushed that car and his passengers got injured. They were taken to the hospital, where they stayed for a week.