Symbolism

        Symbolism is the use of concrete objects to represent abstract ideas and emotions. Symbolism can be found in the story The Robber Bridegroom by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm. An example of symbolism is the ring that was on the finger of the maiden that the robbers chopped up and killed. The robbers noticed the ring and chopped her whole finger off with an ax because they couldn't seem to get it off. When they did it flew off into the air, over the barrel the bride was hiding behind, and just happened to land into her lap. The bride didn't listen to the bird and went into the house anyway because she thought nothing of it. It was the moment the finger landed in the bride's lap that she had come the realization that she was soon to be married to a horrifying man. I think the ring was somewhat symbolic because the bride was supposed to be married to the robber bridegroom and when you get married you exchange rings.  It represented the what the future held if she would have went through with the wedding.

Hint fiction

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her special day

She walked in. People got on their feet. Music played setting the back round to the sounds of gasps not at her beauty but of pitter patter of runaway feet. 

Empty

He reached inside feeling for what he so deeply desired. More nervous than excited. Time was up and he now realized. His head slowly rising, not able to look her in the eyes, told her the bad news.

short story book review

A couple weeks ago I started reading a series of short stories for class. The book is called Undone! by Paul Jennings. The stories within the story are the little adventures this girl takes to save a boy that lives in the caves of the woods with bats because it is about to fall in at any moment. Her father forbids it at first then lets her after realizing she was going with or without his permission. I like this book because of the storyline and how its written. A girl, in the woods on and adventure, by herself, it gets you interested. I'm not finished with the whole story yet but so far I like it. Its action filled and has alot of really good parts. So far, id give it a 9.

What makes a story? Why do we tell stories?

   To me, what makes a story is the plot. The plot of a story represents the creativity the author had when they were thinking about the idea for it. A good plot has a protagonist, an antagonist,and conflict. Without these things the story is dull and the reader had nothing to look forward to when reading it.

   What is the point of even writing stories? I feel that sharing ideas with others broadens peoples imaginations. When listening or reading to other people's stories you take a break from reality and see things through the eyes of another person. This, I think is what keeps people sane. If everyone sat around and thought of nothing else but what goes on in their own lives, nothing would be interesting.

book review- into the beautiful north by Luis Urrea

The book Into the Beautiful North written by Luis Urrea was a good story although it didn’t catch my interest until well into the book . I enjoyed it because it had a good plot and I like the way it was written. It was written almost like a movie plot. It’s a quest story. It had good action and drama. It was serious  and realistic but still had some funny parts to it. I like how there was some Spanish woven in throughout the story. the main character Nayeli is made to be the heroin which is different from most story lines. The characters were interesting and gave some drama to it and was seen through different perspectives. I’m not done with the story yet but it has a great storyline and makes me want to read more.

Fireworks

Loud booms of what sounded like thunder filled the skies. It startled her making her jump back. This was the cutest thing. It turned our attention to the stars that floated above us and interrupted our somewhat dull conversation, which was only so because of my nervousness around her. "It's okay I whispered." I could tell from her expression she felt secure around me. She looked up into the sky in awe of the colors of the bursting pom poms. Nothing could compare to the smile she had watching them. As she stared so did I but only into her eyes which shined even brighter than the fireworks that emerged from thin air. This was the beginning to beautiful life with my loved one. The grand entrance into the heart of a woman who love back but for all the right reasons.