STEINBECK

Dear John Steinbeck
Yes indeed, it has been a very long time. But I still remember your sloppy stories you have written in my class. I am sure that you have absorbed a great deal of my secret formula for writing short stories, and used them efficiently and wisely in your career. I do agree, with you that short stories are fairly difficult to start, because I even have the same troubles with that today. I congratulate of your winning of the Nobel Prize. I see that you have remembered what I told you. Your acceptance speech was marvelous, and very well written. I see a lot of what I have taught you, and I am glad you still use it in your Nobel winning speech. I wish you good luck in the rest of your career of writing and wish you will visit me sometime

Best wishes,

Edith Meredith

Immitation

The sound of the Jet Engines blast into the atmosphere, the sound of wind hurls backwards, and the big plane lifts off into the steamy air, above the clouds, and toward the sun. As the plane ascends, its image becomes smaller and smaller from the man kind view, after many minutes, it soon becomes a small unnoticeable note among all the other planes flying in the sky. For many, minutes, the flight was quite, as the plan soared above the clouds and towards its designated altitude.

The quite, and peace, was soon disturbed by the little ones, ones we call babies. The little ones soon conquered the audio atmosphere in the small, compact area of the aircraft. Their maddening screams, and yells, started to kill almost everybody aboard. Big fluffy earphones were put into action, heavy, long lasting books were starting to be read, and video devices were used.

The big bird machine flew longer; the first serving of food arrived. The smell of the unique airplane food started to fill the squishy atmosphere, and many voices started to light up. Even though, the food was not the best, it was enough to satisfy everybody, including the little ones, who soon dosed asleep. Thumbs started to get sucked, and soon, it was peaceful as ever, except the sound of many thumb sucking noises.

As the first movie came on, the people, started to take notice, maneuvering their eyes, from their miniature screens and focusing them upon the big screen. Many “Whaos, and Haha’s, and Ahh’s, were soon heard. The airplane environment soon became a fun place of entertainment.

When the movie ended, people started snoozing. Everybody’s mind went from their wonderland state, into a state, of peace, and muteness. The only sound available was the sound of the massive jet engines, blowing through the sky, and penetrating the clouds.

Suddenly, the plane makes its final decent, under the clouds, and on the runway.

Travels with Charly the Doggy

Charley, in the eyes of John is a very obedient, calm dog. In other words, he can be described as a house dog. A dog that is not very violent or aggressive. Why? Probably because of the fact that he has pretty much stayed inside a house, and never went anywhere far in his entire life. The furthest place he went until the park was probably just around the corner of town. As a result, he reacts very aggressively when encountering the bear. The bear was probably a symbol of freedom, and wilderness. I think it was that moment when Charley discovered himself of somebody more than just a house dog, a dog that likes to explore and tournament. So, when he saw the bear, he went mad about it. After his encounter with the bear, Charley was probably pretty upset with Steinbeck. Charley’s reactions of not eating or interacting with John showed him his anger towards Steinbeck. Apart from his anger, Charley is most likely looking forward to another wilderness experience to expand his newly found hobby. But John, on the other hand, would most likely disagree because of what happened with the bear. His views on Charley probably will start to change from then on.

Terrible Terrible Dust Storm Picture Description

Picture 1
This picture is of a man and woman, holding hands, probably a couple that is suffering through the dust storm, a terrible storm of dust that destroyed a lot of farm crops, which lead to all sorts of problems. The couple’s facial expressions are very dark and sad. It seems like they lost a lot of things and are trying to rebuild their future. Behind them is a loose looking tent, which is probably their temporary home. Apart from the tent, there is also a crummy looking towel that is drying on the cloth line. This picture helps add on the essay by giving the reader an idea of how the people are trying to rebuild, and live after the storm though the couple has been through a lot of hardships, their facial expressions still show a little bit of faith for things to get better.

Picture 2
In this picture, there is a big old car, some old rags, a metal bowl, a family of three small kids, their father, and a man, another car, and an old tent in the background. The family of four seems to be very sad and gloomy, crowding around their car, probably the only valuable item left of their family. Beside their car, there are some buckets, and a looks like a cloth line attached to the car. The family looks like they are eating some kind of plain food of some sort. The man in the background has a very worrying facial expression. He probably lost a lot of his stuff in the dust storm as well and only has a car left. This picture adds on to the essay by giving the reader an idea of how a family is trying to survive after the terrible event. The picture also shows the reader, that no matter what happens, a family will still be together.

Picture 3
This seems to be one of the only pictures of somebody who is actually showing some sort of happy facial expression. This man in the picture is holding an axe, wearing a hat, and has a whole bunch of wood in front of him. I this man is whether chopping up wood for his family needs or just making some money for food and other needs. He has a little smile on his face; probably because he knows what he is doing will be good for his family and can help them get through the hardships. In the background, there is another man, who is just standing there staring at the lumberjack. In the far background, there are a couple messy rows of white tents. I think those are the tents families has set up for themselves as a temporary shelter. I think this picture represents hope and destiny. The tents represent a start of hope for each family, and the man and the wood represents a new destiny. Even though what he is doing is a little thing, but it is still an act of a new destiny for his family.