Fear and Madness

1) I don't really like being scared...and I'm easily scared...I'm only okay being scared when I have someone that is scared more than myself with me. That way it's not as scary...

2) I am seriously afraid of clowns...my reason, I watched the movie "It" when I was 3. I'm also terrible afraid of spiders (except the one that is living in my room named "Bob." There are many other things I'm scared of, like loosing my friends, my family and being abandoned when I'm in need....but I'm actually not afraid of death...which many people consider weird. Another thing that doesn't scare me is blood and guts...I watched to many kung fu flicks when I was a child to be scared by those things...I will admit that things that randomly pop out of no where do scare me..sometimes...

3) A good definition of madness for me is a person who doesn't believe in reality and someone who finds excitement is things that are disturbing and inhumane. A person to be mad to me would have to be living, just kidding. A person who is mad would be someone who doesn't understand what's right and wrong and does things that are immoral and terrible to society, the law, and just plain common sense.

4) I believe that people are driven mad by stress and some may be born with the insanity in their mind. If people get beyond angry and go into an intense frenzy and loose all conscience thought about their own actions that may be considered insanity for a moment. Insanity is a topic no one would be able fully contemplate.

Assingment #5

1) When you leave home, you always expect to come back at some point in time. Maria Gomez had expected that, at least, before she lost hope.

2) "Oof," A homeless woman sighed as she sat down on the side of the road. Maria Gomez, was her name, she had wanted to return home, but never did, and now she is out of home.

3) A racing car on the highway below sped past many like it, being followed by a troup of flashing cars. Maria Gomez had seen it before, so she just ignored the sirens and squealing tires as she sat there, alone, homeless, and hopeless.

4) The blowing wind surrounded the passerby's along the path, but lingered on one woman sitting on the side of the road, wanting to be back at home, but never returning.

5) A single tear escaped a homeless woman's eye, as she desperately tried to warm herself with the happy thoughts of home. The one home that she ever had, and would never return to.

Assignment #4

Arnold is a creeper...he scares me...The story itself is pretty good...but Arnold Friend is a creepy dude...The story was intriguing, but the ending was unexpected and kinda strange. The plot was interesting and kinda difficult to find and understand, the setting wasn't the most descriptive, so it was kinda hard to picture. Connie seemed like an average girl going against her family a lot. Arnold...well...I think you know my opinion on him...as said above.

The setting in the second half is important because it shows that she was excited to be alone, but she was vulnerable being alone. When she is alone, Arnold showed up and well...the ending is the strange, especially when he gets her out of the house and takes her away from her home.

I think that at the end she gets willingly kidnapped, if that makes any sense... He persuaded her out of her house, after she gave up of course, and takes her away.

Elements of a great short story:
1) Intriguing characters
2) Enthralling plot
3) A first line that hooks you in
4) The element of surprise
5) An element of some emotion
6) A character that scares you
7) Some innocence
8) Some sort of action
9) Fight scenes
10) Life threatening trials.