In class this past week, we looked at a piece of writing known as Hills Like White Elephants (Ernest Hemingway). This story helped us explore how to show emotion and how to add dialog in our writing. Showing emotion and showing dialog in a story will help your audience feel what you were feeling.
It was a lovely weekend when I was having a rough time in school. I had no idea why until I realized it had something to do with the loss of a very special person in my life. Last year was the hardest year for me because in my English class we were reading Macbeth and it had a lot of killings involved which made me uncomfortable. I went home one day after school and was upset. My parents were concerned because I refused to talk to them about what was going on. I wanted nothing to do with anything involving my family. This is where the story began… One day in school last year, I went to my first period class and I was starting to tear up. I asked to go to the office because I just knew it was going to be hard for me. I knew we were reading Macbeth as a class and we were at the part of the story where the murders started to happen. When I went to the office they asked me what happened. I said “ Something is triggering my tears. Also, I can’t figure out what is going on. I need support to figure out what is bothering me.” My guidance counselor took me into her office and sat down with me and said “ Please tell me what’s going on, people are worried , are you okay ?” I said in reply “ No, I think it has something to do with a death in my family and its triggering tears in my English class.” I was an emotional wreck and people thought I faked it. I would never fake my emotions, I show my emotions all the time because that is the person I am. The office took what I said into consideration and they called my parents. I didn’t think I needed that kind of attention. Yes, things were bothering me but that didn’t and won’t stop me from doing the things I love. I haven’t had a perfect day in my life ever since I lost my uncle through a horrible thing called suicide. I had a conversation with my parents about everything that happened. It was really difficult for me. I took the time to talk to people, but they just didn’t really understand what was going on in my head. My emotions were shown all the time and this is something that will never go away. Losing someone that you love is the hardest pain ever. When my parents heard about this, they reached out to me and asked my questions to verify what the guidance office had told them about me and why I was upset. That night when I went home, I was drained and all I wanted to do was just have time alone and write down my thoughts because I thought it would help me in the long run. When I went up to my room, I grabbed my copybook and a pen , then I began to write down how I was feeling. I felt a little bit better after but not 100%. A few days later , I was working on homework in my room and my dad said to me “Hey Lyss, come down stairs for a second.” I walked down the steps and I saw my aunt in the living room and I started to cry. I had no idea what was going on. I walked down the steps completely and I looked at everyone that was there. My dad and my aunt were standing in the living room and it looked like they were about to say something to me. I stopped at the bottom of the steps and my dad said “come sit down next to me. Your aunt has a gift for you.” I thought it was something bad but it turned out to be a bear. This wasn’t just a bear, this was a bear that was made from my uncle’s favorite flannel shirts. This was something they wanted me to have so that I had him with me everywhere I went. At this point, yes, it does help in some ways but it is not something that will ever be the same. I was very emotional when he was handed to me. This bear goes everywhere I go. I don’t care if it’s with me at school. It helps me get through a heck of a lot and I am so happy that my family has stepped in to help me.
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Aislyn Benasutti
9/24/2019 05:15:25 am
I'm sorry here to you had to go through something like that. I can understand how you're feeling I've lost two uncles, one of them also to suicide in the past five years. It can be a very difficult thing to get through and I'm glad to hear you're now doing better and found ways to cope. It's nice to have people/family around you that support you in times of need.
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Naomi
9/24/2019 05:25:42 am
Great story, sorry for your loss. I seen a lot of emotions in your story(mostly sad).
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Sabatino
9/26/2019 06:13:29 am
We have talked about this story in person...so here I want to say thank you for sharing this part of your life with this new writing community.
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