Creative Writing? How About a Car With a New Paint Job.

Wow! It's been forever since I was this shiney! I must look like new! Some TLC has been long over due, and this just hits the spot! My driver came up to me, and said "Well, old chap, you are looking kind of rusted, and your paint is chipping! Time to send you in!" Took him long enough! I have been sitting outside in the rain, snow, sun, and wind every day since he bought me a couple years ago. I think if he were to sit in my place, he would look a bit rusted too! I must admit, it was very nice of him to send me in to get a new paint job! This shade of red is very becoming on an old car like me.
The entire experience was one I will remember always! It was one of the most spectacular feelings! They had covered my windows and windshield with paper and tape, and they sanded down my old paint! It was rather weird to have no color on my doors, or hood. It was very nice of them to do however, and they filled in my rust spots too! Fancy that. As soon as they had removed all my old, ugly paint, they put this weird white paint on in several layers. I guess it is supposed to make the red, shiney paint stay longer. Thats what one of the men said, I think. Well, I was excited none the less for them to start painting on the new red my owner had picked out for me. It looked fantastic as they started to build up the coats.
After they had finished with the red, they put a protector coat on, and wheeled me back out into a shop, and removed the tape and paper, letting me see how I looked with my new color. Needless to say, I loved it. They gave me a nice buffing, and got me shining like the day I was bought. It was a wonderful feeling. I didn't think I would ever look this good! I look years younger! I am so thankful that he sent me in. In the future, I will have to try and keep myself looking good. Maybe he will put me in the garage once in a while! He should. I don't think he would want to waste all the work that was put into my new look. Boy, wont that be a treat. I have never been in the garage! I wonder if its warm during the winter, and cool during the summer! My, my. I am getting excited just thinking about it! But now, I think I heard the front door close! its high time he took me out for a spin. I will finally get to show off this new color!

Inhumanity in our Societies

There has always been disputes and wars. Most of them devastating. We are inhumane and so intent on violence, we don't seem to know what we are doing anymore. We are indifferent to the violence. In "The Lottery", by Shirley Jackson, the village dwellers have the lottery every year, and each year, stone one person to death. It is something that they have been doing for years, passed on from generation to generation. It is something that they have become indifferent to. It's just a tradition now. When there is talk about giving it up, Old Man Warner objects, saying "nothing but trouble in that. Pack of young fools." Indifference is not only in the story of the lottery, it is present today, in our past, and our future. Elie Wiesel gave a speech to the president about his gratitude to America for saving him from Nazi Germany. But he brings into view the indifference that the troops and the president had towards the refugees as they were on the shores of America. They were sent away, back to the place they fled. Back to the place they would surely die. We as humans are not perfect. We as humans, however, are full of indifference and violence. It is a part of life. We cant run and hide from it, but we can try to change it.

The Watchmen Synthesis

The lyrics to "Superman's Song" describes Superman, and what he might have felt, and what he could have done, and very well explains The Watchmen, and what they might have gone through as well. Superman lost his family, and his entire planet, but he comes to earth and decides to stay and do what he can to protect the citizens. "He forced himself to carry on, forget Krypton, and keep going". The strength he possessed was enough to break into any bank in the united states, but he didn't think twice about it. Superman may have been tempted to give up, to quit, and leave everything behind, but he pushes on, "...changing clothes in dirty old phone booths till his work was through". The Watchmen relate very close to this. Rorschach has lost family, been an outcast, but he still pushes on and does whatever he needs to do to stay a masked adventurer. Nite Owl, for example, has gadgets and gizmos to break into any bank (or prison, for that matter), or turn to crime himself, but he has a sense of what is wrong, and what is right. The watchmen do not falter. Thoughts of quitting and leaving everything behind may bombard them at the worst of times, but they don't give in. They carry on with their dignity and stay until their job is finished.








"Even though he could have smashed through any bank in the United States, he had the strength, but he would not. Folks said his family were all dead their planet crumbled but Superman, he forced himself to carry on, forget Krypton, and keep going"

Review

The Sweet Far Thing, By Libba Bray, is a wonderful book full of excitement and suspense. The Sweet Far Thing is one to keep readers on their toes. The context is outstanding, and the plot is out of this world. It would be very suitable for young readers interested in magic, realms, and conflict. It is not a short read, but takes longer than I would have expected to finish. Some parts cant help but to draw you in and make you re read them again and again, making you feel part of the story. The use of language and setting also plays a significant role in making this book a worthwhile read. All in all, this is a spectacular book, the third in a trilogy, and is one to be in the possession of any young reader.