Martin's Story: A Fictional Narrative

The author uses dialogue to show this scene. This leads to the theme because it shows how Martin decided to do something about it when he noticed seeing her. “ ‘Hello, Martin,’ she said, and laughed, and pushed the stop button” (Sleator 31). This quote shows how Martin was right after all. He was aware of his surroundings, even though it didn’t end

Then the police starts asking them questions and finally tells them to come out of the car with their hands held high up. When the police says that Sophie uses the car door with a lot of force and slam it as the police making him fall on his back. Then Sophie drives away at really high speed with the police car following them. After they lose the police car, some people dressed in black clothing starts to grab Sophie and Hugo but then a white caravan appears and the people in black clothing let Sophie and Hugo go. In the white caravan, there was Luce and her dad. They let Marc-Andre, his parents and Luce come along with them.

In his poems “Martin and the Hand Grenade” and “Harry Wood”, Foulcher explores the ideas of the difference between adults and children in their interpretation of warfare. Foulcher also explains the ideas that man has a violet streak which can lead to destruction. In the second poem, the composer conveys the selfishness of living only to acquire wealth and how material possessions do not ultimately bring happiness and fulfillment. Foulcher uses his senses and a variety of techniques to convey his ideas and experiences.

1. Where does the Martin family live? What year is it? The Martin Family live in South Carolina.

I remember falling asleep, but I don’t remember being in a bed. I had fallen asleep in the hall due to my emotional state. My body didn’t need the sleep. My mind did. I’m actually happy I did. It got my mind off all my problems and sorrows for a good while. I sit up, pushing the unfamiliar blankets off my body. I’m in a strange hard bed in a foreign room. Everything around me feels new and alien. This isn’t my dull little prison. This room is slightly decorated with light brown walls and a dresser covered with random things.

Benjamin Martin, a veteran of the French and Indian War, raising his seven children on his farm in South Carolina. His eldest son, Gabriel, wants to fight in the Revolution War; Benjamin did not share the same interest. While in Charleston for the congress meeting, it is voted that South Carolina join the war against the British against Benjamin's advice. Gabriel enlists in the Continental army. The war wages on for two more years and Gabriel writes letters to his family. One night, gunfire is heard outside the family home. As Benjamin draws a pistol to a wounded soldier that entered the home, it was Gabriel trying deliver dispatches. Benjamin gives him care, and to the other wounded soldiers, both Continental and British, through the night

Benjamin Martin goes from being a chair maker in his barn to a Colonel in the militia. Most people knew him as the hero of Fort Wilderness. He was very anti war and wanted to make peace treaties and talk it out with the British. The last thing he wanted to do was go to war. His oldest son on the other hand had been wanting to join the army for the past couple years so when the war came to South Carolina he final disobeyed his dad and signed his name on the draft. His dad was mad but just went home and forgot about it. Then one day there was a fight out front of Benjamin's house. He went to help them and they were all laying around his house and the people we're helping the wounded. Then one of the generals came and killed them all and one of

King Martin XII.5 was a significant man with an extraordinarily elongated neck. He is the king of Martinsville. Martinsville is very grubby and musty. It is very dull and unappetizing to live in. The citizens live in appalling, congested homes that are dirt filling with thousands of rats living side by side with the humans. The citizens also are mistreated on a daily basis. Unfortunately, King Martin XII.5’s extraordinary neck turns him into a malevolent king who abuses his power and ruins his citizens’ lives. King Martin XII.5’s neck is 12 ½ feet long. Many people died daily from the abusing from King Martin XII.5´s neck by getting swept off the ground with King Martin XII.5’s neck so high that they fall to their death.

When the boys leave the room they find the area where they had eaten the night before. They then went down a hallway which was unfamiliar. The lights in the hallway then go off, a

When a Grandmother's fight with her 11-year-old grandson got out of control, her husband stopped the battle in a deadly way.

not knowing exactly everything about the man showing he is judging him based on only limited information. Opposite of how he feels about his uncle, Will was introduced as an orphan as his immediate family had died which forced him to have to come live with his aunt which clearly takes a toll on him, “Forget? Will swallowed hard. It was fine for Doc Martin to talk. The war hadn’t ruined his life.’’ (Reeder 2)This reveals Wills feelings on his immediate family as he obviously cares and misses them deeply and he seems to take the sorrow of not having them no longer on his uncle because he is unable to let other "family" into his heart. Similarly on Salvas end his internal thoughts are very consecutive as he us overwhelmed with the thought that

Andries suddenly sat up on his bed. He was confused. Was that a nightmare or was that what they call a dre—

He woke up in a dark room. He was numb and dizzy. The figure of a man kept on flickering through his head. He couldn’t move. He had no memory. His whole body was full of pain and agony.

While trying to figure out what to do with the body they go have a look at the cook Mrs. Ho to find her murdered in the kitchen, with the knife in her back. On coming back to the study Mr. Boddy has vanished to be later found bleeding from the head in the washroom attacked with the candlestick.

If one man never steps forward to show all the others that change is possible, nothing will ever change. When you look back at history of the American civil rights movement, Malcolm X and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. are still often two of the first names even someone of today’s society may think of. They were, and still are, some of the most influential men to ever live. As young African-American men living during a time of harsh global, but most importantly, national racism and prejudice; teaching effective techniques to achieve peace and equality to others was extremely difficult for Dr. King and Malcolm X.