6 Word Stories

Engagement ring, wedding ring, then suffering.

The land shook, and hearts shaken.

Stained by history, nobody dare knocks.

Its summer outside yet she's cold

The Happy Birthday that never came.

See the light? It's coming closer...

John Proctor: Hero or Stooge?

     John Proctor: Hero or Stooge? We all know that John was a respected man; a man that was looked up to but is that enough to conclude that he should get the title of "Hero". In my opinion I thought that John was both a Stooge and a Hero. Why is he a Stooge? Even though he knows that he has no more feelings for Abigail, he still tells her that "he may think of her softly from time to time". That gave Abigail the thought that their could still be a chance for them to be together. John was being played by Abigail, she knows that if John confesses about his crime of adultery he would face the consequences. John is hesitant whether or not he should confess or not. Time goes by and countless of people have been drag into this chain of accusations and all he to do to stop it was to confess and face whats coming for him. If he had confessed before all of this happened, this chain of accusations could have been prevented. The title Stooge fits him well at this time of the play. Time has passed and a number of people have been already sent to the gallows and when his wife had been accused of witchcraft, he knew he needed to put a stop to this. He confesses to his crime of adultery to save wife, Elizabeth. He knew what he had to do to save his wife and to show her that he loved her. John Proctor deserves the title of hero for his noble act.

There Goes The Neighborhood

       They came with giant canoes that could fit hundreds of people. They looked unusual, nothing that i have ever seen before, tall and white in skin. They spoke in a weird language and had an usual form of scripture. I first saw this scripture of the side of their great canoes, it said "Santa Maria", nothing that i have heard before. Curious they where, poking around trees and bushes as if they haven't seen this type of plant. The white folk took birds, rodents, and other animals; they put them in cages and examined them. As they where taking our native animals, they released unusual creatures of their own into the wood. We stayed hidden for the time being and watched closely as these people roam around and venture into our land.
        A day goes by and the white folk seems to be establishing a settlement near the shore where the great canoes where beached. We decide to interact with these people and greet them with open arms, they seem to be nice... we where wrong. As we came to greet them, they started yelling and pointing at us. Screams in their language was everywhere and the white folk started to run after us with nets and weapons. We ran back into hiding but they kept coming after us from everywhere... I lost a good friend that day.
       Years went by and they brought chaos from their homeland; more and more great canoes came carrying more of their kind. They brought disease and death with them, our riches where stolen right from our hands. They brought war upon our land, fighting with guns and cannons; it was chaos brought upon our land... There goes the neighborhood.

Me by: Ryan Joshua Escasa

              My name is Ryan. I go to Whitney Young High School; I went to Sauganash Elementary up north before I graduated.Whitney Young was my first choice because of how competitive and challenging the school is, it is a truly a school of champions. I was excited to move up into a new challenging level in both academics and sports. I love sports, my main sport is swimming and I hope to swim throughout my high school and college years. I was in the varsity team of swimming during my freshmen year, it was an unbelievable experience. It is more competitive than club swimming since you have to work as a team to rack up points every event so the you could win the meet or competition. We won city for the fifth time my first year here at Whitney, and I hope that streak goes on for years to come. Another sport I love to do that is closely related to swimming, is water polo. Water Polo is the most difficult sport, it is a combination of many other different sport but it is also in the water; a very adrenaline pumping sport. I also wish to take both of these sports to another level: college level. I would like to go to the University of Iowa, I'm a fan and the swim program there is remarkable. Sports is mainly my personal favorite thing to do. That's how i mostly spent mys summer, hanging out with friends and playing sports. Aside from sports related activities that I do, I'm really good at sketching or drawing. I use to draw a lot but not as much now so I was probably better when I was a year back than now. I like to draw random stuff and make them abstract; just a thing I like to do. Many things inspire me to do draw and its most likely something unique. something that would actually stand out.