The Scream


   Joe was an ordinary 12 years old. He lived by the riverside with his parents whom were fishermen for more than 15 years, even before Joe was born. He had a round face, very short and shiny white hair, big and wide eyes, a stout nose, small mouth, and a small bit of freckles on both of his cheeks. He liked to play basketball, play computer games, and just like anybody else, absolutely hated school. He was ready to sacrifice anything among his possessions to drop out of school.

   On one ordinary day of summer vacation, Joe arrived from daily basketball practice and opened the refrigerator to drink a can of Gatorade. He had a weird feeling in him for all day long. The day was too... too ordinary. He ignored the unusual feeling he got from an ordinary day of his ordinary life and grabbed his chicken and egg sandwich and went to watch the sunset.

   The sunset was always beautiful and touched the bottom of my heart. The glowing orb gleamed at the horizon, as it unleashed its last light of the day to paint the sky in purple, orange, red, yellow and pink. As the sun started to sink to the bottom of the river, Joe’s mother sat beside him. She seemed to be touched by the sunset, until she said, “Joe, are you ready for your new school year?”

“No, I don’t want to go. Why are asking me that?”, asked Joe dubiously.

“You don’t know, Joe? Tomorrow is your first day of 6^th grade in middle school!”, said Joe’s mom.

“… no way…”, Joe said weakly, as he stood up trembling.

“I can’t believe you didn’t know. So, I guess you are not ready yet to start a new year..”

   Joe was now having a major headache. He could not listen to rest of his mom’s words. He fell down on his knees and his father came running toward him shouting some bizarre words. His vision became very narrow and her parents started to look like black demons and monsters that will drag him down to the deepest bottom of hell. He started to run toward the bridge. The sunset no longer seemed beautiful and touching, but burnt his body with its blazing heat. The river seemed like a slithering serpent laughing at his agony and pain. As he reached the middle of the bridge, his head was aching with so much pain, that he could no longer run or walk. All he could do was scream.

But even that could not stop his parents from sending him to school^^

8.11 -2010

Question: What characteristics describe "good" writing? What is the process of writing?

Answer:
      I believe a "good" writing would consist of clear theme and topic, reasonable reasons, valid and well-supported examples, and a moral conclusion. First of all, the reason why clear theme and topic sentence is importance is because the reader must know what the writer is talking about before looking at the details. Secondly, reasonable reasons is important because the writer needs to convince the reader to look at the event or the problem in his/her point of view. For example, if a writer says apples are better for health than oranges but, states that it is because he feels like it or because apples are more 'red' than oranges, it is not going to convince the reader. Thirdly, valid and well supported examples are definitely needed in a "good" writing because writer needs to illustrate when it is needed or used. For example, if a writer says that cellphones are hindering communication, the writer needs to illustrate different ways and times when a cellphone could be deleterious to communication. Lastly, moral or at least clear and reasonable conclusion is needed in an essay. This is because the readers wants to know why or what have motivated the writer and what the writer wishes his writing could bring.
      A writing consists of planning, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing. Planning consists of planning of what one is going to write about and valid examples that one is going to use in his writing. Drafting consists of writing down ideas and trying to finish them in an essay. Revising is a stage where the writer looks over his drafts and revise any mistakes or problems in the main theme, ideas, examples, and other aspects that makes up to be the main structure of an essay. Editing is when writer goes over his essay/writing and edits all the spelling and grammar mistakes. Finally, publishing is a stage when a writer gives his essay/project a final touch to present to others.