The Fate

(Authors note: this is a short story about the year 2666 and the devil being on earth. We had do use the sentence Days of rain had swelled the rivers, floods threatened to break loose somewhere in our story.)

One day in the year 2666 the fate of mankind was decided. A devil like figure rose out of the ground, he was given the name, World Devourer. Years passed, clouds turned red fire rain from the sky, and it seemed as if the devil was on Earth. Country’s that had rising animosity towards each other suddenly became friends, in search of the World Devourer.

The year 2667 rolled in and military outposts where on every street corner, the army was 100 million strong and where prepared for anything, or so they thought. Suddenly the World Devourer rose out of the ground in a remote village in South Dakota, he grew strong devouring the soles of the dead. He grew wings and could fly like a dragon but could still look like a pitiful human.

Two years later, Days of rain had swelled the rivers, floods threatened to break loose. A General by the name of Jack Marten had a brilliant idea, to drown the devil, he would break a dam open when the devil is attacking his city and send the World Devourer back where he came from. A few days later earth was on its last wits, the devil came and the entire military knew what to do, launch a nuke on the dam destroying the dam and saving the world. Jack Marten made the call “Launch the nuke” and so the military did, saving the world while doing it.

Decades passed and earth was returning to normal, grass grew green, animals roamed the new founding forests, people returned home. Animosity rose back in between some country’s and life was like the year 2666 never happen.

To Be Continued…

Don't think about it

(Authors note: This essay is about some examples on how point of view is reflected in the short story Dead Man's Path)

There are examples of Point Of View in every short story or book ever made. Although some stories have some extraordinary examples of it, in the short story Dead Man’s Path there are no exceptions.

So far Chinua Achebe, the main character has been promoted to another school and has given himself a simple task, to make the school more modern. Wretchedly the village’s beliefs are making his job near imposable he wants to take down a path leading through the school. This is where point of view comes in, Chinua sees it as, “There is no reason not to take the path down, it’s an eyesore and kids are butchering the plants”. Just as Chinua gives the word the town starts ruling with a stone fist. The towns think because that path leads to a cemetery that all of the solders that where killed in the Civil war use that path to locate the cemetery.

Another example is, shortly after Chinua closes the path a few kids destroy the courtyard. The courtyard is a disaster and now a government worker is coming to see Chinua’s progress with the school. In his eyes he has made a terrible mistake and is worried about what the worker is going to think.

Overall, Mr. Achebe is a cocky but bold man. It seems as if he will do nearly anything to change this school but he found out real quickly, do not mess with people’s beliefs. This short story seems like it was made to demonstrate Point Of View.