SIx Stories

For our independent novel, Derek, Ryan, Brad, Thurman, Sam and I chose to read Nine Stories by JD Salinger. As a response to this, we created our own group of six stories that all revolve around characters at Roosevelt Prep. who deal with a central action in each story. The stories are all purposefully different in location, events, etc. and this is to demonstrate the difference in perspectives that Mr. Johnson taught us about. Originally, there was swearing, as we tried to create an authentic voice, but we edited it for the final, published draft. Hopefully, the stories are posted in correct order on the blog, but just in case, here's the order, hyperlinked to that post.

Easton Park

Dragovski "No Name" Norris

Nigel Corso

Abraham Harriston

Winston Carter

William Scholotzky III

The Night

Author's Note: I wrote this piece to sort of delve into my spirituality. In church one day, I began to think how we don't associate ourselves with the devil, and yet we sin. We associate ourselves with God, and yet we still are reluctant to accept his way of life as our own. Also, I included a little bit of the leap of faith stuff that we learned from Life of Pi. I wanted to experiment with a new type of poetry here, the one where you write out sentences and format them differently. William Carlos Williams, my adopted poet, did this in his poem "Asphodel", so I decided to try it out.

No one talks to the night

because it is the night, but they

make shady, underhanded deals

with it away from

the glow of the streetlights.

No one howls to the moon

because it is the moon, but they

allow their hearts to cry out

to it when they are

alone in their minds.

No one forgets the sun,

because it is the sun, but they

never rush to embrace

it, tripping over themselves

in welcome.

No one betrays the day,

because it is the day, but they

are not quick to

ally themselves with it, in case

anyone may see.

But night is day, and

sun is moon

and all we're left with is

ourselves, at the edge of a pit, and

all we can do is jump.