55 Fiction

Melanie picks up her pace, as she senses the footsteps creeping closer. Her heart begins to pound harder, as sweat trickles down her brow. Eventually gathering the courage to face this creep.

She turns to his hand grabbing her arm, only to be relieved her boyfriend Dwayne, was there to surpise her after work.

Creative Pursuit

Arrogance, greed along with satisfaction fills the mind. Beautiful and dirty rich ...surrounded by paper, she drowns in that currency, one can only dream. Overruled by selfish thoughts, on a cold dark night, with all the green in the world she has noone to share, one is left oh so lonely. With the power and respect, one could work a lifetime yet never achieve, she is found so empty and incomplete. The animal that lays upon provides warmth and comfort, but this feeling of comfort, is much different with the comfort shared with a companion. Money can supply her joy, but she may never find true happiness.

Novel Synthesis

The poem Not waving, but Drowning relates to the novel My sister's Keeper quite significantly. Specifically with Anna, whom is constantly ignored. like the character in Stevie Smith's Not Waving but Drowning. " Nobody heard him, but still he lay moaning ", which correlates with Anna's character, because she literally has to file a lawsuit against her parents to be heard. Many could say Anna was drowning, drowning in the life that was throw upon her. Similar to the "poor chap" who died, because it had "been too cold for him." This is relevant with the denoument of My Sister's Keeper. It relates with the fact, all the time Anna remained voiceless, it had eventually gotten the best of her. Therefore something was bound to happen to either her sister, or herself. Which led to her death, ultiimatley becoming her sister's keeper.