Hunter Shobe
English 1-3
Stories
11 February 2020
“ You’re early,” said the Grim Reaper with a hint of surprise.
“ You’re right, “ said the soul collector. “ However, I did lose one of the souls you requested.”
“ And which one is that?”
“ You know, the one who always avoids us, the one who is 100 years old but looks like he is in his thirties and he is still in his prime?”
“ Oh, him again. He has avoided us for many years due to him having partial immortality. I know he can still be killed because he only has biological immortality which grants him immunity from death by natural causes.” said the Reaper.
“ I didn’t know that! Why didn’t you tell me this earlier?!” said the soul collector angrily.
“ I didn’t know about this until you left and by the time I was about to tell you you were already gone doing your job.”
During this time, the person they fail to collect his soul, just known as Mike is in New York City, fixing his apartment from the damage the soul collector inflicted on it when Mike and the Soul Collector, also known as Mandike, got in a fight when Mandike tried to take Mike’s soul. After that fight, Mike says, “ You can’t kill me, you’ll never kill me.”
“ You know, I never asked this, but why do you want his soul?” asked the soul collector.
“ I want his soul because Earth only needs mortals, it doesn’t need three immortals, only two, basically I want his soul to correct this mistake and that it is my job to make sure that human life doesn’t get out of hand and it is starting to look like that, I don’t want to eradicate them, I just to do my job and control the population.” After this, Reaper ordered the soul collector to try and take Mike’s soul one last time and soul collector goes and tries to take Mike’s soul. When the soul collector finds Mike, he finds him suddenly looking old and widdled. Mike says, “ I’ve seen so much and done so much, there’s nothing left for me to do, my biological immortality has faded away.”
“ How? I thought it was impossible to do that.” said the soul collector.
“ Remember the last time we fought and you punched those little glass vials that have those weird liquids in them?”
“ No, I don’t think so.”
“ Well those vials you destroyed were what kept me alive for so many years as they were responsible for giving me biological immortality. However, the biological immortality was temporary and I had to make a constant supply of them so I can maintain the biological immortality, however, after you destroyed most of my apartment, I couldn’t make any more and I barely had any money, so I started aging really quickly and now I can barely move. I’ve seen enough in my life, I had loved ones come and pass on, I’ve seen wars begin and end and I've seen new beginnings forged from those events. I’ve seen enough and if you want to take my soul to maintain balance in the world with there being too many immortals in the world, then so be it.
“ Wait, how did you know about that? About how you knew there could be only two immortals?”
“ If I meditate long enough I can listen to you and the Grim Reaper talk and I must ask, are you immortal?”
No, I am mortal, but I live for extremely long amounts of time, like I can live for millenniums at a time and when I pass, another collector will take my place.”
“ Oh, ok. If you want to take my soul now, you can do it.”
“ No, I’ll let you pass on peacefully, not now, but in the future, you will pass on naturally and in peace.”
“ Ok, peace is all I want now and I'll spend the rest of my life in peace.”
“ It’s a deal then.”
Mandike goes back to Reaper and gives him the news of Mike.
“ So that’s how it went down. I feel sad for him. I never do this job because it’s personal, its why I done it for so long, but this time I haven't felt like this in a millennium.” said Reaper.
“ He offered me to take his soul right then and there, but if I did, it would’ve felt painful for him, so I just told him that he will pass in peace.” says Mandike.
“ I understand, when he passes I will personally guide him to the afterlife of peace personally.”
“ Ok, I guess I’ll go back out there and do my job then.”
“ Ok, you may go while I’ll be here thinking about him.”
Student’s Choice Reflection
Please answer all questions in complete, grammatically correct sentences.
The process I went through was pretty simple. The first step was that I have to make an idea for my story from several different choices on the board. Second, I had to build a story from that choice and had to make characters and dialogue for it. Next, I begin writing my story and handing it in for some feedback. After that, I fix the mistakes that I made and begin typing the story. Lastly, I had to make an ending for the story and had to make sure that it wasn't too short.
2. Is this paper narrative, expository, or argumentative? How do you know?
This paper is a narrative paper because it tells a story and it isn't trying to prove a point neither does it try to give you some facts and information.
3. Tell me one thing you learned from writing this paper.
Writing dialogue and making characters can be hard to do and hard to pull off.
4. What are you particularly proud of in this paper?
The amount of dialogue I put in it and at how long it is and the ending I thought was nice.
5. What does this paper show readers about you?
It shows that I can create stories and that I can create characters with dialogue and create 2 page or longer assignments.
English 1-3
Stories
11 February 2020
“ You’re early,” said the Grim Reaper with a hint of surprise.
“ You’re right, “ said the soul collector. “ However, I did lose one of the souls you requested.”
“ And which one is that?”
“ You know, the one who always avoids us, the one who is 100 years old but looks like he is in his thirties and he is still in his prime?”
“ Oh, him again. He has avoided us for many years due to him having partial immortality. I know he can still be killed because he only has biological immortality which grants him immunity from death by natural causes.” said the Reaper.
“ I didn’t know that! Why didn’t you tell me this earlier?!” said the soul collector angrily.
“ I didn’t know about this until you left and by the time I was about to tell you you were already gone doing your job.”
During this time, the person they fail to collect his soul, just known as Mike is in New York City, fixing his apartment from the damage the soul collector inflicted on it when Mike and the Soul Collector, also known as Mandike, got in a fight when Mandike tried to take Mike’s soul. After that fight, Mike says, “ You can’t kill me, you’ll never kill me.”
“ You know, I never asked this, but why do you want his soul?” asked the soul collector.
“ I want his soul because Earth only needs mortals, it doesn’t need three immortals, only two, basically I want his soul to correct this mistake and that it is my job to make sure that human life doesn’t get out of hand and it is starting to look like that, I don’t want to eradicate them, I just to do my job and control the population.” After this, Reaper ordered the soul collector to try and take Mike’s soul one last time and soul collector goes and tries to take Mike’s soul. When the soul collector finds Mike, he finds him suddenly looking old and widdled. Mike says, “ I’ve seen so much and done so much, there’s nothing left for me to do, my biological immortality has faded away.”
“ How? I thought it was impossible to do that.” said the soul collector.
“ Remember the last time we fought and you punched those little glass vials that have those weird liquids in them?”
“ No, I don’t think so.”
“ Well those vials you destroyed were what kept me alive for so many years as they were responsible for giving me biological immortality. However, the biological immortality was temporary and I had to make a constant supply of them so I can maintain the biological immortality, however, after you destroyed most of my apartment, I couldn’t make any more and I barely had any money, so I started aging really quickly and now I can barely move. I’ve seen enough in my life, I had loved ones come and pass on, I’ve seen wars begin and end and I've seen new beginnings forged from those events. I’ve seen enough and if you want to take my soul to maintain balance in the world with there being too many immortals in the world, then so be it.
“ Wait, how did you know about that? About how you knew there could be only two immortals?”
“ If I meditate long enough I can listen to you and the Grim Reaper talk and I must ask, are you immortal?”
No, I am mortal, but I live for extremely long amounts of time, like I can live for millenniums at a time and when I pass, another collector will take my place.”
“ Oh, ok. If you want to take my soul now, you can do it.”
“ No, I’ll let you pass on peacefully, not now, but in the future, you will pass on naturally and in peace.”
“ Ok, peace is all I want now and I'll spend the rest of my life in peace.”
“ It’s a deal then.”
Mandike goes back to Reaper and gives him the news of Mike.
“ So that’s how it went down. I feel sad for him. I never do this job because it’s personal, its why I done it for so long, but this time I haven't felt like this in a millennium.” said Reaper.
“ He offered me to take his soul right then and there, but if I did, it would’ve felt painful for him, so I just told him that he will pass in peace.” says Mandike.
“ I understand, when he passes I will personally guide him to the afterlife of peace personally.”
“ Ok, I guess I’ll go back out there and do my job then.”
“ Ok, you may go while I’ll be here thinking about him.”
Student’s Choice Reflection
Please answer all questions in complete, grammatically correct sentences.
- Explain the process you went through to write this paper. Please be specific.
The process I went through was pretty simple. The first step was that I have to make an idea for my story from several different choices on the board. Second, I had to build a story from that choice and had to make characters and dialogue for it. Next, I begin writing my story and handing it in for some feedback. After that, I fix the mistakes that I made and begin typing the story. Lastly, I had to make an ending for the story and had to make sure that it wasn't too short.
2. Is this paper narrative, expository, or argumentative? How do you know?
This paper is a narrative paper because it tells a story and it isn't trying to prove a point neither does it try to give you some facts and information.
3. Tell me one thing you learned from writing this paper.
Writing dialogue and making characters can be hard to do and hard to pull off.
4. What are you particularly proud of in this paper?
The amount of dialogue I put in it and at how long it is and the ending I thought was nice.
5. What does this paper show readers about you?
It shows that I can create stories and that I can create characters with dialogue and create 2 page or longer assignments.