Creative Writing My Fathers Life - 1762 Words

â€Å"Liam! Get in here right now,† My Father shouted. I could tell by the sound of his voice that he was drunk and once again mad at me for no reason at all. I slowly walked into the living room with my head down, trying not to catch eye to eye with him. He then said with his voice thundering, â€Å"What in the world is this†, he was pointing at the television which was on ESPN. I felt like saying a television but I knew that would make the tension between me and him even worse. I spoke softly, â€Å"I was relaxing while watching some sports.† I felt as if anything I would have said would make him angry, and my statement did. I could tell by the look on his face that he was not happy. â€Å"You know that we don’t have enough money to watch a lot of†¦show more content†¦The whole trip I didn’t know what I was doing he had taken me to the hospital and I knew something was wrong. We walked in and we checked in. We went to room 231. When we walked in I saw a familiar face. It was my mother . I wondered in my why was she here and was had happened. We waited there for a while then my mother broke the silence by saying â€Å"son I just found out that I pancreatic cancer.† I was speechless... my mind went blank and I couldn’t think of anything to say. I left the room a little while later and waited. I could hear my mom and my father arguing, and the word I kept hear from my father was ‘money.’ I hated that my father cared more about money than my moms life. Also while I thought about all of the good time that I had with my mom. It made me think of this time where I was scared in my room because the wind would blow the tr ee outside my window. The tree would scratch the window and my mind would think of the worst thing that might be outside even though I knew it was the tree. I got scared and my mom came and acted as if we were flying in a plane and the scratching of the tree was just an old man hearing aids.Another time was the thunder and lightning and I wasn’t able to sleep. See told me thunder was just a big clap and the lighting was someone turning on and off a really big light. It took awhile for my brother to get to the hospital, but when he did he had the same reaction as I had. Me and him thought the sameShow MoreRelatedThe Ideas Of Reading And Writing1430 Words   |  6 PagesThe ideas of reading and writing seem intertwined, in order to do one of them you must be able to do the other. Which, makes both equally as powerful as the other in language and literature. Most authors who talk about the ideology of reading and writing compose their works mainly based off of outside sources, mainly. However, author/comic writer Alison Bechdel composes a story about writing the story and the troubles and hardships she encountered while writing. This oddly more intricate story thoughRead MoreThe Ideas Of Reading And Writing1434 Words   |  6 PagesEssay The ideas of reading and writing seem intertwined, in order to do one of them you must be able to do the other. 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