Six Word Stories

The cards were new, but old.

Children gathered around, gazing at death.

Unridden, the horse fled like night.

Crimson fluid seeped into the drain.

Long across the plain, was hope.

The flowers were frozen yet fresh.

John Proctor: Hero or Stooge?

I think that John Proctor is a hero.  Although some may not agree with my statement, he is the type of type of character that represents in my opinion, life itself.  John Proctor has made mistakes in his life, and he's grown to learn from them.  After he and Abigail had their encounter, deep down he felt wrong for betraying his marriage.  Later, the text shows that he not only wanted to push away Abigail, he tried very hard to strengthen his marriage with Elizabeth.  Although it didn't end so well, you could see he really tried to do the right thing.  At the end, he tried to accuse himself of witchcraft so innocent people would stop dying and that the whole situation would die down.  John put himself on the line to save many innocent lives, which I think, is a hero by far.

There Goes the Neighborhood

A long time ago in a state far away, strangers arrived on boats to America.  At first, the natives were nervous of the newcomers and didn't know how to act.  That was their first mistake.  When the explorers and newcomers first met the "Indians" they thought the Native Americans were weak and easy to conquer.  The only problem that the Native Americans had were that they trusted the explorers too much.  If the Native Americans would've known what the explorers intent was, we'd have a whole different story.  As the natives opened up to the foreigners, the foreigners took action while the natives were unprepared.  This resulted in the natives getting driven out of their homeland and our history being the way it is.

AutoBiography

My name is Mateo Chavez, I am 15 years old, and I was born on October 20th, 1998 at 3 in the morning.  My dad is Jaime Chavez and my mom is Mee Kim-Chavez.  My dad is full Cuban, and was born in Havana, Cuba.  My mom is full South Korean, and was born in Seoul, Korea.  My dad's job is a carpenter at the Aon Center, and my mom is an entrepreneur.  I have one brother and one sister, both of which are older.  My brother is a senior in high school at Whitney Young, and my sister is a senior at University of Illinois.  My brother is 17 and my sister is 21.

         As a toddler, I was sent to a daycare up north in Glenview.  Then, I was put in a preschool in old town called Apple School.  After that, I attended LaSalle Language Academy for 9 years, taking Italian as a language for 9 years as well.  Finally, I enrolled in Whitney M. Young in 9^th grade and plan to stay at Whitney for the rest of my high school career.

Growing up my first sport was swimming.  I started at the age of 3 and haven't stopped since then.  My second sport was baseball.  I would swim in the winter and play baseball in the summer.  When I was 10, I placed 5^th in state for swimming.  At age 12, I quit baseball to focus more on swimming.  Leading into the summer of freshman year, I started work at Sunset Ridge Country Club as a caddie.  I work there every summer and for a little bit of fall.  I hope to receive a Chick Evans scholarship during my last year of highschool.