Imaginative writing- a poem or rap revealing the story of a survivor of a terrorist act A NIGHTMARE I felt as if I was in a movie Everything was so sudden It was a nightmare Events flashing before my eyes But a blur I couldn’t grasp what was happening Grazing on my knees from falling Blood stained faces Bodies cut and fragmented limbs So much pain I felt nothing My wife My daughters Laughter and memories Slowly fading away Gasping for breath A man grabbed hold of my arm I felt his strong clench I had hope
My mind was slowly drifting My everything Turned to nothing He took me Written Explanation I chose to address this prompt in an imaginative form as I was inspired by the story of the child and man that lost their lives in the Boston Bombings. This event had a strong impact on me and my awareness that bad things do happen to good people. My imaginative piece was written as a poem by the man who died in the bombings. I wrote this poem in the first person and in current tense to convey a sense of pain and suffering in this dying process he experienced and had to go through.
This poem is aimed at the horrible people who did this and they should know what they did and how it affected people. It also could help society realise how bad this event was and how because of the actions of cruel people occurrences like these do happen. Now because of these heartless souls someone else’s life will never be the same. Because of these actions someone is now missing a son, a brother, a grandson, a husband and a friend that they can never get back or see again. My purpose of this piece was to move the audience and to educate the people about the experiences of this treacherous event.
The Essay on Magnanimous People & Momentous Events
Magnanimous People / Momentous Events Throughout our lives there are certain circumstances that greatly affect us in such a way it can change who we are. For better or for worse, life happens! The funny thing is, anything can change you -- a movie someone watches, or falling off a bike -- these things are relatively insignificant, but they can affect a person. People, however, often have the ...
I decided to discuss the process and the emotions of what the man was going through after the bomb had hit. I said ‘events flashing before my eyes’ to make that connection to the myth that when you die you see your whole life flash past you in a few seconds. My response links to the prompt ‘Conflict can have tragic consequences for ordinary people’ as I wrote about the journey of the man that died in the bombings after the first bomb hit. This is suggesting that the conflict the terrorists believed in and the reasoning for this incident had a more than tragic consequence for ordinary civilians of Boston.
