The story "God Sees the Truth but Waits" by Leo Tolstoy shows Ivan Askenof's trouble by his wife's foreshadowed dream of him. A quote in the story that I think best foreshadows Ivan's eventual trouble is, "As he was saying good-bye to his family, his wife said to him, 'Ivan, do not go today. I had a bad dream about you. Please stay home.'" This quote shows me that Askenof's wife doesn't want him to go to the fair because she has a bad feeling and dream about him. This shows me that the wife may be right by her dream and she gives us an idea that probably something is going to happen to her husband.

Characterization : An occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge

       An occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge by: Ambrose Beirce. A word I would use to describe the man in the story is afraid or innocent even though it says just to use one word to describe the man there is two that I think will fit the character. In the text it says, "If I could free my hands," He thought, " I might pull off the noose and jump into the stream. I could swim to the shore, run into the woods, and get away home," This quote shows me that the man is scared for his life and just wants to go home. Also in the text the author says, "My wife and children are still far away from the enemy. Those were the thoughts that flashed into the brain of the doomed man. At that moment, the captain gave the signal." Now this tells me that maybe he has been captured by some kind of enemy that he is glad is not with his family, so it makes me think the man is both scared and innocence.

Characterization : Hatchet

       In the story Hatchet by: Gary Paulson the character Brian is secretive. In the text, for instance, it says, "No, not secrets so much as just the secret. What he knew and had not told anybody. What he knew about his mother that had caused the divorce, what he knew -the Secret." Here the author is trying to show that Brian hasn't told anybody the secret about his mom because he wants to keep it a secret, since his mom doesn't know he knows. The author tries to show that Brian is in a awkward position because now he is not only in the middle of his mom and dad's divorce, but he knows why it is happening and his father doesn't. This shows me that Brian is secretive.