Choose ONE of the prompts below and respond with at least 75 words. AGAIN...construct first in a GoogleDoc and then copy & paste it over (this needs to become a habit!)1. When Eddie is with Marguerite, he "as always...mostly wants to freeze time." Have you ever experienced a moment that you want to "freeze?" Discuss the moment and how it affected you.
2. Eddie has a volatile relationship with his father. How does knowing more about this affect your opinion about Eddie and his life experiences?
Your entry must be posted by 11:59 PM Wednesday, September 24th!
One time when I went hunting a huge buck stepped out and I knew he was mine. I started shaking soon as I seen him. At that time I wish I could freeze. I was shaking so bad. I needed to freeze to make sure I could make a clean shot. If I could just could freeze then I know I would make a good shot. So the only thing I could do is control my breathing and make a good shot. So I took a couple deep breaths and squeezed the trigger and did what I do best. I killed that deer and it was the biggest one I've ever killed.
ReplyDeleteI have a many moments that I'd like to freeze. Most of the time there happy. Although some times there times were you want to just get away. A lot of my hunting moments were the happiest time I have had. Although if I could freeze one moment it would be my moms smile when I got off the plane and she hadn't saw me in 4 years. She lives in Maryland and my parents were fighting so I never got to see her. They finally worked it out and she was smiling so big when she saw me for the first time in forever.
ReplyDelete1.) There has been more than just once that I have wanted to freeze time. But one of the times that I will talk about is when the cheerleaders won state. I never wanted that day to be over. It was definitely one that I could never forget. I will never forget the feeling we had, I will never forget how good it felt to beat Macon, and if you didn't know they ALWAYS win so it's really something big when you can beat them. I also will never forget how close we were as a squad. It was not only a cheer squad but it was family to. But like I said that was the absolute best day ever and I really wish we could have just stopped time and spent even more time together.
ReplyDelete1) I guess there have been many times in my life that I wish would never end or would freeze. I don't know which to do so I'll make it easy, during the big ice storm several years ago when we weren't in school and everyone lost power and stuff it was really fun. My family slept downstairs by the fireplace and me and Quinton slept on the floor with the dogs. It was really fun and I was young enough that I didn't care, anyway we spent about a week all together spending all day with each other whether it was inside or outside sledding down the huge hill in our back yard it was still all together. I wanted to freeze time because that was the most time we had spent together as a family in a long time and it was nice to be with them. However we couldnt do that now we are too old and wouldn't get along very well probably but at the time it was the best.
ReplyDeleteIt doesn't really effect my view of Eddie that much. I mean it is weird that he still loves his father after that. Although I can understand it a little I mean my father left when I was a baby but I still wanted to know about him even though I didn't like what I heard. I also know what it feels like to be beat for no reason it happened to me when I was very little so I can kinda see what Eddie went through
ReplyDeleteWhen my grandpa Leroy was still alive. I would have loved to freeze it. He always picked pecans with me. It was our special thing. After we picked them we went inside his house and crakec the shell. And ate our pecans together . It doesn't seem like much but to me that memory is special. It makes me think back to the good days when I didn't have a worry or care about what anyone or the outside world thought. It was just me and him.
ReplyDeleteIf I could freeze time I think that I found a time that would be perfect. So after a year of being in a relationship based on fighting and distrust it ended it's not something that was very easy but something that had to happen. I waited till I had heard she'd moved in with someone else before I started talking to anyone well something that started off as a few text slowly has been growing it seems that I found someone's Who really caught my eye and she's amazing it's like She's known me most my life, it's like a best friend. I love the things she does and every time we hang out it gets harder and harder for me to let her go and worry about telling her everything but if I could freeze time it probably would have been. Sunday we were hanging out watching movies and she just cuddles up to me and put her head in my chest, wrapped her leg around me,and started tracing my tattoo. This is my moment id like to of froze time in that one moment feelings that haven't been inside me in years sparked up and ignited a flame that was once there. its crazy how that little thing coulda been the moment i wanted to stay in for life.
ReplyDeleteOne time when I wanted to freeze time was when I was helping out at North Point with the back 2 school bash. It was where kids got all the necessary school supplies and an outfit that people had donated for free. The reason I would stay there is because the kids had so much joy on their face and it felt nice doing things that affected others peoples lives in a positive way. It affected me because I learned that I take a lot of stuff for granted. Like school supplies and clothes.
ReplyDeleteIf I could freeze time, I would go back to when my Mamaw and Papaw were still here. I was only 3 at the time but I can still remember everything like it was yesterday. Everyday my mom would take me to their house while she went to work. I was terrified of my Papaw until one day he taught me how to tie my shoes and took me outside to play. When my Mamaw was home, we used to make snowmen ice cream with starburst and hershey kisses and she would go play barbie dolls with me. It affects me because I didn’t get much time with them as I wanted, but I know one day I’ll see them both again. It’s the little things that meant the most to me and I will always cherish the memories we shared.
ReplyDeleteIt shows why Eddie works so hard and why he never became more than what he was before he died. He always had to a the relationship that a normal kid had with their father. But sadly his father wasn't much of a man in sense of words. Eddies father was the kind of man who had to be pleased every second of every day and if he wasn't then well ... You got what you deserved. In my opinion eddie came to be the way he is because finally he had, had enough of it. The way his father treated him, the way he never acted as if he loved Eddie or his brother Joe. Finally when he went to hit Eddie, Eddie stood up for himself and that was enough to make his dad never speak to him. Eddie does things the way he does, and feels the way he does because his father raised him that way. He never had the support of his father after he got shot.
ReplyDeleteThere was a time where I wanted to freeze time. I wanted to freeze time because I did not have much time to make a good decision. I wanted to look at the pros and cons of my decision. When my time came to make the decision of course I would make the wrong one. I went hunting instead of going to church, so god made me pay the price for skipping the price. The price was that I did not get to shoot at anything.
ReplyDeleteThere are many moments when I've wanted to freeze time. But the one that I would want to freeze the most is the day before my brother passed away. I know I talk about him a lot but he wasn't only my brother, he was my best friend. When I was down, he always came up with a way to make me laugh. There were just so many great things about Wyatt. That one day, Janauary 21, 2014 is the only day I would freeze.
ReplyDeleteI think this shows how much strength that Eddie had. His father was violent yet Eddie was always a good man. He was good to the kids at the amusement park and always spoke to them, Eddie died trying to save the little girl. I think Eddie knew how awful his father had been to him and he never wanted to make anyone feel the way he did when he was growing up. I think Eddie grew up to be a great man for having to go through what he did. I would think that Eddie also went to fight to get away from his father and having to put up with that, yet I think all he wanted to do was make his father proud.
ReplyDeleteIn July 2009, I was qualified to compete at the National Jr. High School Finals. It was time for me to compete. I was feeling very nervous, sick to my stomach, and wanting to go home. That's the moment I want to freeze. I want to replace the feelings with positive attitude, confidence, be more aggressive, and enjoy my run. My run wasn't bad because I place top 15%, but with a better attitude I think I could of placed top ten.
ReplyDeleteThe one moment that I wanted to freeze the most, took place about a year or two ago. I was out hunting alone in my tree stand, and like always I took myself a nice quiet nap. I slept like a baby in my overalls and jacket. When I woke up though, I looked under my tree stand and had an instant rush of adrenaline. I had already used up my buck tag for the time, but I had two doe tags with me. And I was really wanting a doe to make some steaks and jerky. But to my astonishment, there were three, perfectly sized doe under my tree stand. I only fired two shots, and the rest is history. But I would love to freeze that moment because of the rush and sensation that you feel, and you can’t really describe the whole amount of way you feel unless you have actually experience them yourself.
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