my world in words
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Decisions, Decisions
By: Jack Eaton
Deep Under the Sea
Morning in the
Woods
Train Attack!
The Castaway’s
Journey Work Hard, Play
Hard
Power and
Protection Accepting Your
Peers
My World in Words
By: Jack Eaton
May 10, 2013
Eaton Publishing
123 ABC Drive
Acknowledgements
All of these writings compile me as a person from my grade year of school. Without these
people being involved in my life, these writings wouldn’t be nearly the same as they are now.
The most influential people in school to me are my parents. They push me to end to get good
grades, no matter what the cost. Without them, I might slack off and not accomplish the things
I need too. They are the will that guides me on. I am just so thankful to have such great parents
that care about me as much as they do. They inspire me everyday to do my best, and that
couldn’t be any better of a blessing.
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Table of Contents
Dedication Page
Biographical Sketch for part 1: Freestyles
The Castaway’s Journey
Morning in the Woods
Deep Under the Sea
Traveling to the Past
Train Attack!
Biographical Sketch for part 2: Miscellaneous
Lord of the Flies
The Pressure on Me
Decisions, Decisions
Growing Older
Following the Rules
Biographical Sketch for part 3: Symbolism and Human Actions
Working Together
Why join a group
Work Hard, Play Hard
Accepting Your Peers
Power and Protection
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Biographical Sketch for Part One: Freestyles
This section of this book is definitely my favorite part. I express all my feelings as a writer the
best when I have the freedom to write whatever I want. That is why freestyle writings are my
favorite. They explain whatever thoughts I had at that time and place. However serious or silly
they are, they tell my life. Looking over the year, I look over these freestyles and amuse myself
wondering what I could have possibly been thinking at that point in time.
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The Castaway’s Journey
Mick Trout was a English fisherman whose boat was shipwrecked on an inhabited island. He
was the only survivor of his shipmates. He survived off of coconut milk, oysters, and whatever
fish he was able to catch with his leftover nets. One day he was exploring the island’s forest and
came across an injured monkey. His left leg had been broken and he wasn’t able to walk at all.
Mick picked him up and carried him back to his living area. There Mick nursed the monkey back
to health and named it Leo. On their 268 day on the stranded island, they spotted a boat in the
distance. Mick began to jump up and down and yell at the top of his lungs. He started his signal
fire and made as much noise as possible. The boat began to turn and started heading their way.
They were rescued and were on their way back to England. When they returned to England,
Mick and Leo were famous celebrities. They both starred in a popular British T.V. show based
off their journey together on the island. They two enjoyed and great life in which they got to
spend together.
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Cold Morning in the Woods A gunshot rings through the morning air. My heart skips a beat as I see its hind legs kick out. I
hit the deer! As it crashes through the woods and out of sight, my mind races. I have to calm my
emotions. I sit in torture for half an hour, wanting to give the deer time to get a good distance
away, so I won’t spook him when I start tracking it. I climb out of the ladder, not able to wait
any longer. My legs are stiff and rigid. This is why I did all the hard work preparing this spring
and summer. Clearing the field from last year’s old plots. Setting the cameras. Spreading all the
seed to in the hot sun to make sure the field is even. Restocking the feeders every Saturday
morning. As I approach the scene, what I see isn’t pretty. Bits of bone are mixed with the blood.
I must have hit shoulder. I kick the dirt in frustration. I was sure that I had made a clean shot.
This means that the tracking will be a bit longer than I would have liked. I set out through the
trees and branches, following the trail. 300 hundred yards later, my hope is beginning to
distinguish. The longer he goes on, the more likely he will be to survive. I find a small tree and
see a large amount of blood on it. The deer must have stopped to rest here. One false move
and the deer could tear open the wound even more, and it would be game over for my antlered
friend. Another two hundred yards and I’m started to get aggravated. My chance for the buck I
had been waiting for the shot at for over two years. The beast had been first spotted in my
cameras the spring two years ago. He was a solid eight, but you could tell it was an immature
deer. The next year he was again seen eating corn, and was now a ten. I had a chance to bag
him that fall, but couldn’t let myself pull the trigger. I wanted to see how big he could get. This
year he skyrocketed, and I knew that was all he was going to grow. This was the year to do it. I
just had to blow it away. I here noise in the distance. I look in the direction and see what I
couldn’t believe. My wounded friend was at the top of the ridge, crashing through the woods. I
have my gun up on him and following him with an insane focus level. I he comes to a stop all of
a sudden. My crosshairs steady on the target. He could bolt any second. My adrenaline is on
high and I can barely control it. I take deep breath and take the safety. One shot, do or die. I
take a deep breath and slowly pull the trigger.
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Deep Under the Sea
I wish I was a fish, down under the sea. Where I could see many amazing things. Things many
other people would ever get to view. Such as other fish that I had never seen. Seen until then, I
might add. Adding would be something I wouldn’t have to do. Doing math isn’t a part of a fish’s
lifestyle, despite their groups being called schools. Fish only need food and water to live, and
everything a fish can do is what they may wish.
Now, if I was this fish, I would have lots of fun. I’d just have to make sure to not get too close
to the sun. Sunshine helps light show the way for all the fish near the surface. I wonder if all the
fish can see at the bottom of the water. If all of them can, some of them probably stick to
higher water to stay safe from the things at the bottom. Things that even science haven’t found
yet, but all the fish are aware of these creatures. The Loch Ness Monster may even be deep in
this murky darkness. Myths that we may never be able to know are true or not. Something even
more dangerous than Nessie may be down there along with it. Some answers are always
hanging in the air, to be or not to be answered.
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Traveling to the Past
I would go back to when the dinosaurs were alive and inhabiting the Earth. I would go back to
this time because I have always been fascinated in dinosaurs because of their humongous and
oddly shaped bodies. I would explore the land when I was in that time, trying to see if there was
any new species or type of animal that science has not discovered yet. I would also search for
signs of civilization across the land, to see if there were any type of people that lived. Maybe
they were like cavemen, who were brutes but not very bright. Maybe they couldn’t even talk to
one another because they never found a common ground in which they could both understand
what each other was saying. They lived together and worked together, hunting and killing their
prey as a team when never actually knowing what the partner was thinking at that time. What a
weird way to live. These people could be able to work together each other’s lives, being best
friends, but never being able to express what they feel. It’s actually very sad. It would be like
one boy really liking a girl, and the girl really liking the boy, but they couldn’t tell each other
how they feel. But they would still understand the way they felt about each other, and there
was nothing they could do about it.
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Train Attack!
The train lights flicker a little, and then they go out. Boom, Boom, Boom! Gunshot noise rings
through my eardrums. I immediately fall to the floor, and crawl under my seat. What is going
on? A train robbery? All of a sudden, the gunshots stop. Heavy footsteps pound their way up
the aisle. I hold my breath as the footsteps pass my seat. I hear a man yell, “Hit the Lights!”
Soon after, my vision is restored as color fills the room. As I suspected, I see men with wearing
masks and holding pistols. Thankfully, few of the passengers seem to be injured. The robbers
must have went for the train’s crewmembers. They begin checking the rows for civilians. My
stomach clenches because they can’t miss me in the position I am in. I know I will have to jump
the guard to not get caught. As the man gets to the row in front of me, I pounce on him low. It
takes out his legs, and I punch him in the face before he has time to react. He is out colder than
a meat locker. I take his gun and hide back behind the seats. I peer around the corner, and see
that there are only two more robbers left. I single out the one closest to me. When the other
man looks away, I hit him over the head with the pistol. Another one down, now there is just
one left to handle. As I walk up behind him, I stumble and fall to the ground. The noise the
robber and he spins around. He points the gun right on my heart, and I know it is now or never.
I lunge at him and hit his forearm with the butt of the pistol. He drops the gun and I kick him in
the back of the knee. It gives out and I punch him in the face, watching him drop after it
connects. I did it! I saved the train from being robbed!
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Biographical Sketch for Part Three: Miscellaneous
These are writing pieces that I really enjoyed writing, but couldn’t find a good title that could
sum up all these writings together. There was no one topic that all these writings could adjoin
too. They were all writings I enjoyed though, and I couldn’t leave these out of this book. They
are just too important to me. I also think the readers will enjoy this section, so this is another
reason why I left these writings in this book.
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Lord of the Flies
The only rule I would have on the island I ruled are that there are no rules! If you respect me
and follow my lead we will have a great time together and have a lot of fun. If you disrespect
me and don’t follow my lead, I will be a strict leader and will make the island a miserable place.
That is why the people of my island will have to follow everything I say for them to do. If they
don’t, the consequences will be very severe and harsh. You do not want to see what I have in
store for the people that act out.
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The Pressure on Me
All the pressure I have on me to do good in school and make all A’s. My parents push me very
hard to get really good grades in school. I go home and have to study every night and I always
worry about tests and if I’m going to do good on it or not. Just being able to relax and do
nothing and not have to worry makes me very happy. I have something sports related almost
every weekend through the spring and summer, which isn’t exactly resting at home, but it lets
me blow off steam and hang out and have fun with my friends. Spring break couldn’t have
come at a better time, because I really need to rest and regroup before I go back to the
dreaded place called school. Those are the reasons why I enjoy spring break so much. It lets me
have the fun I want to have, and at the same time it lets me relax and take time off that I need.
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Decisions, Decisions
Whenever I went to the movies last weekend, I had some decisions to make. I wanted to be
able to go to the movies, watch the two college basketball games on that day, considering that
it is the elite eight, and be able to sleep in. It was quite a schedule to fit in to one day. The
basketball games started at two p.m. This meant I could wake up at one, take a shower, eat
breakfast, and then watch the games. After the second game was over, I got in the car and
went to the seven o’clock movie I wanted to see. The game ended about five, so we went to
Logan’s Steakhouse before the movies to eat. We left the movie theatre at nine, stopped for
some ice cream, and then headed home. We arrived home about ten. I had such a great time
that whole day. It was definitely a well time managed day.
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Growing Older
I feel like as I get older and more mature, I will start to feel more depressed, because I know
that before long my life is going to end. I will have lived a good and healthy life, but I don’t think
that I will be able to handle that sadness of growing old. I will look back and think of all the
things I never got to do that I wanted too. I will also be sad because I will have to see other
family members pass on to their graves. It will just be sad as an old person, because you lose so
much of your past live.
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Following the Rules
I have to follow many rules, some that I like, and a lot more that I don’t like. The purpose of
those rules is so that things stay in order and that I don’t get in trouble. My life would definitely
not be the same without rules. The world would be a different place without rules. There would
be more crime than anyone could ever imagine. Criminals would flood the streets and hurt and
kill innocent people. Nobody would be safe and would have to hide in their homes in fear of the
crime outside. That is why we need rules on this Earth.
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Biographical Sketch for Part Two: Symbolism and Human Actions
This section made me dig deep into my mind to decide what my input would be on these topics.
I talked about things that had real thought put into them. There was no joking around in this
section. Everything came straight from the heart and had my true meaning. These writings are
very humbling to look at and think that I actually wrote these.
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Working Together
Picture this: You and a couple of friends want to go get something to eat for dinner. Pizza and
Mexican food are the two options to eat. Both your friends like both, but they seem to be
leaning towards the Mexican. That would be fine with you, but you had just eaten at that
restaurant the night before. You don’t say anything for a while, because you don’t want your
friends to suffer just because of you. When they ask you what you want, you say that if it’s
alright, you would rather go to the pizza place. Then you explain that you had eaten Mexican
food last night and didn’t think your stomach could handle two days in a row of it. Your friends
agree on the pizza place because of your situation. You all go there and enjoy it. Working out
problems isn’t always a hard thing to do. You just need to be polite in the way you ask and most
of the time, the problem can be resolved. Sometimes even just speaking your mind in a nice
way to someone can fix all the problems that you are facing at that particular time and place.
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Why join a Group?
Why do people choose to join groups? People choose to join groups for many reasons. Some
people join a group because the group is focused on a certain topic that they like, such as the
chess club or FCA (Fellowship of Christian Athletes). People might join a group because their
friends were in the group or their friends wanted to join that group. People choose to join
groups because they want to do things that will help them something, like homework or maybe
to make friends. Some join groups to impress colleges that will end up looking at their resume.
They can do things like community service that can make colleges more interested in you. There
are many reasons why a person would join a group. It can be something as little as just trying
something new. Or it could be as important as getting into a good college and making your life
a much better place than it could have been.
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Work Hard, Play Hard
After my eighth grade year of school, during the offseason of basketball, I hit the gym almost
every day with the indent to improve every aspect of my game. From strength and speed to the
fundamentals, I planned on getting better. I lifted, shot, ran, passed, and sweated my way
through that summer. I was proud that I pushed myself as hard as I did. The rewards I received
were amazing. I gained 30 pounds on my bench and 20 on incline, as well as 45 more on squat.
My vertical was four inches higher, which really pays off when you are skying for a rebound. On
came my ninth grade year in school. During that season, my game was taken to the next level. I
averaged sixteen points, which was a team high. It was six points more than the next leading
scorer. I also averaged 5 rebounds and 4 assists. My coach was very impressed with what I had
accomplished. Nobody was more impressed than me. I may not have enjoyed having to put in
all the work, but it was so worth it. After this season, I have a new respect in myself that I never
knew would be there. It proves that you can do anything you set your mind to with the right
attitude and work ethic.
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Accepting Your Peers
People don’t always accept others in their group because they might smell funny, act different,
dress like a star wars character, or constantly quote movies. They may also not be accepted into
the group if they are new to the school. Before you shun one of these people, talk to that
person for a little while. Get to know the person better. You may find something out about the
person that you didn’t even know about them. I have an example of how actually talking to the
person can be the start of a friendship. Until sixth grade, I hadn’t even met one of my best
friends. In the grades before sixth, I never even talked to this kid because I thought he was
weird. In sixth grade, this kid ended up in my class. Towards the beginning of the year, I talked
to him a little. As the year progressed, we started talking more and more. By the end of the
year, we were best friends. My point is, don’t just assume that a certain person is not a person
you would most likely hang out with. Otherwise, you might not ever meet one of the best
friends that will ever be in your acquaintance.
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Power and Protection
I would symbolize power, because the human population holds power over the whole world.
Out of all the living things in the world, the humans have taken control over Earth and are
building It up, but also tearing it down at the same time. We tear it down by polluting it with car
and factory fumes. We treat our natural resources care-free. We treat life on Earth like it’s
nothing. If something doesn’t change soon, our futures as people on Earth will be awful. We
have made steps backwards in trying to preserve our great planet. Recycling is the biggest
contributor in preserving Earth, but too many people aren’t locked in on recycling. Some people
just don’t care about Earth. If everyone was dedicated to go green, that effort would be a lot
more suitable for the planet. Instead, people litter and treat their place to live as if it is a
garbage hole. They should be thankful to just live on a beautiful place this. Without respect
from everyone and more contributors, the planet will be burned into the ground, and all the
careless people will be headed down with it.
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