My Family Monologue - 1857 Words

Ollie: â€Å"Academy for the Adolescence, founded in 1774.† I read out loud to my parents. My family and I are standing in rounded cement pathway around a statue with what I assume is the headmistress. I gaze up at the statue, I look at all of her face facial and take in the sense of what it would be like to actually be her presence. After awhile of me standing there in awe, daydreaming, my parent s guide me into the big brick house. There is a deck, wood, very old, it creaks when I walk on it. There are two giant door, side by side, that are propped open by two women who are greeting each family by name. It’s our family turn to walk through the door. â€Å"Welcome back Mrs. Emerson!†, the two ladies say in sync with one another. We walk onto newly†¦show more content†¦One boy is sitting on top of the other while punching him until blood started coming out of his mouth and nose. But this boy doesn’t stop punching him when he sees the blood, oh no, he cou nties. It seems the boy is trying to punch harder every time.Then the boy laying on the ground being punched looks at me. I instantly gain sympathy for him. No one deserves to be treated like that, no matter what they have done. Chad: Chants of, â€Å"FIGHT!FIGHT!FIGHT!† circle around me, until it just becomes another noise like a light buzzing. Then this angry boy starts to punch me. The first punch isn’t hard but alerting. I hate fighting, so I don’t do anything. He finally kicks me so hard that I go through the door, opening it. It feels like my spine just cracked in 36 different areas. I’m laying on the floor, the boy follows me out the door along with more boys chanting in â€Å"FIGHT!FIGHT!FIGHT!† Everything now just sounds like ringing. The angry boy sits on top of me. He starts punching me in the face. I just take it... Then I look to my left and see someone not chanting, just staring at me. I stare back. I look away, accepting what is happening to me. 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