The Essay #3

Escaping

                Escape, is a word we all know. Some days we need to escape from life and sometimes we don’t. When we do feel the need to escape from life, we usually do that with vacations and even our dreams. Sometimes even if we are really stuck, we wish for a way out, an escape. The short story “No Escape” by Lynn Rosellini is amazing because it shows bravery and selflessness by a person because of a life changing decision.

                When you wish for an escape, it’s usually when you’re having a bad day or your seriously trapped somewhere. I remember a day were I got in so much trouble I got grounded for a week. It first started out as a 3 day punishment, but then a whole bunch of other stuff went wrong and ended up being a week. I was having a horrible day, nothing was going right and that day ended up being Halloween. A lot of people say that it is a funky day where weird things happen but I don’t believe them. Some advice is that if you ever feel that way think about your own, personal happy place.

                This story reminds me of a book I read called “Hell Phone” because in both books the main character wanted to escape. It might have been for different situations or reasons but my point is they both want to escape. In “Hell Phone” this kid needs to escape from his cheap phone he got that is making him do all these things, and the things that he is doing are not good. The phone makes him steal from a store and if he didn’t follow through the person calling him on the phone threaten about his girlfriend. So he really wants to escape from that phone of his.

                Showing selflessness and bravery is amazing when you can’t escape. If you ever have a day were you need to escape from something try to stay calm and just relax. You can get though anything with positive thoughts. Because if you think of the worst, you’ll soon believe the worst and you’ll just end up giving up or giving into whatever is happening.