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A Day Before Dying: A Short Story

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One foggy night on the night of June 12, 2011 18 year old Karan Brar had no idea what was going to happen to him, and that this day was going to change the rest of his life. A week prior to this day Karan had to write his last final exam. Karan had always been a average kid, on his grade 11 report card he got three 60’s and one 70. But on the day of June 12, 2011 his final exam scores were mailed. He knew this was going to change his life forever but what he didn’t know weather it was going to be for the better or the worse. Just as he came home from work on that night he noticed an envelope in the mail, he nervously picked it up hoping it wasn’t for him. When he brought it in he just stared at it. He really wanted to look at his score but at the same time he didn’t want to look at it. Karan procrastinated many times until finally he knew it was to much. While he was …show more content…

“This says you got 98 out of 200,” his mom quietly said. You could tell it killed her to tell him. “So I failed, and can’t get into a college?” he said fighting back his tears. He looked up to try to stop the tears from flowing, but it didn’t work. He was a wreck his mom was to saddened to see him like this. A few weeks later she had enough so she signed him up for a police officer job. “I don’t want to do this, I’m a failure,” he said with a disappointing look on his face. “C 'mon this a new chapter just try it out,” his mom responded. “Okay but only for a day,” he replied. The next day he went to the police station and it was nothing like what he had expected. They were all bullies and they were picking on him. They were the dogs and he was the lone cat. This was definitely the worst day of his life everyone hated him. Karan looked like he was about to have another meltdown, but he didn’t. He persevered even when he was at his lowest point, and when everyone was bullying him, he

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