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Creative Writing: The Grapes Of Wrath

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Once upon a time there was a kid named Jonathan, he was born on March 5th 1987 and he had an unusual birth. His brother whom he didn’t know about, was a murderer and he went to jail for 20 years. It was like a parallel action, he got born right when his brother was let out of jail. His family always kept his brother a secret until Jonathan was 13 when his brother tried to murder his parents in front of him. His parents got away, but they forgot something. They forgot Jonathan. The brother never knew he had a younger brother, for he had thought it was only his parents. The brother never did find Jonathan until he started stalking the family of 3.

It all started in 1963 when Jonathan's parents were still young and senseless and only had a small house and 1 kid. They were bad people, they yelled in crowds and rebelled against the authority, caused havoc and made people Protest against her. Babies remember their past and this baby certainly did. He became a rebellion in school and he would get into fights just about every day. He would make people cry in class and force people …show more content…

it may not come in handy for most things but it will later on in his life. He went to school every day like a average child and he got good grades but it was unusual for him to get bad grades. He had 2 friends that were basically his mentors and a loyal retainer. They both stuck with him through rough and the good. They never left him. Jonathan never noticed he had a power until he got scared of the dark and the room lit up like a piece of fire. He yelled “ AHHHH!!! Fire! Fire! Fire” His parents dashed in like lightning bolts and they said “ It’s alright Jonathan nothing is wrong.” Until they realized they hadn’t turned on the lights. It was a sudden silence and everyone was still. Jonathan said “OMG i have super powers, my dream has come true, but it wasn't what i was expecting, i was hoping for lasers or stuff kinda like

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