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Seney's Home-Personal Narrative

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Returning home from the war to nothing isn’t the end of the world. Home was unrecognizable, to say the least. The town of Seney had nothing left besides a few stones charred by fire and the Mansion House hotel’s foundation. Upon viewing, from the seat of some baggage tossed out the door of his train passing through, Nick realized there was no reason to stay in Seney. He began walking along the railroad tracks until he reached a bridge that drew his interest. Nick was amazed by the water that flowed underneath the bridge. It had been a long time since he had seen the rapid moving water and the fish. The fish he seen are known as trout. Although the day was hot and his emotions were running rampant, these things made Nick very happy and brought a sense of peace to him. He didn’t stop there though. He continued his travel. Nick eventually came to a stop. He needed a rest and a cigarette. A map was not needed for him. He knew where he was by the position of the river. While relaxing and puffing his cigarette, Nick noticed a grasshopper that had landed on his sock. He began to notice all the grasshoppers in the area were black. These grasshoppers weren’t their normal colors. They were covered in soot like everything else. He set the …show more content…

(Perkins 166) Once he was pleased with his sleeping area, he developed a strong sense of hunger. Hungrier than he thought he had ever been, he decided to eat some pork and beans with spaghetti. Thirst overcame him so he made coffee like Hopkins use to make it. Hopkins went away when the telegram came. (Perkins 168) Nick began remembering the plans to go fishing with Hopkins next summer and the .22 caliber he had given Nick. Memories were nice and comforting but he returned the present and went to his comfortable bed he made. As comfortable as he could be, a mosquito began buzzing around his ear. He lit a match, held it up to the mosquito until he burnt and curled up for some shut

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