Summary Of Ayn Rand's Short Story 'All Quiet'

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“Battle” The night was Quiet, except for the wind whistle through the trees and cry of a lonely loon on the lake, all at once peaceful scene was gone, Nuke and Silver was a lone wolf pair living inside hill cave. All other wolf was killed or left for better ground away from the man. They came out to hunt for food and do all usual wolfish things. A trapper stock up on silver and shoots her in the leg, and she took off and hid in the thicket Nuke and Silver was a lone wolf pair living inside hill cave. All other wolf was killed or left for better ground away from the man. Nuke pressed toward her through a curtain of standing weeds. There she was laying on her side Breath heavily, and there was a red stain …show more content…

Finally, he lay down close beside her and stretched his neck out flat, touching her in understanding and sympathy. He lays there and watched the daylight hours slip away and the stars came out one by one.and as they lay there a cutting wind-swept up and round them, it passed with a low moaning through the trees that were around them. For hours Nuke lay beside his mate. The untouched fish froze solid. Once through the night he felt her shiver violently, He touches her face and whined softly, but she did not get up. --staet here again----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Again he laid his neck, across her neck lightly, trying to warm her. He stayed in that place for a long time. Finally, he crept out and look round to make sure no man was round, Under the stars and from the moonlight he could see back down the trail. He sat down to watch and at last, he saw a shadow of something moving in the moonlight for Nuke slipped away from the man. He came up behind the man, and then he deliberately stood in plain sight etched against the sky. The man stops and raised his gun and …show more content…

The black wolf was a giant and tower over him. He was looking for an easy kill, so they both stared at each other. The big black wolf made it move toward Nuke. Nuke was ready to stand his ground and fight the monster. The wolf leaped at him.its teeth sink into Nuke flesh. Nuke felt so much pain and The thought of never seeming his love flash in fonrt of his eyes and he know he had to dig deep and find the strengh to fight this monster and get back to his love. He listened,straining to hear a sound which might help him to locale any near by wolfs or man. As he kept watching into the night he saw the silhouette of a man moving a long side of him. The man was only inch from him,with just a tree between them. The man made no sound . The man went alway. Nuke try hard to not be scared but he pull himself togather and had to get back to silever. The wolves had surrounding Nuke,moving though the shadous,trying to remain unseen/ He try to hide under some branches of a falling tree. The wolves took the chance to attack. They had bided thier time and now were about to reap the benefits of a larger