Sean Brodie's Response to Powder

I find this story to be very interesting and inspiring. The father in Powder seemed to be very courageous, confident, and had faith. His character is like a father who works really hard and love his family more than life itself and wanted to give his son an experience of a lifetime. However, his wife wasn't happy with him taking their son out in the dangerous snow in such a late hour. He did not want his wife to through a fit at him. His personality really shine when he told his son that they will make it and never give up hope. He seemed to be very tactical with his driving skills and have experience with such a dangerous conditions. In someways he reminds me of myself. The son, the narrator of the story was very bright and always thinks ahead. He knew and wanted to get home early to avoid conflict with his mother. He also trusted and believe in his father. He seem to had fun with spending time with his father, the conflict with the snow, and his father's bravery. The story in someways remind me of the movie the Pursuit of Happiness. The bond between father and son was something I wish I had in life. I think the author Tobias Wolff was trying to give the viewer a lesson in always think ahead, be prepared just in case the worst happens, no matter what situation your in always have faith that everything will be alright, and a true father would do anything for his child.

In my story, I wrote about a fictional version of a birthday party I had when I was a kid. I mixed it up with a family members habit. The main character who is nameless in the story is the birthday boy and he ends up talking to a strange teen who gives him a cigarette. He smokes it and coughs severely. His parents call him to blow out the candles on his birthday cake. He does so, but the smoke is still in his lungs so he ends up coughing harshly again. His father examines him and takes him inside for a lecture. Sharing his story that when he was around his age. He smoke cigarettes, hung out with the wrong crowd, and did bad things. He was punish for it and turned his life around by going to church and became religious. He went to talk to the teen who gave his son the cigarette and threw him out of his party. Then he told his son that he should pray and believe in God and ask him for forgiveness and not to go down the path he went through. The similarity of that story is a life lesson and that is to always listen to your parents and do good in life. Stay way from the bad things and believe in yourself. For no matter what you go through in life. Everything will be ok.