The Chicxulub Character Analysis

Everyone at some point of their lives will experience a Chicxulub. Something that will change your entire life for the better or the worse. It’s what you choose to do with that change that will build your character. Take Maureen and Ted for example. Late, one rainy night, they get their Chicxulub. A call that delivered the heart-wrenching news of their daughter, Maddy’s accident.

Imagine, you are in the street playing basketball with the neighbor kids. You are winning by 3 points; You get into your shooting stance, ready to end the game with a victory… Just as you jump to shoot the ball, a reckless driver comes down the street at 75 miles per hour and runs into you and your friends. Your life flashes before your eyes and that’s it. You’re gone. The author, T. Coraghessan Boyle, shows this in the story with the words “You’d better get down on your hands and knees and pray to the Gods, because each year this big spinning globe, we ride intersects the orbits of some twenty million asteroids, at least a
The Chicxulub crashed into the Earth out of nowhere and now it is an ancient artifact everyone finds fascinating. Like an arrow for example, it can only be shot by pulling it backward. When life is dragging you back with difficulties, it means it’s going to launch you into something great. So just focus, and keep aiming… Like the Biehn’s, one simple phone call can change your life. So ask yourself, “how can I make my day action-packed?” and just do it. However, some things you worry about in life are things that don’t even concern you. Ted and Maureen sat anxiously in the waiting room for the godawful news the doctor was going