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The Summary Of Bullet In The Brain By Tobias Wolff
In my ENC1102 class, we were tasked with writing a story based on another story we had read...
The story was called Bullet in the Brain By Tobias Wolff, its about how the main characters flaws led to his death.
And I had to write about how certain flaws of mine would cause the death written in the story.
I first put my summary of the story and then the short story for your entertainment purposes.
Please let me know what you think...

Electric Shock
The Summary Electric Shock was my rendition of Bullet in the Brain by Tobias Wolff. It was hard for me to come up with an idea of a way for me to die; but I thought of the time when I was waiting for the train and a man in a wheel chair warned me about the dangers of standing too close. I decided to take that moment in my life and exaggerate it while still keeping it believable. I didn’t know how I was going to be able to write at least three pages about such a short moment.
Death is a touchy subject and I almost didn’t write this story, but the night before it was due I managed to get started at midnight. By the time I was done writing I ended up with 6 pages of material. I hated having to cut out parts of my story for the revision because I was proud of the work I had done in such a short time.
During the revision process for this story I emailed it to many of my close
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He did not remember his first kiss on that chilly January evening that left him feeling a little bit euphoric because she used just the right amount of tongue. He didn’t remember his love, the woman who saw him for what he truly was, the woman who always knew how to make him feel better even if she was the cause of his despair, the woman who he had been in love with for the past 11 months. He didn’t remember the items that brought him much joy and burned holes in his wallet, not his $400 Google smart phone, his $700 Playstation 3, or his $300

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