Frightening situations

In the story “No Escape” from The Mee Street Chronicles by Frankie Lennon, the narrator who is a young child, finds herself in a frightening situation, and tries to pull herself through. Just like any young person who is practically all alone in the middle of the night, the narrator feels lonely and afraid. There is one character trait that was extremely noticeable throughout the story, which was her very imaginative imagination. She mentions things that she believes are after her, things that are trying to harm her like the “shadow monsters”, and evil voices that are speaking to her. The most obvious fact that points out just how imaginative she is is when she has conversations with her “Godfairy mother”, and the “Sandman”. Another trait that I see in this young girl is determination. Any ordinary three year old girl would have given up long before she started. When a little child is lost and afraid their first instinct is to stand in one spot and cry until someone hears them, but not this character. She never gave up, she knew that all she wanted was her parents and she did not stop until she got back into their arms.

This story reminds me of times where I was home by myself when my mother would go to the store, or out for the night. Anyone who knows me, know that I hate being left alone, or even to be by myself for that matter, especially not at night. I remember the times when I was left home alone, sometimes even with my older sister there I was still afraid. There were numerous times where I would just sit there waiting for my mother to come back, I would not move one inch not even to go to the bathroom. No matter what time of the day it was I would hear all kinds of noises, and think that there was something going to get me. But nevertheless I made it through, just like the young girl in “No Escape”.