Cruetly Stories

Text: I'm Not Scared (by Niccolo Ammaniti) Form: Text Response Prompt: 'It's men you should be afraid of, not monsters.' Does this text show this to be true? Discuss. Word Count: 700-800 words

Feels weird that this is my first entry but oh well

Left stranded to die with cries for help but one person defied the rules and saved the boy that soon will become someone attached to him like as if he was meant to be the boy's father. A mask concealing emotions and only those dull eyes were shown but the boy would soon lead a life treacherous with lies and false promises and with no memory of who their family were but shaped based on the identity of their saviour. But when things go sidetracked and Luthion's saviour disappeared leaving no trace behind, Luthion vows to bring back his saviour alive. Will he or will he crumble underneath the ashes of those like him that have tried to bring back their loved ones from.

Emile Ward is deprived of any use of speech. Life will be impossible even after the death of his grandfather (his last guardian), then, with the only help of his friend, he will understand, throughout the world, that hope was and has always been the only key and the only remedy for melancholy and sadness. Thanks to him, the world will finally know the true way of seeing things around them. But how will he go about it? (Original version is in French)