Literature by https://padlet.com/williamsaleric/5lv3dvv5tur2 Made with love en-us 2018-07-29 15:16:32 UTC 2018-07-29 17:46:39 UTC hello@padlet.com "Sometimes you just read fiction just because you want to be somewhere else." williamsaleric https://padlet.com/williamsaleric/5lv3dvv5tur2/wish/271371228   -Obama]]> 2018-07-29 15:18:58 UTC https://padlet.com/williamsaleric/5lv3dvv5tur2/wish/271371228 To me that statement means that sometimes life can be hard and overbearing and you just need to escape all you realities and go into a more happier space whether it be pen to paper or a simple escape of the mind williamsaleric https://padlet.com/williamsaleric/5lv3dvv5tur2/wish/271371281 2018-07-29 15:20:29 UTC https://padlet.com/williamsaleric/5lv3dvv5tur2/wish/271371281 Happiness in song williamsaleric https://padlet.com/williamsaleric/5lv3dvv5tur2/wish/271371373 2018-07-29 15:22:52 UTC https://padlet.com/williamsaleric/5lv3dvv5tur2/wish/271371373 Phoenix williamsaleric https://padlet.com/williamsaleric/5lv3dvv5tur2/wish/271371434 What's fact and what"s fiction? No one ever really knew when it came to Victor. I think his story telling was a way for him to escape the loneliness of being an outcast in his village. He could create spaces in his mind where he didn't have to be serious all the time, where he could fly like bird if he wanted to. His stories were a testament to how powerful the mind and imagination can be.]]> 2018-07-29 15:24:45 UTC https://padlet.com/williamsaleric/5lv3dvv5tur2/wish/271371434 Fences williamsaleric https://padlet.com/williamsaleric/5lv3dvv5tur2/wish/271371520 Creating another life as enjoyment and escape from your everyday. Even though it came crashing down eventually this embodies my statement. Creating a life with someone else where you have no worries, no children, no bills and you can relate on another level. He lived fact and fiction at the same time. ]]> 2018-07-29 15:26:57 UTC https://padlet.com/williamsaleric/5lv3dvv5tur2/wish/271371520 Everyday use williamsaleric https://padlet.com/williamsaleric/5lv3dvv5tur2/wish/271371633 Hating her upbringing Dee left home. She hated how poor she grew up and how her mother never saw a reason to leave and be better. Being able to create her own life and tell her own story while still being able to hold on to things and people that made her the woman she was had become important even if she didn't quite know the right way to say it.]]> 2018-07-29 15:30:33 UTC https://padlet.com/williamsaleric/5lv3dvv5tur2/wish/271371633 House on Mango street williamsaleric https://padlet.com/williamsaleric/5lv3dvv5tur2/wish/271371695 Esperana's escape from the world around her is through her poetry and writing. Being able escape into her writing and also being able to wright down the things she's going through down i story is great release and escape form her everyday realities.]]> 2018-07-29 15:32:58 UTC https://padlet.com/williamsaleric/5lv3dvv5tur2/wish/271371695 A pair of tickets williamsaleric https://padlet.com/williamsaleric/5lv3dvv5tur2/wish/271372990 Although the letters in this short story were not a work of fiction the letters shared between estranged sisters is way of coming to grips with reality. Their letters are a way to connect them to the woman that they all share in common who they won't 
 see again in this life. This also gives them a chance to tell each other stories of their hopes, dreams and life imagined.]]> 2018-07-29 16:16:18 UTC https://padlet.com/williamsaleric/5lv3dvv5tur2/wish/271372990 Imagination williamsaleric https://padlet.com/williamsaleric/5lv3dvv5tur2/wish/271372991 When I think of fiction I think of imagination. You can do what ever you'd like be whoever you want to be and go where ever you want to go. It is truly an escape from your realities and all of the things you have to do and the person you have to be.Fiction is my favorite genre because there are no limits on what can be created. Charlie and the chocolate factory is a great depiction on that for me.]]> 2018-07-29 16:16:19 UTC https://padlet.com/williamsaleric/5lv3dvv5tur2/wish/271372991 I, Too williamsaleric https://padlet.com/williamsaleric/5lv3dvv5tur2/wish/271375308 Imagining what its like to be treated equally,  Wondering why you are treated differently. Wondering what you have to do in order to be treated the same as everyone else. This story goes through the thoughts and mind of a black man seemingly trying to find his in the world.]]> 2018-07-29 17:26:24 UTC https://padlet.com/williamsaleric/5lv3dvv5tur2/wish/271375308