Looking Back Group 3 by https://padlet.com/claytonbradshaw/midkmp3zzhqic8ty Read the last page of the first chapter of Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse Five. We will create a first and last line to a scene or story on Padlet. Then, fill in an entry on the timeline between the two to complete our story. From Slaughterhouse Five By Kurt Vonnegut People aren't supposed to look back. I'm certainly not going to do it anymore. I’ve finished my war book now. The next one I write is going to be fun. This one is a failure, and had to be, since it was written by a pillar of salt. It begins like this: Listen: Billy Pilgrim has come unstuck in time. It ends like this: Poo-tee-weet? en-us 2021-04-14 15:18:41 UTC 2021-04-14 20:33:08 UTC hello@padlet.com First Line kaylam51201 https://padlet.com/claytonbradshaw/midkmp3zzhqic8ty/wish/1417248188 I heard someone say there are no more ghosts in West Texas—the oilmen drained them all out of the ground when they built the derricks that dotted the desert plains. ]]> 2021-04-14 16:14:19 UTC https://padlet.com/claytonbradshaw/midkmp3zzhqic8ty/wish/1417248188 Last Line kaylam51201 https://padlet.com/claytonbradshaw/midkmp3zzhqic8ty/wish/1417259975 All I wanted was to drive to Marfa and paint bright colors gently floating over the beige dirt that chokes out West Texas men.

]]> 2021-04-14 16:16:34 UTC https://padlet.com/claytonbradshaw/midkmp3zzhqic8ty/wish/1417259975 I didn't believe them at first when my high school friends talked about the destruction of the places I once knew. My precious, childhood memories were disrupted from them telling me, "Bailey, the exhibits and festivals are gone now.." https://padlet.com/claytonbradshaw/midkmp3zzhqic8ty/wish/1418292873 2021-04-14 19:50:27 UTC https://padlet.com/claytonbradshaw/midkmp3zzhqic8ty/wish/1418292873 We used to go and watch the Cultural Festival every year, and I can't imagine somebody wanting to end something so magical. They were always filled with gorgeous lights and music flowing throughout the entire city. https://padlet.com/claytonbradshaw/midkmp3zzhqic8ty/wish/1418321541 2021-04-14 19:58:27 UTC https://padlet.com/claytonbradshaw/midkmp3zzhqic8ty/wish/1418321541 People found oil underneath the sites of the festival. People stole the happiness, culture, and memories of others for money. This piece of my life-of everybody's in West Texas- is broken and empty because of selfish people. https://padlet.com/claytonbradshaw/midkmp3zzhqic8ty/wish/1418332023 2021-04-14 20:01:28 UTC https://padlet.com/claytonbradshaw/midkmp3zzhqic8ty/wish/1418332023 Hearing this from my friends fills me with anger. It makes me want to fight and to get back what I cherished so much as a young child. https://padlet.com/claytonbradshaw/midkmp3zzhqic8ty/wish/1418349780 2021-04-14 20:07:02 UTC https://padlet.com/claytonbradshaw/midkmp3zzhqic8ty/wish/1418349780 I now have dreams of seeing Billy up on the stage and singing his heart out. He is so close that I could run up to him, but my vision becomes blurry as I get closer. Billy isn't the talented musician I used to know. He joins the ghosts of the Cultural Festival as oilmen tear down the huge stage. https://padlet.com/claytonbradshaw/midkmp3zzhqic8ty/wish/1418414913 2021-04-14 20:26:32 UTC https://padlet.com/claytonbradshaw/midkmp3zzhqic8ty/wish/1418414913