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My Secret

Hello. I am sure, from the title, that you are amused. A secret... That could mean quite a few things. I will tell you this though. It sure was a lot of fun. It only lasted for an hour though... And only three people know about it. I am sure by this point that you are confused.

I do not know if you will be able to guess my secret before the end of this letter. It is a pretty tough one, and after you find out the secret, I am sure you will reread this to see all the clues you missed.

My secret has sub-secrets, ones that are even harder to figure out than the main secret. There are four sub-secrets within the main secret. All of these sub-secrets took place within an hour of each other, which is funny because I drove 45 minutes each way to get to my location.

So far, that was the best Sunday I have had this year (so far). Although the drive was long, it was worth it. The view was nice too! Lake Erie is so calm this time of year.

I am glad I am back in the spirit of getting on these tall, tall mountains. It was fun to visit an old one, and to see two new ones. It is not everyday that they put in a huge scream-generator.

The food was great too! Those fries were delicious. Whoever thought of putting seafood and potatoes together is a genius, and I applaud them for it.

By now, you may have figured out my secret. If you have not, the answers are below :

My Main Secret - I went to Cedar Point for opening weekend.

Sub-Secret 1 - I rode Millenium Force.

Sub-Secret 2 - I rode Pipe Scream.

Sub-Secret 3 - I rode Lake Erie Eagles.

Sub-Secret 4 - I ate at Chickie's and Pete's (a new restaurant in the park), and had their delicious new Crab Fries

Shoulda, Woulda, Coulda

If Victor would have wrote a letter to his family saying what he was really doing, the story would have been changed dramatically. The first "alternate ending" that I think could have occurred is the monster would not have been completed, and would remain a pile of limbs instead of a terrible creature. If Victor's family heard of the terrible things he was doing, they may have come to visit him at Ingolstadt. They could have talked him out of creating a monster and got him to return home. While his marriage may not have taken place this way (I assume Elizabeth would not want to marry crazy Victor), the lives of William, Justine, and Henry could have been saved. The monster (because he would not exist) could not have killed William and Henry. Because William would still be alive, Justine would not be charged with murder, and she would still be alive.

A second "alternate ending" that I think could have occurred is the killing of the monster. If the time Victor's family arrived to visit him was after the creation of the monster, his family could have helped him kill it. The story could have been the Frankenstein family going throughout Europe to try and find this crazy monster and kill it. While I am sure deaths would still happen, they could have happened in a less secretive way. The story could have been in a complete opposite direction than the way it went.

Left Out

Sometimes, people get rejected or left out by others. This can make a person feel sad, angry, or upset to name a few emotions. Below is a situation in which Tommy, the main character, feels left out by his bigger and more athletic friends :

Tommy was in the ninth grade. He was finally in high school where he could be away from those annoying sixth graders. It was hard for him to believe that he was that annoying just three years ago...

The high school was much bigger than the middle school. It was so big that Tommy felt like he was lost most of the time. He did not feel like he felt in.

"Why does one school need four gyms?" Tommy asked himself often.

As per his normal schedule, Tommy was leaving the school at three in the afternoon. The school lets out at 2:40, but Tommy stays behind to get help on his math homework. As Tommy was walking past one of the gyms, he heard a faint beating sound. When he reached the gym doors, he took a look inside. He saw two of the older students, Adrian and Terri, playing basketball. Tommy was never great at sports, but he enjoyed playing them when he had the chance. Tommy threw down his backpack and walked over to his acquaintances.

"Hey, can I play?" Tommy asks brightly to the two seniors.

"Why would we let you play?" snorts Terri. "Basketball is only fun if your taller than five feet!" he jokes while Adrian laughs.

"Your just a stupid freshman." Adrian adds on.

Tommy, feeling upset and wanting to cry, runs from the gym and leaves his backpack behind.

Tommy, being the rejected person in this story, feels upset that he is left out. As seen in the beginning of the story, Tommy does not feel like he fits in at the school. He is constantly lost, but glad that he is away from younger students. But now, Tommy is the younger student that nobody likes. When he enters the gym, he gets quite excited at the thought of playing basketball. He was probably happy to think that he might finally fit in with the seniors.

Once he was rejected quite rudely by the seniors, Tommy became upset so much that he wanted to cry. He was so upset that when he ran from the gym, he forgot his backpack.

Remember to ALWAYS be nice to people. Their response is unknown, and it may be drastic. Even if a mean comment was only intended to be a joke, it probably will not come across that way.