mayo 20, 2006

Level 7, Short Stories - Guatape

Post the short story you started last Saturday morning. Don't forget to write your name at the end of your comment.

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13 comentarios:

Anónimo dijo...

PROHIBITED GAMES
CITY
PROTAGONIST: XIMENA AND NACHO
They Known through by Internet and after they meet in other city (Cartagena)where lived Nacho, and begin they love with many problems because Ximena was married, but she doesn't love her husband. Ximena and Nacho had a boy and the Ximena's husband thought that that baby was of him.after a long time Ximena told the truth to her husband and she went away to live with Nacho and their boy.


BEATRIZ

Anónimo dijo...

THE GOAL

Alex Rogo, manager of a manufacturing plant of the UniCo company, receives an ultimatum of his Peach head: or he improves the yield of the factory in 3 months, or he closes himself, for him is very important the 280 uses that would be lost. Already he has reduced the costs to the maximum, does not know that to do. Also, due to its work, its marriage is on the verge of breaking itself, the task of Alex Rogo, is not only in the businesses, is also in its personal life. Its race against the time begins thus. Luckyly, Rogo obtains aid with Jonah, its old professor of mathematics, who now is specialistic in production, and he teaches to think to him different. In a condition novel species, Jonah helps Rogo to get rid of his form to think traditional, and to recognize what needs to make to control to the production problems. Instead of guiding it, Jonah makes questions him that Rogo must answer, to reach the solution through the deductive logic. The solution to the problems is in the Theory of the Restrictions (Theory of Constraints or TOC). According to this one, it is necessary to find the “necks of bottle”, those units of production whose capacity is equal or smaller of which the market hopes of the process. Once found, everything is due to organize so that those units are in high-priority place in any plan of work. The important thing in production is to give solution to the necks of bottles, that is to say, besides to find them and with base in this to begin to respond questions like these: You have increased the Trúput? You have reduced inventories? You have reduced expenses? These fulfilling the goals global? Jonah clarifies to Alex who the Efficiency is not the goal of the businesses, that must to increase his Trúput (the money which receipt of outside except the money that I must to to them of outside), must reduce the inventories (all the money inverted in the system), and must reduce the expenses of operation (all the money spent in the system). Also, Jonah clarifies the goal to him of the companies to Alex: “To make money it is the goal of the companies” nevertheless clarifies to him that it does not have to be its personal goal and nor is the one of him. With base in these principles and their organized application through the theory of restrictions Alex it obtains in less than three months to make its plant profitable and to save the 280 uses that it generates and also to its marriage.
Adolfo

Anónimo dijo...

GLADIATOR
The movie is developed in Rome and talks about a man who was the best commanding officer and soldier of the roman army.
The main characters are: Maximus decimus meridius, commodus, marcus aurelius, proximo, lucilla, falco.

The main events are:
-The victory of the roman army.
-The coronation commudus as caesars of rome, and the fight of maximus for to be free.
-Maximus who was the best soldier of roman army, he became slave who struggle for to be free and then he became gladiator and from there struggle for the people of rome toget freedom and could get a caesars the which could take them to the prosperity.

The story ends, when maximus kills to commodus and maximus dead, but before to get that the senate to govern in rome.

GLORIA ESPERANZA MORENO

Anónimo dijo...

My history is about to novel called my “Sweet Friendship” by Laura Restrepo. This history is developed in popular place of Bogota Colombia.

The main characters are a woman journalist and men who say be an angel.

In the City is running the rumor than in popular place is living a miraculous angel and than every day to lot of people are visiting the place.

The journalist who is working in a sensationalist magazine was sand for her boss for that to her going to found the angel history and going to write an article about this history. The journalist visited the places and founding people than could tell where is the angel.

When she found the angel, she feels to big emotion, he was the most beautiful man than she to never you has been saw. She knew the man for many days and she failed in love for him and she was pregnant.

One day the angel disappears he appear at the mental hospital. In this sickens recognize to him like an angel. He returned to home.

Many days to later the angel disappear again but in this occasion to never be see by this mother and the journalist.

People say than he is traveling whit to lot people who believe than he is miraculous angel.

His daughter was born and is living whit her mother.

MARÍA GARDENIA

Anónimo dijo...

THROUGH DREAMS

The story take place in a big city when a family, father,mother,daughter and son are happy and suddenly the children have an accident and dieds, the mother is a painter and every time is doing that.
Four year after this, the father went for the street when he saw an accident then he wanted to help and he was get off the car when a car trample to him and he died, her wife didn't abide and commits suicide and she went to the hell for this.
The father went to the heaven and found his son and daughter and then, the father and son went to hell for she.They had to travel through the hell, it was alike to dante hell, in that spiritual place they had to find to helen that is a name of the mother and wife, afterwars they had to convince to her of ask to God pardon for her mistakes and pardon herself for that, it was very difficult because the punishment for commits suicide is according to movie to be lived eternaly the pain for her mistake,but they could get their objetive for the love than they had for she.
the message of the movie is than the love can to do it and could to save you.

By Uriel Jimenez

Anónimo dijo...

THROUGH DREAMS

The story take place in a big city when a family, father,mother,daughter and son are happy and suddenly the children have an accident and dieds, the mother is a painter and every time is doing that.
Four year after this, the father went for the street when he saw an accident then he wanted to help and he was get off the car when a car trample to him and he died, her wife didn't abide and commits suicide and she went to the hell for this.
The father went to the heaven and found his son and daughter and then, the father and son went to hell for she.They had to travel through the hell, it was alike to dante hell, in that spiritual place they had to find to helen that is a name of the mother and wife, afterwars they had to convince to her of ask to God pardon for her mistakes and pardon herself for that, it was very difficult because the punishment for commits suicide is according to movie to be lived eternaly the pain for her mistake,but they could get their objetive for the love than they had for she.
the message of the movie is than the love can to do it and could to save you.

By Uriel Jimenez

Anónimo dijo...

MOVIE: MARIA FULL OF GRACE

Characters: Maria, partner, friends
Places: Bogota, New York

This movie its about a woman that worked in a florist's for help to her family.
The conditions of work wasn't good because her boss was very demanding. With the time she was in pregnant, for this reason she needed more money, then she went search work in a house of family, in the road she met to a friend, she told her problem, he went where to a friend with she, he offered a work as mule, she accepted because paid very well.
She traveled to the New York's city, then she arrived to the city, there one of the partner get ill because the dope burst inside of her stomach, the partner was killed.
After of this, Maria and her other partner had many discourteous, after of all this problem returned to Colombia.

LUCAS MAURICIO LOPEZ CARDONA

Anónimo dijo...

BOOK: THE GREATEST SALESMAN IN THE WORLD was written by Og Mandino
Characters: Hafid, Pathros, Erasmo, Saulo to who Pablo
Places: A Palace, Damasco, Jerusalen, Belen.

The Greatest Salesman in the world is the legend of Hafid, a man that worked with camels many years ago and his inmense wish of improve his humble condition. With the aim of put to proaf his skill in power, was sending to Belen by his owner Pathros, the great merchant of caravans to sell an only cloak. Hafis fails and, in change, in a moment of compassion, gave the cloak for cover to a newborn baby in a cave near of the lodging.

Hafid returned to the caravan embarrased, but traveled accompany of a brilliant star that shine on his head. This phenomenon was interpreted by Pathros in the sense of that is a sign of the godes, and he bestow to Hafid ten old parchments that contain the necessary wisdom and secrets for that the young fulfill all his ambitions.

Hafid used the principles of success of the ten parchments, for turn into the Greatest Salesman in The World.

The story end when the old man and properous Hafid the greatest salesman in the world who lived with Erasmo his bookkeeper, Hafid hand over the ten parchments to a very special called Pablo, who received a sign for that seek to the greatest salesman in the world.

GLORIA DEL PILAR LONDOÑO GALLEGO

Anónimo dijo...

MOVIE: ROSARIO SCISSORS
Characters: Rosario, Antonio y Emilio
Places: Medellin, Disco and Hospital

Is the story of love among Antonio, Rosario and Emilio. Rosario is an attractive, strong and wonderful woman. She lived in the popular neighborhood of Medellin.

She knew to the bosses and they turn into to Rosario in prostitute and hired assassin. She met to Antonio and Emilio in the Disco. They are rich, they sucumbed in front of sensual of the woman and she in front of to innocence and freshness of this men.

She killed to the men after of kissed them and she died of this way.

ANA MARIA JIMENEZ HENAO

Anónimo dijo...

MOVIE: PHILADELPHIA
Place: Philadelphia
Leading Actor: Tom Hanks

He was a lawyer gay, worked on the best lawyer's office of Philadelphia. He was going to cinema, saw movie pornography and knew a man, had sexual relations with he. and he infected of AIDS at lawyer. After time the lawyer began at impar in his work and when the lawyer's office realized what he has AIDS, dischange at the lawyer.
then the lawyer contract other lawyer and he demanded the lawyer´s office. at the end when he was in the court, the judge said what the lawyer had won case for four millons of dollars in this moment the lawyer dismay, carried he at the hospital and there died of AIDS.

Anónimo dijo...

LIAR,LIAR

The actor main is Jim Carrey, the main characteres as: wife, soon, customer; the movie es developed in the Angeles.

this i a movie of a lawyer that always lived saying lies and lies, so much in his works as to his family.
One day your soon, does prometed that for one day, won't say more lies, for that wish, he discovered that say the true is good, and that he can to do happy to the people, he won one case saying the true, finally he recovered to your wife and the love of your soon.

BY : DORA GARCES ZULUAGA

Anónimo dijo...

BOOK: ILLUSIONS
was written by Richard Bach

Places: Towns, Airplane
Characters: A book, apprentice

The book is a manual that us help for the life, when the appentice needs something appeal to the book because this contain messages and piece of advice about all situations that present in the life as dangerous, love, in the travel, in the work.
The book always is in the airplane and open when the apprentice needs a help for problems o situations.


LUZ MARIA GARCIA RINCON

Anónimo dijo...

MOVIE: THE CASTAWAY

PLACES: AN UNINHABITED ISLAND

MAIN CHARACTERS: TOM HANKS

MAIN EVENTS: TOM HANKS CARACTERIZE TO A WORKER OF THE COMPANY FEDEX WHO HAS AN ACCIDENT AIR WHILE THEY CROSSED THE ATLANTIC OCEAN. MIRACULOUSLY IT IS SAVED AND FINISHES ARRIVING AT A DESERTED ISLAND WHERE SHOULD FIGHT WITH MANY NATURAL, PHYSICAL DIFFICULTIES, BUT ABOVE ALL WITH THE PAIN OF HAVE NOT TO ITS SIDE TO ITS AL LOVE OF ITS LIFE, ITS GIRLFRIEND. AFTER THEY TO HAVE PASSED VARIOUS YEARS IN SAID ISLAND, SURVIVING AS A MAN ALMOST PREHISTORICO, THE PERSONAGE THAT INTERPRETS HANKS DECIDES OF TRYING TO LEAVE THE ISLAND AND TO RETURN TO THE CIVILIZATION TO BE FOUND WITH THE HIS. FINALLY it MANAGES to LEAVE THE ISLAND, IS RESCUED FOR A SHIP ON THE HIGH SEAS, AND THUS FINISHES ITS LONG AN AGUISH

STORY END: THE STORY FINALIZES WITH A MAN THAT AL TO RETURN TO HIS HOME FINDS THAT ALL TO CHANGED, THAT ITS GIRLFRIEND HAS HIMSELF MARRIED WITH ANOTHER PERSON AND THAT IS SEEN IN THE NEED TO INITIATE A NEW LIFE, A LIFE THAT SPLITS OF ZERO

OSCAR AGUDELO