Chief Haymart's 'Chief': A Short Story Of Chief
Mrs. Von When I first met Lanette I was just 7 years old. My family and I moved into the house right across the yard. My parents told me to go and play on their swing set they had in their back yard. I was very nervous, but my mother told me it was a great way to make friends. After about 5 minutes of playing on the swing set Lanette comes out with her youngest daughter and that was the very first time we met. From then on my mother became close friends with Lanette. Her daughter and I also became close friends. Over the years I grew up with best friends right across the yard from me. Lanette was always a role model of mine. She held her head up high and was always there when I was sad. She was there when I just wanted to talk about life,
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Most of the stories take place in, or around Giltner Nebraska. They are based on Chief Haymart’s past experiences in his life. The reason behind his nickname “Chief” is when he was in a play, when he was younger, he actually shot an arrow at someone so the name naturally suck with him. All the stories have different backgrounds and meanings. He foreshadows his life to tell his countless memories about everything he remembers. It does not state that is told in chronological order. By not telling the reader what order the stories are in, it gives the reader more reason to question what will happen next and when it will happen. His teachers were not paid very well, but they like what they were doing. Even if they had to put up wit a lot of shit. It came to a point where there were quite a few bigger boys in school and Chief got in a tussle and got stabbed. Luckily he didn’t get the sheriff involved. The boy who stabbed Chief was greatful for that. From the stories of the shop right out of Giltner burning down, to finding his wife when he traveled with her to Lincoln he has stories that will keep people entertained for hours. His wife’s maiden name was Miss Edna Dickey; her name was changed on April 4th 1940 to Mrs. Edna Haymart. No one will ever have the same life, or live the same way Chief did. His stories are unique that tell a tale that could of withered away if not wrote down. The reason behind the book was to keep the memories
Most of the stories take place in, or around Giltner Nebraska. They are based on Chief Haymart’s past experiences in his life. The reason behind his nickname “Chief” is when he was in a play, when he was younger, he actually shot an arrow at someone so the name naturally suck with him. All the stories have different backgrounds and meanings. He foreshadows his life to tell his countless memories about everything he remembers. It does not state that is told in chronological order. By not telling the reader what order the stories are in, it gives the reader more reason to question what will happen next and when it will happen. His teachers were not paid very well, but they like what they were doing. Even if they had to put up wit a lot of shit. It came to a point where there were quite a few bigger boys in school and Chief got in a tussle and got stabbed. Luckily he didn’t get the sheriff involved. The boy who stabbed Chief was greatful for that. From the stories of the shop right out of Giltner burning down, to finding his wife when he traveled with her to Lincoln he has stories that will keep people entertained for hours. His wife’s maiden name was Miss Edna Dickey; her name was changed on April 4th 1940 to Mrs. Edna Haymart. No one will ever have the same life, or live the same way Chief did. His stories are unique that tell a tale that could of withered away if not wrote down. The reason behind the book was to keep the memories