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  • Essay / Frozen Time - 941

    Pearl is an ordinary woman, widow and grandmother; she lives in a small town in Florida and was diagnosed with stage four cancer a few months ago. Where she lives, the ocean is blue and the sun shines, it's never cold and no snow falls from the sky. Her children don't know she's sick because they never call her; she wishes they would, she sends money, cards, but they never respond. She feels alone in her small town and there aren't many people to talk or do things with. When she was young, Pearl always dreamed of seeing snow, but it never happened, one-way trips were too expensive, and her mother didn't own a car. Growing up, the idea of ​​traveling never entered his mind. Now everything is different, the doctors tell him that he only has a few months to live. So she decides it's time to move; It's time to make your dreams come true before you die. She will rent a car and on the way to Maine, she will stop to see her children. It's September and when she arrives in Maine, it will be December; the only thing she worries about is whether she'll make it by then. She is leaving here for the adventure of her life. As she leaves Florida for Georgia, she passes through Atlanta in the rain and makes her first stop at her daughter's house. She rings and no one answers. Pearl goes back to her car and waits hour after hour but no one seems to show up at the door, so she waits some more. All of a sudden, someone comes to the door, sees the car, opens the door and slams it. Pearl sees her daughter's face and understands that she doesn't want to see her. She leaves to go to a hotel. Once there, Pearl parks the car and goes to her room. As she is drying her coat, she hears someone knocking at the door. She runs to...... middle of paper...... she can't spend as much time in each city as she would like. At the hotel, Pearl made herself comfortable as she was going to stay in New York. until Halloween. She goes to the bathroom to take a shower and put on her pajamas, but on the way back to her bed, Pearl feels dizzy and passes out on the floor. The maid knocks on the door but no one answers, so she listens to see if anyone is in the shower but she doesn't hear the water. So she takes her key card and enters carefully so no one will be surprised, but instead she finds an old lady passed out on the floor. The cleaning lady screams for help and the manager comes and calls an ambulance. Pearl wakes up and is suddenly worried. The doctor comforts her, telling her that she just isn't drinking enough water and that since her body is now sensitive, she needs to be more careful. Pearl, relieved, leaves the hospital.