Saturday, November 2, 2013

Jumper Down

Jumper Down by: Don Shea
           "Jumper Down" is a story that is not only slightly funny but is also very real.  The story is about a paramedic, named Henry, who specializes in jumpers, and about his retirement/last jumper.  There are not really any questions that come to mind for this short story, except for what does "admonish" mean?  I've never heard it before or I might of but I might of heard it instead of read it, thus not knowing how its spelled resulting in not knowing the word.  So being unsure of what the word means I decided to look it up, apparently it means to warn or reprimand someone firmly.  Personally if I was writing this story I would have chosen to use reprimand, not only because I know what it means but I think it would fit better.
Original Sentence- "I mean, it was clearly not the  occasion to admonish the jumper,...."
My Sentence- I mean, it was clearly not the occasion to reprimand the jumper,....
           Henry's final words to his last jumper was my favorite part.  I just love how he compliments the jumper, as he's dying, on how perfect his jump was. 

Ash

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