Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Jumper

from the archives: writing prompt #102 - reasons to live
*update: edited it to be a little more concise, and it is now accurate with a reference to the name of the story that inspired it: “The Man in Bogota” from Amy Hempel’s book Reasons to Live.

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  1. I can't see the picture!!!

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  2. I would say to the victim," You better be attached to a bungee cored other wise there is no way of coming back once you jump." See what I am trying to do is make the victim laugh so at that moment her thinks life is good so he wont jump. If this does not work I have another plan it is called Plan X. Plan X is simple if you cant make him laugh make him feel happy by singing Welcome To My Life by A Simple Plan to make them realize it is not worth jumping and if that doesn't work find something stretchy that wont let him fall distract him so he doesn't notice what your putting on and if he jumps he will live.

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  3. when a person is set on jumping I'm pretty sure they will not laugh.

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    1. Sorry that was supposed to be a comment for Sam

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    2. Cody does have a point, but it still may make the person jumping think of any happy memories in their life.

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  4. If it is somebody I know I would start showing them pictures of when they were little to show them how is used to be and that life isn't that hard. I would then tell them stories about us and remind him of how much fun he used to have. There is a lot of stuff that you could but another thing that I think you could say is that how much his friends and family loves him and they wouldn't know what to do if he wasn't in their life.

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    1. Nice job, I think reminding them of their past (if it was fun for the person) is a great idea.

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    2. This is very sweet, Cody. I think this would work. Usually when someone is feeling very sad about themselves, thinking about happy memories makes them feel better.

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  5. I would say that there is no reason in life that is that bad that you would have to do this. I would tell him that he has family and friends that would miss him. He has so much life ahead of him there is so much that he can do with his life and he needs to settle down and come back down with me. I would tell him that some day he will get married and have a kid. He could have so much fun and we can have fun but first we need to get you down from there.

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  6. I would tell them even if they messed up before, it doesn't mean that they can't do something great or fix things in the future. Your life isn't ruined if you mess up. It can make your life worse, but it doesn't mean you can't fix things. Even if it seems like an impossible task, things can always be fixed or even partly fixed. I would ask that person if he/she had ever had any good moments in their life. I would then tell them that they could have even better moments if they just tried to make things better and be kind.

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  7. First off all this is all wrong I wouldn't tell him not to jump. I don't know if you can tell but he is obviously a perfesional diver and their is water right below him. So I would say go for it and record it. Because it's not everyday that you get to se a pro diver do his biggest dive ever. I would jump on to a bridge to se this moment. What a day what a day.

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    1. He better be a professional if he's jumping from that height!

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