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Universidad Nacional de L a Plata Facultad de Humanidades y Ciencias de la Educación Departamento de Lenguas modernas Departamento de Lenguas Modernas Lengua Inglesa 1


 * A Shocking Accident / Summary / Sample **

A Shocking Accident is a short story about a nine-year-old boy called Jerome who faces the hardships of becoming an orphan. His mother died very early in life and his father, a guide-book writer - who Jerome believed to be a war correspondent - had been killed while travelling around Italy on a trip he had taken to write a guide-book. After this, Jerome ́s life was filled with a series of laugh-out-loud incidents about his father ́s death: while touring Naples to write a guide book, Jerome ́s father happened to walk under a balcony, somehow a pig fell from it and struck him dead. Later on, as an adult, he will need to confront his fiancée with this awkward event. To Jerome ́s relief, she will be the first person in his entire life who will understand how embarrassed he felt and will comfort him for the loss. ( 152 words)

A Shocking Accident is a short story about a nine-year-old boy called Jerome, who faces the hardships of becoming an orphan. His mother was already dead when his father was killed while travelling around Italy. After this, Jerome ́s life became a series of laugh-out-loud incidents about his father ́s death: he had been struck dead by a pig which had fallen from a balcony in Naples. As an adult, he will need to confront his fiancée with this awkward event. To Jerome ́s relief, she will be the first person in life who will understand and comfort him. ( 99 words).
 * A Shorter version **

An even shorter version A Shocking Accident is about a nine-year-old boy called Jerome whose father was killed by a pig which had fallen from a balcony in Naples. After this, Jerome ́s life became a series of laugh-out- loud events about his father ́s death. As an adult, he will need to confront his fiancée with this awkward event and she will be the first person in life who will comfort him. ( 67 words )

A Shocking Accident is about a nine-year-old boy called Jerome whose father was killed by a pig which fell from a balcony in Naples. Jerome ́s life became a series of laugh-out-loud events about his father ́s death. As an adult, his girlfriend will be the only one to understand and comfort him. ( 52 words)
 * Shorter than the previous one **