Nowhere To Run

In the story “No Escape” from The Mee Street Chronicles by Frankie Lennon, the young child, the narrator, finds herself into a terrifying situation. Even though she gets a little help she shows to be a courageous and brave girl.

My impression of the narrator was that she felt the need to tell this story because she felt that many of us can actually relate to the same situation she went through. She was terrified and at the same time courageous. She demonstrated to be a very intelligent girl that knew how to defend or overcome the situation she was in. Sure she was scared but she had the nerve to defeat her fear with the help of the god fairy. Although she had help she was brave enough to stand up to her fear. It’s understandable that she was afraid seeing that she was just three years old.

I completely identify myself with the frightening situation that the narrator went through. I too was scared and terrified at night when I was younger. I remember waking up at night; everything was dark, and only seeing only shadows of things that looked like monsters. I was so afraid that these things that looked like monsters would take me away. I always pulled my blanket over me to cover my whole body and that’s the only way I would calm myself down. I would wake up and yell for my parents just to make sure they were home. I was so scared that I thought they weren’t home and that I was alone. My parents would sometimes stay with me until I fell asleep and even sometimes the whole night. I totally know and understand what the narrator went through and felt like. But we eventually stop being scared and like the narrator I too would float away and sweet drams would fill my head.

I think many of people when they’re younger go through the same fears especially when night came. It’s comprehensible that a child be afraid of these things. I really admire the narrator because she had the courage to overcome this fear and although she had help from the god fairy, she still was able to overcome it.