Describe a Setting: School Hall
Essay by guillaumebill • January 17, 2017 • Creative Writing • 390 Words (2 Pages) • 4,599 Views
The Hall
The huge room had a high ceiling, chairs were spread out, and the shadows of
human bodies appeared from time to time. On the left side, only five doors
separated the hall from the corridor. Behind the wall that was in front of me were
rooms, filled with people chatting and laughing. The shadow of their faces became
more visible as they got closer to the opaque windows of the doors. Separating my
chair from the rooms across the hall was an empty space. A light, coming from the
ceiling where an invisible translucent material let the sun pass through, shone
through the emptiness. The sun invaded the spirits with a feeling of joyfulness,
fulfillment and grandeur. The gloomy ceiling was mingled with the sun, the rain:
with life. The hall became the microcosm of infinity: The light brightened the
darkness, and the light was darkened by the shadows it cast. The echoes of the
laughter, the echo of the voices, brought life and joy to the vast emptiness of the
place. The scene was flawless. Maybe too flawless.
Suddenly the mawkish and pleasant atmosphere turned chaotic. The screams
coming from the front side of the hall rise to become the only echo of the vast room.
Smoke filled the air and the infinity of this vast room became invisible. The opaque
smoke blurred any tangible vision of what was happening. The place was filled with
suffocating air.
“Help! I can’t breath!” someone said in a voice that sounded slowly dying. All
one could see was chaos.
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