And Ben commenced contemplating Hate. Hate, the unconquerable being with many heads who lived in the presence of all. The diabolical creature who survived within the confines of every soul, with or without cause. Why must Hate have rules, since nobody can withstand His awful presence? He crawls stealthily, watching and waiting for the opportunity to strike. Crawls purposefully, ready to arise in full glory when the target is most vulnerable. Has crawled forever, knowing it will come, will see and will conquer. He would probably chance across his scales sometime soon. He was distraught and wearied as well. Sad Daniel! He shouldn't have to deal with his problems on his own. Ben sent Steve in to see if they could see each other, and Daniel refused. The people understood problems of the body, but of the mind, they were clueless. He maintained that he would get better, if everyone would just trust in his ability to change his fate. He was not sick very much. That was his thinking process. Though Steve described the illness, and contradicted him, so he understood. But then again, it wouldn't matter, what with everyone around him closing in on the story. Folks who would not have cared if he had been given a Nobel were flocking to hear the news. Simply watched and listened, aware for any news. Jealousy, the scaleless snake, was slithering and crawling around his life.
I decided to use hate and jealousy because I believe they have strong feelings behind them, like death and rumor in Their Eyes Were Watching God. I used the snake to represent them because I felt like it was representative of how hate and jealousy can often move stealthily until someone if filled with them, and then becomes much more powerful, similar to many snakes who attack. I also found a sentence that included parallelism, and so chose a different form of parallelism to use instead. (I came, I saw, I conquered)
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