Write a story about someone losing faith in an institution.

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“Loosing My religion” by Nicole W

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Hello World. This is entry #56 in my private blog. If you are someone in the future reading all of my nonsense, I am sorry for all the nonsense, self doubt, and general rambling you have had to sort through up until this point. If you are just joining this circus, my name is Lacey. Some call me Lace, L, or E. I am 17 years old. I am attending my last year of highschool, and looking ahead to what college life may be like for me. Now, let's get to the point of this blog post. Something big has been shifting in my life, and I feel the best way ...

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“Mitchell's gaze” by Will Lewis

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‘The male gaze often adheres to the satisfaction of the its supposed male audiences. It was men who ruled the economy, so naturally it went that men would be the ones who owned the theatres, film productions and box office premieres. Men made films for men and it was the women who were victims of this- how should we feel now? What do we want to do about it? I say we destroy this tyrannical patriarchy, we show the men that we will not be silenced, we use our strength using our minds and bodies and overcome this oppression! … Any questions? Es...

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“College and Covid” by Nina June Mozayeny

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During the course of those 9 months I was still planning on moving to LA, the boys decided to come with me. I was going to be in the dorms, but the three of us, with the pets got a 2 bedroom apartment. We all got jobs, and life made sense again. Oh, and Carly got married! I almost forgot! We all flew out to her house, and crashed there. All 3 families, and now with Carly getting married 4. We all loved each other and had decided to move the wedding since the homeroom drama. And since we were distance learning, we never missed anything. Worke...

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“They'll Never Accept Me” by Alex Popa

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Danny- he was a shy boy with glasses and braces, he wore ties and suits to class. People judged him for it. Being a new exchange student from Ethiopia didn't help his case. People would shove their food in his face talk about how much better they are then him, people would call him dirty because of the color of his skin. Nobody saw him for what he really was: An intelligent boy with a variety of stories to share. Danny was a high school student who lived in the poor side of New York with his mother. Amazing stories were shared between the ...

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“Brotherly love” by NK Hatendi

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The church community's social worker Shungu walked into her office after a weekend when she could have done without all the family drama in preparation for her brother Frank's wedding. She loved him, but there was a limit to her filial concern as she hosted relatives waiting to play their part and rescue the family name from yet more shame. Frank, the only son, had been indulged from day one by his parents, who were oblivious to his immaturity and sense of entitlement. He always knew someone would bail him out even when he was forced to marr...

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“Til Death Do Us Part” by Jess A. Smith

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“Til death do us part.” I sit in my lukewarm Epsom salted bath. I push rewind on my mind’s eye. “Til death do us part.” I see his shaky left hand, fingers slightly blue under the nails. It was cold in that great stone cathedral. You know the big Catholic families we both came from wouldn’t have it any other way. Stained glass, robes, communion and an atmosphere designed to be frigid so you didn’t fall asleep on “the word of our Lord.” I see his boutonniere, God, the money we spent on those damn orchids. They were lovely though. “Til death do...

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“'K'” by Riama Lognis

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I doubted my ears. My head turned white as I watched the General walking towards the long window while he placed his hands behind his back. I tried to open my mouth to ask him if he could repeat his order again, but no words came out of my mouth. No, that will be an excuse. I was just afraid to confirm if I heard him right. The General seemed to notice my perturbation, so he turned his body towards me and sighed. “I know this is a sudden request, Corporal Artemio, but this is for the sake of our country. If he is alive, o...

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“I lost my faith” by Fathia Awonuga

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once upon a time I work in a company as an accountant and the company is so big and go to work from Monday to Friday because I have my wife and three kids and my wife work with career giver so she take care of clients and she work from Monday to Friday and we will both stay with our kid in the weekend and I was know as Mr. Smith in my company so one day I was sick and I don't know I will not go to work and I did not know my boss is going to be i n the company and my boss discover I did not come to work and he give a called him and I send I w...

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“Marriage Story” by A Mehendale

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For as long as she can recall, Ada has been fascinated by the dusty wardrobe that stands in the corner of a forgotten bedroom on the second floor..More specifically, she has been fascinated by what hides inside it.A dress hangs there, abandoned, all trailing veils and petticoats and lace. The bodice looks satin smooth from where it towers above her, reflecting flickering candlelight, and when she reaches out the layers of soft fabric wash over her cautious hand.She can sit there for hours, cross legged on the cold floor, keeping the heavy wo...

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“I, do solemnly swear” by Shruti Ravinder

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I was fixing my tie. As, I had never worn a tie in my life, I had no clue what I was doing. I kept putting it in a knot, then undoing the same knot and then redoing it. It was getting late and I had to leave to catch my bus. Why was it so important to wear a tie? The occasion calls for it. It was not every day that a person who you have held at the highest moral standards and have looked up to all your life, dies. On 18th September 2020, Supreme Court Justice, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, breathed her last and tomorrow is her funeral. It's a sad day...

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“On Target” by Rachel Mann

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To Whom It May Concern: I have run out of ink. And not just in the metaphorical sense. I am inkless. Dry. Inkus devoidus. Maybe even inkus extinctus. And, although the proverbial barrel has been scraped - on many an occasion, I might add - I am officially without the necessary levels of cartridge fluid to continue in this shit shower of a job. I’m also out of wine. And there’s a gun on my desk. It isn’t my gun. Nor is it intended for me. In...

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“The Opium incident. ” by John Dansk

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When the captain asked for volunteers to take a recon mission two clicks up the Mekong river and didn’t get any forthcoming hands in the air, he noticed Eddie Brown trying to hide behind the pack of soldiers at the back of the platoon. Head and eyes down, shoulders dropped low, he pulled his helmet over his brow in the hope he wouldn’t be noticed. It did exactly the opposite. The captain, a square jawed, enthusiastic war veteran took Browns game of hide and seek as a selfish act of cowardliness and put him on point at the front of the gunboa...

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“The Holy Grail of The Lord Church” by Loice Kaunda

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I have always had faith, always. Faith in myself and in everyone around me; I would believe in a person who never believed in themselves and have enough belief to make them believe. It was my faith that gave me a cheerful disposition, or maybe it all came down to Biology. I had to have enough faith to make up for the cynicism of my parents that’s for sure. Ah my parents, good, hard-working folks who never had it easy; they had to work extra hard to get to where they were. My father was the 18th child in a family of 20 children. His father wa...

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“We Don't Know When It Will Be Fixed” by Justin Rogers

Submitted to Contest #102

“Please, I’m asking for your patience.” This from a frazzled techie with a day’s worth of stubble on his face who’s all but literally wringing his hands. He’s standing a couple of feet above us and behind a railing, looking down on a small group of worthies in an angry knot on the shed floor. “Please,” he says again, “go back to your homes and wait patiently. We don’t know when it will be fixed.” “I absolutely will not wait patiently,” says Mitch Gunderson, our local Soltech executive and the orneriest civilian on this rock. “I have a ...

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“School ” by Sandra Claros

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Now that I am all grown up,those pics in my cellphone made me remember that day, at the age of six, that my mother woke me up really early. - We are going out. Take it ! – and she put a full peanut butter sandwich lunch box to the desk in the corner of my bedroom. Next, she took my pajamas out and dressed me with a white blouse, white socks and a pleated dark blue skirt - no way ! – saying: never let somebody touch you, looking repeatedly at her wristwatch, bur...

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Write a story about someone losing faith in an institution.

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✍️ 120 stories

“Loosing My religion” by Nicole W

“Mitchell's gaze” by Will Lewis

“College and Covid” by Nina June Mozayeny

“They'll Never Accept Me” by Alex Popa

“Brotherly love” by NK Hatendi

“Til Death Do Us Part” by Jess A. Smith

“'K'” by Riama Lognis

“I lost my faith” by Fathia Awonuga

“Marriage Story” by A Mehendale

“I, do solemnly swear” by Shruti Ravinder

“On Target” by Rachel Mann

“The Opium incident. ” by John Dansk

“The Holy Grail of The Lord Church” by Loice Kaunda

“We Don't Know When It Will Be Fixed” by Justin Rogers

“School ” by Sandra Claros

🌟 Similar prompts

Start your story with a metaphor about human nature.

Frame your story as an adult recalling the events of their childhood.

Write about a character with an unassailable moral compass.

Write about a mysterious figure in one’s neighborhood.

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