Write 10 sentences using a different cliché in each. Now, rewrite the sentence to eliminate the cliché and find a more clever and creative way to convey its meaning.
And here is the thing it spawned.
His ideals and skills were both as useless
as tits on a boar hog. Only one of them made him a marked man though. The other
made him bite of more than he could chew at every turn. With a memory like and
elephant he knew the lies in what he saw. The scary black man on the corner
reminded him of a need for a weapon. Necessity is the mother of invention, and
the gun it caused him to design was only to keep him safe. A quick buck is
always more appealing than integrity though. If that did not decide him the
accusations of being a stick in the mud holding back progress would have
convinced him to sell out. Years later his moment of weakness led to him
telling his son, "Do as I say, not as I do." In the ultimate battle
between the child and the corporation holding the patent he knew his son (the
hero) would win because he was the good guy.
As a man who regarded his ideals as
highly as society did his skills, James did not fit in the ordered universe of
normal people. Those morals that made him unique made others uncomfortable
enough to desire his extinction. The brilliance that kept him alive through
that jealousy also kept choking on the cloak of work he carried to defend
himself from social interactions.
One of his most useful talents was a
recall that extended to times before his conception. Those reflections of times
before his own, infused with the image of a looming citizen the ignorance of
society taught him to think of as an enemy caused his desire for something to
aide in his defense. Need drives truth, which pushes inspiration; the weapon's
only aim was to keep him safe; much as all weapons before it.
Integrity is always for sale, if the
rewards are instant enough. Even if he was pure enough to resist reward the
accusations of hampering the forward motion of science caused stronger
idealists than him to betray their scientific faith.
In the years to come he would have a
son, a boy he urged to live his father's dreams instead of reality he bought in
to. Knowing one day the young man would stand against those who crushed his own
will the father held one belief tight enough that it bled, that purity of
purpose and a righteous soul would lead to a victory of biblical proportions
against overwhelming odds.
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