WRITING OBSTACLE

Tell the reader something important about a character by describing only their hands.

Soft, Yet Tough

There is a guy named Jimmy Fernandez

He had big hands

His hands were hairy

His fingers were fat

His hands were scarred

His fingers were wide

His fingers had several cuts

His hands were veiny

Veins would pop out everywhere

His hands were strong

Could easily crush anything

His hands felt so rugged

They felt like the hardest, hariest sandpaper

Jimmy looked so intimidating

Looked so powerful

So monsterous with just his bare hands

But I knew Jimmy

I knew how Jimmy used his hands

His hands were strong

Strongest I have ever seen

Could have used them for lifting

For fighting

For chopping down wood

For tearing things down

For murder

But he instead used his hands

His meaty, mighty hands

To help his plants grow

To play classics on his piano

To pet and love animals

And he would always use his hands

To hug his little girl

To make her just as powerful and strong

As his hands

Whenever she felt weak or less than

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