Today a man tried to rob a bank,but he ended up getting caught 10 minutes later and that ended up being the first robbery at Grayslake. He had a plastic pistol, a wallet, and $1780, but he was working for only 3 weeks and it was his first bank robbery. He drove away in a 2011 Ford and he ended up getting caught easily and surrendered after the warning shot. This whole thing happened at noon. Seen the robber is a rookie on the force.…
In the April of 1992, Chris McCandless set out from South Dakota to Fairbanks Alaska. Five months later, McCandless's body was found rotting inside an abandoned bus. Chris McCandless had run away from his family and had hoped to survive in the wild with only the bare necessities. McCandless was a fool for what he did, he was a hard working, and vigilant man, yet he embarked without a backup plan, nor the proper supplies to survive out in the wild.…
I agree with Krakauer that Christopher McCandless wasn’t a crazy person, a sociopath, or an outcast because he got along with people easily, but he did seem some-what incompetent, even though he managed to survive for over one hundred days in the wild. McCandless was the type of person that anyone could relate to. The author, Jon Krakauer describes the final years of the boy. Krakauer reveals the untold truth about McCandless. Several decisions, conversations, logical thinking, and thrill of excitement prove the sincere down to earth person people know as Christopher McCandless.…
In Jon Krakauer’s Into The Wild, Christopher McCandless, prior to embarking in his Alaskan Odyssey, writes a letter to his aged friend, Ron Franz, stating his stance on human relationships: “You are wrong if you think Joy emanates only or principally from human relationships … you do not need me or anyone else around to bring this kind of light into your life.” (57) McCandless further explains that the dependence on others to be happy is unnecessary, as one can be perfectly content on his own, once he finds beauty in nature and life experiences. I partially agree with this argument, as I value the balance between self-reliance and human relationships; By spending time alone, I become more appreciative of time spent with others. Last summer,…
Imagine you were a kid stranded on a deserted island with no adults but just other kids. In the book "Lord Of The Flies" by William Golding that's exactly what happened. Jack and some other schoolboys are stranded on a deserted island after their plane has crashed. Jack and his society were trying to be civilized and made laws with their new leader Ralph. But it's not long before jack starts to turn savage along with the rest of the boys.…
“I’m going to put wings on pigs today. They take 1 of ours…Let’s take 2 of theirs #ShootThePolice #RIPEricGarner #RIPMikeBrown This may be my final post”(Mueller, Baker) posted Ismaaiyl Abdullah Brinsley on Instagram hours before brutally killing two NYPD officers. On December 20, 2014, NYPD officers Rafael Ramos and Wenjian Liu were brutally executed by Ismaaiyl Abdullah Brinsley who committed the acts under the motive of revenge for the deaths of Eric Garner, Michael Brown and others who died due to police brutality. Prior to the shootings, Brinsley shot his ex-girlfriend, who reported the incident to the Baltimore Police.…
You might want to know how many people Jack the Ripper killed? Well, he killed 5 women that they know of. I bet you didn’t know that he sent letter to the police. In these letters he told them all the disgusting ways he killed people. He was sending these letters because he was taunting the police.…
The Scarlet Ibis Argument Essay Some people are selfish in such a way that they only affect themselves, but others’ selfishness can hurt those they care about. In the story, The Scarlet Ibis by James Hurst, brother was one whose selfishness not only affected him, but everyone surrounding him, especially his brother, Doodle. Doodle was not like most kids, he had physical disabilities that were not hard to miss if one was looking at him. Brother didn’t want Doodle to be different, he wanted him to be a normal boy who ran, played sports and everything that he was not.…
Dred Scott was slave who sued for his liberty in the Missouri courts, arguing that four years on free soil had made him free. He was once owned by army surgeon John Emerson. Dred Scott’s attorney argued that between 1831 and 1833, John Emerson had taken Scott with him during various military postings to areas where the Missouri Compromise banned slavery, making Dred Scott a free man. When nearly after six years in the Missouri courts, the state Supreme Court rejected this argument in 1852, Dred Scott, with the help of abolitionist lawyers, appealed to the United States Supreme Court. In a 7 to 2 decision, the Court ruled against Dred Scott.…
xDecember 26, 1996, JonBenet was killed by her brother, Burke Ramsey, and her parents, John and Patsy Ramsey, tried to cover up the seen. Burke, John, Patsy were all associated with JonBenet’s death because evidence found with ransom note, choker, JonBenet’s body, 911 phone call, flashlight, pineapple, and evidence of sexual assault and abuse. Burke’s voice was in the 911 phone call. Burke and the parents clarified that Burke was inside his bedroom, asleep.…
Anna Garcia was a 38 year old hispanic woman found dead in her house on August 15th in Anytown, USA. She weighed 155 pounds and was 61 inches tall and seemed to be in an unhealthy state. She was found wearing a jacket in a heatwave and amounts aspirin were found in her body. Her life before her death appears to be very hectic as she recently divorced her husband, Alex Garcia, and had business fights with her best friend, Lucy Leffingwell. The possible persons of interest for the crime are Alex Garcia, Anna’s former husband, Lucy Leffingwell, Anna’s best friend, Erica Piedmont, An Ex's new wife, and Doug Green, Anna’s neighbor who reported the scene to the police.…
The handwriting on the note was also very messy and the note was very long (CNN Library 1). Ransom notes are normally only like a half a page and are very brief. The brother makes the most sense in this murder…
Christopher McCandless was born on February 12, 1968 in California. He ended up studying at Emory University, and after graduating gave the $24,000 in his bank account to charity before disappearing from his family. McCandless then travelled around the country by means such as hitchhiking, and identified himself as Alex Supertramp. Alex arrived in Fairbanks Alaska in 1992, with the intent of living off the land, and his dead body was found a few months later about 19 days after McCandless’ death. Many who hear of McCandless’ story claim he died a meaningless death, and was foolish for it.…
In Cold Blood Argument Essay In Cold Blood focuses on the effects of the murder of a family in a city in Kansas as well as the interactions between their murderers. The book focuses a great deal on Richard Hickock and Perry Smith, the Clutter family killers. Perry is painted throughout the book as a very complex character, the farther into the book one reads, the more details about his childhood and family are revealed. His childhood was traumatic for him and later in the book, that is explored as the reason for his behaviour.…
Leonard Cohen once said, “any startling piece of work has a subversive element in it”. When people create art, they have a reason. There is a meaning behind every song, book, and art piece. Artists will create these works of art to be subversive, to send a message or use them to go against what society or authority figures think they are capable of doing. In The Book Thief by Markus Zusak, Hans and Liesel are subversive towards the Nazis.…