Attack

The November 2015 bombings in Paris changed the lives of many all around the world, and it sent flashbacks to many of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and eastern parts of the United States. After 9/11, many people began to live in fear and created a stereotype for what a terrorist truly looks like based upon skin color, accent, how he dresses and his name. In addition, the same stereotype was placed upon those who planned the bombings in Paris. Whether a person wears a…

infecting people through a bite or a scratch. The zombie genre has also evolved by their characteristics since they went from slow, unskillful zombies to fast, jumping, climbing zombies or infected. She uses several films to get her point across to the audience, but the one that she focuses on the most is the film directed by Danny Boyle 28 days later. Bayley focuses on this film the most because the zombies are not really zombies in this film since they do not die and then rise again, but they…

memory that could never be forgotten. Due to 9/11, “Ten percent of children in Manhattan lost a relative or family friend during the disaster, 41% witnessed a caregiver cry because of the attack and approximately 8,500 students were evacuated from schools in New York City” (Sulkowski par. 8). In the moments of the attacks, some children were so unaware of the extent of the scare that they became very vulnerable and quiet, as if they were in shock. A mother of a 4 year-old said, “[He was] sort of…

know why, all I knew was that something happened. I did not find out what happened until I came to the United States in 2006. My cousin was supposed to come to the United States in 2001, but as I later learned he could not because of the terrorist attack on September 11, 2001. Moreover, what I was not aware that New York had so much diversity and there was anger in many American’s against Muslims. At first when I went into elementary school, I was still not fully aware of 9/11, until in sixth…

damage inflicted in order for them to collapse like they did. In fact in 1993 there was a bombing in the underground garage of the North Tower and it had done significant damage, but comparing the damage it was about the same for both of the Terrorist attacks. I also remember the lobby having sever damage and which shouldn’t have happened because the plane had hit 70 stories up. The only damage that should have happened…

Five, four, three, two, one! The shot clock runs out as Grand View women’s guard Jaci Stumpf shoots the ball for a three-point shot and drains it! The Vikings found out as they stepped on the court for warm-ups that the Eagle’s star post Luci Sarcone was unable to play due to an injury. Both teams were physical and the referees were letting the ladies play their game. Senior center Maddie Westergard was battling hard below the hoop the whole night. The two teams made the first half of the…

Reputation correlates to The Crucible since everyone in Salem wanted to be Godly and have a good reputation. The 9/11 attack was a major event that made every Muslim suddenly turn into a “terrorist” (Lichtblau). People like Ahmad Khan Rahami, the accused attacker in the New Jersey and New York bombings, are reasons why Muslims still continue to be seen as suspected terrorists…

During a country music festival in Las Vegas shots were fired among the crowds in the festival. The shooter was Stephen Paddock he killed 58 people and injured hundreds more people. The shots came from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino. Six minutes before he started shooting at the crowd a security guard was investigating an alarm to an room that was open when the security guard was shot. The security guard then went to inform the casino security personnel that he has been…

Poem in October is a poem about Dylan Thomas “mid-life” reflection of life at the age of 30. It begins as he wakes up on his birthday to the sounds of the sea and the sail boats knocking against the wall as they dock. While the rest of the town is asleep he sets out into the hills. Passing the gate which separates the town from the hill experiencing multiple changes of weather he begins to remember his childhood days with his mother. Touched by the memories he stats,” That his tears burned my…

What would you do if you saw a person being attacked? What would you do if you saw someone hurting their pet? What would you do if a friend of yours, was doing something you know will hurt someone else? What would you do? I’m not going to tell a sweet lie about the world. It’s not a perfect place. Everyone knows it. We have racism, animal cruelty, slavery, suicide, war, homophobia, sexism, guns. The bombs can cause the ground to quake, the threats can cause countries to shake and all of it can…