First They Killed My Father

lives of poor, innocent souls ever since I have gained motor skills. No, seriously, watch all my old baby videos that Mom took. My first victim was a fly who was getting a little too close, then, all of a sudden, baby me ended the poor bastard’s life. My second victim was our pet cat, Chucho. I remember playing with the little furball, and then one swift move and Chucho was no longer alive. Out of all my victims, he was the one I regretted killing; I love animals and if I could redo one thing,…

of my favorite things in life, watching and seeing the perspective of something being changed. Whether it be gradual or instantaneous, its always a treat. For example, I hated the bagpipes, let me rephrase, I didn’t understand the bagpipes. Back then at least. This all changed when I was 13, an 8th grader. I was on top of the world because what 8th grader isn’t. I come from a multi-cultural family, my mother Pilipino and my father a mix of Celtic and English heritage and one summer my father…

his society. Although, Jonas’s community thrives to be a utopia, Jonas’s society reflects as a dystopia in three ways: they abuse their children, they release people by killing them, and above all, they make The Receiver of Memories burden pain. First of all, Jonas’s society abuses their children with a wand that stings, which makes his society a dystopia. Hitting children is wrong because it is child abuse. In addition, they are not perfect and it is not their fault. The narrator states, ‘The…

led by them” (Tuohy). The role of women in Hamlet is to obey the opinion of their fathers and husbands and do as they are told. Ophelia, she is the daughter of Polonius and sister to Laertes. She is then perceived as a young, beautiful, innocent…

death of his dear friend Patroclus; “‘O dear mother, true! All those burning desires Olympian Zeus has brought to pass for me- but what joy to me now? My dear comrade’s dead- Patroclus- the man I loved beyond all other comrades, loved as my own life- I’ve lost him- Hector’s killed him, stripped the gigantic armor off his back, a marvel to behold- my burnished gear! Radiant gifts the gods presented Peleus that day they drove you into a mortal’s marriage bed… I wish you’d lingered deep with the…

Some characters overcome deaths while others couldn’t. The Princess Bride is a wonderful and aggressive book that consists of love, adventure, deaths, near death experiences, revenge, and more. In The Princess Bride there are two main characters (in my opinion) and a few of major characters. The main…

Having a father murdered, and the mother remarry two months after he is killed to her husband’s brother, also the person who committed the murder, is no walk in the park for anyone including Hamlet. Hamlet sees a ghost who appears to be his father, the former King. He informs Hamlet that Claudius had poisoned him preceding his death. As a result of this Hamlet’s behavior and State of mind in the three soliloquies changes slightly as the plot carries through: in the first one he seems angry and…

many disputes, I had in my life that has shaped me into what I am today. Without those challenges and experiences (good and bad), I would not be where I am today. I was born and raised in an economic capital of Pakistan- Karachi. At the age of fourteen, my family decided to migrate to a new country due to perilous circumstances. We came to the United States for a better lifestyle which was earned but at a very extravagant cost. At first, my father decided to send me and my elder brother alone to…

Susie Salmon death, at the age of 14, had a great impact on the lives of her family members. In the book The Lovely Bones Susie was raped and killed in a gruesome way by Mr. Harvey. Jack dealt with the situation in a horrible way, because he was always depressed. He never liked to expressed his feelings, while Grandma Lynn was the complete opposite. She was the person that brought everyone's spirits up when everyone was depressed. Jack and Abigail had two different reactions to Susie's death and…

like General Mustache said, but revenge. Justice would have been rounding up the responsible Indians and giving them a fair trial but the soldiers are raping and killing women, beating children to death, and jumping on the bodies of older people they killed. Justice punishes the criminal according to laws this is revenge that is indiscriminate in its destruction like lava from a volcano. In the beginning of the story all Zits knew was violence, but during this lifetime he says, “I had wanted to…