First They Killed My Father

turning back. Escobar got arrested for shooting someone in the foot and shortly after that he made his first murder at a young age; according to Juan Pablo Escobar (2016) “One night he trailed Sanin to a building in Medellin, and when the man entered the garage, my father shot and killed him. That was probably the first motorcycle drive-by in Medellin history” (pg. 45). Little did he know that his first killing would make history just like the rest of his life. Working for the Godfather taught…

Point of View: Multiple 1st Person Both the narrator’s point of views is in first person. Setting: The story was set in about 1500 – 1700. Its main locations were Ellen’s house in the slums of a village, the Witch’s house in the middle of the woods, and Viola’s house on the outside of the woods. Ellen’s house was next to an alley where Ellen saw the black cat. The Witch’s house previous “owner,” became the house. She ran the house, giving it a “soul,” allowing the house to be an efficient…

out his father has been murdered by his uncle and he needs to get revenge. Hamlet was told by a ghost of his father that he was murdered. His mother has remarried with Hamlets uncle months after his father has died. Was Hamlets actions justified? In the process of getting revenge he also treated his mother poorly, the main reason Ophelia died, and he delayed the revenge a long time, and eventually killed Claudius his uncle. His actions were unjustified except the revenge on Claudius. First,…

In My Brother Sam Is Dead there are many cause and effects. I am going to give you some examples. I am going to use Sam Taking the Brown Bess as a cause. There are many effects to this. The first one is Farther almost getting killed. If they had the gun then they could give it to the generals. Don’t think all the effects I am going to give you are bad. There are also good effects. Second, Sam is protected. Third, the Merkers are not protected. Some people may say this is an effect but I do not…

Act I Scene 5 Today is the day,the day of the ball. I woke up and took my daily bath then got dressed for breakfast. I hope that I meet someone new at the ball its been awhile since I made a new friend.Later that day at the ball I was minding my own business when a masked man approached me and said”If I profane with my unworthiest hand this holy shrine the gentle fine is this my lips two blushing pilgrims ready stand to smooch that rough touch with a tender kiss.” Then in the midst of the…

“As my eyes became accustomed to the dark, I saw strewn around the living room in a rough circle the decayed bodies of a man, a woman and two children, stark white bone poking through the desiccated, leather-like covering that had once been skin.” In his book Shake Hands with the Devil, Roméo Dallaire paints a heartrending image of his involvement as a high-ranking general stationed in Rwanda during the Rwandan genocide. Vivid firsthand descriptions evoke emotions of sadness, pity, and anger…

Accounts of the liberation go onto explaining that the liberators gave the newly freed prisoners guns and shovels where they could use these against their now defenseless captors. At first the liberators were praised and called heros but that all faded away when news spread about their revengeful…

In my opinion, Gilgamesh's grief for Enkidu was intense because Gilgamesh truly thought that Enkidu was his best friend. When people started to think that a person is their true friend, they get to spend a lot of times together and talk about everything. Gilgamesh and Enkidu went to kill Humbaba together even if they knew they could die because of Humbaba's power. The book said that Humbaba was a strong monster that lived in the Cedar forest. Gilgamesh and Enkidu killed him together and they…

makes the character think, act, and feel helps the readers to tell what the theme is. In the book, it was easy to recognize the moral or theme of the story because of Sonny’s emotions during his search for his father. In Chapter 6, a Tsunami hit Waiakea town, where Uncle Raz and Sonny’s father were visiting. Sonny, Keo, and Keo’s grandfather drove out to look for them, and walked on the devastated land. They had no clue if their family members had even survived, and Sonny was feeling very…

feelings or you opinion. Many evil things in the play “Hamlet” drive Hamlet to his madness such as his mother, his father being murdered by his uncle, and the betrayal of his friends. The first thing that drives hamlet mad is the remarriage of his mother. Hamlet in his first soliloquy said “A little month, or ere those shoes were old with which she followed my poor father’s body… married with my uncle” (1.2. 151-152/155). This drove Hamlet to his madness because he was angry at how fast his…