Kent State shootings

The Kent State Massacre John Filo, a photography major from Kent State, won the prestigious Pulitzer Prize for his photo taken on the campus of Kent State University in Ohio. Sorrowfully, the image captured fourteen-year-old Mary Vecchio screaming over the deceased body of Jeffery Miller after he had been shot. Among Miller were three others who died after the Ohio National Guard opened fire on a chaotic, protesting group of students at Kent State University. The shooting that occurred on May…

Comparison Between Kent State University and Boston Massacre Shootings History doesn’t repeat itself. We are the one who make history ingeminate its past story again and again. I believe that history is the academic discipline which analyze the past events along with the memories and discovery. In the journey of repeating those stories I got chance to study and research about the two most misfortune gun firing in the Kent State University and in the Boston massacre. The shootings were a…

Kent State/May 4 and Postwar Memory Article Review In this article, the author analyzes and discusses the effects of the May 4, 1970 Kent State shooting and war as well as the monuments and the varying views on the memories. Additionally, this article includes background of the May 4 incident and both the official and the rejected monuments in Kent State. Kent State/May 4 and Postwar Memory is written by John Fitzgerald O 'Hara. Fitzgerald O’Hara is a professor at John Hopkins University.…

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carelessness in making decisions causes him to make ignorant choices. The king believes only what appeals to him and nothing less. When his daughter tells him how she feels, he quickly begins to make choices that are full of mistakes. Kent states, Reserve thy state,/And in thy best consideration check/This hideous rashness. Answer my life/My judgement,/The youngest daughter does not love thee least';(1.1.167-71). His ignorance causes him to give his throne to the wrong children, eventually…

Hard Times is a novel written by Charles Dickens which judge the English society and tells us about the social and economic pressures of the 19th century. Hard Times is a Victorian novel and is very realistic. Victorian novels bring about realism in literature. Dickens novels are realistic depiction of Victorian society like class consciousness, rapid urbanization, poverty, child labor etc. Dickens talk about love, aspiration, human passion and Hard Times is a novel written by Charles Dickens…

The United States takes pride in the amendments it has created to provide freedom for all citizens, but what if the government is more controlling than it leads the world on to believe? The right to peacefully assemble, freedom of speech and press is sacrificed for the government to manipulate the people and promote nationalism. A protest at Kent State puts the theory of right to peacefully assemble and freedom of speech into question. On May 4th of 1970 this college becomes a killing ground…

It was cold and ordinary evening on March 5, 1770, when I was walking down King street with my friend Henry. As were walking past the Custom House a young wig maker's apprentice walked up to a British soldier and insulted him because he had not payed for a wig. Another British soldier had walked out and scolded the young boy for disrespecting a British soldier. The boy exchanged insults with the soldier so he pulled out his musket and struck the boy on the side of the head. A stream of chills…

was much worse than bringing a gun to school. Matthew, a 16 year old student at that school, heard a boy repeating that he was going to start shooting people at the school. Then Matthew told the police what he knew and the police arrested three students that were going to shoot people at the school. But what if he didn't tell? There has been many mass shootings over the years and if Matthew wouldn’t have told, then Cedar Crest High School would of been just another school. Although some readers…

Heck, That’ll Do As I sit in class, the teacher 's words pierce my ears making them seem as if they are bleeding. I gnaw on the end of my pencil to pass the time and ease my anxiety to leave this class. All I’ve been thinking about for the past few month is the word every senior hates, college. All my friends are accepted into the colleges of their dreams, so why aren’t I? It seems like eons have passed since I finalized my college applications. Waiting there hoping class will end soon, I…