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According to the article, "To Tell or Not To Tell," 4 out of 5 school shooters revealed their plans ahead of time, but no one reported any threats.” The article also stated that, "70% of people who committed suicide told someone or gave warning signs before carrying out their plan." These numbers could be decreased significantly if more people would tell an adult about a person's harmful plan, but most teenagers have troubling deciphering whether a comment from a peer is a harmless joke or a harmful plan. Others fear they will end friendships or get called names so they decide against telling an adult. Although some teenagers of “To Tell or Not to Tell” by Mary Kate Frank argue that you should not tell an adult when a life threatening situation is happening because other teens will call you names such as tattletale, closer examination shows that you should tell an adult because it can save a person’s life. What if one day your friend confesses to you that she does not want to live anymore and pulls up her sleeves to show you the cuts on her arm? Would you tell an adult or keep quiet because you feared your friendship would never be the same? This exact situation happened to 17-year-old, Natalia Szurawski. Natalia tells the readers…

This next song really represents my present. This song is called “Tell the World,” and it was written by a Christian rapper named Lecrae. When we get raised by our parents or guardians we are usually brought up by them how they think a kid should be raised. My parents taught me to not be ashamed of my religion and to feel free about speaking it in public. I openly pray and speak about my faith in the public to this day. This song describes my present because in a sense I am telling the world…

In the story the Tell-Tell Heart by Edgar Allan Poe, the narrator commits a crime. What was it you may be asking? Well let’s just say it got a little messy… The narrator had committed a murder crime by killing the Old Man that lived in the same house as him. Really creepy right, and this is how it happened. This is all based on revenge, but not how you would think. The Old Man and the narrator had a good relationship, and you are probably wondering why he wants revenge, but the Old Man has a…

During the American Revolution from 1776 to 1783, people were experiencing hardships with the battles and corruption of the battle between the Patriots and British. Teenagers were the main source of the growing army and were the ones who were drafted into the armies along with the men who were able to volunteer. The book, I was a Teenager in the American Revolution: 21 Young Patriots and Two Tories Tell Their Stories, tells of the teenagers who have lived through the difficult times and…

Wilhelm Tell was written in 1804 by Friedrich von Schiller, one of the most talented playwrights in Germany of his time. This play takes place in Switzerland and focuses on the protagonist, Wilhelm Tell who can be characterized as “a brave man”(Schiller, 12), “[an] angel”(12), introverted, and has a primary orientation to his family. On the contrary, the antagonist of the play is Gessler, the evil governor who is a coward, hides behind his power, is “a raging monster”(18), “greed[y] and…

The Psychoanalysis of the Narrator of “The Tell-Tale Heart” The short story “The Tell-Tale Heart” by Edgar Allen Poe is a brutal murder story where the narrator is telling his story of how he kills an old man that he loves because of his “Evil eye.” The narrator has an evil obsession with the Old Man’s “eye of a vulture.” The narrator explains his hatred for the Old Man’s eye, and he tried to justify his reasoning to kill the Old Man. There are many theories to the factors behind the narrator’s…

The Persistence of Memory and "The Tell-Tale Heart" also incorporates the motif of death in both their works that help to exemplify the concept of Surrealism and the unconscious mind. In "The Tell-Tale Heart", the story illustrates the absurd murder of the old man. The narrator tries to justify why he killed the old man by stating, "Whenever it fell upon me, my blood ran cold; and so by degrees -very gradually -I made up my mind to take the life of the old man, and thus rid myself of the eye…

The video that was the best representation of the story was the animated video of “The Tell Tale Heart”. The reason why I chose this one is because it was more horrific and wasn't as boring. It also made it seem like he was actually telling but also doing it all at once. The animated film was also better because in the other movie there was a light switch. This one, it was all closer to being right than the live action was. The animated film had the lantern and the old mans eye was blue like in…

"It's true! Yes, I have been ill, very ill. But why do you say that I have lost control of my mind, why do you say that I am mad?" Edgar Allan Poe is a famous writer know for his various literary techniques such as setting, imagery, tone, and suspense to create a particular mood in his stories. This essay will be an evaluation of the story "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allen Poe. To begin, "The Tell-Tale Heart" is one of Edgar Allan Poe's most prominent poems. I find "The Tell-Tale Heart"…

The book The Tell-Tale Heart is about a mad man that kills the old man that he loves because of his fear of the old man´s eye. While being overcome with guilt he confesses because of his own beating heart. ¨The Tell-Tale Heart¨uses specific details to show us the meaning and claim. I think ¨The Tell-Tale Heart¨ original is better because it has more sensory details and shows more suspense. I think the original book ¨The Tell-Tale Heart” is better by it having more sensory details. Throughout…