The Basement Tapes

Does an atlatl lengthen how far a dart goes compared to hand throwing the dart? Purpose The purpose of the experiment was to find out if the atlatl truly does increase the distance that a dart can travel, compared to just using an arm, on average. If it does increase the distance, than this knowledge could be used to understand how using the atlatl affected the way paleolithic Europeans survived, as there would have likely been less accidents killing prey, as they could be farther away, but…

boy who is reunited with his deceased classmate through a series of thirteen audio tapes. On these tapes are the reasons to why she committed suicide. This book reveals the mysteries through stories and still manages to keep the reader interested. Clay Jensen is struggling to get through his life normally after his high school crush commits suicide. Nobody has any idea why. At least not anybody who listened to the tapes. Hannah Baker has thirteen reasons for her death, and they all go to her…

I want my Privacy In decades, there have been many advances in the technology industry. Undoubtfully, one of the important advances has been the internet. In "Job Candidates and Facebook ", Wei Du writes about the best-qualified candidate for the position. Information people put on social networking sites can easily be found by anybody worldwide. In "Gone with the Window," Dorothy Nixon focuses more on the personal vs. the business side, how social media can reveal too much about a person 's…

Oh That Sarah Sarah Zagorac is just your normal below average young adult. Sarah is a naive girl with no friends, and no future. State Farm khakis are brighter than her future. At the end of senior year at William Harrison High School, her yearbook quote was, “When’s this due ?” “Stefen, I love you.” Vampire Diaries, “The Turning Point.” As Sarah watches this show intensely, with the lights off, she hears a thunderous bang. Sarah is home alone, so most people would go and check it out,…

device should be checked against a steel tape measure to compare over various distances. Boots states, "Probably one of the most commonly used devices is a good old-fashioned tape measure. It is recommended to use steel tape measures as opposed to those made of fiberglass. Steel tape measures tend to be more durable and have a longer life expectancy than fiberglass. Additionally metal tapes will not stretch like fiberglass." (Boots, 2014). Other than a tape measurer, an investigator may use a…

Reasons Why’ by Jay Asher, Clay changed himself for the better by listening to Hannah’s suicide tapes. In this book Hannah makes 13 tapes about the people who gave her reasons to kill herself and why. Clay is the main protagonist because he narrates and so much more. Hannah is the main antagonist, mainly because she interrupts Clay life by killing herself. It all started when Clay got a package of cassette tapes, from a dead girl. When he started listening to them he realized that they were…

Once a week, I meet up with my friend Michael to talk about some of the bigger ideas that seem to consume the great majority of my thoughts. Our bonfire chats generally last until 9 or 10 PM, just in time for me to catch some of the George Noory show on my way home. How can you not love a talk radio show devoted to aliens and conspiracies? The other night, however, 1290 AM was not coming in too great, so I scanned the dial and stumbled upon a voice that could only be that of a Christian preacher…

unfortunately had her life taken away from her by the hands of others. It all started with Justin, who wanted so badly to prove to his friends his worth he ruined her life. This was tape number one. Before Hannah committed suicide she made 13 tapes. The tapes were about the 13 reasons why she killed herself. As the tapes go on you learn more and more about how this young girl withstood this horrible amount of pain. With this pain, the actions of others killed Hannah baker. Betrayal, violence and…

In “Thirteen Reasons Why,” written by Jay Asher, a girl who is actually not alive, communicates through tapes. Asher uses internal thoughts from the main character, figurative language and repetition in the story to show how various actions impacted people differently. He uses Clay’s thoughts to show how different events affected Hannah. He uses figurative language to express how Hannah is feeling, and how people physically influenced her life. Repetition is used throughout the story to show how…

Kel had a while before he was scheduled to work and knew that since Dixie was around, that if he was running late, she'd ensure he was covered. Thinking quickly about how to approach what happened today and the fact he wanted to make sure Johnny was doing as fine as possible after such a difficult morning, Kel figured it would be best to just be straight with him. "Before I drop you back at the Stanleys, would it be okay if we went to your apartment and talked? I won't have time otherwise…