The Cutter

analysis of the arguments for and against the death penalty in the way of deterrence, pros and cons, and public executions there is no clear answer to what is correct. This concept will probably always be in the eye of the beholder. There is no cookie cutter death penalty sentencing nor should there be. A battered wife who kills her husband after suffering years of abuse should not be treated the same as a psychopathic murderer who kills for the thrill of it. The only relevant question is: does…

every scholarship that I could get my hands on. I wrote and I rewrote until I was comfortable enough to submit my work. With all of the work I had put in I was coming up with meek results. These results persisted until I stopped composing the cookie cutter scholarship essay that I thought the organization would want, and I really found my voice. My teacher Mr. Hayworth is responsible for giving me the foundation to build my confidence and uncover my…

few dark social issues such as bullying and racism, show the irony of society, and last but not least show us there is always hope. T.J., he is bullied for being mixed he is African American, Japanese and white. T.J. is the only one of his race at Cutter High. Heidi herself is a big symbol of…

Since most dystopian societies have a general cookie cutter idea of people. They do not really appreciate things that do not fit exactly into those shapes. Due to that, the eccentric people are usually outcasts, illegal, or more likely to be punished. These eccentric people that dystopias look down upon usually…

68-year-old Edna was never the kind of lady to sit around and knit all day. She’d be more accurately described with words like adventurous, plucky, and impressive. Her live in male nurse, Colin, was a different story. His descriptive words mostly consisted of apprehensive, clumsy, and irritable. He, of course, had every right to be crabby for the wild Edna would constantly be dragging along the poor fellow on one of her many escapades. You’d think these scenarios would be few and far between in…

Every person on this Earth has potential to become someone of their wildest dreams, despite obstacles they might face. One of those journeys began on December 17th 1997, when a baby named Heather Rose Anderson was born. She grew up in Chesterfield with loving parents who were living the American dream. Her mother and father both had good, professional jobs, and solid moral values. Heather was social and curious about the world-catching bugs, drawing, and playing with friends. She had pretty…

On September 11, 2001 the United States experienced one of the worst tragedies in history. The 9/11 tragedy happened in New York City. On the morning of September 11, 2001 a terrorist hijacked four planes at the Boston’s Logan airport. They had chosen the planes that were heading west instead of east because they would be loaded with fuel. The first two planes had hit their targets of The Twin Towers in New York City, the first one crashed at 8:46 am in the North side and the second one crashed…

Who all has traveled out of state? Out of the country? Did it change your perspective on life? When I grew up in a town population of literally two, I was sheltered from reality. All my friends lived the same as me. We went to church on Sundays, had bonfires and BBQ’s on Friday nights, went to the pool on Saturdays… life was perfect and I felt protected and safe. On Maslow’s Hierarchy of needs, I was pretty close to self actualization. This all changed, though, when I moved to the other side of…

Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World, although written more than eighty years ago, reflects the misconducts of the present day United States government. By taking inspiration from the issues in the world that he knew, Huxley was able to create a dystopian society, called the World State, where disease and poverty did not exist. Despite the lack of unemployment and crime, the citizens of the World State were unacquainted with natural human emotions and instincts. The World State manipulated its…

makes the fact that those who cut down the trees are resting beneath the last one standing. They are relaxing in comfort looking out on a forest that no longer exists. This creates an emotional response from the viewer, an angry response, as the cutters seem completely unaffected by what they have just been instrumental in…