The Intruders

The National Honor Society only accepts students that display the characteristics of scholarship, leadership, service, and character. These characteristics are highly valued in upstanding citizens and hard workers. I am honored to have been nominated and given a chance to be a part of such a group that requires the previously stated traits. The world is constantly changing and the ability to learn quickly and efficiently is beneficial while living life and meeting new obstacles. Learning does…

no way of protecting himself from harm except for a young teenage girl, his first thought is to find himself a Bow. Normally this would be an easy task considering camp Half-Blood is well equipped with munitions in order to protect the camp from intruders. However as Apollo tried the Bow it was clear to see he was struggling. This shouldn’t be happening for two reasons,…

right to protect themselves but do citizens have the right to inflict harm to each other? Both sides of the firearms have differently entire perspectives about firearms. Pro-guns believe citizens have the right to protect themselves from threat or intruders. Banning guns will just make every gun owner panic like a chicken without its own head. Gun owners will feel unsafe in the safest place there is, home. Pro-guns do feeling strongly about having thorough background checks in the same way…

Chief My Michigan Hero When people talk about heroes I tend to think about people with super powers, and cool costumes, and sidekicks. But I also think about people who spend their days away from their families and homes, risking their lives daily... people like my father. He was in the Navy for twelve years and after a few of them he became a chief. When he would have to leave, he would have to respond almost immediately. He would even have to report to the sub in the middle of the night…

The choices that people make always have reasoning to bolster their logic. For example, if one’s life is in danger the choice that will most likely be chosen is the path to aiding them in survival. Humans are sympathetic naturally. If another person is in a depressed mood people naturally attempt to make decisions that could possibly boost their morale. Mother’s will more often than not choose the path that leads to their children to be in a safer and more stable setting. To be treated as…

Mr. Higgen bottoms. How willing she must have been sitting up all night, many nights in a row, just so the future generations could go to school with the “more advanced students”? What would it have felt like to have to protect your family from intruders that are out to get you? It would be hard on a body and family to go through something like an integration. When going through an integration it takes a family effort. Along with the family…

The Indian Trail Of Tears Close one’s eyes and imagine that the government move’s one out of his/her home because one is considered a problem. In May of 1830, President Andrew Jackson issued The Indian Removal Act also known as The Trail of Tears, to fix the Native American Problem (pg.293). The Indian Removal Act is the government’s solution to the problem. The Indian Removal Act is an important part of Native American History because of how it took place, why it took place and what happened as…

Tone in Arthur Miller’s “Death of a Salesman” “Tone is the attitude a literary work takes toward its subject, especially the way this attitude is revealed through diction” (Mays, A12). Tone is important in drama because it has a vocal tone that affects the meaning of the words (Mays, 1445). The tone of “Death of a Salesman” by Arthur Miller is sympathetic, honest and mocking. The tone of “Death of a Salesman” is sympathetic. It is sensitive to the very real pain and suffering of the…

Thunder and Prey Comparing and Contrasting Imagine two reptiles from different times, staring at you, ready to attack at any moment. In“The Sound of Thunder” and “Being Prey” the main characters face off with giant reptiles, changing their lives forever. The short stories have more in common than giant reptiles. They have common themes, conflict, characters, and settings that can be compared and contrasted. The settings in “The Sound of Thunder” and “Being Prey” have similarities and…

literature, and the peyote view of absolute freedom and spiritual connection to the Great Spirit. Like anything, peyote, if used for the wrong reasons, can create destruction and addictive behaviors. Native Americans offered so much insight to foreign intruders over the past 200 years and were given nothing in return. Its sad to know that so much knowledge,wisdom and insight about native American culture was lost over the years due to greed, racism, ignorance, cruelty, and above all else…