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Argumentative “You can have all the gun control laws in the country, but if you don’t enforce them, people are gonna find a way to protect themselves. We need to recognize that bad people are doing bad things with these weapons. It’s not the law-abiding citizens, it’s not the person who uses it as a hobby” (Steele). There are around 100,000 victims of gun violence each year (“Brady Campaign...”). Action needs to be taken so Americans don’t feel unprotected going into a public environment. By…

Balancing work and family is common struggle among Americans. The target of the debate lies in opposing opinions as to how to prioritize work and family. Should work come before family, or should family come first? Even more, could there be a common ground in equally balancing both? Being passionate about this issue, I began to research it further. The first article reviewed was from Lee and Wagner. They argue that since the 1970’s, women have advanced into a new role in society due to the…

straw. There's an abrupt thickness in the back of his throat and a mild concern that he might lose all of his recently gained food. "I dunno." He says, even though it's a bit of a lie - he can still see the gleam of gold, and a laugh and a fall. His fingers feel ice cold, and his broken arm aches anew. Then he decides to just come out with it, rip the band-aid off. "I-I actually...can't remember." There's confusion and (surprise surprise) more worry on Noah's face. "What, did you fall and…

The Lone Turkey “I can’t believe you guys drug me out here for Mother’s Day,” Mom whines as she pulls on her camo clothes. I can tell she is uncomfortable, as she usually dresses professionally for her job as a court reporter. “How come I can’t have a normal Mother’s Day, you know sleeping in and having my boys cook me breakfast and bring it to me in bed,” she continues, knowing that if she hadn’t come with that she would be alone for the day. “Well why wouldn’t you come out and enjoy a day in…

I was definitely looking forward to feeling some warmth in my body. My toes and fingers felt like they could have froze off at any given moment. I was overjoyed to be in a heated house with breakfast on the table, ready for me to devour it. Once we got done with breakfast the boys started to head back to the stand, but I decided to stay…

I felt leather around my neck before I could be aware of anything else. What happened last night? I wondered. Did one of my exes have a fetish that I wasn’t aware of? Then I realized that none of my exes would have any clue what a fetish was, nor would they be able to execute it if they could. Jim was so strict about the girls staying on their level and boys on theirs. Faintly, I heard a voice. “Oh, God! Oh, God! Not again! I thought I wouldn’t… Fuck! Just… Fuck!” the female tone had an edge of…

All around the world, people believe in the right to bare arms. Individual rights allow people to have certain item without getting in trouble because of laws. The second amendment allows for everyone, the right to bare arms. Congress has many views on gun control, like crimes involving guns. Those are the three main topics people focus on when talking about gun control. The people have the right to bare arms because it is in their constitutional rights. Therefore, people believe it is the…

Do you believe that we need gun control? Many people think that it is a problem, for several reasons like: the safety of children and being able to carry in public. Having a firearm around children is not a bad thing as long as you have it locked up with the safety on and not loaded. With carrying in public seems to be another problem for some; the FBI does over 23 million background checks for people who would want to own a firearm (Dent 1). This then works out better; there are 42 states that…

Of Mice and Men, it was a very interesting and a sad book. In his novel Of Mice and Men, Steinbeck depicts the essential loneliness of California ranch life in the 1930’s. He illustrates how people are driven to find companionship. People were having a hard time in the great depression. Everyone had to move very far away from their families to go to work, a lot of these people were alone; they were trying find companionship any way the could with workers, bosses, and woman. Of Mice and Men,…

against Alex’s heart. Thudthudthudthudthudthudthudthudthud “listen to the sound of your own terror. Do you hear it? And when you hear silence-it may be just a few seconds from now---that is when you will know you have died!” Conrad’s finger tightened on the trigger. Then Sarov turned off the sensor. Alex felt as though he had been shot. The sudden silence hit him like a hammer blow. Like a bullet from a gun. He fell to his knees, hollowed out, barley able to breathe. He no longer had the…