We Didn't Start the Fire

The Fire Fighter I choose to interview for my term project is Andrew Huizinga I picked him because I work at Fitness 19 and we’ve talked about me becoming a fire fighter and he has given me a lot of advice on what to do. Andrew was in the coast guard for 4 years then he went to school for engineering at Cal Poly. The first set of questions I asked Andrew were about the fire academy and why he wanted to become a fire fighter. The first question I asked Andrew was when and why did he decided to…

Many people become a part of an accident that isn’t caused by something they can control. Thus, they shouldn’t be held responsible for what happened. I understand that these people didn’t put themselves in the situation, for they shouldn’t have to pay for something they didn’t cause. Things such as fires and earthquakes can sometimes be unavoidable and cause a lot of damage, “Yes, accidents do happen. There are medical emergencies and acts of nature for which no one can plan.”(Survival Is Your…

What’s so important about feet? If our ancestors have lived this long without protection then we can too.” Mia tried to say hopefully. I look at her skeptically and stand up to open our front door. Outside was the most hazardous snowy mountain ranges you’ve ever seen. Paper white snow laid beautifully like a blanket over the jagged and rough mountains…

In the book, On Fire, John O’Leary is always encouraging us to “take off our mask” and really get to know each other. In my, My Journey paper, I could have dived deeper and “taken off my mask” in it to let people know what has really happened in my life. It has always been a hard topic to talk about, but as I have gotten older it has become easier to open up about. John O’Leary made it clear in On Fire by saying, “It’s time to embrace your story and to celebrate the amazing miracle of your life”…

Firefighters in Montag’s society are meant to be the authority holders, the, “...custodians of our(their) peace of mind...official censors, judges, and executors,” according to Beatty, the fire chief. However, Montag doesn’t quite understand firemen, or the reason behind books being banned, despite being a fireman for 10 years. Bradbury uses dramatic irony to elicit empathy from readers when Montag started becoming curious about books and…

illegal to read and own. The novel contains many conflicts within Montag and between him and the other citizens in town. In the beginning, we are introduced to the protagonist, Guy Montag. Guy is a fireman, and in this novel, firemen start fires, rather than put them out. Soon, Montag meets his neighbor Clarisse, who tells him of times when fireman didn't burn books. She asks him if he is happy, then disappears into her home before he can answer. Her unorthodox ways stir up feelings in him, he…

The Truth about Human Nature The social contract is something that we all automatically agree to once we’re born into society. William Golding’s Lord of the Flies investigates, like many philosophers before him, this social contract and its extent of control over people. He does this through the story of a plane full of young boys when it crash lands on a desert island, leaving them to create their own society. Some people believe that the social contract is forced upon us by society and…

that he chose the number because, “book-paper catches fire at 451 degrees…

Mary Magdalene and Jesus’ twelve disciples continued to tell people of his wonderful teachings and miraculous ways. Many people believe in God today. For us here in the U.S., we are able to worship freely without condemnation from anyone because we have freedom of religion. But back in the Roman Empire, and even still in other countries today, religious persecution is prevalent. During the era of the Roman Empire, Christianity was punishable by death, especially…

finding my rifle. In 2003 the popular video game, Call of Duty, came out and quickly became the best-selling game ever. With that fame came the scrutiny of video game violence affecting the people playing it. Most recently, the young man who opened fire at the movie theater in Aurora, CO., was a gamer and instantly the media blamed his rampage on his obsession to act out some dark digital fantasy. I was stuck behind the remains of a once popular store that was now a smoking mound of rubble.…