Essay On The Book Chapter 1

Ch5.1 – “I am not a Virginian, but an American,” declared Patrick Henry in 1775. Discuss what united the colonists and what divided them by mid-1770s.

"When a person 's diet lacks the chemical, his or her body experiences abnormal functioning."

“Why does the mailbox have to be so far?” Zuri thinks to herself as she turns the corner of North Broadview Avenue and Red Wood Road. As she rounds the corner she looks up only in time to see a white Lincoln town car barreling towards her and barely manages to jump backwards as it screeches to a stop right where she had been standing a few second ago. A tall, young black man hops out of the car and walks over to Zuri asking “Are you all right?” as he reaches out his hand to help her up. “Yeah I think so.” She replies as she gets up and dust herself off and looks around for her keys. “What you looking for?” the young man asks. “My keys I lost them when I jumped out of the way” she tells the young man as she continues to search for the keys.

Once more referencing potential sarcasm, he writes that he wishes “to know particularly what the good chance is you propose to give me.” (Jourdon Anderson to His Former Master, 1865, Paragraph 2). He notes how his wife is called Mrs. Anderson, hinting at a formal marriage vow that must be acknowledged now and how she lives in a pleasant home while making “twenty-five dollars a month, with victuals and clothing” (Jourdon Anderson to His Former Master, 1865, Paragraph 2) for his family. He mentions his three children and how they attend school, a teacher referencing how his child “Grundy has a head for a preacher.” (Jourdon Anderson to His Former Master, 1865, Paragraph 2). Further hope for their safety is made for his daughters Milly and Jane since they’ve grown into attractive females and doesn’t wish for them to be “brought to shame” (Jourdon Anderson to His Former Master, 1865, Paragraph 5) by the Colonel’s own children. This appears as slap in the face as he moves on to ask “what wages you will give me,” (Jourdon Anderson to His Former Master, 1865, Paragraph 2) so that he can see if it is “to my advantage to move back again.” (Jourdon Anderson to His Former Master, 1865, Paragraph

1. Coming out of the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, different views of federalism were carried: (1) Alexander Hamilton believed that the national government was the superior and leading force in political affairs, since the people created it and its laws were the “supreme law of the land;” (2) Thomas Jefferson believed that “the people” were the ultimate sovereigns, and since the states was a result of agreement among the states, the states were supreme over the national gov’t.

”Nice throw,” Frank said standing up.James said nothing and slowly rose taking his gas mask off regaining his full vision.”Poor fella” Frank commented reaching down checking the corpse for identification. He pulled out a folded piece of paper with the right side stained with blood.“ Honour and glory, pfft I did not sign up for this! he smirked crunching up the page. ‘Thud’

The statement applies an everyday situation to the reader and give the reader what to apply from the information they were given. Everyday situation was about giving the salesclerk your credit card. We never view a situation other ways until we process the information we were given. You had to think about someone who is reliable to use my credit card information. The author attacked us with a lot of information we might not have understood in order to carefully apply the word they uses to comprehend.

Chapter 1 is one of the most important paragraphs in the story. It introduces the characters, setting, and the background. The setting is on the Western Front in Germany during the summer of 1916, World War 1. The characters introduced in chapter one are Tjaden, Müller, Paul, Katczinsky, Kropp, Leer, Westhus, Ginger, Kemmerich, Himmelstoss, Detering, Kantorek, and Behm. Tjaden, Müller, Leer, and Paul are all 19 years old and they all volunteered for the war. Tjaden is a skinny locksmith, but although he is skinny he eats the most. Albert Kropp was labeled the “clearest thinker”, he is a lance-corporal, and he eats the most (along with Tjaden). Müller is one of Paul’s friends and was most likely a nerd in school; he dreams of exams and

The night they did human trials, Anya and Anton were not permitted in the area, so they sat on the balcony in Anton’s room. During the night they heard an ear cringing scream come from the research lab. Anya and Anton ran downstairs to find the research room heavily guarded by men with guns. They asked for access to the room, but were denied by Dr. Anatoly himself.

He was puzzled that weapon, a beat up civilian version of the criminal's rifles, was still underneath the truck. A search turned up a pocket knife, but nothing else of use in the corpse's pockets. The truck held several loaded magazines and cardboard boxes of ammunition. Trey walked back to the road, using the piece of rope that substituted for sling, to carry the spare rifle on his shoulder. It was a slow climb up the embankment to the road.

“My office is right at the back of the clinic, I saw what was happening on the news and took precautions before they tried to check this room. They think the door won’t open because the room is empty and if you don’t mind me being quiet, I’d like to let them keep thinking that.” He grumbled.

“They left me with a squad, enough to run the radio shack, I don’t know who we are supposed to be talking to. As far as I know the radio in Macon went dead.”

The door crashes open. A boy, not yet 15 stands there with a gun. The general quickly pulls the trigger. An explosion and the sound of shattering skull fill the room. The boy’s limp corpse falls onto the slick tiled floor. He cocks it again. More charge in their faces contorted in pure rage and anger. More lead flies through the air, the trigger pulled, the life leaves another rebel, a woman. They keep crashing in, the general fires again, more blood stains the black and white floor of the office. The red sprays out, gushing out of open wounds.

"T-then there's gotta be some sort of other drive. Rosenthal had constant updates on what I was doing, even after I learned how to control my chip. He said it himself that he'd been watching me. There's no way his task force could relay all that footage that fast. That's at least-"

They entered the building and headed to the quad to the left. Max took her into a room she didn 't recognize.