Leonard's Argumentative Essay

Playing video games does not cause violent behavior. Don’t get me wrong, some video games show horrific acts of violence. “A recent survey found that 92 percent of U.S. kids--ages 2 to 17--play video games, and their parents bought 225 million of them last year to the tune of $6.4 billion.” (Sider 79).What’s here to argue is that violent video games do not cause violence among children, but the blame for violence should be on the individual and people who should have taught the individual better. If kids are not able to see the difference between reality and fantasy, then they really can’t be blamed for committing acts they see in a game and then imitating, not fully understanding the consequences of doing it in the real world.

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Your honor, ladies and gentlemen of the jury, last night, Abigail Williams accused Goody Proctor of an attempted murder by witchcraft. The charge included a needle in a witch poppet and one in Abigail’s abdominal. Today, I will prove Goody Proctor’s innocence of this malignant and malicious charge of attempted murder.

What if your best friend went on an adventure. They had everything they had ever wanted. They didn't tell you or their family where they were going or how long they would be gone. They just picked up and left. Would you respect their decision to not tell anyone their plans? Would you think that this was a good idea of theirs, or would you think that this was a stupid decision on their part? Well this is what Christopher McCandless did. In 1968 McCandless was born. He was born to a good, wealthy, and happy family. He had everything any child could ever wish for. He was smart, athletic, and had a good education. In June 1990 he completed collage. In July of 1990 Christopher McCandless left his family and almost all belongings, and didn't tell anyone where he was going, or how long he'd be gone. Three years later McCandless was found dead in a blue bus located in Alaska. He had died of starvation. He went off and, ¨lived his life.¨ McCandless went out and lived in the wild. While Christopher McCandless died peacefully, the question has arose on whether McCandless was a noble adventurer or an arrogant fool. The evidence from many stories and social media clearly states that McCandless was in fact an arrogant fool. Christopher McCandless was an arrogant fool because he was not prepared, he

In Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld, Holden would like Lee because she is a predictable person. For instance, she is predicted to do anything anybody asks her to even though if she does not like it or promised that she would never do it again because she puts peoples’ needs before her own. For instance, “And this was it, the last time: I was retiring from cutting hair” (158). This shows that Lee is retiring from hair cutting because she felt disgusted by Aspeth and Cross’ behavior. They were flirting in front of her when Lee was cutting Aspeth’s nasty blond hair. “My hair desperately needs cutting” (164). This shows that Lee is predictable because after she vowed that she would not cut anybody’s hair anymore, she cut Ms. Moray’s hair a few days after

This article from CNN’s website discusses how a Florida judge recently sentenced Timothy Hurst, who is convicted on a murder charge of a young woman who was bound, gagged, and stabbed over 60 times, to death row. A jury recommended that Hurst be put on death row, but was not present during the ruling. The judge held a separate hearing, without a jury present, and imposed the death penalty on Hurst. The judge’s sentence for Hurst was ruled unconstitutional because it violated the sixth amendment, which includes the right to an impartial jury, and a recommendation from a jury is not enough for a ruling to be made. This case is now being send to Florida’s Supreme Court for further proceedings. This could impact actions towards other inmates

William Stacy, a middle aged man in Salem Town, testified that Bishop had previously made statements to him that other people in the town considered her to be a witch. He confronted her with the allegation that she was using witchcraft to torment him, which she denied. Another local man, Samuel Shattuck, accused Bishop of bewitching his child and also of striking his son with a spade. He also testified that Bishop asked him to dye lace, which apparently was too small to be used on anything but a poppet -- that is, a doll used in spell-casting. John and William Bly, father and son, testified about finding poppets in Bishop's house and also about their cat that appeared to be bewitched, or poisoned, after a dispute with Bishop. Other victims

14 year old Susie Salmon has gone missing on December 6th 1973. Her description is; White with mousy brown hair. Is a daughter to Jack and Abigail Salmon, Sister to Lindsey(13) and Buckley Salmon(4). Police have reported to have found a body part that may belong to Susie Salmon; her elbow. Though things are not certain with Susie’s disappearance, nothing is every certain. The detective on the case Len Fernerman has accept an interview with NN (Norristown News). NN: We have heard that you had found Susie Salmons elbow in a cornfield near the soccer field correct? LF: Yes, in fact the Gilbert’s dog had actually found it, an elbow. NN: Susie Salmon is dead, correct? LF: We don’t know yet, we are trying to get on any lead we can get, although

IRTC spoke with assigned CPS, Leslie Johns, who reported that she made a visit to case address and she was able to observe one subject child who was free of visible injuries. CPS stated that the alleged subject was arrested due to concerns regarding another adult. CPS added that she tried meeting with the other children but the parents of three of the children are not retuning her call and another parent had to confer with her husband before make a decision regarding a visit. At this time, this case will to be enhanced to an IRT.

I believe Connie was murdered and raped by Arnold. I wish that was the case that he dropped her off at the hospital or even back at home with her family. Like you stated, I highly doubt he had a change of heart. She was a misguided teen who wanted to be more mature than she actually was. A sad story that left us all guessing what happened to her. The kid defiantly had a lot of mental issues.

Beautifully written! You stated, “Genovese justified the killing of the women and children,” I could never justify the killing of women and children, no matter the race, just as I could not justify the institution of slavery. Another great point you made is, “since Gray was the only one present during the confession, there is doubt as to whether Turner spoke those words”. There were no other witness to justify or discredit his claim, and all involved were executed, except for the few that managed to hide or escape from Nat Turner, and I don’t believe they would understand why he would do what he did, to the extent he did. The essay stated that Nat learn how to read and write however, he was a slave and the sophisticated language said

Thank you for taking the time to listen to my complaints and for performing a walk-through at the project site.

I state that freedom should be repeated over and over again. The reason I think this is because in the Travon Martin Case, he got a bullet in his chest because he was a black person. This is an example of racisim and how it was metioned in court by Trayvon's parents. this is what happenes in this generation, and reminding that blacks have rights. Malcolm X, a rights leader, had amazing quotes, one qoute that was paraphrased by me was, if there is no freedom, justice or anything, if you're a human take it. He was very miligent in getting his point through. To conclude this, it is good to have freedom repeated over and over again, because if freedom was permanent, we wouldn't have the people that fought for there rights and freedom.

Per Reporter: Carley told her teacher (unknown) that Micheal raped her on this weekend. It is unknown what the Carley definition of rape. Carley stated that: " Micheal was walking down the street and her mom Crista picked up Micheal. They were heading to Pet Smart. Once, arrived at Pet Smart, Crista got out of the vehicle. I (Carley) was getting out of the vehicle as well. Micheal grabs me (Carley) back in the car. Micheal then pulled down my (Carley's )pants on the back seat." Carley said there was a five-year child (unknown) in the car as well. It is unknown if the unknown child was harmed. Carley stops talking and starting biting her fingers. Carley also stated that: "She (Carley) don't want to talk about it." Micheal is Carley's mom Cristal's

You are correct in stating that this was a very sad yet true account for many slave women during this time period. Daniel, let’s not forget about the millions other accounts which haven’t been written down or that we will never hear. I agree about the sick men as well; the world was a tough place and men during this time period saw themselves as rulers of the world and over everything in sight. You are also correct with the statement about the wife’s and that they would rather place blame then to face insult, leave which was almost impossible or confront their husbands. I know that these were during a different time and thing but because no stood up they did become the norm.