yes or no death penalty

tabo ceman
YES

Why? lemme tell you. to be given the death penalty one must have done something so bad that even in the 21 century we want to kill him/her. death is something that frightens some and intrests others but to me its just leaving. so think of it like this your guest does something horrible at your house, you penalize him/her by making them leave. the death penalty is something like that to me. if youve done something so horrific being asked to leave in a quick fashion of injecting poison in you're body seems not so bad. Is it un human i dont think so. when someone does something so bad you want them to leave theyve deserved it, they knew the consequences and continued any way and so we punish them. this is why i dont think its inhumane. now say the case is the assailant is "special" or has said deseases that made him commit such a thing then i think they can be excused from death.
all in all when you've hurt the planet enough for its inhabitants to want you to leave i think you should pack your bags and prepare for then next life {if there is one}.

reading response 2                                                                                              Tabo Ceman

In the book “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” by JK Rowling, is the final installment in the Harry Potter series. This is where it all ends, where Harry goes after the Horcrux’s (part of Voldamort’s soul) and kills Voldamort. JK Rowling, shows how people solving issues shows what kind of person they are. She shows this in the ways Harry solves problems, the way Voldamort solves problems and how Hermione solves problems. She shows how the way you think describes you.

            One example of this is Hermione. On page 210 Harry, Ron and Hermione converse on how to kill the Horcrux. Harry and Ron just spill out ideas but Hermione try’s to solve the problem as she would usually; relying on a book. “There’s nothing in here” she says refering to the book. This shows how reliant she is on books. It shows how she’s a studious person who doesn’t think outside the box.  This is one way rowling shows how the way people solve problems shows what kind of people they are.

            Another way Rowling shows this is in Voldamort. Voldamort solves his problems by killing people in anger. “The green light flashed and the crippled goblin fell” pg 709. After he figures out Harry, knows about his secret horcrux’s he kills the goblin’s who were supposed to protect them. This shows how evil Voldamort is and how angry he is on the inside. The way he reacts to issues shows how he is and how different he is from other characters, like Hermione. Rowling uses this way of writing to show how different everyone is.

            My final example is Harry. Harry is a person so selfless that he lets himself die for the greater good. This is shown the way he responds to Voldamort attacking Hogwarts. “ He saw the lips move and the green light, then he fell” this is when Harry goes up to Voldamort and lets himself get killed, so Voldamort will die and there will be no more death. This shows how pure hearted Harry is and how Rowling uses character problem solving to show her characters personality.

            Rowling is an amazing writer. One of her great abilities is to create deep characters and she does this by making them so different from each other. One way she does this is by showing how characters solve problems. All in all this is an important factor of Rowling’s writing.

 

9-25-13            faithful elephants essay                                                T.L.C

One interesting theme in the short story "Faithful Elephants" by Yukio Tsuchia is that war destroys beings you would not expect it to. "Faithful Elephants" is a story that depicts WWII at the Ueno zoo in Japan. In this unfortunately true tale there is a zookeeper forced to kill his three loving elephants Tonky, Wanly and John. This story shows and teaches us to be strong in these situations unlike the zookeeper.

One example that war steals away things you would not expect it to is the tragic execution of the dangerous animals at the Ueno zoo. This occurs because the animals, if freed by the constant bombings could instill even more havoc and chaos then there is already. “All the Lions, Tigers, Leopards, Bears, and big Snakes were poisoned to death”. Who would have foreseen, that all the animals be killed even though they have nothing to do with the war? War for those in America is often fought off in some distant land; consequently, we have no vision of war and could never imagine that war can kill so many innocent animals. We still need to realize though, that war does kill beings and not just those on the battlegrounds.

            Another example of the appalling unknown effects of war is the manner the zookeeper was affected. “The elephants trainer loved them as if they were his own children. He could only walk in front of the cage saying “ you poor, poor, poor pitiful elephants”. This war made him kill “his own children” and it made him become a killer, even though he was just an innocent zookeeper. Even though he did not want to kill the poor creatures, he had no choice because it was the imperial armies order. This depicts how war affects a man who works with animals that he loves, and involves him in this war making him a killer too.

            As Martin Luther King jr once said” change does not roll in on wheels of inevitability but it comes through the continuous struggle, and so we must straighten our backs and work for our freedom. A man can’t ride you unless your back is bent”

This is what Yukio Tsuchia wants to teach us. That change can come only if you fight for what you believe in, as the zookeeper should have. She shows us how the weak zookeeper did not fight for the lives of his children but bent his back to the imperial army. Therefore, we must not bend our back to the forces of war but must try to prevent them.

reading response 1

by Tabo Ceman

While reading the interesting book the chocolate war  by Robert Cormier I have come across a theme that appears repeatedly. Rebellion. This theme appears when Goober is doing his first assignment and again appears through the Vigals {a secret society within the school} as they rebel against the school.

This theme of rebellion is first shown in the book when Goober is ordered to unscrew all the bolts in one room and he given help by rebelious Vigals going against Archie {chief Vigal}. This group of reblllious vigals help Goober turn a job that is 9 hours long into three hours. They also help Goober become stronger, because everyone expects him to ail and he succeeds. This shows how inide a very secret almost cult like society there can be disagreement to lead to a very small rebellious act.

 From the minute the Vigals are introduced you can tell they are a group or smart teens who go against school rules to control the school and its teachers. Archie sends kids to desecrate the Trinity school building and beat children who rebel against him and his vigals to a pulp. For example he sends Goober to dismantle a classroom or he sends obie to recruit new Vigals for the job.

All in all the Trinity school is a place filled with rebellious students who have no respect for school rules or its own cults rules.