New ISIS video shows beheading of American hostage Peter Kassig- essay

I have chosen to write about the topic of Isis. If you do not know who Isis is they are a group of people who are thirsty for power. They kill innocent people without any second thoughts and will not atop until they have won. They want to start a war between us, and this is a big deal for the US because we can't really do anything to them because we still are unclear who they are. But it is really serious because they are killing innocent people and we need to stop them.

In the article New ISIS video shows beheading of American hostage Peter Kassig, it tells us a little bit about recent activity from Isis. They have released a new video of them beheading peter kassig, one of their hostages. In the 16 minute video of a man wearing all black and covering his face he is talking to the camera with one of his hostages by his side. After he stops his talking you see him about to cut up his neck and start to cut his head off but the video then stops and shows the body with the beheaded head on top of the body laying on the ground. He then ends his video with another hostage by him planning to kill him next. Ed and Paula Kassig, Peter's parents, released a statement early Sunday saying they were aware of the reports of their son's death. They also asked that media outlets not post any images or video distributed by Islamic State, better known as ISIS or ISIL. They then state that, "We prefer our son is written about and remembered for his important work and the love he shared with friends and family," the statement read, "not in the manner the hostage takers would use to manipulate Americans and further their cause."

The video also showed what appeared to be the beheading of more than a dozen captured Syrian soldiers, but did not show the beheading of Kassig, "This is Peter Edward Kassig, a U.S. citizen of your country; Peter, who fought against the Muslims in Iraq, while serving as a soldier," the militant says near the end of the video." Says the man dressed in all black at the end of the video. He also said, "We say to you, Obama ...you claim to have withdrawn from Iraq four years ago," the militant said. "Here you are: you have not withdrawn. Rather, you hid some of your forces behind your proxies," "Here we are, burying the first American crusader in Dabiq, eagerly waiting for the remainder of your armies to arrive."

I think this whole Isis thing has gone far enough. We need to take action and try to stop these people. It is outrageous that they are doing this to people and i think we need to find out who these people are and why they want to do this, It needs to stop.

Lord Of The Flies Reading Responce

                Some may say violence is not the answer. But the kids in the book, "Lord Of The Flies" might just think differently. The lord of the flies is a book about children who have gotten stranded on an island with no adult supervision.  The kids get crazy with power and ignore the reality outside of the island and think they do not need adults. Well violence breaks out and two kids get killed and it is tragic and it may lead parents to think that their kids shouldn't be reading books like these. Parents do not approve of violence so that is a easy answer why lord of the flies might be banned from schools.

                One important observation that supports my focus in the book is, one of the main character dies at the end of the book from other kids pelting hi with rocks and making him fall to his death.

They then go to kill the main character but he got away in time to not get killed by jack (the main antagonist in the book.) This happens n page 181 and i quote, "The rock struck piggy a glancing blow from chin to knee ; the conch exploded into thousands of white fragments and ceased to exist. Piggy said nothing with no time for even a grunt, traveled through the air sideways from the rock turning over as he went. The rock bounded twice and was lost in the forest piggy fell forty feet and landed on his back on a red rock in sea. His head opened and stuff came out and turned red." This quote shows that parents would not want their kids to visualize this and be consuming these terrible thoughts and thinking of kids killing each other.

                

                  Another important observation i have made in the book is that parents may not like the way jack treats others in the book. Jack is a very violent boy and not having adults around is not helping. He thinks he can do whatever he wants just because no one can stop him. He has gone crazy with power and no one questions him on his power because they are too scared. On page 51 Jack keeps on repeating "we need meat." He was crazed and he needed to kill but Ralph insisted that they find a shelter but he kept repeating we need meat. He was going crazy.

                  The last important observation I found that parents may find disturbing for children is when Jack and his group of hunters go hunting and find a group of pigs and just went crazy. They went on a killing spree. He was tackling them and it was just horrible he killed them all and there was nothing the little pigs could do. Parents wouldn't want their kids to see this because it could really leave kids with some really scary thoughts and they would not want their kids to see these types of things.

                 This text could relate with the world because it really shows just how crazy someone can get when they go crazy. You do not want to be put in this type of situation. People can just go crazy and think they are the boss. Then people get too scared to question them. You should feel that you shouldn't really ban this book you should learn from it. Learn to not be like the kids in the book. That is what you should learn from this.

Ela archetype page: the giver

A synthesis page on the giver giving an idea about how four different characters in the book. The giver, Jonas, Asher, and fiona.

The Giver

                   The book, "The Giver" is about a dystopian society somewhere in the future and everything seems perfect. No one see's anything wrong with the place. They all get their jobs and they help out with the society somehow. And the main character Jonas got the job called the receiver. the receiver has the job to get memories of the past. Things they have never witnessed. He has seen tings others haven't seen. He has been seeing all of these visions and it's pretty much changing his life. But you're not sure if it's for the better or worse.

Jonas has been seeing all of these visions and all of these things other people have not seen and it is affecting him. Such as when he saw war for the first time. He was scared. He couldn't believed this could ever happen. He was used to his goody two shoes village where he thinks nothing bad happens and he would never get hurt. But this. This made him think differently about the world around him. When his friends were playing war and were pretending to be shot by fake guns, he knew the reality and couldn't go back to playing with them. The other kids were confused about what he was doing. He was just standing in the middle of the field they were playing on.One kid yelled jonas you're hit! He didn't move. He couldn't stop remembering what he saw. People dying. he was scared. He was uneasy. He whispered stop to all of them but they didn't get why he was doing this. They shrugged it off and went and played somewhere else. He was hesitant. He knew it was wrong to do. His mind kept on going back to the scene where he saw the man dying. The man wanted water. He almost cried just about a silly game of war. That is how much these visions are affecting his life. He can't even play a game with his friends anymore.

Also the first time he ever felt this much paint. He was sledding down a hill. He felt great. He was having so much fun. It was like the most fun he has ever had in his life. It was all going great until he hit a ramp. He was in mid air. He had a view of the park. But then all of a sudden, he was falling. He kept falling until he hit the ground and then BAM! His leg broke. He was i shock. He didn't know what was happening. Pain just went to his leg and his first instinct was to scream. He was scared. He didn't want to be there anymore. He wanted to leave. It was good while it lasted but when this happened he wanted to go. With this he felt pain. He did not like it but he needed to feel it. He is scarred from these memories and does not want to witness them anymore. He hates it.

Summer Reading Essay

This summer i read a book called, The Edumacation of Jay Baker. This book is about an everyday fifteen year old in high school going through some problems in his life. No, he hasn't gotten into any fights he is just dealing with normal everyday stuff that some American kids and even I deal with in their life. I'm talking about divorce.

One day jays parents approach him and his sister and spill the beans. They are separating.You see, they are not technically divorced yet but they are living in different houses now. This is hard for Jay because he is use to his lovey dovey parents always getting along. It took jay a while to realize why his parents would do such a thing but then one day his best friend Cameo approached him and told him what was going on. She told him that her dad, yes, her dad was going out with his mother. Why would this happen you may ask? Well her excuse is that she felt that Jays father had not loved her anymore and she needed to move on. Jay retorts and says that she is wrong that you should not blame this on dad and that he still loves you. But you can't just fix a thing like this. Cameos dad is already moved in with Jays mom. I forgot to mention the fact that Jay has had a crush on Cameo for years! But she still has never even tried to ask him out.

Now that we are talking about his social life Jay is a pretty cool kid at school. But this whole thing about his parents has gotten to his head and now he isn't doing so good in school. He was going to be the school president but when the election came up, he went crazy on his opponent and he got sent to the principals office. And that is where he met Caroline. Caroline is new to the school and is a hardcore tennis player. They became boyfriend and girlfriend for a while and Cameo was out of the picture. Oh yeah did i mention that once Jay brought Cam over to his house once and they kissed? They haven't hung out much since that happened. But one day Cam and these two losers came to Jay and Caroline in a middle of a tennis match between them and they just started going off on Jay. His life is just getting harder and harder. Bullies and his parents and school all together. That must be pretty hard. 

Jays mom doesn't stop there, she also went out with another man. It's really sad actually. How could She do this to everyone? His dad has not done anything and they still haven't had a divorce yet! All in all they had a divorce and Jay found out that Cam actually liked him so they went to homecoming together. So it isn't all bad... except the part where his parents are having a divorce, but that didn't strike him that much, he saw it coming and he thought that it would be better this way. There was o way it could have worked out. It was a really well written book and i would really recommend it to any teenager in middle school or even highschool.