The story of The Killer Angles depicts the historical events of the Battle of Gettysburg. The Battles of Gettysburg began on July 1,1863 through July 4, 1863, through the course of four days the author Michael Sharra writes about the conflicting thoughts and feelings the men experience about the meaning. During the four-day war period soldiers, commander, and generals realized how unforgiving war is; therefore, the perspective of war will be forever changed. Colonel Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain is the colonel of the Twentieth Maine Infantry Regiment. Chamberlain was part of the Union and acted as a colonel.
In the documentary, “Killer inside:the mind of Aaron Hernandez”it follows the infamous professional athlete Aaron Hernandez. Taking a deep dive into the psychology and childhood of Mr. Hernandez ,and tries to find the reasoning behind his grievous crimes and his eventual suicide. The documentary starts out with a series of phone calls and radio snippets regarding the murder committed by Hernandez, This is followed by snippets about his career with the patriots. These bits of information serve as the initial hook of the documentary making the viewer want to find out more concerning Aaron Hernadez and his crimes.
Assassination- the act of killing a political leader, often due to strong, differing beliefs. Sarah Vowell’s novel, Assassination Vacation, acutely explores three of the four American president assassinations; Lincoln, Garfield, and Mckinley. By strategically following the historical paths of the presidents and their killers, Vowell discovers a deeper understanding of the motives and causes behind each assassination. Throughout the book, Vowell travels to museums, historical landmarks trying to get a better grasp on these assassinations. One similarity between the three assassinations is they all relate to at least one of the four broad themes of social studies.
The Murder of Danielle Van Dam By: Nevethan Jeyachandran Submitted to Dr.Monica Sauer Student Number: 500-523-913 Course: Intro to Forensics (CCHY-183) December 01, 2014 Introduction The Murder of Danielle Van Dam is a gruesome case which took place in the year 2002. A 7-year old girl went missing from her bedroom in San Diego, California, on Feb1-2, 2002. Her badly decomposed body was found in a remote area far away from her home on February 27. Police suspected a neighbour, David Alan Westerfield for the murder.
Everyone has feelings, whether or not they choose to express them, is their own choice. People all around the world have done something to be ashamed about; others just hide the pain deep down inside for a while until it slowly catches up with them. In the story “Killings” by Andre Dubus, the main character Matt Fowler has gone through a tragic event in his life: his son was murdered. Matt chose to let the guilt build up inside of him until he snapped. When it all finally built up, he murdered the man that killed his son.
Name: Gisselle Ramirez Who done it? One event that devastated many. In the historical non-fiction book Chasing Lincoln’s killer by James L.. Swanson, Booth has many accomplices. An accomplice is a person who helps another commit a crime, which in this case it’s Samuel Mudd and Mary Surratt who had helped John Wilkes Booth assassinate Lincoln at Ford’s Theater.
In the story the “Utterly Perfect Murder”, Ray Bradbury uses the exposition and the character development of Doug in order to demonstrate the theme that forgiveness can bring a greater satisfaction than revenge ever could. The exposition reminisces on Doug’s past with Ralph, reliving his boyhood, and giving the best reason for why he wanted to murder Ralph Underhill. He remembers the scars that Ralph once left on him, emotionally and physically. Doug, leaving the station, falls back in time“ I was covered with bruises, both arms. Hit and run, that was Ralph, hit and run--
Cinthya Garcia 12/8/14 3A/Clark The Killer Angels The novel The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara paints a story of the Civil War that took place at the battle of Gettysburg, and very well accomplished to both create a factual recounting of events and the emotional struggle that the war was responsible for. The book was incredibly descriptive as it gave the events that took place each day. It was honest as it didn’t dodge the casualties or tragedy that many seem to avoid or forget, and went deeper than the surface to convey the brutal reality of war. Due to this, it created a thought provoking sense of humanity that often gets lost when covering the facts of war.
On the opposite spectrum is, Jennifer Jenkins with the weakest ethos; which is demonstrated in her article “On Punishment and Teen Killers.” Jenkins first starts off with her weal credentials of being a highschool teacher and following it with a weaker claim to support her credentials, “As a high school teacher, I have worked lovingly with teens all my life and I understand how hard it is to accept the reality that a 16 or 17 year old is capable of forming such requisite criminal intent. ”(4) Saying that one works with a subject meaning that they have a better understanding does not seem to even compare to a person who went to a university and have a major in the previously stated subject. Her attempt at “credentials” of why kids should not
Death of Innocence: The Story of the Hate Crime That Changed America was written by Mamie Till-Mobley, a supporter of equal opportunities for different ethnicities. Christopher Benson, a writer and lawyer, assisted Mamie Till-Mobley as a co-author in her personal biography. Death of Innocence was published in the year 2003 by Random House in New York. This memoir has 290 pages, including seven pages of Christopher Benson’s personal experiences with Mamie Till-Mobley in the afterword. Death of Innocence is categorized as an adult nonfiction book.
Introduction The book “On Killing” by Lt. Col. Dave Grossman discusses the taboo topic of killing and how humans are affected by it. The author does this with the help of testimonials coming from veterans who served in wars such as World War I, World War II, and Vietnam. The book looks at the act of killing and discusses some of the psychological methods that have been introduced to make soldiers effective killers as well as some psychological effects soldiers face in battle and when they return home. The purpose of this book is “to not only uncover the dynamics of killing, but to help pierce the taboo of killing that prevented the men in his book and many millions like them from sharing their pain” (pg.XXXV).
The book I chose was Pretty Little Liars: Book One Arc One by Sara Shepard. The book is about secrets and a group of friends: Alison “ Ali” DiLaurentis, the “perfect” yet cunning queen bee, Emily Fields, the swimmer with secret feelings, Aria Montgomery, the rebel of the group, Hanna Marin, the one who is aiming for popularity and to be like Alison, and finally, Spencer Hastings, the perfectionist who has no problem fighting back against Ali. The summer before 8th grade, the group has a sleepover one night when Ali suddenly goes missing. The book fast forwards three years later when the girls are in high school and not speaking to each other. Hanna is the new queen bee, Emily is still swimming and still keeping her secret, Aria is back from
I focused my Writers in Real Life Project around one author, Cassandra Clare because I was intrigued by the vast writing empire she seems to have developed over the past decade. This reflection will focus largely on a group of Clares interrelated series, all of which a part of her Shadowhunters Chronicle. This group of books fascinated me because the series they are organized over span centuries and take place a variety of locations across the globe, and even in the underworld, yet all exist within the limits of the same universe. Additionally, many of the characters in the modern-time series are descendants of characters from other series. Due to the complexity of the Shadowhunter’s Chronicles, I focused my interest largely on Clare’s inspiration,
“Killings” written by Andre Dubus is focused on the main character and protagonist Matt Fowler. Matt is the father of three known children in the story, Cathleen, Steve, and his youngest, Frank. Matt had his children with his wife and business partner Ruth Fowler. In the beginning of the story Matt is laying his youngest son, Frank, to rest in the cemetery after he was brutally murdered by the story’s main antagonist, Richard Strout. At the time of his death, Frank was in school and majoring in economics (63) and had a very bright future ahead of him, after all, he was only twenty eight years old.
The story “Lamb to the Slaughter” by Roald Dahl takes place in and the time is around 5:00 pm. Mary Maloney is a devoted wife to her husband Patrick Maloney. But one day Patrick Maloney comes home and acts in an unusual way. He tells Mary Maloney he wants to leave her. Sp Mary Maloney hits Patrick Maloney on the head with a lamb and kills him.
