In “The Man I Killed,” Tim O’Brien portrays a vivid story on how war affects individuals. Tim, Azar, and Kiowa are all at the Vietnam war in 1990 together fighting. Tim killed a man with a grenade and he feels deeply upset about the matter, while Azar shows no sympathy for the dead man whatsoever. Kiowa is the neutral man of the situation, trying to comfort and justify the death of the man because it was Tim’s job to protect his men. The story is told from the perspective of the protagonist, while O’Brien uses a sufficient amount of imagery throughout the reading to show the amount of guilt he has obtained from killing a man.
In the novel MONSTER, written by Walter Dean Myers, tells the story of two men under the age of 25 on trial for felony murder. Steve Harmon is a 16 year old boy who is accused of being the lookout to a robbery that James King, a 22 year old and his friend Bobo Evans were planning. James King is accused of being the one that ripped Alguinaldo Nesbit’s gun from him and used it to shoot and kill Mr.Nesbit. Prosecutor Sandra Petrocelli works to convince the jury that their age isn’t an excuse that a man died at their hands. Kathy O’brien and Asa Briggs both work as the attorneys to prove that one of these men are innocent.
The conflict of the story “The Fighter”, written by Walter Dean Myers, is that Billy Giles is having trouble with some things such as money issues. Billy Giles does not have a lot of money so he has to fight and box to get paid. His wife Johnnie Mae does not want him fighting so he has to keep the pride to stay in the fight without his wife finding out. In the beginning of the story the text states, “Billy Giles told his wife that he was going to the gym to work out. If he told her the truth, that he was going to fight again, he knew she would have cried” (27).
In Cold Blood features the true story and details of the bloody murders of the Clutter family in Holcomb, Kansas. “Images in the film Brooks has made from Capote’s celebrated reporting of a Kansas murder case, In Cold Blood” (Crowther). One early morning in Holcomb Kansas, the Clutter family is awaken from their sleep and brutally murdered. The killers are two ex-convicts Dick Hickock and Perry Smith who planned to rob Herbert Clutter of $10,000 that was contained in a safe at his home. However, Dick and Perry find no safe, or $10,000, they end up leaving the scene of the crime with only $43.
“You should have said, ‘I didn’t do it,” (Myers 138). In the novel, Monster—written by Walter Dean Myers—follows the life of a sixteen year old boy Steve Harmon who is a suspect of felony murder and robbery. Throughout the story, we see several journal entries from Harmon who reveals weakness through his words but not his actions. Clearly, if someone were to show weakness during adversity, there would be negative consequences in the future.
Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard’s book, Killing Lincoln, is mainly about President Lincoln’s time as President of the United States. Little do people know that Lincoln was hated by many Americans. President Lincoln’s assassination was slowly being planned out by a murder named John Wilkes Booth. Despite his careful planning, Booth’s plans had to be suddenly changed at the last minute when his plans to change. Booth immediately had to come up with a new plan and go a total different route.
In the documentary Making a Murder, Brendan Dassey, nephew of Stephen Avery, gave a testimony that implicated himself and Avery in the murder of Teresa Halback (Demos, Ricciardi, 2015). Among one of the many issues presented within the documentary was the treatment that Dassey received. Dassey had an IQ of 70 and was taking special education classes (Demos, Ricciardi, 2015). Dassey’s IQ was lower than average but almost on the edge of intellectual disability (Dassey v Dittman, 2016, p.5). After giving the confession, he asked if he would be able to get back to class by a certain time to turn in a project (Demos, Ricciardi, 2015).
“MONSTER” a word to describe some in the community. In the novel “Monster” written by Walter Dean Myers explains a life through the eyes of a 16 year old boy named Steve Harmon in which he is on trial with James King for the murder of Mr. Nesbitt. The novel is written throughout the movie script of Steve Harmon. Myers demonstrates a common theme throughout out the story of the pain, punishment, joy, and hope. For every little action, the rest of one's future could be affected.
Monster, The Autobiography of an L.A. Gang member by Shakur Sanyika aka Kody Scott narrates his autobiography and he gives us insight as to what it was like to join and leave the Crips after getting inducted at the young age of 11, and later matured to be one of the most formidable Crip combat soldiers. He earned the name ‘Monster’ at the age of 13 after stomping an older black man until he was completely disfigured. The autobiography offers an educational anti-gang stance as well as insight on how to prevent gang violence amongst youth. Kody was part of an L.A. gang called the eight Tray Gansters, partaking in various acts of violence including shootouts, drive-bys, killing, kidnappings, and robbery as we well as drug crimes. Ultimately, Shakur exited the gang as he
The novel Monster, by Walter Deann Myers, talks about the story of two young men put on trial for the murder of Alguinaldo Nesbitt. Twenty two year old James King and sixteen year old Steve Harmon are put on trial for the crime that ended Alguinaldo Nesbitt life. Alguinaldo Nesbitt was shot with his own gun while working at his own drugstore. Lorelle Henry testifies king was at the store the day of Mr. Nesbitt death, Bobo Evans testifies that King shot Mr. Nesbitt with a chrome, and lastly Osvaldo Cruz testifies that him and King planned and did this get over. On the other hand Dorothy Moore gives king an alibi.
Click. You’ve just won $10,000 dollars. However, you fail to read the fine text stating “can only be used on lawnmowers.” This experience is similar to the event that occurred on December 6th, 1865 except at a monumental scale. The 13th amendment was passed; slavery had been abolished or so one had thought.
Briefly, almost everyone in life experiences violence that can get out of hand and really hurt someone, mentally and physically. In Free Lunch, by Rex Ogle, Ogle descriptively tells the readers his past life and how he lived through violence for a very long time. His family doesn’t have enough money to afford new clothes, food, or even just laundry detergent to wash the clothes. Rex got signed up for the Free Lunch Program by his mom without knowing. Rex feels embarrassed when he walks through the lunch line because he doesn’t want people to know he gets his lunch for free because his family can’t afford to pay two dollars for each meal.
Stress for students can come from many things including academics, sports, family, college, and their social life. Dead Poets Society directed by Peter Weir and A Separate Peace by John Knowles are stories about adolescent boys that attend strict all-boys private schools, Welton and Devon. In Dead Poets Society one of the main characters, Neil Perry is an excellent student with a strict father who pushes him to become something Neil does not want. In A Separate Peace Gene Forrester, another excellent student feels pressure to compete with his peers to be the best. At both Devon and Welton there is a lot of pressure being put on the boys studying there to be the best.
Rambo: First Blood by Ted Kotcheff was one of the most influential films of its day. On the surface, it’s an epic wilderness showdown, but underneath the layers of action and suspense resides an author’s purpose that confronts the manipulation and rejection faced by returning Vietnam veterans and the effects of war on their psychological states. Upon journeying home from the brutal Vietnam War and finding out his only surviving comrade has recently passed away, John J. Rambo is met with discrimination and disdain from the people of the town of Hope, Washington. When Sheriff Will Teasle pushes the veteran to the breaking point with verbal and physical abuse, Rambo’s military instincts take over. He violently escapes his confines and flees into
Michael Moore created the documentary Fahrenheit 911 to try and persuade viewers into believing the conspiracy theory that President George W. Bush had something to do with the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Centre on September 11th, 2001. Debbie Melnyle and Rick Caine created Manufacturing Dissent to expose the ways in which Michael Moore is trying to convince viewers of what he believes. The two documentaries are different when it comes to content, tone and style. They both have their own way of going about persuading their viewers into believing their opinion.
