My book is called The Things They Carried by Tim O´Brien. My story is a bunch of fictional though very realistic stories about a squad during the Vietnam War, The ending of my book mostly recaps the deaths of the narrator, Tim O´Brien´s, friends and squads. The ending shows how each person died and what an immense effect it had on Tim and the other survivors. At the very end Tim is recapping his life and what better decisions he could.be made ( He refers to his younger self as Timmy). "I'm skimming across the surface of my own history, moving fast, riding the melt beneath the blades, doing loops and spins, and when I take a high leap into the dark and come down thirty years later, I realize it is as Tim trying to save Timmy's life with a story." (O´Brien, page 246). This still effects people today because many people who fought and had family who fought in the war still have memories that ring fresh. The most important idea from this book is the idea that friendship can help get you through anything like it helped these soldiers get through the war.
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My book is about a platoon of soldiers in the Vietnam War. They face many challenges like carrying heavy equipment, not knowing who the enemy was, not fighting an organized army, and the climate and bad environment of the Vietnam jungles. ¨...steel helmets that weighed 5 pounds...jungle boots- 2.1 pounds... steel-centered, nylon-covered flak jacket, which weighed 6.7 pounds...¨ This quote shows the amount of weight the soldiers had to carry and how hard it was. The soldiers fighting remind me of the war in the Middle East going on right now. There is no national organized to fight against. The soldiers are fighting against many different surprise attacks and ambushes. Also, the soldiers have to carry all there gear while they are trying to fight off attacks and navigate the hot climate and dusty environment of the Middle East. This is how my book connects to the current day event of fighting in the Middle East.
My book is about a small platoon of soldiers during the Vietnam War. The soldiers are faced with many hardships like surprise ambushes, mines and traps, and the awful climate that they were fighting in. My book talks about all the things the soldiers had to carry and how much they weighed which really helped to show me how hard the war was even in the moments without action. ¨...steel helmets that weighed 5 pounds...jungle boots- 2.1 pounds... steel-centered, nylon-covered flak jacket, which weighed 6.7 pounds...¨ This connects to the actual Vietnam War because the soldiers in the war did need to carry all of this equipment. Another way the story relates to the real war is because the people in the book and the author were all real soldiers during the war and actually survived the harsh climate, traps in the brush, enemy raids and ambushes, and just the slog of carrying all that darn equipment. I carry just my backpack up the stairs at school and break a profuse sweat and I can´t even imagine those men's struggles.
Introduction - Charlie Imagine there a is dog walking down your street on a cloudy rainy day. This dog is matted and wet and walks with his head down ignoring his surroundings. Most people would see this dog and think’ “Aw, that poor doggy. I wish there was something I could do.” Then, you go on your day and the dog slips from your mind. Well here’s the deal, you can help. I know, it’s shocking, but it’s the truth. There are 70 million homeless cats and dogs currently living in the United States (Pepelko, 2018) while there are only 554,000 homeless people in America (Weber, 2018). This becomes more shocking when you find out there are 159.8 million total cats and dogs in America (ASPCA, unknown) and over 325.8 million people in America (WorldOMeters, 2018). I know in this world you need to take care of yourself, but at some point we need to take care of our four-legged friends as well. I personally feel compelled and passionate about this issue because I have two dogs who were both strays as puppies and were rescued in near death situations with their litters. To even imagine my dogs scared and alone out on the streets makes my stomach churn, a lump form in my throat, and tears spring to my eyes. I think most pet owners would agree when I say that seeing your pet in distress or need is gut-wrenching and heart-shredding stuff. Others should care about this issue for two main reasons. The first reason is that say if your pet was abandoned and homeless you would want people to show empathy and help so you should do the same. Secondly and finally, we need to protect this world and everything on it. You should always show compassion towards others and especially to animals, because they can’t speak up for themselves in times of struggle. The Issue - Thanuj The issue is that not everyone takes care of their pets. 6.5 million animals go into pet shelters every year. Out of those pets, 3.2 million pets are adopted each year (American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals). Out of the remaining pets, 1.5 million get euthanized. Because of people not taking care of their pets, more than a million pets get killed. If this number increases, then eventually 5 million pets will die a year because they don’t have a home. This problem is caused by irresponsible pet owners or people who don’t have enough time to take care of their animals. In addition, if you don’t watch your pet, it can run off and then not have a home. This issue is causing too many animals to get euthanized. These animals can still live and help people, but since they don’t have a home, the animal shelters get crowded, and a lot of animals have to get killed in order to make space for other animals. Also, some people can’t handle the responsibilities of owning a pet, so they have to give it up. This issue obviously affects the animals that don’t have a place to live. It can affect people who don’t want a lot of animals roaming the streets at night. It would be very difficult to drive if you always have to lookout for dogs and cats in front of you. People who work at animal shelters would be affected, because they would be overwhelmed by the number of animals they need to take care of. The Solution - Dany What other people are doing to help out this organization is that they are making rescue groups. “These groups rescue any animal that are breed or issue specific” (One Green Planet). Hurricanes in Puerto Rico lasted two weeks. Pilotes came to the rescue and saved 87 abandoned animals (WNCN) In addition a country singer named Miranda Lambert and animal shelter, SCRAPS are working together to help animals in need (KREM2). As Lambert tours different cities she talks about shelters and encourages people to donate. One more thing people are doing to help is in philadelphia animal rescue organizations are trying to make philadelphia a no kill city. “The groups want to make the killing of saveable shelter pets a thing of the past.” (LIVEKINDLY) We could encourage NC to become a no kill area for all shelters. What you can do to help out and solve some of these issues would be simple. One of the solutions would be that you could volunteer. Volunteering would help out the organization and take care of the animals they have. Volunteering could help out more than you think and it would be really useful for the animals in shelters (SPCA) Another way to help would be to adopt a pet. Adopting an animal would stop them from getting euthanized or homeless. You should be responsible about adopting a pet since it would be hard for them to be adopted and then be brought back to a shelter. You could also be a foster parent to a animal. This will help them to not get euthanized. This means you would be taking care of them but not fully adopting them. You could also be a pet advocate. A pet advocate is a person that helps animals that are missing. First you could help them find their home or drop them off a shelter. This would prevent animal shelters getting overcrowded and getting euthanized. If you already have a pet that is a female you should get a spaying and neutering. This is for them to not breed unless you feel responsible enough to take care of more pets. Conclusion - Corinna There is a lot you can do to help, especially as just one person. You can give money or supplies to animal shelters. Or you could go with an adult to play with the animals. The animals in the shelters really want homes, but having some new toys or someone to play with would be very beneficial to them. You could also collect money and give donations. However, there is less we can do as a big group. Because we are only 13/14 years old, there aren’t many things animal shelters will let us do. We can’t volunteer, and we can’t go visit and play with the animals in a large group. However, we can collect donations to give to a shelter. We would like as many people as possible to donate money that we can give to the SPCA. This will help members of the SPCA get more materials for the animals. With the money donated, they will be able to provide treatments and food for animals staying there. To make people aware of the problem, we plan to have an assembly. It will just take one day for us to present to sixth and seventh graders. We will most likely need around 20 minutes to give our full presentation. We will schedule the sixth grade presentation to take place during second period, and the seventh grade presentation to be in sixth period. Since we will be doing our presentation in the auditorium, the only transportation need is for sixth and seventh grade classes to walk there (we would send an email to the teachers). Poster and a donation box (which would go outside of the cafeteria) would need to be made. It will not be hard to set up, since we wouldn’t be leaving the school. Our goal is to raise $1000. After, we will give all the collected donations to the SPCA. By doing this, our hope is that we will make a difference in the animal’s lives at the SPCA. By donating the money we collect, the SPCA has a little extra money to spend on food and toys. This way, the time the animals spend at the SPCA will be more enjoyable while they are waiting to be adopted. Animals can make great recoveries, but they need your help to do so! Works Cited ASPCA. “Pet Statistics|Shelter Intake and Surrender.” ASPCA. No date. January 29th, 2018.<https://www.aspca.org/animal-homelessness/shelter-intake- and-surrender/pet-statistics> Browder, Cullen. “NC Shelter Kills 99 Percent of Animals, records show.” WRAL. Kelly Hinchliffe (ed.). November 15th, 2012. January 29, 2018. <http://www.wral.com/ nc-shelter-kills-99-percent-of-animals-records-show/11778189/> Cardiff, Emily. “10 Ways to Help End Pet Homelessness.” One Green Planet. February 24th, 2014. January 24, 2018<http://www.onegreenplanet.org/animalsandn ature/10-ways-to-help-end-pet-homelessness/> Carroll, Megan. “Local Animal Shelter get help from Country Super Star”. KREM2. January 31, 2018. January 31, 2018. <http://www.krem.com/news/local/country-star-miranda-lamberts-mission-to-help-homeless-animals-makes-its-way-to-spokane/513188791> Do Something. “11 facts about animal homelessness.” Do Something. January 25, 2018 <https://www.dosomething.org/facts/11-facts-about-animal-homelessness> Flores, Buffy. “Philadelphia to Save Stray Animals with new Shelter Coalition.” LIVEKINDLY. January 30, 2018. January 31, 2018 <https://www.livekindly.co/philadelphia-save-stray-animals-new-shelter-coalition/> Minnick, Beau. “Pets abandoned in Puerto Rico now looking for homes in Raleigh.” CBS: Local News that Matters. October 9, 2017. January 31, 2018 <http://wncn.com /2017/10/05/pets-abandoned-in-puerto-rico-looking-for-homes-in-raleigh/> No Voice Unheard. “Problems-Solutions: Homeless Animals 101.” No Voice Unheard: The Power of Books. January 26, 2018 <http://www.novoicEunheard.org/problems _solutions.html> Pepelko, Kristina. “12 Alarming Facts About Pet Homelessness.” One Green Planet. February 20th, 2014. January 29th, 2018. <http://www.onegreenplanet.org/ animalsandnature/12-alarming-facts-about-pet-homelessness/> Ruecker, Todd.”Starting and Ending a Paper.” University Writing Center. July 2010. January 29th, 2018. <https://academics.utep.edu/Default.aspx?tabid=65898 > Weber, Christopher. “America’s Homeless population Rises for First Time in Years.” U.S.News. Geoff Mulvihill. 2017. January 31st, 2018. <https://www.usnews.com /news/us/articles/2017-12-06/us-homeless-count-rises-pushed-by-crisis-on-the- west-coast> WorldOMeters. “U.S. Population.” WorldOMeters. 2018. January 29th, 2018. <http://www.worldometers.info/world-population/us-population/> There is a real problem in the Research Triangle Park area. There are to many homeless animals without homes near us. These animals deserve better and never did anything to deserve the fate of being left out to the elements. This issue relates to our community because, when a pet goes missing any person with a heart becomes sad and when you are sad you don’t make the best decisions which could lead to the endangerment of more pets and people. I am interested in this issue because personally I love animals and I have two of the best dogs ever at my house and the thought of either one of them scared and lost on the streets tears my heart to shreds. The community is affected by this issue because when someone close to you or you yourself lose a pet you become depressed and distracted. If we have distracter partakers in our community so many bad things can happen. A distracted driver could seriously hurt him/herself or even a child or pet. Others should care about this issue because you should always care if someone is distressed after losing a pet because you would want that sympathy to reciprocate if you lost a pet. A solution would be to find someone who is trustworthy and has quite a large net worth and you could work with them to buy a large plot of land or house and then hire a small workforce of people to round up animals in a safe and kind way and bring them to this pet haven. Some interesting links!: http://www.newsobserver.com/living/pets/article177216191.html http://www.oprah.com/relationships/10-ways-to-help-homeless-pets/all https://www.adoptapet.com/blog/50-ways-you-can-help-homeless-shelter-pets/ https://spcawake.org/ By: Charlie Brosius I believe that when you eat or consume eggs they should be scrambled. I always eat my eggs scrambled. Scrambled eggs are always the best, because when you eat scrambled eggs you can add anything to them (bacon, cheese, salt, pepper, etc.), they are super quick and easy to cook, and they taste great. Other ways to eat eggs include: sunny side-up, hard boiled, soft boiled, and poached. Throughout my paper i will share my personal experience with each of those and tell why they are inferior to scrambled eggs. One day my Mom convinced me to try her favorite type of eggs ever; sunny side-up. Me being the innocent child of 13 years I was ill- prepared for the horrors that would await me. I cooked the egg just how she told me and I even ate it with a piece of toast like she told me. NEVER MAkE THIS MISTAKE!!! The yolk ran everywhere and covered the toast until it was a mushy, slimy piece of eggy bread. I would suggest if for whatever reason you had to eat a sunny side-up egg you place it in a bowl and choke it down as quick as possible (can you believe people put these on perfectly good burgers!?!). Next on the list is hard boiled eggs. Hard boiled eggs are definitely my second favorite egg, but they have a major flaw. The main source of protein, the yolk, is almost inedible due to a moist yet still crumbly texture, to go along with a strange almost doughy taste, on top of a pasty yellow color. No one wants to eat the cement that laid down the Yellow Brick Road so why would you want to eat a hard boiled yolk? Hard boiled eggs everywhere, this is no yolking matter. Third we have soft boiled eggs. I actually enjoy these, but you need a whole extra dish to hold the egg while you eat it. This is just an unnecessary hassle and a plain waste of money (unless you’re an soft-boiled egg fanatic). Finally we have poached eggs. I know it’s gross, but we have to talk about them. Poached eggs are just gross. The yolk runs everywhere, they taste vinegary no matter how little vinegar you put in, and they have a very specific and complicated recipe. Now we can get back to the good stuff. Scrambled eggs are just far superior to any other form of egg. They are like the way Duke is to college basketball or how dogs are to pets. I believe that scrambled eggs are just better and hopefully you agree now. |
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