Life Is Too Short As the years go by‚ the numbers of murders and kidnappings of the younger generation have increase tremendously. People became more cruel and cold-hearted towards one another. The life’s of the young people are being cut short before they can even reach a turning point in life for the better due to the act of violence. For instance‚ I watched a documentary called Benji. The film is about a teenage boy named Ben Wilson‚ who is a phenomenon basketball player but his life was
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On the night of February 28‚ 2012 Trayvon Martin was walking through a neighborhood from a convenience store. He was carrying an Arizona tea and a pack of skittles. This neighborhood had been having someone invading their homes. George Zimmerman saw him walking and called the police. They told him not to follow the suspicious person and officers were on their way. He didn’t listen and got out of his car. Him and Martin got into an argument. During the argument‚ Trayvon was fatally shot by Zimmerman
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Abandon House 1. Dust lay over every surface like dirty snow‚ pristine dust layer‚ not a foot print anywhere‚ dust bunnies the size of bowling balls tumbled across the floor boards toward unseen skittles‚ free papers piled up to the letter box and cascaded all the way to the foot of the rough wooden stairs‚ old tea cups lay on a coffee table thickly encrusted with dried up mould‚ dust covered mirrors‚ smell of mildew‚ stale air‚ air thick with dust‚ shafts of light bursting through gaps in the boarded
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Elizabethan’s era of sports By Logan Parker The Elizabethan’s eras of sports are very interesting‚ but cruel and unjust at the same time. Back in the Elizabethan era ‚there was a certain category of sport that was very popular and entertaining to the people of the Elizabethan era and that was Blood Sports. Blood Sports consisted mainly of three types of entertainment and those are bull baiting‚ bear baiting‚ and cock fighting. These cruel‚ bloody sports happened twice a week‚ but
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score as many points as possible in the game. The higher the score‚ the better you are. The game bagatelle was introduced in the late 1700s when the billiard tables started to get improved. They billiard tables were narrowed‚ with wooden pins or skittles at one end of the table‚ and players would shoot balls with a stick or cue from the other end‚ in a game inspired as much by bowling as billiards. Pins took too long to reset when
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Cinc is walking the streets of Grand Rapids Michigan with a mob of people protesting about “ black lives matter “. Some people don’t believe in black lives matter‚ some people believe in “all lives matter “. Cinc believes that is true but the “ black lives matter “ is a different subject. Of course everyone matters on earth but black people have been getting treated unfairly and poorly. They’ve been getting killed by police officers and the deputy’s haven’t been getting consequences. This is way
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Coming from someone who you can easily catch walking around with a drink and candy in hand while wearing a hoodie on I have never once thought I might look suspicious and end up murdered from these actions. Luckily‚ I am white and not the main attraction for suspicious activity as those who are black. This common assumption really bothers me‚ because there are bad people out there and there are good people as well‚ but the color of their skin doesn’t define if you’re good or bad. Trayvon Martin never
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As any other afternoon‚ Bailey awoke and snap-chatted all her streaks pictures of her cat‚ Skittles. The rain a few days before brought in a large cold front and her pink faux fur coat was ready to be worn. Baileys plans for the night consisted of dinner and a party with a new boy she had been talking to for quite a while. Her hair was already straighten and slightly curled under and her dark coarse eyebrows just needed to be brushed straight. She did her makeup with neutral browns to complement
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struggle are the deaths of Philando Castile and Trayvon Martin. These were young men that were gunned down because people her afraid of the color of their skin. One afternoon in Sanford‚ Florida‚ Trayvon Martin was leaving the store after getting some Skittles and a arizona iced tea. According to the reports of George Zimmerman‚ Trayvon Martin attacked Zimmerman after he confronted him for being suspicious. When police arrived they
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Emily Willis Mrs. Cullipher Composition 1 20 October 2013 The Truth About Ana She looks up from the marble counter‚ mistake. She’s frozen staring at a girl with dull green eyes and paunchy cheeks. Her chapped lips are cracked and painful‚ opening and gaping‚ a fish gasping for water. No mirrors. They show her things too true for eyes. Mirrors lie‚ for the numbers keep dropping but her body is still fat. She wants nothing but the lies to be true. Her name is Ana‚ she is determined‚ weak‚ and
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