what the world has become. Bullets continue to tear through the other side of the car. The small explosions and ricochets cement my feet tighter to the ground‚ and I press as close as I can to the driver’s side door. Every muscle in my body aches‚ but I know that I cannot give up here. She needs me. More than that‚ I promised my dad I would keep her safe. But‚ most of all‚ I swore to myself that I would never let anything happen to her‚ no matter what it took. A bullet shatters the window above me
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shooters face‚ more than once. Basically he was asking to be shot. Nothing makes me feel sorry for Anders when he does get shot. Although I do hate he gets shot in the head. The image the author conveys makes the readers feel almost sad for Anders‚ “The bullet smashed Ander’s skull and plunged through his brain and exited behind his ear‚ scattering shards of bone into the cerebral cortex… (pg. 369). Even in the last few moments of his life‚ he seems miserable. The only happiness readers see from Anders
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Summary of "The Ballot or the Bullet" Malcolm X emphasizes voting as a solution to ending discrimination against Blacks. He addresses the poor leaders and the denial of voting rights to Blacks. He saw that elections had been narrowly decided and that the Black vote was the deciding factor in these elections. (PARAGRAPH 10) He wanted people to understand that when candidates promise to pass legislation favorable to Blacks‚ those candidates must be held accountable after the elections and
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The speech “The Ballot or the Bullet” given by Malcolm X in April 1964 argues the importance of Black Nationalism‚ his political‚ economic‚ and social philosophy. It was given in response to the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Malcolm X knew the promise of equal rights free of racial discrimination was again an empty promise‚ as the promise of abolishing slavery. Black people’s status in American was not freedom or second class citizenship but the slavery of the twentieth century. With Black Nationalism
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In 1784‚ someone using a flintlock pistol shot Edward Culshaw. In those days‚ there were no bullets‚ as we know them. Gunpowder and a ball of lead were put into the gun’s muzzle and packed with paper wadding. A spark made when the gun’s hammer struck some flint at the back end of the barrel ignited the powder. When the constable examined Culshaw’s wound‚ he found a piece of newspaper used as wadding to pack the powder in the killer’s gun. The prime suspect in the killing was a man named John Toms
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Malcolm X Warns‚ "It Shall Be The Ballot or The Bullet" The 1960s were a time of battle for change. Frustrated and fed up with the oppression with which they were forced to live‚ influential people such as Malcolm X‚ Rosa Parks‚ and Martin Luther King‚ Jr. started a whirlwind known as the Civil Rights Movement. On Easter Sunday‚ March 29‚ 1964‚ Malcolm X gave a speech warning of "the ballot or the bullet" (3) from the Audubon Ballroom in Washington Heights‚ New York. Extending his position to black
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Bullet in the Brain The main character in Bullet in the Brain is a middle-aged book critic‚ who is especially “known for the weary elegant savagery with which he dispatched almost everything he reviewed” (1‚ L 5). You might even call him a grumpy old man‚ because basically that is what he is – but more about that subject later on. The story takes off when Anders enters the bank just before it closes‚ and therefore the line is endlessly long‚ which puts him in a bad temper. “He was never in the
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The poems from Here‚ Bullet represent death in many different lights. The first poem of the packet‚ death isnt really mentioned until the poem says‚ “Speak the word for death‚ Maut‚ and you will here the cursives of the wind driven into the veil of the unknown.” Before this line‚ the poem said‚ “Where we would end a war‚ another might take as a beginning or as an echo of history‚ recited again.” When these two lines are combined‚ death seems to be presented as a part of history and tradition for
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For my third major writing assignment‚ I focused on the short story “Bullet in The Brain” by Tobias Wolff. In this assignment‚ I analyzed the story and was able to understand what theme Wolff created and why he portrayed Anders‚ the main character‚ a certain way. Anders was first introduced as an unsympathetic character; however‚ towards the end of the story‚ the reasons for his behavior become understood. Wolff describes the tragic events that Anders has gone through in order to explain why he acts
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Malcolm X’s The Ballot or the Bullet is a speech about re educating the black community about their economics and separating the church from the civil rights movement. X relies heavily on Pathos‚ Logos‚ and Ethos throughout his speech. This rhetorical well-roundedness is a part of what made this speech so incredibly successful. Malcolm X started his speech with Ethos to establish his position and his ability to make this speech‚ he then used pathos to get the attention of the audience then backed
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