In the book‚ Touching Spirit Bear‚ a boy named Cole has a bad temper‚ and it gets him into trouble more than once. His anger puts him in a predicament that almost causes him jail time. An Indian group called Circle Justice‚ focused on helping troubled teens‚ steps in to help. As a result‚ Cole has to spend a year on an island in south-east Alaska. There he is mauled by a rare black bare that is completely white called the Spirit Bear. Although he suffers near fatal injuries on the outside‚ his wounds
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Comparison Essay I like reading a book that has an exciting beginning a fast pace and that is very detailed. The beginning of a book usually determines the succession of the book‚ because that section is where the author tries to hook the reader like a fishermen trying to reel in a fish. Between the books Pigmen‚Touching Spirit Bear‚The Pearl and the outsiders‚ I think Touching spirit bear has the most superior beginning based on the categories of descriptive language‚General readability and the
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Typical excuses of why people do not carry their weapons all the time are just that: excuses! “My gun isn’t comfortable‚” “I’m not sure which round I should use‚” “I’m afraid someone will notice my gun and call the cops‚” “I’m not 100% sure where I can and can’t carry‚” “I don’t know if I should I carry OWB or IWB or tuck‚” “I don’t know which gun is best for concealed carry‚” or‚ “which caliber I should use?” are typical excuses that have no real argument against the idea of “everyday carry” (Owens)
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Polar bears our looking for food but they can’t find it anymore. So they go into villages for more food which ends up having more bear attacks and deaths. 90% percent of the world’s food go to Alaska. The food source has always been fine for the polar bears. Arctic is getting warmer. The essay is mostly about Polar bears and why the polar bears are going into villages to get more food. There were always enough food for the polar bears but now bears are going into villages for more food because
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I was heading up to Alaska for my annual hunt of moose and black bear. This hunt is the main supplier of my food for my family… So killing something is very important to my family and myself. I brought with me a box of matches‚ my grandfathers hunting knife‚ and 3 days worth of food. The roads are tough and the hunt is extravagant. The Alaskan land is harsh and anything could go wrong. When my plane touched down in Anchorage‚ my heart began to pump faster and my senses rose. I stepped off the plan
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1. The right to keep and bear arms is a constitutional right that should not be infringed upon. With firearms so easily accessible by the public and increasing world incidents‚ protection of our own armed forces must be paramount. The purpose of this position paper is advocate why concealed carry should be allowed for all members of the United States Armed Forces while on stateside military installations. 2. Department of Defense Directive 5210.56‚ introduced in 1992‚ brought major changes in effort
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There ’s No Such Thing as Right and Wrong In The Violent Bear It Away by Flannery O ’Connor‚ there are many choices that are good and bad. I would like to point out the three that I notice throughout the novel; the proper Christian burial‚ the burning of the house‚ and baptizing Bishop. I ’m sure you can make out which is which‚ but I am not sure if Francis Tarwater did or if he had any morals. But I do believe that he was encouraged by bad forces that lead him to do unspeakable events. “The
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Cole Matthew‚ is young selfish‚ uncaring‚ changing‚ delinquent. Cole Matthews had been beaten by his dad most all of this life. Cole is a “baby-faced fifteen-year-old‚” (5). The book Touching Spirit Bear by Ben Mikaelsen‚ is about Cole changing. Cole starts of as a liar‚ a stealer‚ and a plain old jerk. But needed changed is good. Cole’s family is alway bailing Cole out of jail. “His mom acted like a scared Barbie doll‚ always looking good but never fighting back or standing up to anyone” (Page
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Who Should Keep Their Right? There has been and still is a lot of controversy on the second amendment which is the right to bear arms. Everyone including the government has their own interpretation of what this amendment means. I personally do not think that there will ever be a complete understanding about what “the right to bear arms” actually means and what is and what is not considered the right or wrong way to go about protecting oneself or just having a sense of security. All people are different
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Our Right to Bear Arms is a Danger to America: An Annotated Bibliography "Assault Weapons." Issues & Controversies. Infobase Learning‚ 29 Jan. 2016. Web. 9 Nov. 2016. This article details history of mass shootings that used assault weapons in America. The author places a definition on assault weapons as “a semiautomatic weapon with a detachable ammunition magazine and some type of advanced feature typically used in military-grade weapons.” The previous and now expired ban on certain assault weapons
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