A Brother’s Murder Could you imagine losing your brother or a loved one to violence? In “A Brother’s Murder”‚ Brent Staples loses his brother due to the street life and hustler image that his brother portrayed upon himself. Staples grew up in Chester‚ Pennsylvania in a heavily black‚ poor‚ and violent industrial city. His brother Blake adapted to the street life and hustler image to prove how manly he was. As Staples grew older he didn’t like the life in a poor and violent neighborhood so he left
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will identify 2 consequences of drinking and drunk driving‚ and also 2 safe ways you can avoid those consequences. Central Idea: Drunk driving is against the law and it causes harm to many people‚ but with the right precautions‚ many lives can be saved. Introduction Imagine receiving a call from a police officer telling you that there’s been a terrible accident due to a drunk driver‚ and they need you to come in and identify a body. We all know that drunk driving is a serious thing that has killed
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accident. Although you probably think that it could never happen to you‚ experts say everyone has a 40% chance of being in a crash involving alcohol use sometime in their life. According to a Gallup survey‚ funded by State Farm‚ of Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD)‚ drunken driving is our No. 1 highway safety problem. Through education‚ increased law enforcement and stiffer penalties‚ the number of alcohol-related traffic accidents can be reduced. Since the early 1980’s‚ there has been a substantial
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Drinking and Driving Alcohol - The greatest gift in life. The only reason the world spins. Did you know alcohol can lead to the amazing world of addiction? Yeah‚ that’s something everyone should get into. If you’re one of the many who decides to try it out‚ you can become an alcoholic very quickly. Once you’re an alcoholic‚ your world will soon fall in place. Every day of your life‚ you will have all the time in the world to just sit around‚ drink‚ and do anything you want ‚ since you’re probably
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to make Victor know what it feels like to be lonely. When Elizabeth dies his father dies of grief. Elizabeth had a positive outlook on life. She cared for the poor‚ respected all classes of people‚ and was there for Justine when she was accused of murder. She believes in Justine’s innocence and speaks on her behalf. When Caroline dies Elizabeth takes over the motherly duties of the family. Her feelings for everybody and everything were strong and deep. Alphonse is very supportive of Victor. He takes
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Homicide – (Murder & Manslaughter) Homicide is the term for killing a human being unlawfully. There are two types of homicide‚ Murder and manslaughter. The actus reus is the same in any homicide; an unlawful act or omission that causes the death of another human being. The mens rea for murder is known as malice aforethought‚ which can either be express malice (an intention to kill) or implied malice (an intention to cause really serious injury with or without the foresight of causing death)
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music and dancing. The adults of this town thought enforcing the new law would change the teenagers into not doing what they were used to doing‚ but instead the law made them have a rebellious act. Instead of making a new law‚ the town officials should have enforced the alcohol laws a lot more. In footloose the people of the town thought that bringing in another law that had nothing to do with drinking and driving would change the actions of the teenagers‚ but you have to remember that we are teenagers
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Teen “Sexting” Sexting – teens sending sexually explicit photos of themselves via cell phones‚ email‚ or instand message – has become the latest in a line of highly charged issues involving kids and the internet. Sexting has become a widespread occurance that has destroyed lives and has caused emotional distress to many teenagers and young adults. Sexting gives teenagers the feeling of acceptance and the chance to be popular by gaining attention but what they fail to realize is the attention they
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widely supported non-profit agencies in the United States (MADD). A year later‚ in 1981 Students Against Drunk Driving (SADD) was formed in Massachusetts. This group has evolved to become one of the nation’s leading youth education and prevention organizations in not only high schools but middle schools as well. SADD has gone on to not only work against the prevention and education against drunk driving‚ but destructive decisions. SADD is now stands for Students Against Destructive Decisions‚ and
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Elderly Drivers Specific Purpose: We want our audience to agree that the physically disabled elderly people need to retake their test or prove that they can drive before actually getting behind the wheel of a car. Thesis Statement: These elderly drivers‚ who are physically disabled‚ should not be driving without retaking the test or doing something to prove they are still capable to drive. I. Elderly are terrible drivers. A. The elderly are an increasing population of bad drivers‚ because of
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