a man lying on the floor‚ then looked up into the barrel of a semi-automatic rifle. He dived back out the door as Martin Bryant pulled the trigger. Bryant killed 12 people in 15 seconds. Bryant moved towards the gift shop in the next 75 seconds‚ killing another eight people. In little over half an hour the 35 were killed and‚ 23 wounded. This became the worst single-person mass shooting in Australia’s history; and is still the third worst recorded worldwide. Bryant’s gun was an AR-15 rifle with a
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The theme of The Killing Sea by Richard Lewis is family. In The Killing Sea Sarahs family gets split apart when the tsunami hits. Sarah’s first thought when she wakes up after the tsunami is that her family is most likely dead‚ when she finds Peter she almost never lets him out of her sight again. When the 2004 indonesian tsunami hits many people were separated from their family. An example is that according to bbc news 228‚000 people were killed in this tsunami. These people probably had family
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After reviewing the documentary of Making a Killing‚ it has confirmed my long time assumption about drug/medication use and its affection. I think it was rather a disturbing and an eye opener documentary especially‚ the tremendous revenue of the nonexistent or so-called treatment/ cure (which possible of happening today‚ too) I was struck by the test takers that were not allowed to talk about nutrition‚ only about the symptoms‚ medications to lead them to see a psychiatrist; teen screening in school
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Technology is not killing creativity. If it was‚ then Les Paul’s invention of the electric guitar‚ Bob Moog’s invention of the synthesizer‚ Kusek et al.’s invention of MIDI‚ Pro Tools’ inventor as well as every effects pedal or electronic music enhancing piece of gear would have to be part of this destructive force. Thoughts like this are fun to debate but totally unproductive. The real issue to be discussed for which a solution must be found is how can those who produce great music
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Outline Thesis: In Tough Guise and killing us softly 3‚ Jackson Katz and Jean Kilburn argue that the media is pressuring people to become this certain image of being tough and looking perfect no matter what. Boys are being told not to cry. Girls are being told to be super skinny with no curves. This does not make sense because every human being should be able to do what they think is right instead of having a lot of pressure on their shoulders to act a certain way. Topic sentence #1: Mainly
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Mercy Among The Children is a novel written by David Adams Richards of a family under the influence of poverty and a vicious fate put forth on them years before the novel’s plot. In this novel a boy who’s name is Lyle recaps his life under the misfortune of his grandfather and father. He takes reader’s through the heart wrenching struggles and experience’s he faces while growing up. At an early age of 7 Lyle explains his frustration towards his father and how he never stands up for what is right
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Affairs of the Courtroom: Fernando de Medina Confesses to Killing His Wife In the introduction of this chapter‚ we learn that on November 28th‚ 1595 Gaspar de Peralta‚ a judge for the Royal Audiencia of Charcas‚ answered a call from his next-door neighbor’s house. Once he entered the house‚ he found a domestic horror scene. Having entered the bedroom‚ Peralta found his chief scribe and the secretary of the audiencia (Fernando de Medina) standing over the bloody bodies of his wife and her lover
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"Killing Mr. Griffin Susan and Betsy are two very different people. The react to their actions and other peoples in different ways. Susan is a smart student‚ that doesn’t really have many friends. Betsy is a semi smart student‚ popular‚ and very pretty girl. Some ways that they are different are for example...the writing assignment for the "Final song of Ophelia."� Betsy told Mr. Griffin that‚ "I didn’t understand the assignment‚"� "How can anybody write a final song for Ophelia when she’s already
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at this meeting that Okonkwo’s rage gets the best of him and he murders one of the messengers of the missionaries‚ for no apparent reason other than the fact that he resents his existence. Nonr of his fellow villagers support his action. Okonkwo killing the messenger is a significant turning point in the novel‚ and demonstrates a serious disconnect between Okonkwo and his tribe. The tribe was not willing to go to war with the Christians‚ whereas Okonkwo would do anything to preserve the ancient culture
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Abortion is killing the future Abortion is a controversial issue affecting our society. At the present time abortions are legal. However‚ there are groups of people who would like this to change. Popular belief among pro-choice coalitions is that abortion is a matter that should be decided on by the mother; however‚ abortion in its truest sense is the termination of a human life. As a society we must set clear boundaries about this issue or else we will be ending innocent lives or we will face
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