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An Argument in Favor of Photo-Journalists Filming and Shooting to Raise Public Awareness (808 words, 3 pages)

Should photo-journalist intervene? What would you do if someone is being raped in frontof you? In the article Not Just a Document, the author discusses about the photographer KevinCarter, who took a picture of a girl in Sudan who was suffering from hunger. Big vulture issitting near her, just waiting ... Read More

My Hopes to Make My Dad Proud (1203 words, 3 pages)

Looking Towards the Future Student leadership is a hard and trying job when you volunteer a week of your time to teach sixth graders about water, plants, soil and wildlife. I was once a student leader and to sum it up to a couple points, it was amazing but sucked ... Read More

The Lessons and Precautions Learned from the Virginia Tech Shooting (2965 words, 11 pages)

How Not to Respond to Virginia Tech- II School shootings. Its a shame that they are part of our lives as we know it and they have happened and will continue to occur unless we do something about it. Different groups and universities within our great nation have expressed their ... Read More

The Main Contributors for School Shootings in America (1057 words, 4 pages)

Since 2013, there has been at least 197 school shootings in America-an average of nearly one a week (Everytown). The consistency of the shootings is riveting, and it has the American people asking questions. Why would a childteenager grab a fireman and murder another student in cold blood? What causes ... Read More

A Recount on the Fort Hood Shooting (343 words, 2 pages)

Fort Hood Shooting On November 5, 2009 in the Fort Hood army base a gunman opened fire atthe Soldier Readiness Center, killing 13 people and wounding 30 others. Thealleged gunman, Major Nidal Malik Hasan, a U.S. Army psychiatrist, was shotby civilian police officers and was seriously injured. Following theincident, Hasan ... Read More

Kent State and Columbine Shootings: Unforgettable Crimes in Human History (2464 words, 7 pages)

Shootings To Remember July 26, 1764 was the date the first published news of Indian warfare had been reported in Virginia. The Indians had been restless after being defeated at Braddock in 1755 and were killing and scalping pioneer settlers in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia, ever since then (Clump). On ... Read More

A Comment on Police Brutality and Shootings of Black People in the United States (404 words, 2 pages)

There is something everyone needs to understand. I keep saying it every single time. It is not an obligation for black people to fight for other races. If white people are okay with cops killing them, let them be okay with it. Latinos, etc. In the United states, Black people ... Read More

The Contributions of K-Mart to the Columbine School Shooting in the Movie Bowling for Columbine (334 words, 1 pages)

Bowling for ColumbineIn the movie Bowling for Columbine, Michael Moore tries to get to the route as to why the shooting happened in the first place. There is a bank in Michigan that gives customers a free gun when they open an account with a certain amount of money. Right ... Read More

The killing of children due to guns had caused an outrage all around the country. A 2-year-old girl found her fathers loaded handgun that was left unattended under the couch and shot and killed herself. The father was arrested and is being charged with involuntary manslaughter as well as possession ... Read More

A Case Analysis of the Michael Brown Shooting Incident (965 words, 4 pages)

Michael Brown Editorial Michael Brown was the victim in a deadly altercation between himself and Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson. Brown was 18 years old and unarmed when he was shot to death. Brown's death created mass protests and debate that included police abusing their power and the issue or ... Read More

An Analysis of Conflict and the Fatal Shooting of Michael Brown (1049 words, 3 pages)

Conflict is an inevitable and never-ending party. As long as there is more than one perspective more than one belief and value system, and more than one objective and set of interests in the world, there will always be conflict. No matter what form its in, all conflict is caused ... Read More

The Correlation of the Shooting of Sam DuBose with Charles Blow and William Murchison’s Commentaries (731 words, 3 pages)

In the following paper I will be discussing how the shooting of Sam DuBose ties in with Charles Blow and William Murchison commentaries. In Charles Blow Commentary on 'Black Lives Matter' and the GOP, there was a moderator that was named Megyn Kell. She asked Gov. Scott Walker about the ... Read More

One of the Deadliest Mass Shootings in the History of the United States on June 12th 2016 (2196 words, 8 pages)

Guns dont kill people people kill people, but what happens with one of those guns when it is placed in the wrong hands? These weapons have the ability to protect, but also the ability to do harm to others. One of the deadliest mass shootings in the United States history ... Read More

The Best Advice from My Dad: Just Do It (584 words, 2 pages)

He sits in his chair and gazes into the flames of the fire radiating from the stone fire-place in front of him. I built that, he thinks to himself. I walk out from my room, I cannot sleep. I see my father sitting in an old rocker grandma gave us ... Read More

A Discussion on the Article America’s Killing Contagion on the Mass Shooting in San Bernardino (811 words, 3 pages)

Just today (December 2, 2015), there was a mass shooting in San Bernardino, California with over 12 tragic casualties and multiple constituents injured during the conflict. In the past we have seen multiple shootings in environments like schools, where we think we are safe because its a learning environment for ... Read More

A Government’s Conspiracy at the Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting (570 words, 2 pages)

Twenty-six innocent children died at Sandy Hook elementary school December 14, 2012 in Newtown, Connecticut. Could you imagine being a parent and turning on the news and seeing this tragic event occurring? Nationwide this news report sent chills down many Americans spines. But what if this entire event was just ... Read More

An Evaluation of the Rise of American Shooting in the United States (426 words, 4 pages)

American Shooting in the U.S. is on the Rise. What makes American Men so DangerousIn this article, President Obama asserts mass shooting in the U.S is an American problem that is associated with masculinity and the manner in which Americans utilize guns. This was after a mass shooting in Charleston ... Read More

A Personal Recollection of the Sandy Hook School Shooting and Safety Measures That Need to Be Adopted (3764 words, 13 pages)

I was a sophomore in high school when the Sandy Hook Elementary Shooting occurred in Newtown, Connecticut. We lived just an hour north of Newtown and since the shooting was very close to home it brought up a lot of concerns about the safety of schools that flooded the local ... Read More

A Case Analysis of the Shooting of Akai Gurley (1040 words, 3 pages)

The Shooting of Akai Gurley Negligence or IntentionalOn November 20, 2014 during a police patrolling of the New York City Housing Authoritys Louis H. Pink Houses in East New York, Brooklyn, Akai Gurley was shot and later died from his wounds. The shooter was police officer Peter Liang who was ... Read More

Orwell’s Experience of Imperialism in Burma in His Essay Shooting an Elephant (518 words, 2 pages)

George Orwell's "Shooting an Elephant" is about Orwell's experienceof imperialism in Burma. In this essay, Orwell exposes a part of his lifethat many people would never think of exposing. Even though imperialism hadcaused many people to do things that are considered morally wrong today,Orwell writes about his actions in the ... Read More

The Depiction of the British Imperialist Regime in Gorge Orwell’s Essay “Shooting an Elephant” (473 words, 1 pages)

Shooting an ElephantIn George Orwells essay Shooting an Elephant Orwell depicts the imperialist regime as an inevitable failure that creates its own coffin through the interaction the colonizers have with the native people. The essay itself is one large anecdote that tells of a time when Orwell was serving in ... Read More

A Short Description of an Incident That Changed the Life of My Dad (619 words, 1 pages)

Without a doubt, the individual who has had the most significant influence on me is my father. To explain why, I must start with his childhood in An Hui, China. Born into a large family of farmers, he had to commit most of his time to helping feed the family. ... Read More

John Zawahri’s Shooting on the Campus of Santa Monica College (724 words, 3 pages)

On June 7, 2013, John Zawahri opened fire on the campus of Santa Monica College, in California. The spree began at the perpatrators home, where he shot two men (both family members) and set fire to the house. Zawahri then proceeded to the Santa Monica campus, where he opened fire ... Read More

Shooting an Elephant by George Orwell (584 words, 3 pages)

NameInstructorCourseDate Shooting an Elephant - Humane, Empathetic, Just Narrator Within George Orwell's Shooting an Elephant essay, the narrator ishumane, empathetic, and just. The narrator is humane because, bearing inmind the owner's welfare he is unwilling to kill a particular elephant.This narrator is also empathetic he cannot endure watching the elephant ... Read More

The Concept of Cowardice in Shooting an Elephant by George Orwell (330 words, 1 pages)

COMP 200Shooting an Elephant ResponseCowardice can be defined simply as a lack of bravery and in George Orwells Shooting an Elephant, I dont think George showed any signs of cowardice. Orwell being the enforcer of the town for the most part, received news that an elephant had gotten loose and ... Read More

Violence and Mental Illness in Mass Shootings and Its Solution (2957 words, 11 pages)

AbstractThis paper discusses the rise in mass shootings across the United States, and the common thread between each of them being mental illness. Through various cases, this paper will provide numerous examples where mental illness was shown to be present in the shooters, and how the shooting may have been ... Read More

An Analysis of a Compromise in Salvation by Langston Hughes and Shooting an Elephant by George Orwell (1189 words, 5 pages)

CompromiseIt is not easy to please everyone at all times. Sometimes people feel enormous pressure that comes from other people or society, and that pressure compels them to conform and fit into the norms and traditions and ultimately makes an individual compromise his or her beliefs and ideals to fit ... Read More

The 1960’s Shootings and Riots (1426 words, 4 pages)

In the 1960s there were a series of shootings and riots on a massive scale that the police at the time were unable to handle. One famous example is Charles Whitman who started shooting people at the University of Texas for 96 minutes killing 14 people (Source E). Due to ... Read More

An Analysis of Mass Shootings in Tough Guise 2 by Jackson Katz (577 words, 2 pages)

Jackson Katzs documentary, Tough Guise 2, tackles the unspoken argument that white males are absent from news headlines of violent cases. He begins the documentary stating statistics that prove that men have a violent presence, including that 86 of armed robberies, 99 of rapes, and 61 of 62 mass shootings ... Read More

The Sandy Hook Elementary School Shooting (1961 words, 9 pages)

The Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting took place on Friday, December14, 2012. This heart wrenching occurrence sent a wave of devastation andgrieve across the nation. The outlandish event was astonishing andunbelievable the heinous attack sent many Americans into a state of fear.This shooting made it to the national and global ... Read More

Published: Friday 25th of January 2013