argumentitive essay

Theo Russell 812   

You would think that a book that has kids that become violent and try to kill each other would be bad for kids right? Well, actually this book contains a good lesson for kids. In the book lord of the flies a group of schoolboys are the only survivors of a plane crash. They end up on a isolated island. All the boys meet together and choose a leader which is Ralph. Another boy named Jack starts to become jealous of Ralph's leadership which leads to him becomes increasingly violent and savage. Jack creates a tribe of kids which try to hunt down Ralph and his friends. They even kill Ralphs friend piggy. I think lord of the flies should not be banned because it teaches kids important morals. And although the book contains violence and some bad language, the book is a great classic for teenagers and has some good lessons in it.

    The book lord of the flies shouldn't be banned because it can teach important morals. The book can show young people and kids especially that if there are no rules or adults around chaos can start to break out. In the story the kids start to make rules until Jack and Ralph become enemies. After they become enemies the rules are completely ignored and jack and his followers become violent and savage. Ralph tried to keep order and make rules but after jack and kids creates their tribe they overpowered the rules which made everyone chaotic. This teaches kids that without proper rules there will be chaos.

    You might think that lord of the flies is a violent book and is not suitable for kids but I think it teaches kids great lessons. people may think that the intense violence between kids could potentially make kids act violent themselves. I think this is wrong because kids don't usually act violent because of something they read in a book. This book can teach kids that rules can prevent chaos and violence. Also when kids see how the savage kids act they will be shown that if you act that way it can be dangerous and people can get hurt and you can even hurt yourself.

    The book lord of the flies is a great classic for people like teens to read because it teaches good moral lessons about rules and adult supervision. This is a great classic that shows that people and even kids can eventually cause chaos when there are no rules or law.  This book also shows that often without rules kids think they can do whatever they want which eventually leads to people getting hurt and even so far as people getting killed. I think that all teenagers should try to read this book to learn that rules are useful and so are adults in the role of keeping order.

    In conclusion I think that lord of the flies should not be banned because this book teaches kids morals and is a classic book that all teenagers should read. The conflict of book banning is something serious and banning a book is a direct violation of the first amendment. People should have freedom of expression and authors should not have their books banned because they can teach kids important lessons and morals and can overall improve kids tolerance and understanding towards the world.

social issue ELA project

Reading response on please don't take my air Jordan's

In the poem please don't take my air Jordan's it tells about a man who is poor and steals shoes from the mall. But when his shoes are “outdated” and the mall decides to get more cops. He does something extreme to get what he wants.

In the poem the narrator explains that he is poor, but he is into style. So he can't afford the shoes that are very expensive like the ones he wants so he resorts to crime and stealing to get the shoes he wants so he can look “fly” with his crew. All he really wants is to look good. So when he can't afford something he needs to steal it

When his gear begins to become "outdated" he needs to get new gear. But the security in malls have gone up and he can't steal from the mall anymore which means he has to do something extreme. He gets a gun goes to the park to rob someone of their Jordan's. He points the gun at the guy but he runs which caused the narrator to shoot him. The last words he says is please don't take my air Jordan's. This is sad because it seems like everyone just cares about style and wants shoes. But then he takes the guys shoes and says that he doesn't care. Then at the end he says he needs a new jacket which means he is going to try to kill someone again

In conclusion I think this poem shoes the crazy things people will do to get clothes or expensive shoes. People will do anything to get good looking things to impress their friends

Ela poem about bulling

On the sideline I sat there

On the sideline I watched

On the sideline I was frozen

My friend was crying

My friend was bleeding

My friend was bruised

My friend fell to the floor as he was beaten

The next day my friend wasn't there

The next day my friend switched schools

The next day I was silent

The next day I didn't speak

It turns out that my best friend was gay

Interview with dad

1.What kind of social problems do you see when you are out taking photos?

I take pictures in schools a lot and see lots of problems that have to do with segregation and that when you go to schools in poorer areas in New York like Harlem or Washington heights. The schools have kids that are mostly black and Latino and in neighborhoods like Carrol gardens and park slope the students are mostly white but the city is racially mixed unlike the schools and makes me wounded of kids are really getting a public education.

2.What kind of environmental problems do you see when you are out taking photos?

I think the city is cleaner then it is when I was a kid but there is still a lot of wasted energy everything is powered by coal, gas, and nuclear energy. And this causes pollution. I think there should be more solar and wind power on city buildings.

3.What kinds of social issues are present in your photos

I take pictures for guiding eyes and I think there's a lot of problems with service dogs being allowed on buses, trains, and restaurants. And that disabilities are not always easy to tell and people think some people are lying when they say they are blind and that a vision problem doesn't mean you are completely blind.

4.Is there anything you like to photograph that has to do with social issues?

I like to photograph kids and learning and pictures of them with there teachers to illustrate their relationship in my photographs.

5.how do feel about the guiding eyes program?

I think it's amazing and it's my favorite charity and am impressed with everyone I've met who works there and the puppy raisers are amazing and I think it's incredible they give people puppy's to raise for the blind and am endlessly impressed.