Narrative

Atticus They should be here soon. As I read I think about my children. I'm sure they're in bed I thought. I waited for the men to come, I'm sure if I handled this calmly they'll be no need for a fight. I could feel the warm air kiss my face as A gust of wind blew by. I was then reminded of one of the times when I was younger. I was 10, my father had told me "Ammunition is expensive son don't wast a shot, if you know you can't make the shot, don't shoot". I'm doing the right thing, I can't let them take him. I see them roll up, I feel the wind they brought with there car, it was hot out tonight. I slowly get out of my seat,"He in there,Mr.Finch?" Said one of the men. "He is" I answered "and he's asleep. Don't wake him up."I answered as authoritative as I could, I just had to stay calm. "You know what we want," another man said "Get aside from the door, Mr.Finch." "You can turn around and go home again, Walter," I said as calmly "Heck Tate's around somewhere." I hope. "The hell he is," said another man. "Heck's bunch's so deep in the woods they won't get our till mornin". Well crap. "Indeed? Why so?" I asked "called'em off on a snip hunt" "Didn't you think a'that, Mr.Finch?" One of the men asked me. "Thought about it, but didn't believe it. Well then that changes things, doesn't it?". Stay calm Atticus, if I stay calm this won't turn into a fight. "It do" Answered a voice I hadn't heard yet tonight. "H-ey, Atticus!", no, no scout what is she doing here? I can feel my body go cold and tense up. I can't let her get hurt there's more on the line now I need to make sure this doesn't turn into a fight or scout might get hurt. I see Jem and Dill run after her. "Go home, Jem" I said.

Informational essay

Film VS Text Joy Luck Club

“Books and movies are like apples and oranges. They both are fruit, but taste completely different  (Stephen King). These are wise words by Stephen King, but when we compare the book The Joy Luck Club written by Amy tan and its movie directed by Wayne Wang that is not the case. The quote is saying that yes movies and books are in the same category of entertainment but are so different and give a completely different feeling.Wang did a phenomenal job at making the movie The Joy Luck Club very similar to the book. Throughout the film, there are only a few things that fluctuate from the book, such as the order of the mother-daughter stories, Ying ying’s story, and Lindo’s story.

   In the book, the stories were told by all of the mothers, then all the daughters and finally, then all of the mothers again. As one can imagine that was difficult to keep up with and to remember which mother belonged to each daughter. In the film, the director told the stories in mother-daughter pairs making it flow better and was easier to keep up with. Also in the film, all of the mothers and daughters tell their stories while they are at a party together. This made it easier to keep track of which story corresponded to each mother or daughter, while in the book, it had become confusing. Ying-ying developed complete hatred for her husband when she realized what an evil man he was. She wanted to get rid of him completely from her life, but she was carrying his baby, so she got an abortion and told them to throw the baby in the river. This was portrayed differently in the movie where she drowned her baby in a bath tub. “He felt so light when I held him in my arms because his spirit was gone and mine had gone with him” ( Wang direc).  Wang did this instead of having her have an abortion because he wanted to make sure the audience did not get confused when Ying ying later said, “I had no spirit to give my daughter”(Wang direc). Since were able to understand why she felt she had no spirit because of her killing her baby the audience was not confused by the fact that she felt her daughter did not get one from her.

   Lindo was engaged to a man at the age of two and when her family's home was destroyed and then she went to go live with him. “...that was how I learned to be an obedient wife” (Tan 50).  In the novel , she was there for a few years and learned how to be the perfect housewife and learned everything about the rich family she lived with. This greatly impacted her life in the novel  because she learned how to be crafty and she learned how to be a hard worker and be obedient. In the movie, she got married to him right away and got out of the house much quicker, which took away the time she had in the book to plot and learn to be a perfect housewife. That took away the effect of how she had to live because in the book she lived there for years. “I came to think of Tyan-yu as a god” (Tan 51),  her life began to revolve around what they thought about her and she worked hard for years to make them happy and to be the perfect housewife.[Add analysis] Conclusion sentence?

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 The Movie The Joy Luck club was very close to the movie and it was hard to pick out the differences. Most of the differences made were  alterations madefor the audience to keep up and understand the story better.

Works Cited
Tan, Amy. The Joy Luck Club. New York: Putnam's, 1989. Print.
Wang, Wayne, dir. The Joy Luck Club. Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Inc., 1993. Film.

Vocab story

The car came to an abrupt stop. Next thing I knew my mothers 6 inched lifted Tahoe was upside down the feeling was so dissimilar id never even been in a fender bender before. There was a woman screaming in a clamorous way. I wish she would stop my head was throbbing, I could feel all my blood rush to my head. I quickly realized I need to get out of the car. as I hit the ceiling with my head I made vociferous cry because it hurt more than it should have. as I got up I saw a myriad of cars that look if not worse just as bad as mine. it was succinct thought when I told myself this crash wasn't my fault. I wittingly didn't drink at the party I was coming from because I knew I and had to drive. A clearly pious women to my right was on the ground bent over praying speaking out load as she did. The freeway was dark but light enough to where drivers still saw us. I found the scoundrels car who I saw in my rear view mirror  before he hit me. his car was sideways, he crawled out his front window that had been abridged. My own life suddenly felt inconsequental, valueless, as I looked at the crowd of people who were badly hurt. When the ambulances finally arrived I helped get people out of cars and into the ambulance. You would be so proud of me mom I didn't drink a thing at the party and now I was helping save lives. just as I was thinking of how happy you would be a drunk driver was going to fast through the detour around the carnage of cars and killed me instantly

Poetry

Zoes Random Autobiography

My dad tells me when I was born that i was a pleasant surprise.

I love, swinging on swings, dancing, shopping, my family, animals, nutella, oreos and my friends.  

 I have 8 siblings and i love every single one of them.

I was scared when i moved away from my dad.

I remember seeing my first baby sister for the first time.

I  have a very special love for butterflies.

I broke my arm in the 5th grade.

I go to Upward Bound.

Im the vice president of the sophomore class.

I'm very emotional I cry a lot.

My dads one of my best friends.

I admire and love my step mom kokett vary much.

My family's very important to me.

I question myself a lot.

I lived with an abusive parent till i was 12 and I didn't really go to school much before that.

I remember the first day I realized I was safe.

   I haven't (civilly) talked to my birth mom in almost a year and half.

I have really bad spelling.

I hate math.

Going to school makes me very happy.

I strive for success.

My family is unorthodox.

I could read forever.

My dad tells me I was a very good little kid and did not prepare him for the rest of my siblings.

I have only one full blood sibling.

Her name is aurora and we have been through alot together.

I have learned that living with pain and accepting it, is better than wishing things were different.

I believe family is very important.

I wake up with a smile on my face everyday.

I feel most alive when i'm dancing.

I fall in love and trust to easy.

I want to go to a 4 year university right out of high school.

I want to go to college in california.

I have really bad spelling.

I love windsor.

I'm really close to my parents.

I believe in dreaming.  

At times I don't believe in true love.

Business Letter

March 7, 2015

Kokett Canzoneri

Green Cycle Kids

Dear Kokett Canzoneri:

My name is Zoe Canzoneri, I am writing to you because I'm very interested in working at your establishment. I found your store very organized and well put together but I know it must be a lot of work and I feel like I could contribute a great deal if I was given the opportunity. I'm very good at organizing, I'm a hard working and don't quite until my job is finished and a satisfactory manner. I could work on most weekends and any time after school other than Mondays from 5:30-6:30. I love working with people and I'm very friendly so working with customers would not be a problem. I grow a great deal of passion for almost anything I do and I think working for you would be a great experience. Feel Free to contact me at my cell number (707)***-**** or email me at my email listed above. Thank you so much for your time and hope you consider my request.

Sincerely, Zoe Canzoneri

Zoe Canzoneri

Argumentative writing

A Dead Body + A Dead Body ≠ Justice
“Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be eager to deal out death in judgment”( J.R.R Lord of the Rings). When were humans given the power to decided when someone should die? The death penalty is against the United States constitution, does not do its expected job to scare people out of killing, kills innocent people, and is a waste of money. The world would be a better place without it.
The death penalty has many pros and cons but looking into the evidence for the death penalty the cons outweigh the pros. First off the death penalty violates the “cruel and unusual” clause in the bill of rights, one of the many things this nation was founded upon “In ruling California’s death penalty unconstitutional, a federal judge said [that] the system is so broken, it unfairly leaves inmates with uncertain fates – often for decades” (Steve Almasy, CNN). The government has a moral obligation to its people to uphold the rules and rights put in place and the death penalty goes against  that. The Bill Of Rights is the collective name for the 10 amendments to the constitution. Americans work for the freedoms given to them, by paying taxes and following laws, and in exchange Americans citizens get protection and certain rights. These amendments were made to better American citizens and It has already been decided that the death penalty goes directly against the Constitution therefore, it is violating the rights of the people and is doing more harm than good. On the other hand, supporters of the death penalty argues that people should listen to what the majority of the people say, but looking at the peoples rights its clear that the death penalty is doing more harm then good. From a 2013 poll 60% of Americans favor the death penalty and 35% of Americans oppose the death penalty. Even though the Constitution states that the government must consider what the most amount of people favor, the government also has to do what is best for the people. From Washington Post, “states without the death penalty have lower murder and crime rates.”  The article goes on to say that in the last 30 years, over 130 people were released because they were proven innocent when the case was revisited. So as the the article states, the death penalty is useless because crime rates are lower in states without the death penalty.The government must realize that the death penalty is unconstitutional and that the united states [no second person - maintain third person throughout] would be better off without it.
Another  reason why the death penalty does more harm than good would bethat innocent people are being killed. “At least 4.1% of all defendants sentenced to death in the US in the modern era are innocent” Pilkington). Pilkington stresses that the innocence of more than 200 prisoners still in the system may never be recognized.This means that 1 out of 25 prisoners who were convicted of horrible crimes were actually innocent. If one out of twenty five planes that went up in the air had a crash landing, would anyone come near an airport? If the death penalty was not in place then the US would be lessening the chance of innocent people being killed. Some people who are pro death penalty may say that we world is a better place because the 95.9% of people who did unspeakable things have been taken off the streets, forever. But the death penalty continues to harm the community once a killer has been sentenced. “Every time a killer is sentenced to die, a school closes” (Erb). She says this because the death penalty is so costly is a complete was of money. With California’s current death row population of 670, that accounts for a mere $63.3 million annually. Life without parole is a better option because if they are found innocent at one point they won’t be dead and can live out the rest of their lives.
It should be taken into consideration by the government that sentencing a person to death row significantly costs more than life in prison, and for example the US could be using this money for schools and bettering young americans education. “A recent Duke University study of North Carolina’s death penalty costs found that the state could save $11 million a year by substituting life in prison for the death penalty” ( Barnes). Not only is the death penalty going against our Constitution and at times kills innocent people, but it is also very costly. The Nationcould be using this money for schools and getting ahead in education instead of using our hard earned tax money towards the killing of other people. Some who say that the amount of money does not matter, as long as justice is being served to those who have done horrible things such as murder and rape. But a dead body plus a dead body does not equal justice. What is the nation telling the public? why kill murderers to show killing is wrong? Plus money does matter. That is hard earned taxpayers’ money that is used to kill people and occasionally kill innocent people . Barnes also states that “an earlier Duke study found that the state [of North Carolina] spend $2.1 million more on a death penalty case than on one seeking a life sentence” ( Barnes). This $2.1 million dollars per inmate that is being spent of killing a human being is frankly, ridiculous. It would be more beneficial to the country if we used this money for causes that will be helping our communities.
With all these reasons and more this is why the death penalty does more harm than good. How and why the United States would be a better place without it. The death penalty goes against the rights this nation promises and fights for, is infinite and is lacking the justice it promises, kills the innocent, and a waste of hard working taxpayers money. On top of that the power to take someone's life away is too much power for a government to have, and its immoral and wrong. The United States would be a better place without the death penalty.