“A Peaceful Woman Explains Why She Carries a Gun” is one of the essays we read that made me think hard on its topic, gun control, and beyond it. “A Peaceful Woman Explains Why She Carries a Gun” is a causal analysis, explaining the causes that led to a woman feeling the need to possess a gun, for protection. This essay is clearly written, and states exactly what the title describes. Before reading this essay, I believed that there were minimal situations in which a person should be allowed a license for a gun. After reading this essay, I still believe this, but in a new perspective. The woman tells of her life in rural South Dakota, where the nearest police station is ten miles away, her nearest neighbor requires a drive. Due to this, the author has minimal protection, and finds herself in dangerous situations. I believe that everyone has the right to feel safe and protected where they are. If that means needing to carry a gun, then that is what it means, given the situation. From this essay, I still believe that there should be much harsher restrictions and background checks before being issued a license to possess a gun. Hundreds of problems just recently have arisen where citizens have been issued guns without the proper checking to make sure that they were stable enough to have them, and have used this gun as a weapon, not as a safety tool. This essay made me …show more content…
The story t low of a man who had minimal education opportunities, and found himself unable to to express himself, leading to him being sent to prison. After finding language, Baca finds himself. This essay is a beautiful example of causal analysis, on how language changed a man, and gave him life.I find this story to be inspirational, and moving.the author, using imagery and figurative language shows how words had a profound impact on someone 's life. Baca made me realize that some people are not taken seriously, nor respected, because they are unable to articulate their thoughts. I had never realized before this essay how hard it would be to live if you didn 't have the tools to express yourself, nor the education to read and write. The author shows this using vivid imagery, such as when he describes his job, writing, “ambulance sirens shrieked and squad car lights reddened the cool nights, flashing against the hospital walls: grey-red, get-red.” This line paints a picture in the readers mind of the hospital and its mechanics. Baca also uses breathtaking figurative language, such as “Each word steamed with the hot lava juices of my primordial making, and I crawled out of stanzas dripping with birth-blood, reborn and freed from the chaos of my life” and “His shrill screams raked my nerves like a hacksaw on bone…” All of thes ar examples of ways that the author drew the reader in by giving