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    On April 20, 1999 (Bernall 0) my whole life changed. My girlfriend, Cassie Bernall, was killed during the Columbine High School Shooting (Bernall 0). We had started dating a few months before it all happened. I was a senior and was just beginning to think more into the future and where I wanted to go to college, but Cassie was playing a big role in my decision as I didn’t feel that I could go without her. She had taught me that God should be the most important thing in my life and I knew she was right (Bernall 0). Cassie had just told me that she loved me the night before and even though I was shocked at her telling me, I had wanted to say it the day that I had met her. She was the kind of girl that every boy dreamed of. Cassie had told me about the two kids that committed the murders. She said that they were a couple of kids that were bullied a lot and they were always…

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    Juan-Felipe Arias Ms. McHale AP English III September 5th 2016 A School’s Biggest Nightmare April 20th, 1999, Eric Hellis and Dylan Klebold walked into their selected High School and started to slaughter every living being in their sight. This horrendous act impacted all of America, including the author himself, David Cullen. Cullen then spends 10 years of his life writing about the massacre, putting together a New York Times bestseller named after the high school, Columbine. The overall…

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    This summer, I decided to read She Said Yes: The Unlikely Martyrdom of Cassie Bernall. The memoir is written by Cassie’s mother Misty a year after her daughter's death. Misty Bernall writes about her daughter's early life, her rebellious phase, how she found God and how she apply God in her life before her life was tragically taken away during the Columbine High School shooting. Interviews with friends, family and others describe Cassie through her journey and how she lived. Her mother wants…

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    Secrets and lies; they go hand in hand and need each other to survive. A secret can be defined as not disclosing information while a lie is creating false information. There are many reasons why people decide to keep a secret or tell a lie. These acts, part of human nature, are used as a source of power or as a defense mechanism. In the novel The Memory Keeper’s Daughter, the author, Kim Edwards explores the perception of secrets and lies through the life of the main character, David Henry. The…

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    Questions 1. What reaction was carried out in this lab and what reagents were used? 2. What techniques were used to purify and identify the product of the reaction? 3. Describe acid-base extraction and how it was being used in this experiment? 4. Describe recrystallization and how it was being used in this experiment? 5. Describe mixed melting point and how it was being used in this experiment? 6. What was the identity of the unknown acid? 7. What yield and percent yield were obtained?…

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    A secret or an unknown? This is the question Dana from Silver Sparrow by Tayari Jones is faced with. Her father, James Witherspoon, is a bigamist. His first wife, Laverne, has a daughter, and so does his second wife, Gwen. Dana and her mother, Gwen, know about the first family, but the first family does not know about them. On a Wednesday after Dana had come home from kindergarten, she presented her father with her drawings from school. The drawing she had left for the end was the picture of her…

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    in the hall with guns (bernall). They must have not believed her because she said this three times. The kid that got injured in the hallway made his way to the library but I heard a big boom when he came in like as he fell. Thats when they realize it wasn't a prank (Bernall). I ran in there to try to get them to run out. I ran in and I could see Seth holding Cassie in his arms and Sara holding Cassie's legs (Bernall). Dylan and Eric had made their way to the library. I dove behind the…

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    She Said Yes Analysis

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    In She Said Yes, it is a true story based on her beloved 17 years old daughter, Cassie Bernall, who struggled with her own peer pressures and her relationship with her parents. Misty Bernall, Cassie’s mother, wrote this book because to tell her side of story and how it made her feel when dealing with her daughter for 17 years. Before getting shot in the head, Cassie was brave enough to stand up for what she believed in when she said yes she believed in God with all the strength that was in her…

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    This a book about Cassie Bernall, told through her mother and other sources. Mrs. Bernall talks about Cassie’s life and her religious faith, which led to her death. She also talks about how Cassie has a lasting affect on their family and how she help form them into the people they are today. On page 60, her mother says, “Needless to say, our meeting at the sheriff's office made us more determined than ever to protect Cassie from any influence that would pull her away from us, including her own…

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    were true and the some of the truth of what happened was twisted. Some students gave out some inaccurate information during their interviews and mostly it is not their fault because when they are under such a situation as the shooting they are visualizing false details that they think are there but actually are not and they do not notice that they are even doing such a thing. Students in the library mistook a girl, the famous so called martyr Cassie Bernall, to be the one who told one of the…

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