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The Zodiac Killer The Zodiac Killer took blame for many murders in the San Francisco Bay area in the late 1960s. To this day he has not been caught. The Zodiac Killer has been directly connected to five murders at the least, he is likely responsible for more (Biography.com). On October 30 1966, Cheri Jo Bates was at riverside College coming from the library. Bates got in the car and it would not turn on. Police think Bates’s killer approached her with an officer to help. The killer drug Bates…

The Call of the Wild : Survival A major theme in Jack London’s classic novel The Call of the Wild is Buck must embark on a long and brutal adventure to survive. In the beginning of the book,Buck is surviving at Judge Miller's place. The first reason Buck is surviving is because he is a pampered dog he thinks he the King. For example he think he doesn't need to learn to survive. Second, Buck must learn the law of Club and Fang to survive. The man in the red sweater teaches Buck the law of…

Euthanasia is the act of putting someone to death painlessly or allowing them to die, as by withholding extreme medical measures, a person or animal suffering an incurable, especially a painful disease or condition. (1) The word euthanasia is greek, meaning pleasant or good death. It is a complex controversy all over the world with two sides: liberal and conservative. The liberal belief is that euthanasia should be allowed because a person has the right to die. They believe that it is immensely…

November 22, 1963, was a tragic day for many Americans regarding the death of President John F. Kennedy. The day started off in Dallas, Texas as his political advisers were preparing for the next presidential campaigning to start. The day was going on smoothly and then began to get in his car for the ride around to wave to the people of America. Well, turning on Dealey Plaza is where things went wrong. Turning down the street, waving, the sounds of people cheering, then bang, there is a gun…

Have you ever heard about a guy who fought a bear and lived to tell the tale?. That one person was Jedediah Smith. Fighting a bear was not the only thing he did, he also made many historic discoveries. These historic discoveries paid the way for settelers to move Far West and expand the American Dream. In the following we will explore Jedediah Smith discoveries and accomplishments through his lifetime. Jedediah Smith was born June 24, 1798 in Bainbridge New York. He was the first…

Jack London is the epitome of the Naturalist movement in American literature. Many of his works, including The Call of the Wild include the essentials of Naturalism such as, but not limited to: taboo topics, Darwinism, violence, animal and nature imagery, determinism and the struggle for survival. His novel The Call of the Wild is continually referred to as his greatest work and is still revered as a prominent element in American literature. Influenced by major philosophers such as Charles…

Only some people can succeed in the face of adversity when others can’t. This means that only some people can persevere through tough times. Perseverance is when people keep trying though the hardest points in life at the time. Buck and Bill Gates have a lot in common when it comes to perseverance. Buck succeeded in the face of adversity when no one else could. He persevered through seeing his friends get shot, and being beaten. Also when his whole team fell into the ice and died. His…

I. Introduction A. Attention Getter: As hard as it may be for some of us, I would like all of you to imagine yourself not being able to walk and you are barely able to breath, let alone speak along with not being able to eat, severe weight loss and muscle fatigue. You are in such unbearable pain and you cry out for help but no one seems to listen. You are beginning to feel like a burden on your family acquiring all these medical bills putting them further in debt. You’ve been in the hospital for…

Legal State of Euthanasia: Preservation or Condemnation Imagine lying on a hospital bed in a state of perpetual intense agony with no sign of relief within the distant future and being reduced to a completely undignified and incompetent human being. If only there was a way to end it all, in a quick and painless way. Why prolong the inevitable in favor of a few more stretched moments of suffering. There is one solution that comes to mind; doctors should be able to legally end their patient’s…

Pratchett - Thinking, Impulses, Actions, and Consequences In the book Jingo written by Terry Pratchett, Pratchett uses characters to provide insight on issues in society, more specially how Kennedy’s assassination relates to issues in society. The main commentary that Jingo makes is an insight on problem solving. The majority of the time solving problems people jump to conclusions and have naive opinions. This can lead to reckless and negligent fighting. Often times people have hindsight of…