Well; You have the classics
1984, you might have been asked to read this one already in school, if not I suggest going ahead and reading it; its fun to be ahead of your class.
Originally published in <span>1949 by George Orwell, 1984 depicts a dystopian world of the 'future'. The book is less of a prediction more then it is a warning of what could be. It follows one character who is desperately trying to remember what real life is like, and gets tangled up in all sorts of messes along the way.
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You could read Alice in Wonderland or Mary Poppins, theres a million great classics out there Im sure you can find on any website.
Personally I prefer fantasy novels;
Brandon Sanderson's The Rithmatist
This book follows a young student through a steampunk style, magic infused world. It takes a moment to not chuckle at the concept of monsters that are essentially drawings, but its a very well done book with beautiful writing and mental scenery
Patrick Rothfuss's, The Name of the Wind
This is my favorite book of all time. Patrick Rothfuss's work is honestly amazing in this book. Mind you its probably not all that wise for the feint of heart through perhaps the second chapter; but it really is amazing. The sculpting of the world, the depth of the characters its utterly masterful. The story opens with Kote, a fairly normal seeming innkeeper and his dark haired companion Bast. Fairly normal until a man happens upon the inn, looking for a certain Kvothe, a man thought to just be a legend and a story... and Kote's past is drug up, and other things that should probably be better left alone.
Answer:
D- O’Mara puts statistics about gun deaths in a new light in order to shock readers into acknowledging the devastation of gun violence.
Explanation:
In the news article "Gun Debate? What Gun Debate?", Mark O'Mara presents a factual and insightful account of how the freedom to possess guns has led to numerous deaths in and around the country, especially among the younger generations. This 'gun culture' has allowed easy access to the weapon which also became one of the major leading causes of deaths such as the school shootings.
The article gave a statistical report on how much American youths have been killed due to this easily accessible freedom. Even though there are numerous ways of preventing these deaths, the government seems to find no plausible solution to stop the violence. He mentioned that <em>"there have been 74 shootings on or around schools or colleges in the year and a half since the Sandy Hook massacre. That's averaging one a week."</em> This is solid evidence of what the free access to guns has led to, and he is sure that there will be another school shooting shortly.
His went on to state that <em>"Suffering 30,000 gun deaths annually is not a reasonable sacrifice to make in order to blindly maintain our unrestricted gun culture, particularly when the rallying cry is an outdated reference concerning infringement which, known to anyone who has actually studied the Constitution and our founding fathers who drafted it, was a reference to the then-existing reality that young men, when called upon to defend the state and the laws of the state, were expected to provide their own arms."
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And so, <u>O'Mara's opinions on how to improve society can be best seen in his presentation of the statistics about gun deaths. He presents them in a new light, shocking readers into acknowledging the level of devastation that gun violence has on us.</u>
Poem:
Surrounded by noise
It sounds senseless
Dense and thick like
The smooth peanut butter
My mom used to layer on my sandwiches
Voices all around me
But I still feel so empty
Arms supporting me
Maybe I’ll be okay
I say
But I’m so afraid of being alone
I find comfort in things I remember
Like the color of the house I grew up in
Soft yellow
Like the flowers that grow around
My school
I find solace in a stranger passing me
In the street
At 10:00 pm on my nightly excursion
Even on the dreary nights
When I hear the voices
And the noise
I know I’m not alone
I can see everything much clearer
Answer: “Eleanor Rigby” by The Beatles, and “Jack and Diane” by John Mellencamp
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