My Country

Austin Johnson

Why I’m proud of my country

I am proud of my country because we have freedoms, unlike some other countries like Egypt also we have a military that can help maintain our freedoms. The freedom that we use the most is freedom of speech. Freedom of speech states that anyone can state, write or broadcast their opinion, because we have freedom of speech and other freedoms like it we have excelled as a nation. From us excelling we have extra materials that we must share

We have so much resources that we take for granted and other countries are less fortunate we are nice enough to give to those countries. While others want our help some wish to harm us, a good example is 9/11.  9/11 was the one time that our country failed to protect us, but sent a powerful message to all who wish to harm us when we invaded Afghanistan and destroyed all the tanks and air force in 2 days. So now we are safe from any other attack. The military helps keep all the freedoms that we love

The bomb

Austin Johnson

The Bombs
Autors note: this is a persuasive essay on why we sould not have bombed Japan.

The world never excepted the power of the atomic bombs and that power changed the way we think. When the Atomic bombs Fat Man and Little Boy were dropped they set the gears in motion for nuclear caused global warming.

            The bombs were dropped to end the World War quickly but anything done quickly is not always finished. The emendate problem was what the bomb did to the people. The initial explosion blew down brick buildings set millions of homes on fire and melted people.  There was a man who was walking home from work and his shadow was permanently burned on to wall of the building he was by and is still there today. After the explosion those who survived died slowly from radiation sickness. There is still radiation on sites today. All that could have happened to America if the wrong countries found the way and materials to make a nuke.

            The bombs being dropped started the nuclear age where now we are carful who gets nuclear technology.  But one the countries we did not want to have nukes was the U.S.S.R.  After Fat Man and Little Boy were dropped they watched the exploitation and want one for their own. So they bribed one of the guards protecting the plans and stole them and gave to the Russians. After that we were in constant fear that they might nuke us until the 90’s when they fell apart. But even now we still fear that one nuke will find its way to an unstable government. Those chances are very high because there are 36 nukes in the world. That’s enough to blow up Earth 1.5 times and with all the radiation in the atmosphere and the soil it will kill all life on Earth.

             There has all ready bean more than five nukes tested in the deserts and on lakes. They were huge contributors to global warming and caused more than 50% of global warming. We wouldn’t have to change anything about the way we use gases if we would not have polluted with our nuclear testing.  But they weren’t the only factors long lasting radiation and melt downs also helped. There was a Russian town Chernoble were nuclear power plant melted down and melted through all its containment and leaked a lot of radiation in to the atmosphere. Now if there was even a small scale nuclear war say for example Luxemburg and Israel. There would be lasting effects on our climate for more than a decade.

            After the end of WWII we made our own nuclear crises.  The bomb would be better if they were a government secret. So we would not have to fear our last days are a race.

8th grade essay one

Austin Johnson

Storm Breaker

This is a essay on what could have been done to stop the bad guy (and I forgot the names of the C.E.O. and the prime minister)

The bad guy in the book “Storm Breaker” is a rich successful C.E.O. of a mega million company.  Usually the bad guy is only bad because something bad happened and corrupted him.

            In the case of this book this book what happened to the bad guy was, when he moved to the U.K. and was bullied. The thing that everyone that was bullied wants is revenge or bad things to happen to the bully.  In the story the bully later was the prime minister of the U.K. and the victim later was a millionaire.   In most stories the bully was the bad guy but in this story the bully was the good guy.  The plan was that every computer had an incurable version of the smallpox disease and the computers were all over the U.K. and were activated when the prime minister presses a button.  The people would then think that it was the prime ministers fault for pressing the button.  But in theory if the prime minister never bullied the C.E.O. then the C.E.O. never would have turned bad and this would have never happened.  It’s really a cause and effect, the bullying of the C.E.O. was what made him evil and if he was never evil then there would not have been any problem.

            The bad thing that happened in the story could have been prevented.  The real cause to the problem is bullying and bulling is everywhere.

hero of the century award

Hero of the Century

It all started on a cold rainy day on the planet Venus.  Margot was building a machine that according to her calculations, would even out the amount of water on Venus with the amount of water on earth.  Five years earlier the sun came out for one hour.  The planet Venus has so much water that it rains continuously for seven years.  Mean while Earth has very little water and most of the oceans have retracted 50 feet.

The machine would collect water from Venus and teleport it to earth to help out earth in its drought.    Many of the people she was friends with, didn’t believe that the machine would work or that it would create a drought on Venus.  As Margot made the final adjustments to the machine a crowd grew to see if the machine would work.  Most of the people in the crowd came to see the machine fail and they would make fun of her. As the machine started up it a bluish light started to illuminate from the machine.  As the light got bigger people where able to make out an image the image was of where the ocean on earth once was.  Then something weird happened. It stopped raining then a stream of water from the clouds started going into the image.  In the image the large barren desert started filling up with water meanwhile the storm clouds started disappearing or turning white.  Just as the sun came out the machine turned off and the image disappeared. The sun stayed out for the rest of the day on venues and at night people could see the stars for the first time ever. On the radio people would hear about plants growing back and animals are starting to get better.  A week after the machine performed a great achievement, a man from the United National Space Corps (U.N.S.C.) came to Venus to give Margot the hero of the century award.

essay

Movie vs Story

A planet that had all of its color washed away:  With all of its inhabitants wishing that the sun would come out after seven years.   The short story “All Summer in a Day” and the movie “All Summer in a Day” have a lot differences.

            The movie starts with Margot standing alone in the rain and all of the children playing kick the can. The movie probably did that to signify that Margot was the outsider in the group.  Next in the movie Margot has one friend who tries to cheer her up, which is completely opposite of what the story type line is. After that, the movie makes its ending with Margot being let out of the closet (from the kids puting her in there) and she walks outside. Then all of the class gave her flowers to show they’re sorry because Margot did not see the sun. William (the bully) was pleading that it was just a joke, while the class walks inside with Margot. Even the movie ended abruptly when they go inside.  The movie has mixed facts such as; the sun came out every nine years so that means that some of the children have never witnessed the sun.  They were all nine years old.  The second one, if she had a friend, Margot would probably not get caught in the closet but the friend in the movie did not do much to help Margot. 

 This story starts out with the kids in a class room talking about if the scientists are going get the prediction right of when the sun will come out. This symbolizes children gossiping about current events and friends.  In the story said the sun came out seven years ago so the kids might have seen the sun. The story ends with the kids forcing Margot into the closet and the entire class opening the door to the closet that Margot was in.  This story ends abruptly; you don’t know what happens to Margot, she could be very sad and run home or forgive the class.  The class could apologize to her and try to make it up to her for locking her in the closet while the sun was out. In the story Margot feels alone, no one likes her and William is in control of the class through being the bully. I never had an instance where I felt everyone was against me because I’m a pretty likeable guy. In many stories the bully plays a key role like in the short story. In “The Glorious Whitewasher” by Mark Twain the bully is basically what made Toms plan to make other people do his work, worked because no one would stand up to the bully.

            Movies and the books are always different.  Movies usually miss some important details so if you are just seeing the movie “All Summer in a Day” you might be missing something.

Song Lyrics

Is this the real life?

Wondering if this is a real life

Is this just fantasy?

Wondering if this is a dream

Caught in a landslide

No escape

No escape from reality

Nowhere dream to

Open your eyes

Stop trying to ignore what is happening

Look up to the skies and see

Pray for help

I'm just a poor boy (Poor boy)

He has no money

I need no sympathy

He is no better than anyone else

Because I'm easy come, easy go

He comes and goes

Little high, little low

He changes identities

Any way the wind blows

Goes anywhere people go

Doesn't really matter to me, to me

He doesn't care

Mama just killed a man

He killed somebody

Put a gun against his head

He killed somebody 

Pulled my trigger, now he's dead

He killed somebody

Mama, life has just begun

 he is not very old

But now I've gone and thrown it all away

He is going to jail

Mama, ooh

Expression

Didn't mean to make you cry

He did not want her to know

If I'm not back again this time tomorrow

Going to jail

Carry on, carry on as if nothing really matters

He wants her to move on

Too late, my time has come

There is nothing he can do

Sends shivers down my spine

He is scared

Body's aching all the time

He knows he has done something wrong

Goodbye, everybody

He says bye to all his friends 

I've got to go

His time to go to jail

Gotta leave you all behind and face the truth

He is going to court

Mama, oooooooh (Anyway the wind blows)

expression

I don't want to die

He is afraid

Sometimes wish I'd never been born at all

Regretting his murder

[Guitar Solo]

I see a little silhouetto of a man

He is being interrogated

Scaramouch, Scaramouch, will you do the Fandango

They are asking him if he did that murder

Thunderbolt and lightning, very, very frightening me

Setting the picture for the setting

(Galileo) Galileo (Galileo) Galileo, Galileo Figaro

Magnifico-o-o-o-o

I'm just a poor boy nobody loves me

He is feeling like he has no rights

He's just a poor boy from a poor family

He is being made fun of

Spare him his life from this monstrosity

Some people have sympathy for him

Easy come, easy go, will you let me go?

He is asking for a second chance

Bismillah! No, we will not let you go

Family of the murdered

Let him go

His family

Bismillah! We will not let you go

Family of the murdered

Let him go

His family

Bismillah! We will not let you go

Family of the murdered

Let me go (Will not let you go)

Him

Let me go (Will not let you go) (Never, never, never, never)

Him

Let me go, o, o, o, o

Him

No, no, no, no, no, no, no

Him

(Oh mama mia, mama mia) Mama Mia, let me go

Mom please  move on

Beelzebub has the devil put aside for me, for me, for me!

The devil has a place for him

So you think you can stone me and spit in my eye

You think you can torture  me

So you think you can love me and leave me to die

His family is not helping him get out

Oh, baby, can't do this to me, baby

You can't send me to jail

Just gotta get out, just gotta get right outta here

He wants to get out of jail

[Guitar Solo]

(Oooh yeah, Oooh yeah)

Nothing really matters

He has nothing now

Anyone can see

Now every one knows about him

Nothing really matters

He feels he has nothing

Nothing really matters to me

He sees all that he takes for granted

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patriotism

Patriotism

When most people think of patriotism they think of soldiers or heroes, like the iconic photos of soldiers raising the American flag on Mt. Suribachi.  But does patriotism still matter?  Patriotism is one of the many things that help us win wars and be good citizens. 

                An example of patriotism is all the people that tried to enlist in the armed forces ready to die for their country, like the Normandy invasion 12,000 people were in the invasion, almost five out of six of them died or were wounded. While the Germans casualties were 6,500 out of 9000.  Soldiers now are dying for protection of citizens, so there will never be a 9/11 again.  They fight for America so we won’t lose our freedoms or lives.  Like freedom of religion, I can say I believe in God without worrying about people trying to kill me.  Freedom of speech helps me say black and white people should have all the same rights without going to jail.  Because of the soldiers dying for us we have freedom of speech.

Soldiers were not the only people that were patriots.  In WWII the women were taking all the jobs that men had.  Many times the factories were just as dangerous as the battle field.  If a single bomb they made went off it could set off more bombs and the entire factory would explode.  People that are patriots are people that help our country.

A good citizen is being a patriot; patriotism also inspires great heroes of our country.  Many of our country founding fathers were patriots.  George Washington was a great patriot, he was fighting for our country.  Patriotism is what gave us freedom in the first place.