My Views On "Mercy" Killing

I have mixed views on whether Euthanasia should be done. I mean if I knew I was going to live artificially then I'd say that I would rather die. I wouldn't want my friends and family to be anguished by seeing tubes and machines plugged into my body. They, of course, would be drawn to disagree with me; telling me that living on would be the best thing. But knowing that they would enter my room sullenly because they knew what they were going to see, would hurt me even more than the sickness. I scowl at the thought of seeing them morose because I'm to selfish to give up my life when I know I won't be able to live like I want.

EUTHANASIA

1a. George must've thought it was best thing to do seeing as Lennie always got in trouble. He must have thought that he had no choice, that maybe Lennie was better off dead. And in a way he thought he might be saving Lennie a lot of trouble in the future because he knew that Lennie will get in trouble again and again, and each time it might get even worse. In a way I can understand him; it must have been a very hard thing for him do.

1b. I’m in between on that note. I mean maybe Lennie would have liked to make the choice for himself, but seeing as he can’t really understand, he wouldn’t know why he needed to make the choice in the first place. It probably was the best thing for Lennie; it was better that George did it than that someone else in the future. I myself would have never have been able to do what George did.


2a."Late last year, 67-year-old Beppino Englaro, won an intense 10-year legal battle to allow his daughter's feeding tubes to be removed, saying that was her wish." This quote means that the father did what he did because that is what his daughter wanted. To do what he did, to let his daughter go, must have been the hardest thing for him to do. I don't think he would have done it if she hadn't wanted to.

2b."The court accepted that before the accident, his daughter had expressed a preference for dying over being kept alive artificially." I think the quote explains it all. It was the best thing to do because she knew it was the best thing. She herself did not want to live an artificial life; she would have rather died. And so her father did what was best, which was to do as she wished.

2c. I'd have to agree with what the father did. I mean if I was in the daughter's situation I'd have said the same thing: I'd rather die than live with tubes attached to my body; or to not be able to see,hear, and be with that people I love the most. And if my daughter told me that she did not want to live that way then I'd do what is best for her, even if it killed me in the inside.


3a. To try to imagine what was going through the father's mind is not easy. I just don't know what kind of thoughts lead to killing your family and then yourself. He could have been thinking that there was no way he was going to be able to take care of his family without a job. He must have been thinking about his kids; about how he wouldn't be able to take care of them. I'm not really sure what he meant about "why leave our children in someone's else's hands." He could have meant that the children will never be happy and would suffer even more than if they stayed in the situation they were in; or he could meant that he didn't want other people to bother with them, seeing as he couldn't have been able to take care of them in the first place. His grandmother said that he worked all the time, which probably meant he was very proud and dedicated to his work. So being the proud person that he was he must have thought that he didn't need help, or he must have not wanted the help at all. All-in-all, there could have been hundreds of thing going through his mind, but only he knows the real thoughts and reasons that lead to that horrible decision.

3b. Well talking to your kids always helps. Explain to them what mistakes you've done and try to give them advice. Being invovled with them and and their education is also a good thing to do. But I think that the best thing to do would be to just be with them. Tell them that you would do whatever it takes to support them. That's all a parent can do in a situation like that.

Lord of the Flies

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1b)Ralph is going to be played by the actor Taylor Lautner. I picked him because I believe he could play a serious role even at a young age. He is a very spirited actor and I think that he will bring out the character of Ralph so that he is relatable to the kids now a days. He has a very likable personality that would make him a great leader. He's the kind of actor that all girls want and all guys want to be.

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2b) Jack is going to be played by Rupert Grint. I chose him because he seems to be able to play a very complex character. In Harry Potter IV he becomes a jealous and resentful person towards Harry, just like Jack towards Ralph. He doesn't seem to be afraid to play an antagonistic character which makes him a great choice. He is a very talented actor, and not to mention that he looks just like the jack discribed in the book.

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3b) Piggy will be played by Skandar Keynes. I chose him to play Piggy because he really gets into his character. In his past movies he's really been a great right-hand man and so why wouldn't he be one in this movie? He is a very reasonable person just like Piggy. He seems shy at times but speaks his mind about things important to him, just like Piggy. He keeps his cool just like Piggy when he's trying to reason with the boys.

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4b) Simon will be played by Max Thieriot. I think that he'll make a great Simon because he's more of a go-with-the-flow kind of guy, just like Simon. Simon usually does what he thinks is right and I think that Max can really bring that part of the character to life. Plus, he looks like the Simon I always pictured in my mind.

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5b) Roger will be played by Tom Felton. He would be the perfect Roger because of of his serious personality. His role in the Harry Potter series as Draco Malfoy shows just how much of a complex role he could play. He has this whole silent,mysterious attitude;which is pretty much all that describes Roger.

6) "Beastie"The "Beastie" in my story is the Mind itself. The boys' "Beastie" is nothing but paranoia; Fear of Fear itself.

7a) My movie will take place in the Woods.

7b) One thing that will be different in the movie will,of course, be the setting; it will take place in the woods. The second change will be the ages; the boy's will be a bit older than said in the book. The last change will be that neither Simon or Piggy will die; though they will be badly hurt.

8) I would change the title Lord of the Flies to Mind's Fear.

1) My stance on abortion is Pro-Choice.

• I am pro-choice because sometimes abortion is a woman's last or only option.
• I am pro-choice because sometimes the child will be born into a bad or harsh environment.
• Many people think that abortion can be avoided by adoption, but seeing as there are so many children up for adoption as it is, I don't think that is the best option either.

2)"Denying women the right to abortion makes women bear all the hardship and blame for unwanted pregnancies, ignoring the fact that men bear responsibility too, and that many unwanted pregnancies result from unwanted intercourse." -Betsy Hartmann

3)In other words: if you deny a woman the right to abort then you are forcing her to deal with the struggles and blame that comes from the unwanted pregnancy, while ignoring the fact that the man is responsible too, and that many unwanted pregnancies come from being raped.

4)"A pregnancy to a woman is perhaps one of the most determinative aspects of her life. It disrupts her body. It disrupts her education. It disrupts her employment. And it often disrupts her entire family life." -Sarah Weddington

5)This is exactly what happen to my cousin after she got pregnant. Her boyfriend left her, her parents could barely even talk to her, she had to drop out of school, and she became so depressed and stressed out the she ended up having a miscarriage.

Powerful Pictures: Islamabad blast

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2) This picture is about the Islamabad blast. A suicide bomb exploded outside a Marriot hotel destroying the cars in the parking lot and much of the building itself. Dozens are dead and many more are seriously injured.

3) The message that this picture presents to me is that violence in the world has excalated to an imaginable level. People are now willing to die for no reason expect for the act itself of violence; that is truly wrong.

4) I can relate my life to this picture because whether we like it or not this country is at war, and it's only a matter of time before another attack comes. Many people think that if there is another terrorist attack it will be either in L.A or N.Y, seeing as thousands of people are located in those cities; blowing up the Liberty Tower would be a major blow. I live in a country where half the people live their life expecting it to end the next day because of a bomb package, and the other half not really caring at all. So if I next see on the new that the Sears tower in Chicago has collapsed because of a terrorist attack, I'll be truly sorry that I can't say I'll be surprised.