Throat of the World

Twas a bright and snow day up in the throat of the world,

I was fighting a snow troll until I suddenly hurled.

I swung my Warhammer,

Even though my hands were soar and clamor.

The troll had no hesitant to make me die,

I’m not going to lie,

I wanted him to die also.

So there I was, switching from a Warhammer to a Bow,

I was drawing my arrow when a dragon flew past,

I thought I’ll be the last to die fast.

Everybody was done for,

I knew that I would be the first to score.

I drew an arrow at the dragon,

He was too high is the sky like a pigeon.

The troll was killing me,

But that wouldn’t make me flee.

I put my attention on the troll,

And that got my life stolen.

Traditionally Death

Authors Note: This is a 2 paragraph essay on a theme in the story “The Lottery”

What would you do if you grew up in a town that played the lottery but wasn’t for money? The story “The Lottery” is about a average happy town that has a tradition of playing the lottery. This is no ordinary lottery, this lottery is meant to kill somebody. A theme of this story would be tradition because this whole town has played the lottery for a very long time now and they grew up doing it so they do not consider it “bad” to kill the winner.

            This theme is in this story for the reason that from start to finish it has always been the town tradition. It may not be right to the average folk but to them it is what they have done their entire life so to them, it is normal. The tradition is “fun” to them but not very “normal” The towns tradition will be looked upon as anger full, but not to them, it is what they grew up with and what they know.

Are They Together?

This is a 5 paragraph essay to improve on my goal of getting a 9 or higher in text analysis. (P.S. all things are made up about the gangs, none of this is based on real world situations [yes they have all happened but it is nothing specific] and are not fun to the average person)

            Have you ever played something knowing the outcome wasn’t going to  be good? The short story “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson can be related to by modern day gangs. This story can be a text to world piece because people play for entertainment, modern day gangs do all of the horrible thing that they do because it entertains them. These two pieces can be related in the way that they both go for entertainment, somebody possibly getting hurt, and the fact that some people/ communities have nothing better to do.

            First off, the story “The Lottery” was a small town that played the lottery, fun? No, the winner dies. This is saying that you play the price of the game. In modern day gangs, it may not be joyful for others, but to the gang members, what they do is so entertaining. They might rob a gas station, the might take that as being “their lottery” how they get money, and the fun (to them) of putting this person in danger. “The Lottery” is entertainment to the people that don’t win because they have grown up with the tradition of pelting the winner with rocks/stones.

            Secondly, in both ways, somebody could get hurt from a gang, but they will get hurt/ killed in the story “The Lottery”. They could get hurt depending on what the gang plans on doing, if they rob a bank for instance, they will probably shoot somebody, if they are robbing a old lady on the street, there is a good possibility of nobody getting seriously injured. “The Lottery” on the other hand, the winner always gets hurt/ dies because they get pelted by rocks.

            And lastly, do gangs have nothing better to do other than putting themselves and others in harm’s way? They will sit around exchanging looks, then get the bright idea to go and rob/ mug/ shoot/ stab/ gang beat somebody. “The lottery” is a town tradition but they shout change it to being something when somebody doesn’t die. These two are related from text to world because they both share a couple thing that are the same.

            In conclusion, “The Lottery” is related text to world with modern day gangs by the way that they both put somebody in harm’s way, they do it for self entertainment, and they can’t find a better way to get their own entertainment. They have to do some bad to horrible thing to find some sort of self entertainment.

Human Cells

Authors note: this is a 5 paragraph essay to compare and contrast 4 different cells found in the human body.

           Have you ever wondered how many cells are in a human body? Or what a purpose of a cell really is? A cell is fascinating, they help with many things such as, carrying oxygen throughout the body, help heal wounds, fix broken bones, and there is so much more. There is a cell in the body for everything, there is a cell in/ on everything too. For instance a bacteria is a cell and bacteria is on everything. Although the human body had over 100 trillion cells, there are four very important cells that do very different things.

            First of all, what is a cell? What is the purpose of a cell? “A cell is the basic unit of life” (What is the Purpose of a Cell?). A cell is meant to help and do almost everything. One cell can’t do it all so there is trillions of different cells. Cells are small living organisms that are in everything. Some things are unicellular or are one cell such as bacteria. Other things are multicellular or are made up of more than one cell. Humans are multicellular because humans have about 100,000,000,000,000 cells in our body (What is a Cell?). Cells is the basic thing to life. It is said that life goes the same rate as a cell. Meaning, that cells are living organisms and that if we live from them that they are in everything. The nutrients from food has cells. Because of cells we are able to get energy, nutrients, and able to reproduce because the cell is a life function to help (What is the Purpose of a Cell?). knowing what a cell is and it purpose, there are some very important cells that are needed in the body.

            Secondly, two of the human cells are the Microglial cell and a Dendritic cell. Seeing how rare Dendritic cells are, they were harder to find what they do. The DCs are meant to help bone marrow and help it grow and stay healthy. Seeing how DCs expand will help the bone being healthy and strong with the cell expanding and getting stronger. This cell is to keep nutrients in bone marrow and keep our bones healthy and strong (Wieder). And the Microglial cell is Microglial cells are cells to control and help control the central nervous system in a human body. These cells are to protect and help the central nervous system from any harm, the brain is what controls the system and the cells are meant to help it and protect it. These are only two of the most important cells in the human body.

            And lastly, two more important cells are the Osteoclast cell and the Erythrocyte cell. Erythrocytes or Red Blood Cells make up 99% of all blood cells. Their job is to carry oxygen throughout the body. The shape of the cell makes it easier for them to move through gas changes and go through the blood stream better (Liang). Osteoclastes are cells that are meant to restore bones when something happens to them. They take out everything bad that could get into a bone and potentially ruin it or break it (The cell biology of osteoclast function).

            In conclusion, the human body has more cells than you could ever believe. The human body has over 100 trillion cells! Some are more important than others but the four that I believe are the most important human body cells are Erythrocyte cells for oxygen throughout the body, Dendritic cells to keep our bone marrow healthy and strong, Osteoclast cells to repair broken or injured bones, and Microglia cells to help control the central nervous system. Bacteria consist of one cell; others such as humans consist of 100 trillion cells.

Bibliography

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Physiology of Microglia. 18 November 2011. 19 April 2012 <http://physrev.physiology.org/content/91/2/461.full>.

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What is a Cell? 30 March 2004. 20 April 2012 <http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/About/primer/genetics_cell.html>.

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It's Worth the Fight

Authors Note: This is a 5 paragraph essay to score a 9 or higher in theme and text analysis for my goals.

            Have you ever lost something incredibly important before; such as your two best friends? In the novel “Sent” by Margret Peterson Haddix, Jonah and his little sister Kathrine go back in time to save their two best friends. The theme of Regain of Friendship is huge in this novel. This theme is important for many reasons such as, you should always keep your friends close, once you have your friends it is good to never lose them, and the fact that it is their best friends. Many people can relate to this too, for instance, many people in the world, or even in Asa Clark Middle School lose friends every day. They may not want to lose them but it is important that if you do lose your friend, get them back.

            First off, when you lose a friend it is always hard. In “Sent” they actually “lose” their friends. They lose them because they go back in time on accident and then have no way back. In real life it might be that you get in a fight and lose them and feels like you’re going back in time when you didn’t even know them. In the novel, they do whatever they have too to get them back. They go back in time themselves to get them. In real life it feels like that but you should try to get them. This is text to world because it happens every day but in the book the make it feels like the end of the world, to some people, that is what it could feel like.

            Secondly, you should always keep your friends close in real life because once you lose them it might be the last time that they talk to you. For Jonah in “Sent” he didn’t want that to happens so he had to do whatever he could to get them from being out of his life for the rest of his life. That happens in real life but most everybody would rather it didn’t, if somebody had no friends, they wouldn’t want to have friends and possibly do bad things to themselves or to others. Sure in “Sent” Jonah has other friends, but he lost his best friends and would do anything he can to get them.

            And lastly, anybody would do anything to help out their best friend no matter what happened to them; whether it be they break their spine and are put in a wheelchair, or they get in a car accident a loose their arms and legs. It shouldn’t matter what happened to them, you should always be there to help. For Jonah, he travel back in time to the 15^th century, went into an epic battle that was a life or death situation, and managed to get back alive and safely.

            In conclusion, the theme of Regain of Friendship is a big theme to this novel and this novel can relate in a way to text to world because it is kind of saying that you should keep your friends close because once you lose them it is hard to get them back. Jonah goes through something that is physically impossible to get his best friends back, people in real life may have be able to do the easiest things ever to get them back, but either way, don’t lose your friends.

Where's the Nature

Authors Note: This is a short piece to get a 9 or higher in theme.

          The poem “Big Yellow Taxi” is about a girl that grew up in a town that was paved over and was turned into a big city that she then grew up in. For “Field Below” it was gain about a girl that grew up in a town that was remade into a large city. Both authors had a meaning to write these songs. For “Big Yellow Taxi” it was written because she grew up in a big city. So it started out with a lot of land and nature, but seeing how it is now a city, she uses “They paved paradise, and put up a parking lot” to show that it lost all the beauty and nature. For “Field Below” it is about the same thing, she grew up in a big city that started beautiful with nature but they took it away with putting up the city and ruining the beauty. For both poems, the tone would be sad because they missed their “paradise” of the nature.

          For both of the poems the mood was different from what I expected from the song. “Big Yellow Taxi” was a happy song but sad words so I had some mixed emotions about that poem/ song. But for “Field Below” it was what I expected because I thought it was going to be a really sad sounding song. The piano of the song in “Field Below” really made it sound even sadder. The mood and tone of both songs would be sad because they both lost their nature that they missed.

Why Paintball Will NEVER be in the Olympics

Authors Note: This is a 5 paragraph essay to get a 9 or higher in all areas of organization.

Could you imagine two countries that have been in war with each other shooting each other in something that is watched worldwide? Well I’m sure you couldn’t. If paintball was in the Olympics it is likely that somebody could get hurt or die. For instance, if we had an American team play a team from Iraq something would not turn out good. There are many reasons that it would NEVER be in the Olympics and there are not as many reasons why it should.

Although paintball is a sport that many countries play, it will NEVER be in the Olympics because the Olympics was made to show how a country is superior via their athletes, because the Olympics is t promote peace and non violent things, therefore if you have two teams of people shooting each other there is no sign of peace in there especially if it is from countries that have had a bad past or present with. For instance, if there is an American team against a team from Iraq something bad is bound to happen. There are also many other reasons why it will never be in the Olympics.

Secondly, if paintball was a sport played in the Olympics it would probably ruin the ratings because most people don’t know that paintball is a sport. So if paintball was in the Olympics, a lot of people wouldn’t see it as a sport and they would probably change the channel until they think it is over. But saying that paintball isn’t a sport is almost like saying baseball isn’t a sport. But they both are, they both need teamwork, communication, they are point based, and involve movement. Although there are reasons why it won’t be in the Olympics there are some that would make it able to be in the Olympics.

But even though it will most likely never be in the Olympics here is a reason that could make it eligible to be in the Olympics. This could happen because it is a sport that many, many, many people play, not as much as baseball, basketball or football, but there are a lot of people who still play it, yes, paintball is a dying sport, but putting it in the Olympics could help that. This is a very exciting sport to watch, so if it is in the Olympics more people might watch it and get interested in it and try it. With them at least trying it, it will keep the sport alive and active.

In conclusion, paintball will most likely never be in the Olympics because it ruins the idea of the Olympics being peace promoting and such. And it will most likely never be in there because it isn’t a very popular sport. People always think that it will hurt too much, or it will ruin their clothes, but neither of those things is true. It washes out of clothing and it doesn’t hurt at all. So yes, there are some reasons that it could be in the Olympics but there are more that cancel those out and will make in most likely never in the Olympics.