Changing America

Author's Note: The founding fathers gave america the head start they needed to becoming a great country. Some decisions were better than others.

Several men stand around a table bearing a piece of parchment.  The room is filled with candle light. Thoughtful conversations sound throughout the room ,not an argument, but a heavy discussion. The men in the room speak firmly, honestly speaking about what is wrong with the world. These are the discussions that changed the world, that changed time, that changed the course of destiny. These are our founding fathers. They formed the foundations of America in their visions, however some of their decisions may not have been the best.

One thing that the founding fathers didn’t make perfect was the government. Look at it today, no one can agree on anything and the economy is falling apart. Nothing changes to stop this either. The same media, the same arguments, the same politicians. Since nothing changes there is always a bunch of kindergarten drama. The presidential elections don’t help either. If the president is running for another term the whole last year of his current term is wasted on making campaign ads and speeches. The founding fathers could have set the government to have so much power or maybe make elections not last as long. Problems with the government are not the only things the founding fathers made “mistakes” with.

Something that they should have definitely  thought about was racial profiling. Back then it was bad because there were slaves. Our country had a war with each other over it. Even though that is over today there are still many people who think badly of another skin color. Without that our country could achieve so much. I’m not saying they should have come out yelling treat everyone equal it’s now the law but if they could have stressed something like that a little better I think that would not be as big of a problem today.

The founding fathers gave America the boost and head start it needed to becoming a great country. Almost everything about would lead to great things later in life. Though not all was as it could have been, they created an extraordinary work of art with the weapons of  determination, truth, and hard work.  

Cause and Effect

Author's Note: This is my Cause and effect piece on what the causes and effects are in The Dealer, by Robert Muchamore.

The Dealer, by Robert Muchamore, is about a boy named James who is an undercover agent. He is sent on a mission to take down a powerful drug dealer. Cause and effect in this book is what shapes the story. For example, James is a rule-breaker, he loves action, being the big hero,  and getting adrenaline rushes. This causes him to make some rather unnecessary decisions that can sometimes lead to big trouble or a helpful hint. One example is the Climax. The cause is he decides to go to a party when he was suppose to meet with his mission instructors and the effect is he gets arrested by corrupt cops that are bribed to attempt to kill him. 

Conflict and Resolution

Author's Note: Find out the main conflict in The Killer, by Robert Muchamore.

 A book I have recently read is The Killer, by Robert Muchamore. The book is about a boy named James who is trained to befriend the child of a mass murderer to draw out information to press charges in court. This is no easy task. James must prove his worth by shoplifting, burning cop cars, and robbing other homes to impress his target.

The main conflict in this story is person vs. self. James must make difficult choices throughout the story. He makes many choices that can cause arrest or even death. The resolution is that James makes these risky choices to befriend his target.

Fate or Luck?

Author's Note: Have you ever regretted doing something because you got injured? Find out what can happen in my story.

Fate or Luck?

 The road is bumpy on the trail as you hobble up the hill on your brand new bike. You finally reach the top you pause for a moment to catch your breath. Soon after, you start whipping down the hill. The peaceful ride now ends, your tire goes flat, skidding and bumping instead of riding now. With no control you swerve right and topple over the steep hill. As you fall, you hit your head on a rock and lose consciousness. Hours later you wake up to find yourself stuck to a branch just before you would have fallen to great pain or even death. I remember this like yesterday. This is a phenomenal  learning  experience that will stay with me forever.

How astonishing, a new bike, a thrill ride of joy. Nothing brings a child more happiness than a brand new bike on their birthday. For me this was no simple happiness, no simple gift, no simple experience. This was my winning lottery ticket. I never have or will experience something as dazzling like this for the rest of my life. They say money can’t buy happiness, but that law was just broken.  As I was riding my bike around or driveway, grinning ear to ear, my dad calls out,

“Want to go take a test drive on the ol’ Rocky Trail?”

“Really!” , I burst out, “When can we go?”

When we arrived at the Rocky Trail we pulled our bikes out of the trunk and started pacing on the trail. The trail was actually pretty dangerous. Large rocks and brushwood cluttered the path and there were huge cliffs to your right. These things hadn’t bothered us for years and we didn’t think they would harm us. We biked along until we got to a fork in the path. Both sides come back together but me and my dad have races to see who gets there first. We set up at our “starting line” and BOOM! The imaginary blank is shot and off we went.

I started gaining tons of speed, this bike was much faster than my old one. An adrenaline rush spiked through my body as I went faster and faster, getting dangerously careless for this trail. Suddenly I saw the colossal hill. I kicked it into high gear and started storming up the hill. When I finally reached the top my mind wanted to continue but my body forbid it. I stopped for a moment attempting to catch my  breath but my bike was calling to me and soon I was flashing down the hill. But not far down my tire goes flat and I lose control of the bike. Skidding down the hill out of control the bike swerved right and I flew right off the path.

The experience of this event will stay with me for the rest of my life. I don’t know if it was fate or just chance that saved me there but I am grateful. I hope to never have to go through something luck this again. Next time it might turn out different. 

Book Retelling

Author's Note: Find out about the book The Dealer, by Robert Muchamore.

If you like action and crime fighting then you will love the book "The Dealer", by Robert Muchamore. It's about an organization called CHERUB. Here the train children with no parents or families as government agents. James Adams a recently new recruit member of CHERUB is sent off on a dangerous mission to find evidence against one of the worlds top drug dealers.