Patriots Pen

Author's Note- There was a writing contest called Patriots Pen and we had to respond to the question which was, "what would you tell the founding father's?"

A Huge Thanks

Dear Founding Fathers,

                Thank you. Two words that you greatly earned to hear. Thank you for making it possible for us all to live together as one. Thank you for providing a strong foundation of human rights. Most of all, thank you for making me proud to be an American.

                You made many things right and fair, but some things were not so fair. Why should only Caucasian men be citizens? It should not matter what gender or race you are. Women and people who are not Caucasian still have the right to do things. They can’t change how they are born and they should not be treated differently because of it.

                Another thing you made a huge mistake on is slavery. You should have ended slavery in the constitution. Right then and there. If you are going to be rude to people whose skin is different though, they should still be considered a full person and not 3/5 of one. Also if a slave escapes into a free state, they should be free and shouldn’t have to be returned to the party which owns them. It takes a lot of effort to escape and if they do, they should get to stay free.

 Something you should know is that you should have perfected the constitution so that everyone would be happy. If you would have done that, there would be no need for the bill of rights and seventeen more amendments. So, the constitution did have some flaws, but overall America is a strong country now. Almost everything has to have some flaws because nothing is perfect. For the last time I would again like to give you a huge thank you for all the time you put into it and making America the country it is today. You did a great job making us be able to all live together as one in peace.

Cause and Effect

Author's Note: For language arts, we had to analyze a story that we've read and pick a main event that happened and explain the conflicts before that and how the story would be different if it hadn't happened.

The Secret Life of Bees

          The story The Secret Life of Bees is about a girl whose life is terrible. If you think your life is terrible because you have to do chores, have good manners, and always tell the truth; think again. Lily's life is ten times worse than that.

          Her father makes her kneel on grits for hours on end if she does anything wrong. Another punishment is getting slapped in the face. Oh, and did I mention Lily accidentally killed her mother when she was four? If I didn't tell you, now you know. Lily gets sick of it though.
          The climax of the story occurs when she decides that the best thing to do is run away with her stand-in mother Rosaleen. She ends up at a honey bee house with colored women. Consequences of the climax are  someone gets arrested and another person commits suicide. It's not all bad though because one of the colored women gets married because the women commits suicide.
          So, the next time you ever think that you want to run away or that your life sucks, just remember, your life is not in the same level of bad as Lily's.     

Conflicts

Author's Note: I explained the main conflict in the book Catching Fire.

Catching Fire

             After Katniss and Peeta win the Hunger games in the first book called the Hunger Games, the rule is that you get to live with your family in Victor's Village, and that you never have to be in the reaping again. But all the rules aren't true. This is a person vs. person conflict because it is Katniss, against the other 23 victors. 

            The next year for the Hunger Games, it's not anyone from age 12 to 18. It's one boy and one girl victor from each district. Since Katniss is the only girl victor from district 12, she has to be in the Hunger Games again. The two boy victors are Peeta and Haymitch, there previous mentor from last year. So Haymitch gets picked and then Peeta volunteers.
            The problem gets resolved by district 13 taking Katniss, and some other people out of the Hunger Games near the end when there are not that many victors left.

Personal Narrative

Go-Karts and Mayhem

“Vroom, vroom,” my dad, my brother, all the other drivers, and I were in our go-karts and ready to go. We were at Mt. Olympus on the track called the Trojan horse and were waiting with a great amount of eagerness for the vivid red light to flash green.

“Three, two, one, beep,” and we were off; speeding down the track like nothing else mattered. I was in a fairly fast car, so I was near the front of the group, but I think my dad and brother were in front of me. I’m not the type of person to just give up though, so I kept driving my go-kart like I was going to win a shiny gold medal if I won. Once I drove up the curvy track that goes into the giant wooden horse there is a big turn.

The turn wasn’t anything on that first lap, but when the second lap came, it was a disaster.

As I was making the turn, I got hit from  behind. It wouldn’t have been that big of a deal, but my whole kart turned. It was sideways and I couldn’t go anywhere. So, the lady who hit me, with her little kid in the kart, decided to get out and help me.

I was fine with it because I thought it would help me, and get me out of a sticky situation. But all didn’t turn out too well.

The go-kart would not budge. It was like a fish on a hook.

We tried everything, pushing, pulling, turning, and even flat out trying to drive away.

Finally, we came up with the master plan, I was going to press on the brake and turn the wheel , while she pushed the kart.

At first, nothing happened. Then, we heard the engine roar, and I was off.

I was happy to be speeding off again and to feel the wind blowing through my hair.

I drove around one more time, this time, being more cautious of the turn, then I pulled under the pavilion, seeing my brother and dad already there.

Even though I came in almost last place, it taught me that if I just take life slow, good things will happen and things will come much easier.