Hiroshima

1. This picture of Hiroshima before the bombing makes me feel as though everything is okay in the world. It makes me feel peaceful and happy because there is plants and trees in the picture that look calm. All the buildings in the background make the place in the front look like a relaxing park that can take all your problems away if you stay there. All the scenery makes the place look really nice and beautiful because it is advanced in the form of the structures that are used to make this place. To sum it up, this picture makes me feel great, serene, and joyful.

2. This picture of Hiroshima after it was bombed makes me feel horrible that Hiroshima was bombed. It makes me wish that the bomb shouldn't have been dropped at all on Hiroshima because it caused a lot of destruction. Lots of people died because of the bomb and the destruction it caused (shown on this picture), and so, seeing this picture makes me feel sad. This picture also makes me feel lonely because the place in the picture seems abandoned and gloomy.

3. This picture of people from Hiroshima suffering from the Hiroshima Bombing makes me feel miserable for the victims. I hate it that people suffered problems like this because of the bombing. Seeing this picture makes me wish that we should have found other ways to stop World War II. This is becuase by using atomic bombs to stop the war, innocent people had to die or suffer from the bomb, making me angry. So, in a way, this picture makes me irritated that another solution was found and used instead of the dropping of the bomb. To sum it all up, the mood this picture gives me is both a dismal mood and a furious mood.

4. This drawing of Hiroshima after it was bombed by someone who surivived the attack makes me feel really downcast. This is because I didn't like that the innocent citizens of Hiroshima had to go through all these problems. They suffered when we could have found another way to end World War II, which made me upset. This picture also makes me want to help the victims of the Hiroshima bomb, since they were hurt because of the bomb. In total, the picture makes me feel glum and exasperated for not looking for another way to stop World War II.

2nd assignment: Views on Abortion

1. What is your stance on abortion? Give three reasons why (this is your own thoughts). Explain clearly and use a lot of detail. - 5 points

1. My stance on abortion is that I think that abortion should be illegal. One reason why I think this is because I believe that every child (whether born or unborn) should have a chance to live life. If the child is aborted, then it's like not giving rights to a baby. Even if the fetus isn't born yet, it still has rights, including the right to live. Another reason is because I don't think that killing a fetus is right. Even if pregnancy was disrupting a person's life, we're still talking about killing an unborn baby. My third reason why I think that abortion should be illegal is because if people were having intercourse, and the woman got pregnant accidentally, she shouldn't be able to get an abortion. This is because if she didn't want to get pregnant, then she shouldn't have had intercourse in the first place. She should have just lived on normally, and then she wouldn't have had any concerns. This is why I believe that abortion should be illegal.

2. Copy/paste evidence that supports that supports your views. Make sure you use quotation marks (" ") because these are NOT your words. - 3 points

2. "Some join other pro-life advocates and say that the right to life should always outweigh the right of an individual to equality or to control their own body."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/ethics/abortion/mother/against_1.shtml

3. Explain the quote you chose for number 2 in your own words. You can explain it in the following ways: relate it to something that happened in your life or someone else's, explain why you agree with the statement, explain it to the reader with more detail in case the reader might not understand the quote, or give the reader a hypothetical situation in which the quote plays out. (Whichever why you decide to explain your quote, you should have at least 3 sentences to be thorough) - 6 points

3.What the quote from question 2 means is that even if you have the right to do whatever you want with your body, every unborn fetus should still be born. I agree with this quote because if abortions keep on continuing, then babies that were aborted will never get the chance to live. The unborn fetus will not be able to live because someone else made the choice for them to be killed. I also think that this quote is correct because if women abort their fetus, then what they are actually doing is controlling someone else's body. Not only would they be doing this, but they would also be taking over someone else's life (that is, the baby's life). This does not go along with what pro-choice people believe, which is that women should have the choice to do what they want with their bodies.

4. Repeat step 2 with a new quote

4. "Some feminists oppose all forms of violence, including abortion, because they are inconsistent with the core feminist principles of justice, non-violence and non-discrimination."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/ethics/abortion/mother/against_2.shtml

5. Repeat step 3 to explain the new quote

5. What the quote from question 4 means is that some people that fight for women's rights don't agree with violence, like abortion, for the reason that abortion doesn't go along with rights of women, like no violence, no treating women differently, and always doing the correct thing for everyone, including women. I think that this quote is correct because killing a person is violence, so I think that aborting a fetus is still violence. This is because that abortion is ending a baby's life before it is born. However, even if the baby hasn't been born, it is still living inside a woman's body.

First Assignment: Powerful Pictures

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2. Answer in a complete sentence: What is this picture about? (2 sentences - 2pnts)

This picture is about a kid that has to go to school in his own farm. That is because there isn't a school close enough for him to attend.

3. What message does this picture present to you? Why?(2 complete sentences - 2 pnts)

The message that this picture represents to me is that we should try to give support to education not just in the U.S., but also around the world. That way, kids can have a proper school to attend to, and they will recieve a proper education.

4. Can you relate your life to this picture? Why or why not? (4 sentences - 4pnts)

I can't relate my life to this picture. That is because I haven't had to recieve education in my own home. I have always gone to a public school, so I haven't had to go to school in my own home. However, I can probably feel the way that this kid is feeling, which is probably not happy because he couldn't go to a school like any other kid. I would prefer to be schooled in a public school with my friends than be all alone where there almost isn't anyone to talk to.