Essay #18

Essay #18

Ryan

8 English

Mr. H. Salsich

3/10/2010

Forgiveness;

From To Kill a Mockingbird, to Real World Issues.

(TS) So many things in life should be forgiven. (C) There are instances in the book To Kill a Mockingbird, and even more in the real world. (C) Many of these issues have logical causes, but some of them should never be forgiven. (CS) The harsh truth is that not all actions can be forgiven.

(TS) In a few instances, characters from the book To Kill a Mockingbird do wrong things. (SD) The character who should ask for the most forgiveness, is Bob Ewell, and he deserves no charity (Thesaurus Word) for his actions. (C) Bob surprisingly, crazily, and violently goes after Jem and Scout and tries to kill them. (Tricolon) (C) I do not think that any punishment can make Bob Ewell sorry for his actions. (SD) Another character that did something wrong is Mayella Ewell. (C) It seems like she lied on the stand, and if she did, she caused Tom Robinson's death. (C) Mayella could have been made to lie by her father; therefore, she deserves forgiveness from Tom because she was made to lie. (SD) Lastly, I think that Jem should be forgiven for wronging Mrs. Dubose. (C)Jem smashed some of her plants, but was forced to read to her for a few weeks because of this. (C) Sadly, Mrs.Dubose died, but I feel that she would have forgiven Jem, since he spent so much time reading to her. (CS) Many of the characters from To Kill a Mockingbird have done bad things, but many of them were, or should have, been forgiven for their actions.

(TS) There are many things in the world that should be forgiven. (SD) One colossal (Thesaurus Word) problem is pollution. (C) We have caused so much pollution on Earth, and created many problems. (C) I am not sure if we should be forgiven for the mess we've made, but I do know one thing that we should be exempt (Thesaurus Word) for. (SD) We should be forgiven for not realizing we were creating so much pollution. (C) At first, we did not know that we were doing such a bad thing to the world. (C) Since we didn't know, we deserve to be forgiven. (SD) I do not think that we should be forgiven for the wars that we have made. (C) These appalling, brutal, berserk battles are examples of the downsides to humanity. (Tricolon) (C) I do not think that these actions should ever be forgiven. (CS) There are many things that we have done that deserve to be absolved (Thesaurus Word) for, but there are also things that we should not be forgiven of.

(TS) Some things should be forgiven, some thing should not. (C) In To Kill a Mocking bird, the character Bob Ewell does something that is without-a-doubt unforgivable. (C) On a global scale, we should be forgiven for starting pollution, when we did not know what we were doing. (CS) There are somethings that you may not think are forgivable acts, but they actually may be; and same goes for unforgivable acts.

Self Assessment:

I do not think that this was one of my best essays. I fear that the unity is not is strong as the other essays. Something that I am proud of is my usage of the Thesaurus. I really like the words that I used, and I feel that the sentences flow better than they would without the words. I also really like the way I closed the opening paragraph. I used a short sentence because it seems very powerful.