What Would I Tell America's Founding Fathers?

Authors Note: This piece is for the Patriot's Pen essay.  I tried to incorporate my voice as much as my research I did.

How much do you love our country?  I am very proud to live in the country we live in today.  The founding fathers are the reason why I love this country so much.  So the question is, "What would I tell America's founding fathers?"  Well,  I would first thank them for all of what they did, then ask a few questions that I'm confused about, I would then finish with why I'm proud to be called an American citizen.

The reason why I am thankful for all of the founding fathers, is because of what they did with the government.  They established the first large scale republic in the modern day.  If it wasn't for them, we would be living in a completely different country.  Another thing I wanted to talk about was some questions I had.  How hard was it with just 10-15 main people to make this country the way it is today?  Why did we have problems with China?  I think he reason I am proud to be an American citizen is because I know I can wake up in the morning, go to school, and come home and stay safe the whole time.  I can also go to bed not having to worry about being taken at night or getting robbed.  So I thank the founding fathers for all that they did to make this country such a beautiful place.

That's what I would tell and ask the founding fathers if I had a chance to.  Now that you know what I would say to the founding fathers, and why I am proud to be living in America, what would you America's founding fathers?  Just remember when you are going to pay for something with a $10 bill, Alexander Hamilton, (one of the many founding fathers) is the face on that $10 bill. 

Cause and Effect

Author's Note: This is about the cause and affect of the book Hunger Games.

The cause would be Peeta and Katniss go into a competition called the hunger games.  They are forced to fight until death.  Katniss' plan is to not kill anyone, she is just going to let everyone else kill each other while she hides from them.  Peeta, (her partner), is ganging up with other districts, but not to kill Katniss, just to get the idea of what other districts were up to.

Going into the hunger games and fighting against other districts would be the main cause.  The effect is that they joined forces and they won the whole thing.  Peeta and Katniss both won, which has never happened before in the hunger games.  They teamed up, and fought until the very end.  

Conflict Resolution

Author: Aaron Atkinson

Author's Note: This is the conflict resolution piece.  When I was writing this I had in mind how Aaron must have been feeling when he was writing this.

The main conflict would be person vs. person because Aaron (the author), is not happy with his life even though he has everything he wants. He has a nice car, beautiful children, great wife, and a huge house, but he is not satisfied with all that.  Aaron doesn't know why he is not happy with his life, but he asks himself everyday, "what good is true love, without true happiness?".  This question made me think because really what good is love, if you're not happy?  Aaron is trying to find a solution to his question, but just can't seem to find it.

There is no solution to this story because Aaron still hasn't found his true happiness in his life.  He feels that something is still missing in his life, which is true happiness.  "Maybe it's the world we live in, but nothing seems good enough anymore," he says.  This made me question if I was really happy with my life.  Is what I have good enough?  Compared to other people it doesn't.  Maybe Aaron will later on in life find his solution, but right now, he doesn't know what is that one thing that is missing.

Memories With Julie

Authors Note: This is about the day I met my friend Julie, and the day we stopped becoming friends.  

The day I met Julie.  She made quite am impression on me.  Her spunky, wild, crazy, and cruel attitude really made an impact on me.  I didn't know exactly what to say because I was just in shock on how she acted and treated other students.  But this is the story on how me and her became friends, and stopped being friends.

      Julie is a very interesting girl that likes to put herself out there and tries really hard to be the class clown.  Sometimes she succeed's, other times she just looks like a fool.  One time in 5th grade, she "blew" her nose with a tissue.  But the thing is, she really didn't blow her nose, she just made the sound.  And yeah, I laughed, but then she kept doing it and doing it, and it got to the point where it just got really annoying.  The whole class started to laugh until the teacher finally told her to knock it off.  Julie also likes to get attention when her and I go downtown.  She likes to make noises at cars, run in the middle of the road, and overall, be a obnoxious person.

My teachers, friends, and family all think that I should just stop with all her drama and just drop it all.  But, I really can't do that because we've been friends since 5th grade.   We have gotten into really dumb little fights that we get over easily, but I think now it's time to move on considering she doesn't even talk to me anymore.  I mean, I don't really put in effort to hangout with her either, but that's because I know she will lie to me at some point when we are hanging out.  At times she can be really sweet and nice, and other times, she just keeps the lies coming and keeps trying to get the attention.  The reason why people think we shouldn't be friends, is because they know that way she has treated me and her other friends.  I have tried to tell her I can't be friends with her anymore, but she just sucks you back in.  Next, all the little dumb stuff that happens.

One day you will want to hangout with her, and then the next moment you're with her, you just want to go home because she is just so crazy and you can't handle it!  One time I was at her house and she wanted to sneak out, so we did.  We came back to her house, and then she wanted to leave again.  I was like "no we are fine, let's just go to bed".  So she kept nagging me about leaving.  I just wanted to say"shut up!".  Another little thing she does to drive me crazy, is all her awkward stares and growls.  If I don't give her some of my food, she will growl at me like a possessed dog.  Or she will stare at me with her lip pursed up and starts to give you a death look.  I'm used to it by now, but it makes me feel so uncomfortable.  

Now you know why I try not to hangout with someone like this all the time.  I am getting better at dealing with her wild and crazy person that she is, but I'm still not all the way there.  I hope she gets my hints that I am getting annoyed with her.  All her lies, drama, and attention, is just getting to the point where I am going to go up to her and tell her to knock it off, or she will lose a bunch of friends that also agree with me.