Rilee Brazda Ms. Snyder English 2 12 October 2018 Assisted Suicide… Is it Moral? Assisted suicide degrades society because it devalues life, shows that lives of the old, terminally ill, and disabled are worthless or a waste of resources, and it pressures patients to think taking their own life is the best and only way out. When it comes to life or death it shouldn’t be an easy choice, yet society makes death seem like the “easy way out”. Debates…
Rilee Mrs.Duitsman English 1 21 December 2017 The Pearl by John Steinbeck and The Pursuit of Happyness, directed by Gabrielle Muccino, clearly portray many similarities and differences within their stories. Not only that Kino, the main character in The Pearl, and Chris, the main character in The Pursuit of Happyness, are both fathers with young sons and are stuck in poverty, but they both had to almost constantly fight to get out of it. As a difference, on the other…
Life is full of questions. What will happen today? What will happen tomorrow? What about when we die? Is there really a heaven? How do I get there? How do I know I’m going to get there? Well, there is an answer to this– hope. I believe hope is a necessity for life. Without it, we’d all be lost, constantly wondering “What if…”. Having true hope is firmly trusting that we’d be guided through our lives, even when it feels…