The good old days...

5 -an alien from outer space

1 -near a National Forest

2 -after a fight

7 -reminiscing on how things have changed

Confused and lost, Johnny wandered the woods trying to figure out what to do next. He could hardly walk from the fight from earlier and he didn't understand why he was attacked. All he did was ask a couple where he was, and then the girl screamed. The guy with her starting kicking and punching him, and now every step he took was painful. After 30 minutes, Johnny finally understands where he is. In big bold letters, a white sign said, "National Forest, stay out!"
Ignoring the sign, Johnny entered. He started thinking of his family, and friends. The times when he was happy, when he had something worth fighting for. Then...everything changed. He lost his home, and the only one he ever loved, and just like a flash of light, everything came back to him. He remembered running away with his dad's spaceship and losing control. He looked around and saw a fire in the distance. It must be his spaceship! Hopping on one leg, he moved as fast as he could towards it. Maybe he could signal for help there.

PREFECT LIAR

Violent video games, is there really any reason to stop it?

How can scary video games be the same without the blood and horror of trying to survive an unstoppable evil? It's not like they are real life or anything; your not going to grab a gun and shoot an entire mall full of people because they are zombies. It's only for entertainment and the fun of beating the game...but some parents think other whys.

The gore just adds to the fun in the video games, but parents are complaining that there is no need for fighting and blood. They believe that their children shouldn't be shown this kind of behaviour. They seem to forget that there is ratings on this games, however. If they don't want their children playing these games, then buy games that are rated E! There is no gore and it's still fun to play.

Games should include killing and blood since for one, it's not real. I'm sure the people playing the games understand that killing in real life is wrong, and will not actually go out and kill someone just because it was in a video game. Seeing fake blood isn't the end of the world! I mean it's only fun, no one is actually getting hurt.

Video games are getting more and more realistic, and the graphics in a horror game need to be the best they can be. If you shoot someone and there is no blood...it wouldn't sell. The game has to be a life-like as possible; you need to feel the fear, and laugh at how much the game scares you. If you enjoy being scared from playing a video game, a blood-less game isn't going to cut it.

Parents do have a reason to worry though. Gore isn't the best for children, considering that they get scared easily. Even with that in mind, parents can stop their kids from buying or playing these games. It not like they should banned all bloody video games because parents think the their own children shouldn't see this kind of violent.

If people can't understand that these games are just meant for fun, then soon other forms of entertainment will be banned just because they don't seem right. If a large amount of people enjoy something harmless, while a small party don't think it's seem fits, then they're the ones who should change their life style to live without it. Don't make others follow your path, if at the end it only leads back to the beginning.

For Love or Money?

The title of this article is called, "For Love or Money?", and i found it on Teenink, written by Kaleigh L. The opening paragraph does include the thesis, letting the readers know this article is about artificial impregnation. The first paragraph could use some work, but it wasn't horrible, since it gave an example of a popular television series involving it. The article includes 7 paragraphs, and they all relate to the thesis. To back up her opinion, the writer uses an example of a woman and the fact that she had artificial impregnation. The writer includes the woman's reaction and what the news thought about this. The writer is against artificial impregnation, but she also shows the she understands want a mother would want so many children to call her own. The writer does convince me that artificial impregnation is not good, for the fact that it's usually single mothers would can't afford to take care of the children. To improve the article, the writer could have included the mother's reactions to all the gossip and their first reaction when they hear of artificial impregnation. I thought the conclusion was effective because of her last line,"Clearly, the necessary measures must be taken to ensure that parents’ reproductive rights – or media ambitions – do not come before their child’s right to a decent life." I didn't notice any errors. I liked this article since it showed why it's bad for the mothers, but also showed that child services might approve of it because it puts more in their pockets.