Mille Essay

Mille

Anna Alldredge

English 8

27 February 2017

Inspired by mom and dad

My parents are the people who have taught me right from wrong. They are the people who have always been there for me, whether I have been the worst person in the world or whether I have been the best. Whether I get the worst grades or don’t win a soccer match, they are always there for me, guiding me through life. They tell me about all the bad stuff that I should stay away from and that even if we think so, the reality that we live in is light years away from perfect. They made one of the hardest choices you can make, they could have easily put me in an orphanage or not take care of me, but they chose the most difficult job you can have. I feel extremely grateful that I have parents who will do anything to see a smile on my face, and every person on this planet should, whether they are black, white, Jewish or adopted. We all make moral choices whether they are the worst, most evil ones or the one that would change history. Just like when Hitler was a “leader” and people actually looked up to him and supported him and his evil schemes. He wiped out million upon millions of Jews just because there weren’t “true Germans”. We thought that his idea of a perfect world was the best thing that could happen until it was too late and over 10 million Jews were wiped out. Most people are horrified by the fact that they never knew that mankind had the capability to this destruction and division, but there are still people who think it was the right thing and still supports that. My parents influence me in a way that could never make me think twice about supporting someone like Hitler with such capabilities. We need to pass on and influence our future generations and learn from our mistakes and use them to make sure that history doesn’t repeat itself and starts a third World War even though history tends to find a way to repeat itself. One time my parents inspired me was when I moved from South Africa to Portugal and they only told me a month before we left. it was one of the hardest times of my life, and I kind of hated them for it. It inspired me to be more flexible and not always be in the same space on the same continent, country, school around the same people all my life. I feel like if we didn't make that change, later in life if we were to make a radical change so that we would go some place else, I would never be able to cope with it. Also, being able to be around other cultures with different religions, languages, and looks makes a big impact and makes us more flexible around other people unlike Hitler who hated the Jews, so he killed them all.

Museum of Tolerance Paragraph

The museum of Tolerance was a once in a lifetime experience where I learned things that were very depressing and made me shed some tears. I didn't think that us humans were capable of such horror and destruction. The first thing we saw was a man laying upside down, looking like he was in pain when we were walking down the spiral stairs. Already the first thing our tour guide told us was utterly horrifying. I heard crying in words, I tasted poison, I saw pictures of innocent people who were murdered by the disgusting monsters who we supported. 

As witnesses of this dark history, we need to learn from our mistakes and make sure that even though history tends to repeat itself, we never ever let something like this happen again. Everyone has the right to life and will never be wiped out. We need to share and pass on this message. Millions of Jews were murdered, millions of innocent lives were wiped out by the Germans who thought they were "gods". This historic event will not be forgotten and will not repeat itself. 

Confederate Soldier - Letter

Hi mother,

I am all well, how are you? I wish I could be home away from this conflict. I hope all is well with you. I have lost many friends and soldiers. I think this war should end now and that Abraham Lincoln should do something about it. There should be no slavery and no conflict between different races. We are destroying our land and everything that we have built. This isn't what America is, this isn't who we are and this should end now. Please send me a letter if anything happens. I don't want to be away from you and I want you to know that if anything happens, I couldn't ask for a better supporter, someone who is always there for me. Now I wish after all that you have done for me, that I could be there for you, away from this war. I hope to make it back home safely but until then, goodbye mother.

- Your son

RAFT Poem

Searching for a home
We're unbound
Our home is lost, no one is found

We go on for days
Our bodys hurt 
It's been a long time
Since I changed my shirt

We miss our familys
We miss our home
It feels like all we do is roam

We walk through the cold and the warm 
We walk through the thunders and storms

I long to sleep in a bed
Maybe we should have stayed home instead

We've come so far
We cannot stop
Not until we have a rooftop

One day we will sit in front of a fire
Thinking of when everything was dire

My name is Mille, I come from a world that is slowly but surely dying. We are becoming reckless and need a new habitat that we can settle in. Us humans have existed billions of years and have fought through our toughest moments and stood up for our world. We have become smarter over the years but at the same time, more and more ignorant to how we are treating our planet. I come from a family who has traveled far away from my home lots of times. I am from a community where people are from different countries. All my life I have been fascinated by space and when I was little I imagined when I traveled in a plane that we would go to the moon. I love movies about space and how it is so different from Earth. I have been inspired by lots of movies such as Star Wars, The Martian and more movies like that. I think the time has come where we start planning our journey to colonise Mars. I mean we have already been to the moon many years ago. If we can achieve that then I am pretty sure we can come up with a good plan to colonise Mars. I think pretty soon we will be ready.

Mars 2.0

It is the year 2530 and it has been exactly 500 years since we launched our first spaceship to mars. The first mission was a non return trip to Mars. Our astronauts unfortunately only survived 2 and half years because of unknown reasons. It had been said that they encountered life or aliens on Mars. We don’t know for sure if they ran out of supplies such as food and oxygen, if something happened when they were exploring or if they really did encounter aliens. Since then we have only sent 3 more ships, one of them being a probe to check out the red planet. One of the 2 ships went missing after landing on Mars. We think it could have been aliens or something went wrong while landing. The other landed successfully and the astronauts lived on Mars for 17 years and saw some amazing things. 13 months ago we sent our first spaceship that would return to earth after 2 years. It took 6 months to get to Mars and this time we came prepared if we would ever encounter aliens or UFOs. They have said that they have seen a lot of things and been through many experiences some even where their lives were at stake. They have seen weird things happen like objects, they have put up, been moved. They have seen unknown objects that doesn’t look like it came from earth. One day they were exploring and they came across tracks which did not look like it came from the rover. A month ago they came across a village and came across martians. They asked the martians why they had abducted some of our astronauts and why. They said that they didn’t do it but instead it was aliens that had been fighting the martians for centuries. They said that they don’t know where they came from but that they want to be the center of the universe and rule every planet and every species. The martians explain how there aren’t many martians left and how they might become extinct. Now we have made peace with the martians and are now working together to defend each other’s planets.

These are the rights of the citizens on Mars. 

The 1st right would be the right to religion. Everyone should have the right to believe in whatever they one and should not be forced not to believe or to believe in something.

The 2nd would be the right to education. Everyone needs a education, others you can't live a good life.

The 3rd would be to bear arms. you should have the right to defend yourself if you are attacked or are in danger.

The 4th would be the right to living in a home. Everybody needs a roof above their heads, a bed to sleep in so if it means we can provide shelter then we should do that.

The 5th would be the right to no cruel punishments like death. There shouldn't be a punishment where you get killed, because think about it death is better than spending your entire life in jail, so in my opinion there are more cruel punishments.

The 6th would be the right to safety. Everyone should be able to be helped if something calls wrong. There should be police departments and hospitals.

The 7th would be the right to speech and petition. Everyone should be able to state their opinion on something they want changed or if they have an idea for something. 

The 8th would be the right to vote. Voting is something that there needs to be in some situations like presidential elections. The government shouldn't choose all by themselves because so much could go wrong if nobody agrees with them. 

The 9th would be the right to petition. We need to be able to make changes in our governments. Say if the government does something that most people don't agree with, they should be able to state their opinion and change that.

The 10th would be the right to life. Everyone is equal and there shouldn't be any laws that says a person cannot have a home, job food etc. And there shouldn't be any laws either that say you can only have 1 child.