social awareness project

                                                            Nonfiction issue

          The article "is Mideast peace possible?" is about whether or not the countries in the middle east will decide on peace. There are two authors of this article the first one is Dennis Ross who believes that it is possible, and Aaron David Miller the second author does not think so. I agree partially with both sides of the argument but in the end I do believe that it can end in peace.
          There are many reasons why someone may think that Mideast peace is not possible. According to Aaron David Miller "The truth is that neither Israeli or Palestinian leaders are prepared to own their negotiations to end the conflict as much as they need to." This shows that neither side will admit that they are wrong and will continue fighting until the end of their enemy. This also shows why many people have the opinion that it cannot end and peace and why they think it will end in the destruction of one country or another.
          There are multiple examples of why I think that they may decide on peace. According to Dennis Ross "so long as these two distinct national peoples live next to each other, they will have to find a way to peacefully coexist." This supports my opinion, Dennis Ross', and many other peoples opinion that although neither side will back down they will still have do compromise unless they want to destroy their own country which will then force them to submit into peace.
          This article has made me think that in any rough situation peace is possible and although compromise can be hard it is still always an option. I have also learned that there are many different opinions on this topic and that not everyone will agree on mine in particular. These are the different things that I have taken away from the article "Is Mideast peace possible" by Dennis Ross and Aaron David Miller.

Poem about a social issue

 

 

Bullying isn't right

No one should ever fight

Bullies can be mean

There problems are never seen

They should see it isn't alright

 

I decided on this topic because it is an important issue especially at our age.  I pity bullies in some ways, this poem is not targeted to victims of bullying but the bullies themselves. I believe that the reason that a child would bully another child is because they have been bullied by someone at home so they think it is alright or they just need someone to take their anger out on. The last line of the poem means that a misguided child needs someone to show them what is right and help them realize the truth. These are the reasons why I wrote my poem on the issue of bullying.

 

 

Reading response on the social issues in the book 1984

          There are many different social issues in the book 1984 by George Orwell. One of these issues is that there is an unfair and corrupt dictator in the time and place that the story is about. There is also a lot of sexual content like prostitution that is an issue now in the real world as well as in the book. The dictator is very bad and will kill anyone who stands in his way. The rest of the government is taken up by cruel men that take advantage of people with no fear of getting caught because of their position.

          This book is bad because it is portraying these many issues in a very neutral way instead of showing them badly and teaching their true aspects instead of what they really are. This text makes me think more deeply into the issues in the world and helps me realize how lucky I am to not have to deal with them. It also makes me sympathize with people that are victims of these issues and are not as well off as me.

 These are the different social issues in the book 1984 by George Orwell and the different ways that I think about them. The main reason that I think that these issues are bad is because they are still going on today and that even though this is a made up story these are real problems that real people are having to deal with.