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          Tuesday, September 11, 2001 8:46 am the first plane is crashed into the world trade center by a group of terrorists called al-Qaeda. These attacks killed about 3000 people and less then 1 percent of them were made up of the hijackers. On this one day there were also over 10 billion dollars caused in infrastructure and property damage. In the it has always just seemed like an unfortunate event that has now passed, but now when I think of all the lost family members, and the children waiting for their parents to come home, it gives this issue of terrorism a whole different and horrible meaning. This is why I am so grateful that my dad made it out alive, and why I dread the sorrow in his eyes whenever we pass the memorial. At times like these I can tell he is thinking of all of his friends and colleagues killed in less than two hours on that day, and how the amount of casualties was so large that there was another person with the exact same name as his killed in that attack. Some people fear that the new freedom tower will attract more terrorism but I believe that it creates hope and shows the rest of the world that it can't break us.

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Critical thinking question on The Death Cure by James Dashner-why does Thomas feel conflicted about getting his memory back?


Possible reasons-

-He doesn't trust the people that would help him recover it

-He feels like he has a new life with the people that he met during the trials

-He already vaguely remembers being a part of the group that he hates

-He knows that his parents are dead

-He knows that the people may just mess up his mind more then they already have

-He has changed as a person and may not like what he finds


Supporting quotes-

"After everything you've done to us, to our friends- you want to remove the swipe? I don't think so. I'd rather stay stupid about my past, thank you very kindly."

"And he wasn't going to let himself fall into another trap. He'd fight to the death before letting those people tinker with his brain again. How could he believe any memory they replaced anyway?"


Connections-

-He doesn't trust the group that wants to give his memory back because of all the things they had done to him in the past.

-He has been through so many things with the other test subjects and is willing to do anything for them.

-He has already uncovered some memories and doesn't like what he sees.

-He has changed a lot since he was first put in the maze and doesn't know who he was before.


Sentence starters-

-Getting his memory back is important because he wants to find out more about his past.

-Letting them recover his memory is bad because he doesn't know what they might do inside of his head.

-Staying with his friends is good because of all they've been through but he still has trust issues with some and really doesn't know anyone from group B.