Once upon a time, there lived a young boy in his low teens by the name of Sir Thomas “Tommy” Edwin Sevington. He was the son of noble house Sevington. He lived in a time of tyranny, where egalitarians were few and far between, and the social structure was very stratified. The penal system was so harsh that very common people had their hands cut off for stealing bread or fruit. By the time he was partway through seventh grade, Tommy had been corrupted by the horrible surroundings he grew up in. Tommy grew up to be extremely virulent and cold. When he inherited his noble house of Sevington, he immediately initiated pogroms against the peasants of his town. He was a conservative Christian and discriminated heavily against Non-Christians and the disabled. The …show more content…
Eventually, Tommy had a child by the name of Tommy the 2nd. Tommy the second did not know his mother very well because he did not get to see her very much as she was a concubine. This wrongdoing by Tommy the 1st, caused resentment from his son Tommy the 2nd, that would eventually lead to his undoing. He saw the people of Sevington suffering and subjugating to the harsh commands and edicts of his dad. Wishing to end this tyranny, he offered a blacksmith, thousands of dollars to smelt him a very fine sword. His father was continuing to force his people to acquiesce to his harsh rules, and he was continuing to prepare to end him secretly, and subtly. In the next month, after arduous hours of preparation, one day, at the crack of dawn Tommy Jr. walked into his dad's room and decapitated him, like somebody would decapitate their prisoner(simile). Finally, his preponderant father was no more. With his tyrannical father taken care of, he brought in a series of social and political reforms, that changed Sevington for the better. disseminated the population of Sevington, to lessen
In 1836, the gruesome death of a prostitute encaptivated the public eye and began a newspaper frenzy that centered on a morbid fixation of the life and death of Helen Jewett. Patricia Cline Cohen's The Murder of Helen Jewett pieces together the facts of Helen's life and death in an attempt to describe gender inequality in America by giving a meticulous account of life in the 1830s. (Insert small biography) Around three in the morning on Sunday, April 10, 1836 Rosina Townsend, the madam of the brothel, was spurred from her bed at the south end of Thomas St by a man knocking on the front door.
In the “The Journalist and the Murderer,” Joe McGinniss was deceiving when trying to get a story from Jeff MacDonald, a convicted murderer, who murdered his wife and two daughters in 1970. During the trial, McGinniss was invited by MacDonald lawyers and himself to listen to the trial throughout pages 20-23. It states, “they built a friendship, where they began watching sports and drinking beer together.” Though Joe had to do what he had to do to get the job done, he didn’t have to please Jeff and buy into his feelings when he already thought he was guilty of murdering his family. Stated on pages 46-49 when they were at the trial due to McGinniss book that he wrote, lawyer Bostwick questioned McGinniss loyalty to MacDonald and stated that McGinniss
He would punish the children by sending them to their bedroom for hours for minor misbehavior. In addition, he would physically punish them but not to the point of producing physical injuries. In Darleen’s teenage years she seemed out of control. Darleen dropped out of high school and spent her time partying, drinking and smoking pot. Although she lived a provocative lifestyle, she did not have any trouble with the law.
This caused many conflicts, but in the end, it reflected who Tom was as a person. Beginning Thomas’s training in school, he did not enjoy it at all. The new Ute ways made him feel like a replica of an Indian. He tried running away multiple times, but his guardians would always somehow catch him, till one day where he had finally escaped.
He leaves work and takes his son along to attend the funeral, except when he returns to work he notices the frequent elderly customer once again in the lobby of the mechanic shop. The shop manager often takes advantage of a mentally-ill, elderly woman who constantly insists there is an issue with her car, where the mechanics simply take the tires down, make some noise, and pocket the extra money. Given how Tommy is contemplating his character in light of his step father’s death, Tommy feels as if he must put a stop to this greedy, corrupt behavior at once. When confronting his boss about the fraudulent behavior taking place in the mechanic shop, he is setting the example for others that it’s not too late to change and do the right thing in life. Little to his knowledge, his son is following him and seeing how Tommy confronts his boss.
Out of extreme desperation, a Virginia indentured servant, Richard Frethorne writes home to his family whom still resided in England, with the hopes of getting food, supplies, or money to redeem his contract to get out of the terrible situation he found himself in. Many thought the move to the colonies, to Virginia, would bring about a better way of life, farming in the Tabaco fields, and they would only owe a given amount of years till their new freedom, their new lives would begin. Well, it turned out it wasn’t all rainbows and unicorns like they dreamt and thought. In fact, it was the opposite servants during this time were often treated in a despicable, less than human like manor. Therefore, death, disease, starvation, beatings, poor living
The major people that contributed in the breaking of Tom’s spirit were: Benny Grayback , the agent, Luther Spotted Dog and his friends, and Rowena Ellis. These people broke Tom’s spirit by forcing him to except the new ways and told him the negatives of the old ways. The students teasing and harassment also contributed to the breaking of Tom’s spirit. After Tom gave in, the people at the school could easily control him. During his time at the school Tom lost some of who he was.
After killing the boy in Vietnam, Tom Leyton lost all trust within himself. He has locked him self in his room for years, refusing to speak to anyone. This has caused his sister, Caroline, to suffer as well. The brother she knew “died in that war.”. Tom Leyton doesn’t trust that he won’t hurt anyone because of the things he has done, he believes he is a monster.
Title of Your Unsolved Murder Mystery Many murders have never been solved in the past, but this murder specifically is the greatest unsolved murder in Chicago, Illinois history. January 22 of 1957 is when the shocking death of Barbara and Patricia happened. These two teenage sisters suffered a horrific death by a murderer who has dolefully never been found. After looking at research and studying evidence, the tragic murder of the Grimes sisters was done by a man named, Bennie Bedwell.
Later on, after he saw his father bravely defending Tom Robinson, he learnt that an example of someone with moral courage was his father, who understood that just because one was “licked a hundred years before [they] started is no reason for [them] not to try
The only person he feels he can trust is his sister, Mary Lou, until she gets horribly burned at is forced to stay at the hospital to recover. Now that Mary Lou is in serious danger, the beatings from Tommy’s mom get worse. As the beatings get worse, Tommy’s bullying starts to get out of control. Later, he is even caught stealing from the local store. Tommy’s life continues
Tom near the beginning of the novel is portrayed as a kind person, though he might be swift to anger, he is also quite independent. Tom is more than just average or normal he shows strength, power, thoughtfulness, support and the wit or courage it takes face the next challenge. Throughout the novel Tom begins to become committed to helping his family and better their
Thomas finally addresses his father and alerts the reader
In the article “On Punishment and Teen Killers” Jenkins states how a little boy got into some trouble and his parents would go and save him. For example,In paragraph 7 Jenkins states this “He came from privilege. Whenever he got in trouble, his parents fixed it. After a series of other crimes”.
The lynching of Jube Benson The Short story, “The lynching of Jube Benson”, by the African-American writer Paul Laurence Dunbar, takes place in the southern parts of the USA in the 1900s, which is at the same time as the emancipation of the slaves. More accurately, the story takes place in Gordon Fairfax’s library, where three men were present; Handon Gay, who is an educated reporter, Gordon Fairfax, who is an library owner and Doctor Melville, who is a doctor. The author collocate these three men at jobs which is powerful in the society. The story is about a white narrator, Doctor Melville, who explains, to the two others, that he has been involved in a lynching of his black friend, Jube Benson.