The Fight For Cookies: A Short Story

William stared at the men on horseback behind James. Gone were the overalls and homemade cotton or hemp shirts. All the men wore black Kevlar vests and tactical gear that William had purchased and stashed in the cider mill armory.

Nothing is better than a freshly baked batch of chocolate chip cookies. They’re a delicious enjoyable dessert that everyone knows and loves. It’s hard to go wrong with these. Wouldn’t it be great if someone taught you how to make a perfect batch? Well that’s what I’m going to do. Chocolate chip cookies are easy to make, enjoyable, and a good tasty treat for all.

“They tell you to do your thing but they don’t mean it. They don’t want you to do your thing, not unless it happens to be their thing, too. It’s a laugh, Goober, a fake. Don’t disturb the universe, Goober, no matter what the posters say.” (Cormier 259) This statement made by Jerry to Goober at the end of The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier sums up Jerry’s experience in not conforming to the expectations of his school and his peer group. It is easier to follow the crowd than to stand up for what you believe in. Robert Cormier uses Jerry’s experience in refusing to conform and participate in his school’s chocolate sale to highlight the consequences of nonconformity.

There is an altercation between Officer Wilson and Mr. Brown, who is standing at the window of the vehicle. Officer Wilson fires two shots from inside the vehicle, one likely grazing Mr. Brown’s thumb, and the other missing him. Mr. Brown runs east. Officer Wilson pursues him on foot. Mr. Brown stops and turns toward Officer Wilson, who also stops. Mr. Brown moves toward Officer Wilson, who fires several more shots. Mr. Brown is fatally wounded.10

The positives of being an individual are more present in the media, (give examples) but the negatives are normally overlooked. In the novel named The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier the main character Jerry has to deal with reality that it 's not so easy to go against the grain. The novel does an excellent job highlighting how his individuality affects his social, personal life, and the power of societal pressures and bullying are leveraged against Jerry.

It was two years ago. Two long agonizing years that i had to deal with the agony of my son being hung in the Springfield Square.

In this episode of Empire, Cookie, Andre, and Hakeem decided to join together and create their own record label in order to compete with “Empire”. When Cookie told her son, Jamal, this information, she was very cutthroat as if to say “We are going to take you and your father down”. My idea of what the theme of the show is has changed from last week. The theme of the show, as it relates to black women, is that black women may be diverse but one thing that they all have in common is greed and making sure that they are successful in their own right. Anika has more of a proper corporate background than Cookie, who is a former drug dealer, and the two always seem to clash with their different personalities, but, the two both want what’s best for themselves and the company. This was exhibited last episode when Anika was willing to sleep with the investor and throughout the whole first season as Cookie was willing to turn her sons against each other and against their father, Lucious, in order to gain control of “Empire”. The theme of the show communicates that the target audience are minorities between the ages of 18 and 30. The show is essentially about a hip hop

“I didn’t want you to get hurt or worry about me.” We sat there for a few minutes before I piped up again. “How did you get that gun anyways?”

so they grab their guns and go see why the noise was. As they are walking

In May 2003, police raided a warehouse known for pirating CDs and DVDs. Ousmane Zongo works in the same warehouse as a repair man, repair musical instruments and was present in the warehouse on the day the police raided the area. Police officer Bryan Conroy, dressed in disguise as a postal worker, guarding a bin of CDs at the warehouse when Ousmane entered the warehouse and turned on the light. The postal worker aimed a gun at him, Zongo was unaware of what was going on, he ran and Officer Conroy chased after him. Once Zongo hit a dead end officer Conroy shot Zongo four times, two of them hit Zongo in the back. NYPD admitted Zongo was irrelevant and had nothing to do with the case. Officer Conroy was found guilty of criminally negligent homicide,

I enjoyed the book The Fortune Cookie Chronicles. The reason it was enjoyable was because it gave me insight as to the cuisine eaten in the US, China, and many other countries. It also enlightened me on the immigration of Chinese people from their homeland to the US, and the challenges one must overcome to do so. Nonetheless, the book could have been better written or more informative by gaining more qualitative data from different sources to support the statements being made. Specific qualitative data such as interesting stories of hardships would engage the reader.

It was December 25, 1999, and my partner Jorge and I were driving down a country highway in our police car near Chicago. We usually worked during the holidays, so that some other officers could get a day-off. There was a ton of snow that year; streets were barely visible. Driving down the street slowly was pretty boring, so we just talked.

Historically, the police have been associated with justice and enforcing the law in media. Their motto is “to protect and serve”, which is true because the jobs that they do require them risking their lives to incriminate lawbreakers, however, the media hyperbolizes them as heroes. “This notion has permeated through culture and portrayed in the media through television shows and movies” (“Police, the Good Guys”, 2014). “Shows and movies such the NCIS series, the CSI series, the Shield, and the Die Hard movie trilogy are examples that showcase this” (“Police, the Good Guys”, 2014). In contemporary society there have been instances in which instead of the police adhering to the law, they have

Once there was a little girl who got a quarter a day to go to the penny candy store on the corner of the block. One day she went to the penny shop and outside there was a machine. She went inside to ask the owner what was in the machine and how much it would cast to use. He said that it was full of special bubblegum and that it would cost twenty-five cents a piece. So the little girl ran home to tell her mom about the new machine. Her mom then gave her two quarters, so then they would both be able to try one. The little girl bought them and brought them home and tried them with her mom, they tasted like pancakes.

Pre-Show opens on a group of protestors standing in a line with their arms up in surrender pose. They hold picket signs with the phrase “hands up don’t shoot” painted on. ‘Strange Fruit’ by Billie Holiday plays. As audience settle a blackout happens.