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Dear Book Club,Hello, my name is Julia, and some genres of books I like to read are dystopian and sometimes romance.  Reading is something I like to do in my free time.  Well, actually that depends on the book I’m reading.  The book I have chosen to read for this trimester is titled Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard.  Based on what I know, the story takes place in the future where society is divided based on blood color, either silver blood or red blood.
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The bell rang signaling that it was time to go to class.  I get up from my seat (which I have sat in for what felt like an eternity) and leave AP Calculus.  As I’m walking while reading a textbook to lunch I suddenly bump into something.  Or rather someone.  I looked up to see I ran into the worst person possible, Joshua Meiler.  He must have a giant ego because every time I walk past him he’s always talking about how well he did on some sort of assignment or test.
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Some may say that animal testing has led to the finding of vaccines and antibiotics.  For example the article, “Should Animals Be Used for Scientific or Commercial Testing”, states, “Scientists racing to develop a vaccine for coronavirus during the 2020 global pandemic need to test on genetically modified mice to ensure that the vaccine doesn’t make the virus worse. Nikolai Petrovsky, professor in the College of Medicine and Public Health at Flinders University in Australia, said testing a coronavirus vaccine on animals is ‘absolutely essential’” (Britannica 4).  This shows that animal testing has taken part in finding the vaccine for COVID-19.  Proving, that animal testing is not all bad.  However, animal testing is still unethical because it can lead to animals being harmed. The article “Should Animals Be Used for Scientific or Commercial Testing,” reads, “According to Humane Society International, animals used in experiments are commonly subjected to force-feeding, food and water deprivation, the infliction of burns and other wounds to study the healing process, the infliction of pain to study its effects and remedies, and “killing by carbon dioxide asphyxiation, neck-breaking, decapitation, or other means.” The US Department of Agriculture reported in Jan. 2020 that research facilities used over 300,000 animals in activities involving pain in just one year,” (Britannica 2).  This shows that sometimes the results of testing can cause pain to the animal.  This evidence also shows that researchers often abuse animals by purposefully harming them just to observe the effects.  Ultimately, even though animal testing has played a huge part in finding vaccines and antibiotics, it is still unethical because researchers abuse animal testing just to collect data.

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In several chapters I do believe that there is a sense of loyalty between Isabel and Lady Seymour.  The firs reason is in the book it says, “... the door opened again and in walked the Lady herself.  ‘Ah,’ she said with faint surprise,  ‘You’ve come back to us…” (151).  This is an excerpt of Lady Seymour and Isabel chatting after Isabel was branded.  Lady Seymour had cared for Isabel in the last few days.  Another reason is because in the book it reads, “There was a crash outside and screams.  I grabbed her arm.  ‘We’ll die if we stay!” (192).  The last piece of evidence showed Lady Seymour being loyal to Isabel.  Now this example shows Isabel being loyal to Lady Seymour.  Temporarily, Isabel had been helping Lady Seymour because she had no servants left.  So when Lady Seymour’s house caught fire Isabel helps Lady Seymour escape.  Overall both do have a bond of loyalty with one another.
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Dear Mr. President,

I want my life back.  Some law you apparently signed Mr. President but you stole my best friend Marley who I loved very much.  We were coloring buddies, had playdates often and even sleepovers.  But then suddenly, Marley ignored me and colored with another friend, calling me “easily replaceable”.  I guess I can introduce myself to you…  Hi, my name is Zoe an 8 year old and I like coloring, playing dress up, and gummy worms.

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Governments use propaganda to often create a “false” idea about the other.  This can come in all sorts of ways like films, posters, pictures, writing etc...
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Dear Diary,

I can’t even believe that Anne convinced me into writing a diary entry.  According to her I should “write my feelings out”.  Maybe that is why she always seems so calm nowadays… Its crazy that she really has changed so much since 2 years ago when we first went into hiding.  I can actually talk to her now.  Before, she would just keep talking her head off about things no one understood.  I really like this new version of her, we can actually relate to each other because each new memory is made here.  It seems like my childhood was so long ago…  No… I can’t… Mouschi, I miss him so much.  I really hope Mouschi is okay; but I wonder why did he leave me to suffer in here alone?  Well, that was before Anne and I became friends.  I don’t know if I will ever have the gut to tell her but, I really like her more than just as a friend…  I wonder if she feels the same way…

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Imagine being in a world where the possibilities of exploration are limitless such as climbing a mountain, visiting penguins in Antarctica to even climbing Mount Everest.  The best part is this could all be done in the capacity of a living room.  With new technology emerging, it could connect people to a whole new world in the metaverse...
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