Ryder Balcom END-OF-WATCH Blog by Ryder Balcom https://padlet.com/rbalcom23/6d5u1vlc2zt3 WeEeEeEe WOoOoOoO WeEeEeEe WoOoOo en-us 2019-04-23 15:59:39 UTC 2019-05-24 16:35:21 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-uploads.storage.googleapis.com/375697562/bc6978f7783dd00d65a58b9b078c3bbc/51nO3uGFcoL__SX323_BO1_204_203_200_.jpg 12.This book is controversial because…. rbalcom23 https://padlet.com/rbalcom23/6d5u1vlc2zt3/wish/356283262 It is controversial because it was a terrorist attack which had many people getting killed by a man in Black Mercedes which identity has yet to be identified at a presidential rally where people were looking for free jobs were there is many survivors very few are in critical condition. The point of view is from a paramedic and his partner who were called onto the case and saw the main in the black Mercedes drive past them they mistaken the blood on his car for rust . The paramedics found a lady who had her legs crippled and couldn't breath and the paramedics thought she wasn't going to make it because she had half of her lower face ripped off. The man in the Mercedes had said that he drove through the people and killed them cause he thought it was fun. The paramedics also said that they were scared that they might accidentally hit someone because it was pouring and they also seen people who were injured from the car and the signs,tents to keep the rain of the people who were looking for the free jobs that the presidential candidate was giving out for voting for him.]]> 2019-05-02 16:18:49 UTC https://padlet.com/rbalcom23/6d5u1vlc2zt3/wish/356283262 18. Describe a conflict and identify it as either internal or external. Tell why you chose that label. rbalcom23 https://padlet.com/rbalcom23/6d5u1vlc2zt3/wish/357301830 A conflict in the book that is external because a man in a black Mercedes drove through a crowd of people looking for free jobs at a presidential election just because he thought it would be fun causing very few people to live and the one that are alive are mostly in critical condition and probably wont be able to do the things they were able to before they got injured . One of the most terrible injuries was of a lady who was not looking for any free jobs but instead was at the presidential election trying to be the secretary or something of the presidential figure she had worn her best clothes out and wore beautiful jewelry then the car or one ob the many objects in the rally hit her tearing off a chunk of the top of her lip and breaking both her legs causing her to probably be crippled for probably the rest of her life. causing her to be hospitalized for a couple of months until she is able to operate on her own causing her to be probably confined to a wheel chair for the rest of her .one of the paramedics on the scene talked about the people running away from the car in the rain and being worried that the ambulance might hit them .]]> 2019-05-06 17:28:10 UTC https://padlet.com/rbalcom23/6d5u1vlc2zt3/wish/357301830 13.This story helps me understand the problem of…better because….. rbalcom23 https://padlet.com/rbalcom23/6d5u1vlc2zt3/wish/358127106 This book better helps me understand suicide and murder because it takes the perspective of a Paramedic who goes on case .involving a mother and her crippled daughter who is crippled from the waist down who killed her daughter because she felt like her daughter was suffering by making her overdose on pills and alcohol because she couldn't move without a wheelchair and then the Mother killed her self because she felt bad about killing her daughter. Suicide is a problem in our society because people who have not done anything wrong take their lives over things people say things they see or are just born with it . Murder is a real issue in our society because people are killed by terrorist groups or people who are just trying to make some easy cash and are trying to get food for their starving families . I predict in the book in their will be more murder in suicide cause some people in the world do not want to be riving in pain and agony and some people kill other people cause they have disabilities or problems from their past.]]> 2019-05-08 16:19:23 UTC https://padlet.com/rbalcom23/6d5u1vlc2zt3/wish/358127106 21. Do any of the characters change during the story rbalcom23 https://padlet.com/rbalcom23/6d5u1vlc2zt3/wish/358936181 Hodges changes in the story because he was a normal every day cop until the day of the Mercedes massacre when a man in a black Mercedes drove through a crowd of people seeking free jobs killing many and when he seen a women in critical condition who was injured he rushed to save her and she fully recovered even though she was paralyzed from the waist down it gave him Hodges hope then Mr Mercedes attacked Holly Hodges secretary causing Mr Mercedes to get brain damage and sent to a brain clinic when made Hodges feel a little happy and sad because he wanted to be the one who hit him with the the sock full of sockets . Until he was sent on a case to the house of the women he saved where he went in and and was told that it was a double suicide which made Hodges sad thinking that he saved this women just for her to kill herself with the help of her Mother which showed pills down her eating tube and making her overdose then the Mother went into the bathroom and sat in the shower with the warm water on then she put a bag on her head and filling it with helium which was in a child's helium container and died making Hodges really sad. (I probably mixed up two characters)]]> 2019-05-10 16:03:28 UTC https://padlet.com/rbalcom23/6d5u1vlc2zt3/wish/358936181 7.What parts of the book seem most believable or unbelievable? Why? rbalcom23 https://padlet.com/rbalcom23/6d5u1vlc2zt3/wish/359979527 I think the most believable part in the book is when Mr Mercedes runs down a crowd of people seeking free jobs at a presidential election killing hundreds where a pair of paramedics found many dead I think another believable part is where a mother killed her crippled daughter by put alcohol and crushed up pills down her eating tube until she overdosed and died in her bed. Then her mother bought a canister of helium went into a bathroom turned on the hot water and sat in the shower and put the plastic bag on and pumped helium in it until she suffocated to death from the Helium. This book is believable with whats going on in now a days some of the things going on are terrorist attacks which usually consists of people killing other people because they do not believe in the same thing or are of a different authenticity of background.]]> 2019-05-14 16:07:44 UTC https://padlet.com/rbalcom23/6d5u1vlc2zt3/wish/359979527 19.Compare where you live with the neighborhood, town or city in the book. Would you rather live in the place where this story takes place? Why or why not? rbalcom23 https://padlet.com/rbalcom23/6d5u1vlc2zt3/wish/362207578 I live in a small town while the main character lives in a big city some of the similarities and differences are a big city has lots of people while having few people causes less  trouble and commotion and a thing with being in a big city is you don´t know anyone which could make you feel less safe . I feel like it would be more possible for a terrorist attack  or a car accident and i feel like in a small town people are more aware to their surroundings and  would not likely run over and kill people for fun mainly because everyone knows each other and would treat each other with respect . The town and the city look different because there isn't very many trees in a city while in a town it is covered with trees and in a city theirs paved roads and in a town theirs gravel streets and dirt back roads and along with a town produces less chemical gas because their is less people which means less cars and things needing to be made.]]> 2019-05-21 16:07:53 UTC https://padlet.com/rbalcom23/6d5u1vlc2zt3/wish/362207578 6. Write about something that intrigues, impresses, amuses, shocks, puzzles, disturbs, repulses or aggravates you. rbalcom23 https://padlet.com/rbalcom23/6d5u1vlc2zt3/wish/362218151 A thing that shocks me in a book is when Mr Mercedes drives through a crowd of people seeking free jobs because He thought i would be fun which ended up killing many another thing that shocks me is when a daughter and a mother committed suicide because one was crippled and didn't feel like living and was found dead in a bath tub with a bag over her head which was full of helium .A thing that disgusted me was when a female nurse grabbed Mr Mercedes who was crippled and couldn't talk by the nipple and squeezed and twisted it until it was purple. I was shocked when Hodges got sick and felt different types off pain across his body until one day his leg gave out and someone had to massage it to make it so he could walk that when he went to the doctors appointment he has been avoiding because he doesn't want to know something is wrong with him that could be life threatening . ]]> 2019-05-21 16:32:29 UTC https://padlet.com/rbalcom23/6d5u1vlc2zt3/wish/362218151 11.Write a poem: A. From a character’s viewpoint B. About the setting C. About a character D. About the theme of the book rbalcom23 https://padlet.com/rbalcom23/6d5u1vlc2zt3/wish/363324054 There was once a man in a black Mercedes 
who went all crazy and drove through a 
crowd and crippled many ladies 
There was a daughter who had murdered by her mother 
Her mother loved her like no other 
Until one day she stopped being sane 
She went insane and killed her daughter causing little pain 
She was a mother but she had took her life the same very night 
A man was called to the scene and your happy you didn't see what he had seen  
A mother was dead but she did not bleed 
She had suffocated because she had no air 
Their once was a nurse who wanted a man to end up in a hearse 
The man was young you should of seen the crimes he had done 
The man had thought what he had done was very fun 
He drove through the crowd very proud 
Until one day he had almost been sent to grave 
By lady had a low pay grade 
she had smacked him hoping he could become dead 
But he had become mentally broken .
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