In the book The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer, Tam Lin is a very significant character that has a big influence on the main character Matteo Alacran’s. Tam Lin is an ex-terrorist that worked for El Patron as a bodyguard. Even though he changed his way, Tam Lin’s dark past seem to constantly haunt him. Tam Lin seems like a very wise and kind person trying to help Matt survive to fixed his past, and take down the country of Opium. Tam Lin play the role of a supporting character, working on the protagonist’s side I think Tam Lin is a round character because there’s a good amount of details in the book about him and he has many qualities of a human.
Amidst accusations of evidence planting or tampering and conspiracy theories, a trial that lasted over a year only took jurors 24 hours to return a not guilty verdict on the murder charge. Several witnesses were brought forward and gave testimonies. One of the testimonies was that Simpson had purchased a knife that matched a description of the knife believed to have caused the fatal wounds in the murders. Some witnesses say they say Simpson in dark colored clothing, which also matched the description of the murderer. Some forensic evidence that was collected was ultimately dismissed due to a variety of reasons; a few of the key pieces of evidence are discussed below.
The lawyers’ main claim was that the Police handled the evidence poorly and that the evidence should be considered invalid and that the police planted evidence that led to the conviction of Simpson therefore he was found a not guilty verdict. Even though Simpson was acquitted of the murder of killing his ex-wife Nicole and Ronald he still was held responsible for their wrongful death. Taking about four months to complete, they finally won the case in a civil court. O.J Simpson had to pay the family of Ronald Goldman and O.J Simpson’s children $12.5million dollars (misscivilwar.org). The evidence that was brought up was the polygraph test that he was asked to take.
He moved to Bentrock with his parents and his brother in the early twenties. He practiced law but was put on the stand as the Sherriff of Mercer County due to his father’s “popularity, influence and the weight of the Hayden name.” He served second term as Sherriff. He was racist but still treated Indians with respect “He believed Indians, with only a few expectations, were ignorant, lazy, superstitious, and irresponsible.” He was disabled by the horse accident as a child. He died from cancer. David Hayden 12 year old narrator.
Thought Police Report Winston Smith: Age: 39 Appearance: Varicose ulcer in right leg, thin, frail Threat Level: Moderate Notes: April 26, 1984 Winston Smith is a thin and frail thirty-nine year old man. Winston walks with a noticeable limp because of a varicose ulcer in his right leg and has trouble traveling up the seven flights of stairs to his flat at Victory Mansions. (Orwell 1) He is married to Katharine, a devout member of the party. Winston works for Ministry of Truth changing incorrect historical records that do not match those of our party. (Orwell 3) The first interaction I had with Winston Smith was at Two Minutes Hate.
Really slowly!” That shows the anger as well as the instability of actions coming from Stampler that should have got him convicted. In turn, Vale won the case by only getting Aaron/Roy thirty days in a mental institution, but lost because he finds out that Roy actually killed
War Of The Buttons You are not born with pride, show how on earth does someone have pride? Pride is something that you spend a long time trying to gain but it can easily be ripped away. Pride can be shown is several ways, whether is in yourself or in something you own. Pride symbolizes how proud someone can be over something or someone, as they say with respect it's like a whole “”what comes around goes around.” For example, since the word pride and the word proud are so similar, if somebody took someones pride away by doing something harsh to them, that persons pride would also go down considering they wouldn't be proud of what they have done. The theme of the movie “War Of The Buttons” directed by John Roberts, is pride and the message in the movie is pride is easy to gain but easy to lose.
In order for him to succeed and fulfill his personal legend, he must remove doubt and fear from his mind and replace it with strength and persistence. Santiago’s journey is a lesson, reminding us that anything worth having requires great determination and perseverance and that one does not succeed
Summary I got in the lift, a homeless person (DeVon Hardy) also got in with me. When I got my story I go out and everyone was staring me, I realized the homeless was pointing me with a gun. He ordained me to tie everybody and I did it. He ordered some soup and bread, next he was complaining about the economic differences that are in the society. How people like them, earn thousands dollars each year and people as him haven't got any to eat.
Matthew Cella, “Police Response to 911s Slowing,” Washington D.C.: Washington Times, May 10, 2004. Print. Can families really afford not to be able to protect themselves? Although there is no standard response time for police officials, the time to respond to a top priority emergency continues to rise at a rate upwards of 20%! Cella does an excellent job relaying the facts and using logos to pull in his audience.