Chicago Violence

 
One problem that is happening in Chicago is having a great deal of shootings. January 1st - December 12, 2016 4,171 people had became victims in shootings. According to The Chicago Tribune, last year there were approximately 2,988 people that were victims in shootings. According to the Chicago Tribune shootings, 2016 had more shootings than 2015. Also, 2,00 people have been victims in shootings this year and last year, says the Chicago Tribune. According to The Chicago Tribune, 2,988 had been victims in shootings last year. This means that Chicago itself is dangerous. Also Chicago is not the problem it's the people who choose to do these crucial things to innocent people that they do not know, according to the Chicago Tribune.

In a video by the Chicago Tribune they name possible causes of the shootings that are happening in Chicago. One cause is the access to guns. According to the Chicago Tribune it states that, “A large percentage of people buying fund in the last decade.” This means that more people are starting to own guns and also it causes more shootings and deaths. Another cause is police morale. According to the Chicago Tribune police moral is, “The Chicago police department is under a U.S. justice department system Civil Rights investigation over allegations of this loose conduct.”

On Monday, December 12, 2016, Father Michael Pfleger said, “...will lead a group of anti violence marchers down Michigan Avenue on New Year’s Eve.” Also said, “Pfleger said the marchers, many of whom will be family members of victims, will each carry a two-foot tall white wooden cross bearing the names of each person killed by gun violence in the city this year.” This means that Father Michael Pfleger cares about what is going on in Chicago with all the violence and shootings. The crosses were made by Greg Zanis. According to Father Pfleger, “This is a Chicago problem. not a South Side and West problem. It's a Chicago problem.”

Titanic A Journey Through Time

In my nonfiction book Titanic A Journey Through Time , It is about how the Titanic was built and who built it. Also who were the people that were on board the Titanic. The book also shows things that people found when they were discovering Titanic. In the book they show pictures of the ship when it is getting built. The author, William MacQuitty, shows how big the ship is and what they use to build the ship.The book also tells you all the five Ws, who, what, where, when, why. The book, has great information about the Titanic, some parts talking about what materials they have discovered under the ocean where Titanic had sunk.

On passage that I found interesting in the book is where the author talks about what materials they have used to make Titanic. But the first ship they have made was named the Olympian, but after they had found a large punched hole through the liners of the boat, this was caused during the departure from Southampton. Then so, they made some vivid details to the ship and changed the name to Titanic. Some of the parts they used for Titanic was one, on January 5,1910 it's two stern frame castings weighed 70 tons and it's height was 68ft 3in.Then on February 7, 1910 the boss brackets oh Titanic had arrived, and what these boss brackets can do is to support the new liner propeller shafts. Tragically, on April 21, 1910 Samuel Joseph Scott, only 15 years old had dies after a fall from Titanic hull. This is interesting to me because the author explains what things were made of and out on the Titanic. It also teaches me some new information I haven't learned yet. Also they include who had died in the Titanic when they had been building it.

Things I have learned that I will not forget in the near future is artifacts they have found in the Titanic. For example like a white pitcher, which belonged to Nautile’s collection baskets. Another is a cloth that was hand-sewn from a piece of canvas, and a marble sink, first class, a grey floor tile with a red insert, second class, plates. These things that they found were very important to them because they are things that people who lived back then on the Titanic used. They also have found a doer that linked to the forward port side D deck of the Titanic. I also won't forget how the Titanic would look because the author showed pictures of how the Titanic looked before it sank and after it sank. It also showed pictures of the boat when it was getting built.

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