My Response to The Alamo

Authors Note: I wrote about the Alamo to try and show how courageous these men were in what they stood for.

The Alamo was one of the most historic battles in American history but was shadowed by the Civil War. Although the Civil War happened 30 years later most people think of the major wars in American history as The Revolutionary War, The Civil War and World War Two. Even though The United States - Mexican was a major war that gave us about 30% of the land America has today. I think the reason most people don't think of this as a major war is because America has a tendency to overcome great forces that try control us but in this war we were controlling Mexico and trying to gain their land.

The war was mainly for land but the Alamo was an attempt at freedom from Mexico for Texas because they wanted to join the U.S. Mexicans didn't want that to happen because America was on the rise and Mexico on the fall. If Mexico gave America any land then surely we would become the more dominant country easily. If that happened then Mexico's economy would surely suffer which is always bad.

At the time people in Europe got curious about the about the west and which country was the strongest and so not only was it a war for land but it was a statement war, which country could kill more of the other countries soldiers. A sick thing but both countries thought it was important for other countries to know what they could do with their military. Europe did take a little consideration that America was strong but not much it wasn't until World War Two that America became a world wide powerhouse. So a war that killed approximately 15,000 people could have been avoided.

All in all this war didn't need to happen but both sides governments thought they needed to tell other countries  that they were powerful. Back then all people really cared about was who was powerful near them because no one was going to cross The Atlantic ocean unless it was for a very important purpose such as the revolutionary war. Although America did get some land out of the war was it worth 15,000 lives? I don't think so because our nation might not be as powerful but it would survive without that land but obviously people back then didn't have the same opinion. 

Bullying

What do bullies try and get from bullying? It is hard to answer because there are so many different situations but in the story, even though this story is fictional the same problems come up in real life. A lot of bullies don’t realize what they are doing to the victims. All Summer in a Day written by Ray Bradbury he gave a nice example of a bully situation. Many kids and even adults have to deal with jealousy or low self esteem and that is why there are bullies in this world.

Many people don’t realize what an effect bullying has on the            victims, instead they focus on punishing the offenders which yes, you should do, but you should also try and help the victim. Sadly the victims suffer the most in these cases and need the most help. That is why many people need to step up and stop bullying if they see it happen or if they know of someone who’s being bullied: help them out and ask them how they are doing. You need to help them with all of the things they need to deal with when being bullied.

Why don’t people stand up for the victims when they see bullying happen? Many people don’t want to because they don’t want to get pulled into it. Imagine being on the other side though if you were getting bullied and other people could do something but didn’t. That the bullying could stop just if one person stood up but didn’t. Imagine what that could do for a person.

All in all bullying needs to be held to a minimal or stopped. This can have a long term affect and can put people in bad places. Also bullies need to realize what they are doing to people. This can do a very bad thing to bullies victims and people who see it.