https://eji.org/ :EJI website! Whenever things got really bad, and they were questioning the value of their lives, I would remind them that each of us is more than the worst thing we’ve ever done. (Stevenson 290) In fact, there is a strength, a power even, in understanding brokenness, because embracing our brokenness creates a need …
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Becoming Bryan Stevenson
I woke up the next morning with a broken heart. I knew that Mr. Dill is no longer with us and that made me want to throw down my papers and quit. What is the point of all this work, I thought to myself. I have put so much time into my work but what …
Thoughts about text
“He summoned two officers, who went to Joe’s cage to unlock it. The cage was so small that when they tried to remove Joe’s wheelchair, the spokes on the chair got caught on the cage, and they couldn’t budge it… I couldn’t see Joe’s face while all of this was going on, but I could …
The Great Alone Summary
The Great Alone is a bizarre and crazy story about a family; Leni, her father Ernt, and her mother Cora, who pack up their home and moved to Alaska. Ernt makes the executive decision to move up there, without any knowledge or supplies, and Leni and her mom follow him with no say… Which foreshadows …
Book Quote from Chapters 7-10 from Just Mercy
This section of Just Mercy was one story after another about injustice in our system. A part that really stood out to me was the section about children and how they get put into the adult system for life for a crime they committed when they were younger. States were under the impression that children …
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