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Leutner, M

Dear Friend,

I received your letter this past week regarding your questions about the recent murder that took place in a small town in Mississippi. The victim of this murder was a young man named Emitt Till. Emitt was a very dear friend of mine who I have known ever since I can remember. The reasons behind the killing of this young man were very unreasonable and harsh. Emitt Till was only a 16 year old boy and wasn’t from Mississippi so he wasn’t aware of the harsh consequences that African Americans faced on a daily basis for doing a little as whistling at a pretty woman. Emitt had been in Mississippi on account of a trip to visit his dear uncle, before leaving his home town of Chicago he was warned by his mother as to how things were different down south and how the cruelty towards blacks was devastating. During Emitt’s vacation he had decided to test his mother’s advice, he whistled at a woman he felt was attractive and faced the consequences just days later. Emitt Till was murdered and found a float in a river not to long after he went missing. The pictures of Emitt show how unjust the white men treat us blacks. Emitt was beaten so terribly and shot as well. When the news was released I was overwhelmed with devastation and confusion. I asked myself, “How could someone possibly do something like this?” The murder of Emitt sickens me, and not only because he was a loved one of mine who I had tragically lost, but just thinking about how people can be so ignorant to punish a human because of their skin. All men are created equal as God had intended but these men are utter sinners. This type of discrimination is unjust and it has to stop for everyone’s sake. The world needs to have peace between all races. People are people no matter what color. This news terrified me. It makes me tremble just thinking about it. If these men could do this to a young boy as innocent as Emitt, it could happen to anyone, even me or you. I am scared just to step foot out of my house in fear of coming in contact with any whites. I will just have to be extremely careful. As will you, stay safe and never cross the line who knows what could happen. All My Love, Megan Leutner

Great details and opinions Megan! I agree with your thoughts! -Marcy

Excellent letter! Information is accurate and detailed. Use of emotion at end of letter also comes across as real. Mrs. Brooks Megan, this was really well written with tons of creativity! Great job! - Lauren Good explanations. I understood what you meant completely. Great job! -Caroline

The way you expressed your ideas made it real, and it felt really deep. Very creative.--Jess

2/2/09 Dear Mrs. Brooks, I have some bad news, I have failed to complete our 1,000 point project, but wait there is a logical explanation! Well you see Mrs. Brooks I don’t have a computer at the time because my brother threw it out the window, so I couldn’t type up my paper or look up any of the information on the internet at my own house, but I didn’t give up there. I called up a couple of my friends to see if it would be at all possible for me to use their computers but all of my friends brothers had also thrown their computers out their windows, so that didn’t work out too well. After hours of pondering, I came up with a plan! I came to the understanding that all of the computers on the whole entire universe had been thrown out the window by brothers, so I figured I would take a trip to space because I know there are computers there. After all of the arrangements had been made I blasted off into space, but at that time I hadn’t thought of how long the trip would take so I am still on my way to mars, but, I will get there and I will get it done. So Mrs. Brooks I am asking you with all seriousness will you take off points for it being a couple months late? Thanks so much! Megan Leutner.

Humans are born with original sin. That’s what I was taught to believe, but after baptism that sin is forgiven. Humans are not inherently good nor evil, they just choose to become evil or choose to be kind. Yes I know it is easy to slip up and say something hurtful, and of course, gossip is tempting, but it is just as easy to be kind. Humans were made by god intended to be good, but the decision is up to us. People who are truly evil may also be sick, I feel that in order to be capable of killing another human there has to be something wrong with that persons brain. I believe that humans are neither made to be nice or evil, but that they decide what path they will take. A person can decide to do good or can decide to do bad. God left it up to us, after all you cant control everyone.

4/2/09 Rebecca De Winter was Mr. De Winter's former wife. She was beautiful and lovely and everyone was aware of that, including her. She was looked up to by everyone and all of her friends, family members, and aquantences thought very highly of her, especially her husband, Maxim, or Max which is what she referred to him as. Rebecca was beyond beautiful in everyway, she was a gorgeous mannerly and caring women adored by everyone. She was hard working and everything she recieved was deserved, she was never given anything she earned it. She was the honest and faithful wife of Mr. De Winter, they had a deep and romantic relationship and although she was not a mother she was very motherly. Her maids repected her and so did everyone else and she gave them the same respect in return. She was a great success in everything that she did she hand beautiful hand writting and spoke sweetly. She was a doll, an amazing women, a role model. Not only was she a beholder of beauty she was a beholder of talent. During the daily life of Mrs. De Winter she obtained many talents and put them to use everyday. Rebecca woke up when her husband did and joined him for breakfast, they ate gormet foods of good nutritional value so she could keep her lovely figure. After breakfast she would travel to the morning room to drink her coffee and write her letters. She was organized and her organiztion showed in this part of the day. After Rebecca finished in the morning room she would go outside for a walk and ride her horses and go for a swim in the bay. She was always active and enjoyed life to the fullest extent. She would garden, not because she had to, but because she wanted to. She would then go inside and take a bath to clean up and get dressed wearing a beautiful dress and her hair and make up would be done perfectly. Her husband would come home and she would suit his needs just as any good wife would do. She would read her books in the library near the fire place while sitting in her chair petting her dogs. Her husband would be seated next to her catching up on work. When they both grew tired she would go to her room and fall asleep. This routine was always repeated day after day without change. Until one very sad day when she went out for her usual sailing in the bay. She drowned and died. Mrs. De Winter was an amazing and unforgettable woman she was loved by many. She is a woman that people have a hard time living up to and living up to her standards, epecialy the new Mrs. De Winter.