Hi, world! HMSAdam here and this post will be about my best work in Language Arts. We were assigned to write an essay about if we think the escapees who attempted to escape Alcatraz escaped. So here is the essay. Enjoy!
Alcatraz: Did Frank Morris and the Anglin Brothers escape from Alcatraz?
Many people wonder if the ingenious escapees (Frank Morris and the Anglin Brothers) escaped from Alcatraz. The answer is NO. Alcatraz is the most heavily guarded prison and meant for the prisoners who are on the most wanted list. Getting into Alcatraz means you are not getting out. People like The Mythbusters think that they escaped, but they are wrong.
My first reason that the escapees didn’t make it is that the tidal currents are so big that once someone goes in there they can experience hypothermia and die. If the escapee’s raft broke and they fell in the water they would’ve had a very low chance of getting out. The water is also infested with pollution and sharks. They would’ve gotten sick and may be attacked by sharks. This reason alone could prove that the escapees didn’t make it.
Using a regular raft and life jackets through the Alcatraz waters would be hard to survive, but the escapees used makeshift materials to try and escape. That would have made the escape twice as hard. They had to build quietly in a workshop located in the vents and they had to use whatever was around them like art canvases or plastic materials to make life jackets and a raft. I don’t know how the so-called “top warden” didn’t catch the criminals planning an escape.
Many people say that the escapees escaped, so I am here to prove them wrong. The Mythbusters tried doing their own escape out of Alcatraz and it worked, but they built their own raft in a big workshop, they used modern day materials which are stronger and more durable, and they escaped on a quiet day. People say after the escape happened, a car was stolen from San Francisco, but that could have been anyone. This was the time of criminalization and anyone would have stolen a car without getting caught. There was a sighting of a raft near Angel Island, but that could have been the escapees’ raft once they drowned in the water.
The prisoners were able to get out of Alcatraz, but with the cost of death in the waters around Alcatraz. I think I gave the correct reasons on why the escapees did not escape Alcatraz alive. Frank Morris and the Anglin Brothers made an elaborate escape plan, but they did not pull the plan off correctly. This essay gives the reasons for why the escapees did not escape and that Alcatraz was the most heavily guarded prison in the world.
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This essay took a lot of work and lots of effort. Luckily I got an A on this essay, so I hope you enjoyed it. What was your best work in Language Arts class?
Thank you!