Thursday, March 26, 2015



Mastercraft
Persuasive Essay By: Hank Ahrenholz
Mastercraft is the best boat on the market. It’s top in style, luxury, and performance. Mastercrafts have all kinds of the newest technology in their boats. They put in every little detail in the interior and exterior. Mastercrafts are the highest selling boats on the market. They are the top manufacturer of wakeboard boats. Their boats are able to hold more than sixteen people and can still throw out an insane wake for wakesurfing and wakeboarding.
Mastercraft’s surf system is top of the line. It can throw out a steep, high wake for getting air and pop shuvits or a long, crisp wake for surf-style tricks. Malibu also has a surf  system but you do not have as many options as the Mastercraft surf tabs do. Mastercraft is the first company to come out with any kind of surf systems, and from then on they have had the best one. Other boat companies like Tige, Moomba, and Supra have also tried to come close to putting out a wake like a Mastercraft. Centurion is easily the second best surf system because they are able to fill the ballast in under a minute. Mastercraft will always have the best system because they have had a head start in the wakesurfing industry. Many professionals from around the world would prefer Mastercraft’s surf wake over any other boat in the industry.
There are many reasons I like Mastercraft over any other boat company. The style that they put in their boats is beyond any other boat company. They do keep their boats somewhat plain compared to other companies but the detail in the boats is amazing. They have clean paint jobs and luxurious interior. The interior that they put in their boats is also perfect. They have all the main things like perfectly colored stitching and also small things like the stereo, lights, and a unbelievable touchpad ballast screen. On this screen you can change the wake within a matter of seconds even when a rider is riding the wake.
The wakeboarding wake that Mastercrafts put out is unlike any other in it’s class. It throws out a steep wake with an insane amount of pop to give you plenty of time to throw any trick you can think of.
Mastercraft also has a top of the line ski boat that can put out the perfect wake. The Prostar has the wake that any skier could ever dream of. It will be perfect for barefooting, trick skiing, or slalom skiing. It can give you a perfect wake even with one person in the boat. The new technology makes it so you can add ballast to the other side to perfectly even out the boat.
Their boats have gone from ski boats, to wakeboarding boats, and even day yachts. Mastercraft even has a boat specifically made for cruising on huge lake or along the coasts of oceans. These boats are specifically made for a luxurious ride so that you can spend an entire day out on the water. They will put bathrooms and even a small living room on these boats.

I have gone over every kind of boat that Mastercraft has put on the market. They have many reasons that they are on top including surf system, wakeboard wake, skiing boat, and even day yachts for cruising around the Great Lakes. They have everything from the small details on the interior to a clean, sharp exterior. Mastercraft is sure to catch your eye when you see one driving on the lake. You will be able to enjoy your summer by owning one of the best selling boats on the entire market.

Thursday, March 5, 2015



All Quiet on the Western Front
By: Hank Ahrenholz

In the book All Quiet on the Western Front,  the author has many main characters. This book is a war novel that is based on a real war but still uses made up characters and other made up details. She gives them all different characteristics and describes each one of them differently. The ways that the characters are throughout the book will change as the book goes on.
Paul is the main character and the narrator of the entire book. When you read through the book you will be looking at the war through the eyes of Paul Baumer. When Paul is first drafted into the war he thinks that the war will be fun and none of his friends or him will die. Paul thinks that the war will just be a fun time with his friends. Paul’s view of the war changes as the war goes on. He starts seeing more people dying and he starts to wonder why he even went there.
Paul becomes one of the most experienced in his group after many of them die or get sent home. He sees how young the fresh recruits are and starts to think that the Germans are losing the war. Paul goes through hard things like seeing his friends be blown up and having to kill people at point blank. Paul knows how the war works and knows what to do on the front but the young recruits are just being killed because they do not have any common sense. He goes through huge changes as he goes through the war, and comes home and goes back to the war. He goes through many changes physically and emotionally. He will notice that he has to become a totally different person.
Another main character is Kemmorik. He is the leader of the squad that Paul is in. He is a strong member of the squad because he has been in the war for a very long time. He has to tell the men that everything that they have learned will be forgotten. If they follow what they have learned they will probably be shot. If they listen to what their leader is saying they will have a good chance of surviving. Paul and Kemmorik both believe in chance. They say there is a chance that they be hit by a mortar but they will have to trust their luck. If they don’t believe in their luck they will not survive at the front.
Kemmorik also tells Paul and his squad that they will need to stay in the war and help each other out. He knows how the war works and how the enemies work. Kemmorik has to help Paul and his class make it through the war. Paul and Kemmorik will see how each man works and they strengths and weaknesses that each man has. He will have to encourage each man and tell them that the war will be over soon if all of them stay and fight.
This book is a good book because of what you can learn from the characters. They start as young recruits and have to learn how to do things that they have never seen before and also will show you how to overcome obstacles in your way through life. The plot of this story will always keep you into the story. Wherever you leave off you will always be wondering what happens next in the story. The plot also will keep you thinking what happened to him or what will happen next. The characters all have different characteristics and different ways of acting. Throughout the whole story you will see how these characters act. You can’t always predict what they characters will do in different situations. This book will keep your attention from the first cover to the back page.