Jack-O-Lanterns

Author's Note:
This is the essay I wrote to achieve my three goals;
1. To earn at least advanced on word choice.
2.  To earn at least advanced on my conclusion.
3.  To earn at least advanced for idea development
The beginning is being narrated by older boy speaking to his six year old little sister.
"See here? This pumpkin will protect you from all the monsters that come out on Halloween.  The light inside will never burn out and you will always be able to see his smiling face. Monsters don't like the color orange either; it makes them scared of you.  Oh, and most monsters are nice, so a mean monster might not even come here tonight.  Are you going to be ok if I leave?  Ok, sleep tight; don't let the monsters bite."
Every Halloween, costumes change, decorations change, and candy changes, but the one thing that stays the same are the pumpkins.  The good ol' fashioned Jack-O-Lanterns that millions of kids carve with parents each Halloween.  When they're finished cutting and carving, children can carry them out to their porches.  These simple objects can make a child as happy as a fox that just found chicken.   Children cut, scoop and carve pumpkins creating magnificent decorations that will never be forgotten.
Now this talk about tradition is handy dandy, but I'll bet that you're wondering how Jack-O-Lanterns even became a tradition.  There are many stories as to how it started, but most of them have the same general story line.   A man named Jack tricked the devil into never making him go to hell for his sins; though when he actually died, God wouldn't let him into heaven.  So Jack pleaded and begged for the Devil to let him in, but the Devil had already sworn to never make Jack go to hell.  Then, the Devil tossed Jack a lantern with an ember for light that would never burn out and forced Jack to wander around the world forever with the lantern.  Thus Jack with a Lantern.
The story of the Jack with a Lantern sparked the myth, but it wasn't until the Irish started carving turnips when it actually became a tradition.  The Irish believed that the turnip with a light inside would scare off evil spirits and keep them safe on Halloween.  They changed their vegetable when they immigrated to America and discovered pumpkins.  As pumpkins were like popcorn bowls, large and hallow, while turnips were like Hershey Kisses, small and filled.  During this discovery, the Irish changed their traditions creating the first Jack-O-Lanterns. 
Halloween may have candy and costumes, but the most important element to this sacred holiday are Jack-O-Lanterns.  From the carving of witches and their cats, to the common scary face, Jack-O-Lanterns were created to bring joy and hope during the Halloween season.  All joking aside, the Irish originally carved turnips for this festive décor, but thankfully found pumpkins when they immigrated to the United States. Though may the superstitious be warned, Jack might still be lingering his way along the worlds, right behind you.