“It’s a game you see.” (11). General Zaroff’s words set the tone of Richard Connell’s “The Most Dangerous Game”. Upon introduction, Zaroff appears to be nothing more than a sophisticated cosmopolitan who find pleasure in the sport of hunting. Upon closer examination, however, the general’s love of hunting stems from his belief that the intellectually and physically superior men should eliminate those who are weaker.…
Cruelty in “The Road” What is cruelty? Cruelty is feeling indifferent to the suffering of others. Throughout Cormac McCarthy’s The Road, each antagonist the man and the boy encounter share a variety of traits that are commonly found in sociopaths; such as lack of remorse, lack of empathy, shallow emotions and cruelty. Throughout the world in which The Road takes place, cruelty has evolved from its basic sociopathic trait into second nature for survivors in this post-apocalyptic environment.…
Add to that the creature HATES all people. I did love the way Bigfoott killed its victims. My favorite way; picks them up and bite their heads off. For variety, others he would throw great distances. Stepping on people like bugs was also a way it dealt with those it didn't like.…
1.One reason exists behind why torchbearers is consider abhorrent. An incident indicates the explanation for why torchbearers are wretched. For example, Solanio states,“Tis now but four o'clock. We have two hours to furnish us” (II.III.6-7). This shows the motivation behind why torchbearers are awful.…
The Vietnam War started in 1959, causing 58,119 american deaths (Hickman). In “The Things They Carried” by Tim O’Brien, O’Brien describes how the rookie soldiers feel through the hard times of the war. All the soldiers are frightened, but refuse to show their inner fear. It is not until Ted Lavender, a new recruit to the group who actually shows his uneasiness, separates to use the restroom and gets shot. The squad consists of Jimmy Cross, the 24 year old lieutenant who is in charge, Mitchell Sanders, Kiowa, Henry Dobbins, Dave Jensen, Ted Lavender, Norman Bowker, and Rat Kiley.…
Louis dislikes majority of the guards at his camps but he especially despised his main abuser Mutsuhiro Watanabe (or as the prisoners call him, the Bird). The Bird is one of the main prisoner officers who finds a sickening pleasure in beating all the prisoners, but he has a special eye for Louis. Out of all his prisoners he strives to torture Louis the most. He makes him clean poop out of animal cages with his bare hands, beats him violently on a regular basis and he even made over 200 prisoners punch him in the face until it was almost swollen shut. It is very clear the Bird has an obsession with Louis and the concept of hurting him.…
“The way to have power is to take it.” Unacceptable things are done to gain supremacy over society. Power attracts the inferiors of all mankind and corrupts the finest. Either society kills to gain the upper hand or they get killed. Power knows how to manipulate mankind and gain dominance over it.…
Response to N. Scott Momaday and Toni Morrison The writer Navarre Scott Momaday, Kiowa Indian, grew up in Lawton, Oklahoma in 1934. Momaday parents are Al Momaday and Natachee Scott. Navarre did not have any siblings He was an only child and grew up on the reservation where his writings began to shape and form. Momaday became interested in writing poetry and literature at an early age because his parent’s background was in artist and the teaching profession.…
On November 10, Mod Sun, a well known American rapper, author, rock musician and poet, released his new album, BB. This new release is jam packed full of free spirit, self-realization and finding happiness in what you have. The vast majority of the songs on BB push for free thought and a carefree attitude. A prime example presenting this would be his song, #noshirton, which states, “no shirt on, head hanging out the window”. Obviously there is no deeper meaning to uncover from these lyrics, it is initially an album that will satisfy your inner child but, won’t send you into a deeper condition contemplating your life decisions.…
Stories like “The Most Dangerous Game” and “The Destructors”, share and differed in many of these elements like tone and characterization, to keep the reader’s attention and to draw out their deepest emotions. The short stories “The Most Dangerous Game” and “The Destructors”, uses a similar tone but delivers it in a different way. The short story “The Most Dangerous Game”, sets the tone of the story by using fear and suspense to keep the readers and attention. This allows the reader to react with their own personal emotion.…
In war there is always going to be cruelty because the judgement of others is impaired, but will there always be truth? My definition of cruelty is any amount of suffering or pain causing done for pleasure. Truth to me is something that can be backed up with a fact or reality with absences of deception. Kant believes that cruelty to animals is justified in cases where the benefit to outweighs the harm to humans. Kant defines truth as a statement or belief that can be defended with facts.…
When I think of horrific events that have happened in history I often think of the people who committed the crimes. Usually those people are awful savages who were emotionless. They kill innocent people for pleasure and treat them like animals while doing so. These attributes usually get pinned on said groups of people because we ourselves like to believe that humans are not capable of doing such horrific things. Christopher Browning shows us an example of a group of normal men who committed terrible crimes.…
Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is a novel about a monster that was created by a human. The monster was abandoned by his creator as well as the society right after he was born. Mary Shelley presented the ideas of many writers in her novel, Frankenstein, and this essay will explore the ideas put forth by different writers that are connected to Shelly’s Frankenstein.…
When you are posed with the question if human beings are inherently good or bad, you often find yourself floundered to find an answer. It is a fundamental question with no definite answer, only your conception of situations and human beings. People often look for the bad in the world, they point out the negative things instead of the positive because that’s what people want to hear about. The positive things are overlooked, which concludes with people believing that humans are inherently bad. Unfortunately, they do not recognize the many positive actions of others.…
In Ray Bradbury’s short story, The Veldt, illustrates his views of the future and how children will behave if you let technology run their lives. The Hadley family has a technologically modern home that does everything for them. This causes the children to revolt against their parents because they are spoiled and corrupted. The young children do not realize that it is a problem because the parents gave them unlimited freedom to so what they want. The parents allow their children to disrespect them, automatons that care for them, manipulate them and spoiling children cause them to be unproductive in life and become dependent on others to care for them.…