This source is an excerpt from the book How the Other Half Lives, by Jacob Riis. Jacob Riis was born in Denmark and grew up there. He emigrated to the United States in 1870 at the age of 21. Being like most young men of 21, he had high hopes of the future and excitement about what was to come. He held quite a few odd and undesirable jobs during the first few years in the U.S.…
Environmental historian and professor, Ted Steinberg wrote the book Down To Earth which presents American history through the lens of nature. Steinberg does an excellent job displaying the significant role nature has played throughout American history and his writing will forever change the way you perceive our country’s history. This book differs from your traditional American History books by uniquely linking historical events to their environmental counterparts. Down To Earth provides an insightful perspective on American History by highlighting the environmental impacts caused by our culture and making us question whether or not development truly meant progress.…
In his 1978 disquisition “Zeal Without Knowledge,” Hugh Nibley, a notable scholar of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, boldly acknowledges BYU students the importance of the use of thought and to practice “expansion” of knowledge throughout students education (2016, p.376). An issue has arisen where as individuals have been utilizing their time, energy and brainpower towards useless information and procrastination. Many students are faced with a job or career where responsibility, eagerness and dedication are merely thrown out the window leading to boredom and underperformance. Nibley states that “Both individuals and societies can become insane without sufficient stimulus,” not just school, but work as well.…
The Most Dangerous Game: What is the mental state of General Zaroff? General Zaroff is the main antagonist of the story The Most Dangerous Game. He's got it all but he still wants more.…
Okay. Okay, so introduce yourself, name and age. My name's William Vacious Vafakos.…
Sitting in a tree waiting for Zaroff to expose himself, suddenly he spotted Zaroff walking through the jungle. Becoming more and more anxious by the second, Rainsford realized that Zaroff was right below him. Trying to lay as still as possible so he wouldn’t get spotted, Zaroff began to scan tree and suddenly, looked up at him and had a huge smile take over his face. “The general was playing with him! The general was saving him for another day’s sport!”…
The Zapruder film is a silent, color motion picture sequence shot by private citizen Abraham Zapruder with a home-movie camera, as U.S. President John F. Kennedy's motorcade passed through Dealey Plaza in Dallas, Texas, on November 22, 1963, thereby unexpectedly capturing the President's assassination. Although it is not the only film of the shooting, it has been called the most complete, giving a relatively clear view from a somewhat elevated position on the side from which the president's head wound is…
He is a man who expresses levity on the value of human life and views them as items used to relieve his boredom, therefore broadcasting his cynicism to hunting humans. General Zaroff is a heinous man guilty of the first-degree murders he commits while living on Ship-Trap Island. General Zaroff’s guilt is first portrayed through his familial upbringing and…
As media sensationalised deinstitutionalization, Hitchcock also tried his hands on a series of films in which he continued to experiment with ways of making an image of madness. Spellbound (1945) is one such which is set is psychiatric hospital. This film was also the result of Selznick’s interest in psychology. Then came Hitchcock’s 1950s trilogy of films about madness which was a major progressive and studied attempt to use the symptom groups of major psychoses: The Wrong Man (1956) dealing with depression; Vertigo (1958) with obsession and Psycho (1960) with Schizophrenia. Psychoanalytic reading can also be applied in films like The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) and Rear Window (1954).…
Luffy and S/ O had a day alone since everyone else had found their own thing to do on the current island they were on. The couple decided to explore the town for a while before going to get something eat, but all the restaurants had hour long waits. So the two of them made their way into a shaded backway street and tried to figure out where Sanji would be. S/…
In a world where technology has overtaken society, people have found it much easier to commit crimes. We've all heard of websites such as Facebook, Twitter, Ebay, and possibly the most talked about for being so dangerous, Craigslist. These are websites where people can interact with one another, but sometimes it may just so happen that you do not know who you're truly talking to. What or who is hiding behind a computer screen on the other side may just be your worst nightmare. Philip Markoff, an aspiring medical student was dubbed the Craigslist killer in 2009 for committing robberies and even killing one of his victims.…
In Paul Auster’s novel The Book of Illusions, the main character, David Zimmer, embarks on a journey of discovery after the loss of his wife and children. He becomes obsessed with silent film star Hector Mann and delves into Mann’s world, doing research on him in order to write a book about this presumed dead actor’s films. Zimmer’s life is irreparably changed by the segment of one of Mann’s films that he sees late at night. However, it is not only his films that affect Zimmer, but also the women in Mann’s life who end up contacting him after the release of his book.…
The film Doctor Zhivago is a romantic drama based on Boris Pasternak’s novel and set during the Russian Civil War between 1917-1922. The plot centres around two main characters- Dr.Yuri Zhivago(Omar Sharif) and Lara Antipova (Julie Christie). Whilst Pasternak’s book was initially banned in the Soviet Union, it proved to be extremely popular in the West. The story begins with Dr.Yuri Zhivago becoming an orphan after the death of his mother.…
Sanity is essential to humans. That is probably why some on the hunted people Zaroff tries to kill die. They panic and lose the fight with themselves. Man versus himself is essential in the story. If Rainsford does not panic and fight for sanity, the readers will not care about what happens to Rainsford because he shows no emotion or suspense.…
Once you open your eyes you’re greeted with blue skies and the smell of sea water slowly you stood up you aced all over but you smiled threw the pain you were finally back standing up you head to the railing looking at the thousand sunny you were out at sea so you don’t know where in the time line you’re in but you don’t care the wind blows your hair to the side tucking some of it behind your ear you scenes a presents looking over your shoulder you see luffy who is gaping at you tears starting to well up in his eyes your smile grows turning to face him you yell out his name “luffy” you words cause him to jump into action stretching his arms he wraps them around you multiple times blubbering all the way you start to cry to soon all the commotion your both making causes the…