Chase

ability to make moral judgments. His energy for the chase and love of the refined, in the interim, drove him to degrade human life. Truth be told, Zaroff even acclaim his pure breed dogs over the lives of the mariners he chases. Connell depicts Zaroff's sharp-pointed teeth and smacking red lips to dehumanize him and highlight his ruthless nature. Unexpectedly, Rainsford finds that General Zaroff is much more awful than the "rubbish" he contemptuously chases, without all feeling and humankind…

also the first thing we decided to do. After a couple weeks of planning, we finally got our group together and landed ourselves at Pokagon State Park. Lexy and I had invited two of our friends from band Emily and Jared, along with my boyfriend Chase. After we got the tent set up and cars unpacked we decided to go to the lake. The entrance to the beach was extremely steep and somewhat of a challenge with all the rocks and twigs. The path had steps, but they were hardly defined, it was like a…

The Grail in Shiloh is Leroy’s hope that he and Norma will be able to rebind the loose ties of their marriage and get their past life back, which impossibility invokes the idea that one must give up hopeless chases, even in the modern world. After the couple loses their child their marriage takes the toll and Leroy believes “they must create a new marriage, start afresh” (461). Not only does Leroy believe this is a possibility, he states this goal like a fact and ignores the growing distance…

In The Heart of the Sea & Moby Dick In the Heart of the Sea, the true story of the historical adaption Moby Dick. Moby Dick, the critically acclaimed novel, in which a captain’s obsession with a monstrous whale radiates of to his crew. These two stories are both similar, yet different in ways to be told. The true question is can man survive the attacks nature has in store for both men in both stories. In the Heart of the Sea, the real life encounter of the famous Herman Melville’s story Moby…

states, “I’m a novelist, you know” (118). Her novelist’s intuition proves to be true on many occasions throughout the novel. For example, she suspected that “Quentin was revealing himself chapter by chapter to be a type of and consummation of Warrender Chase” (44). Fleur’s prediction sounds unlikely;…

Jack the Ripper is a serial killer and still nowadays is remembered by the impeccable crimes he committed which didn’t attach him to any direct suspect. In this book, Patricia Cornwell narrates the story in her point of view where Walter Sickert, a painter and printmaker, was known for painting Jack´s crime scenes. Many of these paintings are all around the world and some of them were used against Sickert to blame him. Other perfect suspects could have been Prince Albert Victor who suffered from…

Thomas Wyatt’s “Whoso List to Hunt” is a poem that describes an older Hunter chasing a “deer” who he loves despite the deer having an owner. The hunter like many other people in the poem are after the deer because they wish to love her and need to be with her to express their love. Although the Hunter is deeply in love with the deer he realizes his old age is what will keep him from catching her and being with her. The poem captures the feelings of love and how many people may choose one person…

The American Dream “All men are created equal...” as stated in the Declaration of Independence, which entitles people to certain inalienable rights such as life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. The American Dream is attainable as many people who have migrated to America in hope and search for a better life for their families and a chance to obtain life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. In the passage, “The So-Called American Dream,” the author implies that rampant, unchecked…

It was once said that “He who has never failed somewhere, that man cannot be great.” Being the poster child for the romantic era, this quote from Herman Melville greatly shows individualism, one of the many romantic tenets and ideas that he had developed in his daily life. Although a romantic artist from the start, he was influenced and inspired by the works of fellow romantics Poe and Nathaniel Hawthorne. His most famous work, Moby Dick, was actually dedicated to his idol Hawthorne and was…

Hector being cut off by Achilles in their chase from safety. After the gobbet, Athena intervened, encouraging Achilles to rest while she convinces Hector to stop running and engage in combat. The narrator throughout is the Bard, speaking to the audience, with emphasis on the gods’ POV. The Bard is painting the thick of the plot, the dramatic scenes of the long awaited Hector vs. Achilles battle, and how it occurred. The gobbet begins with a simile of the fast chase to give the audience an…