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    A. Norms/pg. 45 Ch. 2: Expectations of "right" behavior. In this video "World 's Most Dangerous Gang" there are many different norms of M.S. 13. There is a norm where if you die the rest of the gang go around town graffiti the walls with cross, tombstones, and the person who died 's name. Another norms is that your protect your territory no matter what. Another one is that you are in the M.S. 13 gang for life, if you leave the gang they will find you and they will kill you. If there is a…

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    he’s laying in, in order to escape the other contestants to survive the games. In Ender’s Game, by Orson Scott Card, Ender Wiggin has to go through increasingly difficult games and also has to fight off the buggers in order to survive. In “The Most Dangerous Game,” by Richard Connell, Rainsford has no other choice but to jump off of a cliff into the sea in order to escape Zaroff and his hounds. Survival is a common theme among these three books. These texts, along…

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    ‘Austerity: The History of a Dangerous Idea is a masterful combination of economic history and intellectual history that puts the current policy debate into a balanced and sophisticated perspective.’ In my project I reviewed the book Austerity: The History of a Dangerous Idea written by Mark Blyth. I have mentioned at the beginning of the project that author has written his book from the perspective of political economy; he believes that the idea of austerity is a dangerous idea because it…

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    author of any story uses valuable literary terms to add a twist or anything that might keep the reader interested and on the edge of their seat. In “The Most Dangerous Game” Sanger Rainsford, a highly skilled hunter, learns even he can fall prey to something, or someone, else when he is challenged by General Zaroff to beat him in the most dangerous game known to man. In “The Cask of Amontillado” Montresor, a man who is desperate for revenge, chains and leaves his friend, Fortunato, alive to seek…

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    this novel. When a child gets diagnosed with childhood cancer, many people’s first reaction is “I feel so bad” and that right there is empathy. When someone needs love and empathy at the worst time, are you going to help? Well in “Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie”, by Jordan Sonnenblick, the main characters go through a major change in their life. The main character, Steven, has a little brother who gets diagnosed with Leukemia. This diagnosis not only affects Jeffrey physically but Steven’s…

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    The stories of Sanger Rainsford from “The Most Dangerous Game” and Will Kane from High Noon are prime examples of quick thinking in adventure stories. They are both about a protagonist who is being hunted by a maniac. Although they both have the same idea around them, there are differences. Them being where the story takes place and patterns that come about within the story. The patterns aren’t very different but you can tell how they are. Both of these stories include a life or death situation…

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    in the most dangerous game the external conflict was the part in wich general zaroff was hunting humans and rainsford was just disgusted with the fact that someone would do that and think it is ok or think there is nothing wrong wit it.That caused internal conflict by causing rainsford to want to become apart of the hunt but not hunting the people general zaroff brought but hunting and killing general zaroff. Wich rainsford is not a murderer but general zaroff brung the worst out in him, and…

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    terms to add a twist or anything that might keep the reader interested and on the edge of their seat. In “The Most Dangerous Game” Sanger Rainsford, a highly skilled hunter, learns even he can fall prey to something, or someone, else. In “The Cask of Amontillado” Montresor, a man who is desperate for revenge, buries his friend, Fortunato, alive. In the short stories "The Most Dangerous Game" and "The Cask of Amontillado," Richard Connell and Edgar Allen Poe both use imagery to…

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    The water was just as welcoming as it had been on the night when Rainsford had fallen off the yacht; not at all. However, he supposed wildly flailing in the deep murky blue of the ocean was better than being torn apart by the pack of hounds. Rainsford held his breath underwater, the salt stinging his eyes. “Clever one, that Rainsford fellow.” General Zaroff remarked, peering at the blustering waters. He lit one of his cigarettes. “What a shame, though. Death by drowning.” Confirming that…

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    place through out the story. The film and story we experienced in class were some of the first stories to use these themes. They use them similarly and differently making both of these stories great and unique in their own way. In the novel The Most Dangerous Game written by Richard Connell a world class hunter experiences getting hunted after washing up on an island. He is hunted by a narcissistic psychopath who thinks it it okay to hunt and murder men in cold blood. In the film High Noon…

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