Drunken Tiger

control over is perspective. You don't have control over your situation. But you have a choice about how you view it," (Pine). "The Lady or the Tiger", "The Cask of Amontillado", and "Blues Ain't No Mockingbird" are three short stories that are told through a point of view that changes how the reader views the characters and the situation. "The Lady or the Tiger" is about a semi-barbaric princess who, when her lover is put on trial, must decide whether to tell him how to survive the trial, which…

similarly placed in the pre-liberalised India, the compassionate judge trusts the words of the poor criminals produced before him much more than the police version. Such compassion from a judge or a lowly quack is unheard of in the world of The White Tiger or Last Man in Tower. No character is capable of kindness and mercy in the liberalised world of Balram or in the commercial world of Mumbai, where even the virtuous Masterji is incapable of showing any compassion to a fellow being. Balram also…

Blake and Dahl, the Bad Boys People are born both innately good and bad. Throughout history, there are figures that one can look up to as symbols of innocence as well as symbols of evil. Literature has attempted to explain the differentiation between the two, often in a religious sense. “Genesis and Catastrophe” by Roald Dahl was written in 1962 and evaluates the birth of the infamous Adolf Hitler. In William Blake’s “The Tyger,” the author ponders the difference between good and evil in god’s…

Rationale This written task relates to part 3: literature- text and context, where we studied the play ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’ by Tennessee Williams. The written task is an extra scene added to the end of the play occurring twenty years later and is written in William’s style but with a more modern aspect. This is done to bring to light the transgressions of the antagonist of the play, Stanley Kowalski. The theme of past and present is explored as the characters pasts catch up to them. This…

In Vinci, Italy, Leonardo da Vinci was born on April 15, 1452. Around the age of 13, da Vinci’s family moved to Florence.Young Leonardo received a poor formal education that did not exceed that of basic reading, writing and mathematics. While his formal education was lacking, Leonardo’s artistic abilities shown through very early in life. Around the age of 14, da Vinci began a long-lasting apprenticeship with Andrea del Verrocchio in Florence. He learned an extensive span of technical skills…

caste and creed. They are not left with much choice of occupation but to become scavengers in the upper-caste houses, sweepers the Bai’s or maid servants or given into body trade or prostitution for the sake of their livelihood. In the novel The White Tiger, Balram's mother died when he was very…

The Bad and the Good: Finding a Balance… or Something Like That Finding a balance between good and evil is fairly difficult. Trying to justify your innocence by telling someone you listen to classical music like Mozart and Bach, doesn’t mean that you are. In society, the struggle to see a difference between good and evil comes in play with, for example, the government trying to fool us into thinking that what they're doing is for the greater good and in school-like settings with young children,…

forgiveness. Ray Aleman has been the best friend a guy could ask for. We had many great times playing sports together and I hope we will get together and relive some of them in the near future. Jack Massucci is another lifelong pal and confidant who was part of our community band of brothers. As youngsters, he and I were inseparable and I am blessed to still count him among my good friends. Nonetheless, I am deeply saddened by the loss of my dear friend, Ron Moreland. Ron, who was one of…

Who doesn’t enjoy a nice party? Weather it’s a gathering of you and your close friends or the biggest house party you can only experience in theaters. Now picture yourself in the “Roaring Twenties”. Imagine luxurious mansions, hollow bottles of alcohol spread all around the side tables. Smoking, flirting, being drunk, letting go, this was the “Roaring Twenties”. The Roaring Twenties began in 1920’s. Three components made up this decade: Alcohol Prohibition, Flappers, and the Jazz Age. Each…

The Summary of The Great Gatsby The book “The Great Gatsby” by F. Scott Fitzgerald is all about the romance between Jay Gatsby and Daisy Buchanan all the while being narrated by Nick Carraway. Gatsby is the main character along with Daisy. Nick moved to New York to become a sales person after World War one to take a job as a bond salesman. Nick was convinced to move into a house At West Egg, Long Island, where he would soon meet Jay Gatsby. Last minute Nick was bailed on and moved in by himself,…