Edgar Linton

Edgar Allen Poe’s short story “The Pit and the Pendulum” focuses on the abysmal terror and numerous horrors that a person experiences when undergoing physical and psychological torture. Anxiety is immediately revealed at the precise opening of “The Pit and the Pendulum” through the first time the narrator speaks, stating the “I was sick—sick unto death with that long agony” (Poe 1). This statement abruptly establishes a clear feeling of anxiety and terror of the narrator which suggests that…

Edgar Allan Poe was known for his tales of mystery and horror. He was born January 19, 1809, in Boston, Massachusetts. Both Poe’s parents died before the he was the age of 3. He was taken in by a wealthy tobacco merchant, John Allen from Richmond, Virginia. Poe started writing poetry at a very early age. Not just writing for fun, but was good enough to publish a book by the age of 13. His stories seemed to always have a dark meaning within them. Many believed he based his stories off his real…

In the three different ways of understanding Les Misérable, theres different ways of understanding his conflicts. Each certain median lets the reader imagine his conflict in a certain way. As an example of showing this, in a book the reader can tell by the words being used, in a song the person listening to the song can tell by the singers tone in their words, and in the movie it shows the actors actions and facial expressions. When adapting a novel into other mediums, such as a movie or a…

Ancient omens and Prophecies An omen is a technique used by writers to foretell the future, an omen is another way of foreshadowing. It provides hints throughout the text giving the readers signs or clues as to what might happen in the future for a character or in the plotens. The characters are connected to some ancient prophecies that are obscure, partial and confusing; and all along the plot unexplained incidents keep taking place to make these dreadful prophecies come true. The characters…

Cat Burglar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKg1a5SOZUE Ever wondered where the term, cat burglar orgnally orognated from ? Maybe it was from an owner who realised that no matter where they hid their food, their cat alaways found a way to snatch it up. Coming in at number 9 is an infamaous cat burgler who demonsstartes that the fridge is no obastcle when it comes to satisfying hunger. In this video a beuatiful black ad brown cat is seen on top of the refrigerator staring at the camera man.…

The Maze Runner by James Dashner is a really good book. The genre is young adult/science fiction/post-apocalyptic fiction. The point of view is limited third person and the main idea is that a bunch of kids as well as teenagers are stuck in an ever changing Maze with monsters, also they need to find a way to escape it. The people who put them all in the Maze are the Creators. They are part of an organization called W.I.C.K.E.D. It stands for World In Catastrophe: Killzone Experiment Department.…

“The Great Gatsby” is a novel written by F. Scott Fitzgerald, representing the 20’s of 20th century. The novel was released in 1925 but was accepted with mixed feelings at first and sold quite poorly. Throughout the entire life of the author, the novel did not get the proper accreditation he wanted and considered it a failure. However after his death, “The Great Gatsby” became really successful, especially during World War II, and is considered “America’s Greatest Novel”. It won many reputable…

St. Ignatius of Loyola was born in the family castle in northern Spain on October 23rd 1491. He was the last child of 13 of a wealthy noble family. During his childhood, his stepmother raised him as mother died early and his father had a job as a blacksmith. St. Ignatius of Loyola had a love for war exercises which made him join the army at the age of seventeen as to fight the French. While in the army he went into many battles without once getting injured. His experience in battles made him…

Rational: In this task, I will be assuming the character, Pi looking back over my experiences just after the Frenchman was killed by Richard Parker, recalling his thoughts and emotions. Richard Parker actually does not exist. Richard Parker is, in fact, Pi’s inner beast. Pi describes the scene as if Richard Parker kills the Frenchman as he couldn’t face the sad truth that he had committed murder. He couldn't deal with his savage actions which is why he imagined that inner beast inside of him as…

On a final note, it is one thing to be a cat and it is another thing to be a good one. Up there,in the high societies, are lots of wealth and riches that are maintained by secrecy. A cat that cannot see or feel and keep quiet, constitutes danger or problems to those high societies and such a cat is easily removed or killed, as there are also lots of rules guiding the high societies. The bible said in John 8 verse 32 that ye shall know the truth and the truth shall make you free. Yes, this is…