Elevator

Lucas felt a sharp pain as he began to move, ringing can still be heard in his ears. He clings himself against a sturdy boulder as he steadily pulls himself up. His legs trembled beneath him, sending him falling on the asphalt under him. He digs his fingers into the scorching hot asphalt and crawls his way out, growing hotter by the minute. Just as he managed to crawl away, a hard object hits him, knocking him out unconscious, as footsteps could be heard gradually getting louder, and louder by…

The book is set in the 1950 's and starts with the main character, Holden Caulfield, narrating the story while being in a mental or sanatarium of an unspecified location. Holden is overlooking a sporting event on a nearby hill in first sentence. At this time, Holden is sixteen years old and has already failed out of three schools. He is currently attending Pencey Prep school in Agerstown, Pennsylvania. At Pencey Holden has failed four out of five classes and is once again being expelled from…

Vanessa experienced a nervous tremble, originating from the back of her neck, that quickly dispersed through her entire body. “You want me to go into the basement, like this?” Replied Vanessa. “Oh, come now!” Said Miss Espinoza, sharply. “A disheveled appearance is nothing compared to being evicted from your first apartment. Wouldn’t you agree?” “I suppose, so,” answered Vanessa. Ms. Espinoza glanced at Vanessa’s apartment door for a brief moment, pondering an inexorable consequence with…

very long time. However, if the key cupboards behind Chet are any indication the hotel has many guests. The Coen Brothers waste no time in informing the audiences that there is something weird about this hotel. This is solidified as the doors to the elevator slide closed revealing many 6s engraved next to each other so that no matter how the door is looked at one sees 666. Barton’s room in The Hotel Earle is room number 621. The room itself is, like the lobby, dark and dreary with almost no…

Elevator Speech 12-second speech [Summarize in one simple sentence what your company does or provides. EXAMPLE: We provide the highest quality widgets that money can buy.] [Describe the benefits that your product or service provides. List the features that set your product or service apart from your competitors' products or services. EXAMPLE: Our widgets perform five important tasks, which are …] 30-second speech [Summarize in a few simple sentences what your company does or provides. EXAMPLE:…

Background information: It’s the year 2015.Marshal McLuhan, Stuart Hall, and Donna Haraway are the only people in an elevator. They know each other, but are not exactly friends. As they are descending, the elevator suddenly stops working and gets stuck. The time starts to pass and a conversation between them starts to ensue. McLuhan: ...It’s ironic really. The elevator: invented and designed to assist handicapped people, and make travelling between floors more efficient. Instead here we are:…

The Elevator Disabled students can not come to our school because there is no elevator. If we do not have an elevator, then injured students will have trouble going up the stairs, disabled student can not go up them at all, and teachers and student can transport things on the elevator. This would be good for our school because it would help many teachers and students. With this elevator, injured students can go upstairs and downstairs safely.In fact, some kids who go to this…

which you describe three conflicts that Martin faces in "The Elevator" . How does he react in response to each conflict and how does it propel the story forward? Be sure to address all aspects of the prompt. In addition, add your own falling action and a resolution to this story. Type your paper in on this Google doc and then attach it to this assignment. If you don 't know how, please ask me. After reading the short story The Elevator, I think that the main character Martin faced many…

The social task of riding an elevator is one that I believe many of us take for granted. You might even say it is as simply as the elevator opens, you get on, hit your floor, and go about your day? However, from a sociological point of view, riding an elevator is far more involved than such a rudimentary set of actions. In fact, there is a plethora of social norms we (normally) choose to follow when riding elevators. One such norms is giving a quick a nod of the head or offering a quick hello…

The Elevator You know when you’ve never seen somebody before, whether it’s the new kid at school or work. You take one look at them and you think ‘ew oh my god he/she is so ugly’ or ‘wow he/she is handsome/beautiful.’ You make all these judgments and assumptions about these people, when you have not met or had a conversation with them.This is called judging a book by its cover. In William Sleator’s short story “The Elevator” takes place on an elevator. Where Martin is judging a book by it’s…