Escape from Alcatraz

According to the myth, Solomon launched himself into the air, “cut across the sky,” and “gone home” (Morrison 303). While Solomon achieved total freedom through flight, his escape scarred the family members he left behind, including twenty-one children and his wife, Ryna, who “fell down on the ground…[and] threw her body all around” in grief (Morrison 303). The story of Solomon’s flight, which serves as the motivating factor behind Milkman’s quest, is also the community member’s primary…

Pouring another vintage single malt whiskey, William Dewhurst had been stewing on more than just alcohol. A lot had come to his attention in the last twenty-four hours. He sat in his home study though he had to catch a flight in a few hours. The walls were blood red and all the furniture was fashioned in thick, dark oak. He only had one piece of artwork in his study, a canvas of the iconic “Napalm Girl” photographed by Nick Ut which for some reason or another gave him tranquility. The rest of…

From the wild west to the tropical south, adventure and challenges fill both High Noon and “The Most Dangerous Game”. High Noon is a movie written by Carl Foreman about a marshal trying to fight for his life against a convict he had locked up. “The Most Dangerous Game” is a short story written by Richard Connell about a hunter, who finds himself stranded on an island, and he finds out the man he is staying with will only let the hunter leave if he can survive being hunted by the man for three…

"The Most Dangerous Game," by Richard Connel demonstrates "the world is made up of two classes- the hunters and the hunted." The story ,"The Most Dangerous Game," focuses on Sanger Rainsford, a skilled hunter, who ends up on an island after falling off a ship. On the island he meets Ivan and General Zaroff. The lesson the story shows significance of two types of classes, hunters and the hunted. Even though it conveys a sense of more than two classes, but the truth is that there are only two…

Have you ever been to the popular San Francisco, California tourist attraction, Alcatraz? Thousands of people visiting the West Coast pass through the park each day to get a taste of what life would be like to be isolated from the outer world for going against the law. The small island is now one of our country’s national parks, but before it became one, it was used by the U.S. Army and as a federal prison that is now famous in history. It didn’t start out as one of the biggest federal prisons…

everything in their power to get back to their old lives. Even though they finally rebel, the girls are still trapped. The girls have changed so drastically from their old lives that there is no going back. Even though the women are trapped inside of the creatures they have become, their human will builds hope that one day they will be able to escape Nowhere Mill. The girls’ families were all desperate for money,…

Narrative of the life of Frederick Douglass is an autobiography of the escaped slave Frederick Douglass. This book is about the life, thoughts, feelings, and experiences from his childhood until his escape. He talks about the ruthlessness that the owners used with their slaves. The descriptions to the insight relationships between master and slave are miserable and sad. Some owners showed no compassion. The knowledge of the American escaped slave became a really important factor into becoming a…

Michael Vaughan English 1020 30 October 2016 The Story of an Hour When reading about “The Story of an Hour” we can agree that there are multiple positions regarding Mrs. Mallard’s reaction to her husband’s death. Mrs. Mallard, a woman suffering from a heart condition is notified about her husband’s death in a car accident. Positions, such as a woman being repressed, or being in a male-dominant society, could be possible positions for the expectations during that century. By Mrs. Mallard…

Plato’s Cave Allegory in City of Ember The secrets of the real world lie buried underground, hidden in a secret box; a box that only Lena has access to. In this movie, City of Ember, Lena and Dune uncover a round map that may lead them out of their underground life. It is during their trek to find the truth that I discover many similarities between the plot and Plato’s metaphysical views. There are many instances where the theory of forms is present. In addition to a metaphysical comparison,…

water dripping down the walls from the ceiling and hardly ever seeing daylight. This is what the prisoners in prison experience on a daily bases. Alcatraz was federal prison that was built on a twelve acre, solid rock island exactly one mile from the mainland with no roads or bridges to escape. Alcatraz, a prison in the San Francisco Bay that many famous people went to and dunknown details. Wardens and guards who worked at the prison did not know there were possible escape routes used by…