Gag

Receiving Help Sherman Alexie's poem, "This Is What It Means to Say Phoenix, Arizona," uses flashbacks, sensory description, dialogue, and other literary tools to illustrate the importance of reunion. In the story, Alexie demonstrates how the news of the death of Victor's father affected him. He says that even though he has not seen his father in years, “there was still a genetic pain, which was as real and immediate as a broken bone,” (Alexie 11). Victor’s father had died and now Victor has…

the same words, phrases or idea. In this novel Clegg uses the word “planned” many times. Due to this fact, in reader’s mind is created a certain character and Clegg will be seen as a control freak: “It was all planned” (Fowles, 1963: 11), “I put the gag on first, then I strapped her down, no hurry, no panic, like I planned.” (Fowles, 1963: 11), “Near Redhill I drove off the main road as planned” (Fowles, 1963: 11), “I planned what had to be done and ignored my natural feelings.” (Fowles, 1963:…

BDSM HOODS AND MASKS One of the most intrinsic philosophies of the BDSM culture is the prevalence of subjects bearing submission and dominating role plays for the fulfilment of their sexual desires and aspirations. The word B in BDSM stands for bonding with the intension of restraining and to his/her complete submission to the dominating partner. Bondage is a methodology to heighten the sense of erotica and sexuality. If keenly analysed bondage also has an in built sense of aesthetics…

less than two hours, so it could…still be through in time to allow the villagers to get home for noon dinner”(1), which is a detail some readers disregard. However, once the true nature of the lottery is revealed, readers return to the sentence and gag with disgust upon their realization that the villagers like to finish the execution just in time for lunch. When the stoning begins, the reality in “The Lottery” is shattered as it is suddenly transformed from a realistic fiction story to an…

Let’s say you buy some yogurt and keep it in the fridge. Sometime later you want to eat it, but you see that it expired the previous day. Then you throw it away and think of it as money down the drain. Now think about the quantity of the product that would expire the same day and how much of it goes to waste. I first started to think about this problem when I was working at a grocery store last summer. I have seen the amount of waste the store produced on a daily basis and was appalled. This…

Edgar Allan Poe was seated in a dirty train headed to Baltimore. His head slumped against the filthy window, staring idly at the trees racing by. His head pounded at the thought of him having betrayed his good friend, James Moss. Being the kind soul he was, James had simply wanted to send Poe back to New York to lead a more successful lifestyle, but alas, Edgar had chosen to divert and go to Baltimore instead. He had been standing on Platform 9 for quite some time, when a spine-chilling impulse…

droning on in that breathy way pastors are wont to do—yes Jesus, yes Jesus, we praise your name, Hallelujah, yes Lord. Could you imagine talking to your spouse like that? Yes dear, yes honey, you are so lovely, oh how great you are, yes my beloved. Gag me now.…

bring to light any corruption they find. There are many whistleblowers throughout history. Nonetheless, two have caught the media’s attention at some point throughout the last fourteen years. Sibel Edwards, who formally worked for the FBI, received a gag order twice by the bush administration until its removal by the Obama administration (Friedman). Then there is Edward Snowden who is a name that teases most people’s memories. He was a C.I.A. computer technician who informed the United States…

Leon and Milo live a pretty normal life in Berlin, Germany. Their lives consist of a repetitive scheme of day to day life; needless to say, Leon and Milo are nothing short of ordinary except for one small secret which they desperately attempt to remain hidden. They are fine young gentlemen, nonetheless. Leon is tall, lean, and topped off with a bushel of brown locks. He is a highly introverted, intelligent, and mature for his seemingly young age of twenty-four but has a keen sense of thought and…

The period following the Civil War was prosperous for some and back-breaking for others. This era is known by many names: the Machine Age, the Second Industrial Revolution, or the Gilded Age. As all names suggest, the rise of machines over assembly lines and the graduation of small businesses to corporations made the rich richer and the poor poorer. The Laissez Faire stance of the government during this time led to the rise of corporations during the Gilded Age that allowed big business owners…