Good Times Bad Times

importantly it destroys people. In this story, a lone sniper fights for what he believes in. The sniper is shown struggling as he fights to escape the enemy's sniper. In the short story,"The Sniper," Liam O'Flaherty uses setting, imagery, and pacing to create a feeling of suspense for the reader. The setting of the story is suspenseful because of its ominous and mysterious description. O’Flaherty uses diction in order to portray the suspeIn the story the author uses setting to create suspense. setting first appeared in the story " the long June twilight faded into night. Dublin lay enveloped in darkness(163)." The setting shows that it is dark, probably around midnight, and the feeling is eerie. This is considered suspenseful because usually bad things happen at night. Further, Setting is also shown when "machine guns and rifles broke the silence of the night(163)." This is suspenseful because the sniper is surrounded by thousands of artillery, which only Takes a couple of seconds to harm you. This causes an intense, and ominous feeling, and the constant feeling of death throughout the story. The author also uses the sentence"A machine gun tore up the ground with a hail of bullets(166)." This is suspenseful because of the feeling of death around the sniper, the enemy's were shooting at the sniper when the sniper was running across the street. This setting shows an intense, sinister, and suspenseful feeling due to the fact that the sniper could have been killed by the…

Italian mafia was able to survive even in the worst of times? Before I say anything else I just want to say that the purpose of this opening was to get you interested. Having said that I actually do not know the answer to that question however I do know about the theme of that question. Being able to push through when the going gets tough. There are 3 songs that I have chosen that convey the same theme. The writers of these songs are Macklemore a white rapper and Dan Auerbach from the band Cage…

Did you know that over fifty years ago people did some pretty bad stuff like they drove drunk, they drove without seatbelts, road bikes without helmets, and back then smoking was ok or good. There is a lot more stuff that your grandparents or people did that is bad or illegal now. In the book Lord of The Flies by William Golding had a lot of parts wear the kids were savages. The kids were bad kids in the book when they killed Piggy and Simon. Another time they were really bad kids is when they…

A lot of people keep calling happiness “relative.” But it has been said so many times that people just glaze over it and don’t truly understand happiness, they think it has to do with something of how you are doing in your life, specifically, with your successes. Comparing your successes such as an education, relationships and most importantly (especially in our materialistic saturated society) m-o-n-e-y. Everyone keeps sizing the people next to them to how ever much they make and how they are…

by what remains after your bad habits are subtracted from your good ones.” -Benjamin Franklin SWITCHING from bad habits to good habits: Never under estimate the power of repetition, especially of negative actions, that you keep repeating on a daily basis. What appears insignificant or seems inconsequential at present, has the potential to change you big time in future if it is repeated daily without any break. Once you realize the artery clogging effect of those big burgers or the fattening…

Has your son or daughter spent too much time on there phone or laptop and have their eyesight been getting worse even so did you see any changes in their behavior. Especially in younger kids as the age of 1 years old don't be alarmed I have good news and bad news. The information I have found is on reliable resources and from real sites yet these are 5 sources with good amount of information on each source. Although people believe that it is educational, screen time should be limited for…

history there have been many different types of leaders. Some are considered bad while others are considered good. All of these assumptions are based on how the people under and around the ruler perceives him. If they feel that he has unwanted qualities and has bad judgement then he is considered bad whilst if he is humble and always putting the people first then he is perceived as good. Machiavelli is a man whom went through many hardships in his life. While going through harsh trials he…

What is the "live the moment", the "let yourself go", but a demonstration that both personal and social crises that the world is used? The reason is simple, the reality check, the present is not good, the images of the future are few and increasingly short with little projection, and last drag contradictions and violence situations where you want to take off and forget "automagically". The solution, bound into a kind of trance where thinking is not necessary or in the future, no past, no…

preparations of an egg. The basic components are similar; however the specific way that it is attained differs. Specific differences are found in the creation myths of the Iroquois, the Igbo, and the Christian faith; however the similarities between the myths may perhaps be greater than coincidence and still continue to influence the world we live in today. The main difference found between the creation myths of the Iroquois, the Igbos, and the Christian faith are the number of days needed to…

foron going to the Alaskan bush. But going there with only a 10 lb bag of rice, an underpowered rifle, no form of direct communication, and absolutely no basic survival skill. He was out of his mind. Yes, it may have been the 90’s and people only had massive brick phones for portable phones but at least bring something to contact people and not just written notes. Today’s survivalists now bring many things for survival. Tent’s, plenty of food, proper weapons and ammo, and most importantly:…