Looking for Richard

“ The Most Dangerous Game ” by Richard Connell, is about a professional hunter, Sanger Rainsford trying to stay alive when he is trapped on an island with General Zaroff, a professional hunter who wishes to hunt others. Connell’s use of irony helps demonstrates the theme. The theme of the most dangerous game shows how the author portrays how civilized people will turn uncivilized if their life depends on it. In his short story “ The Most Dangerous Game ” Richard Connell uses irony to…

year old’s name was Richard Mallory. Wuornos later claimed in an interview that he attempted to rape her and she killed in defending herself. She murdered Mallory by shooting him three times with a .22 pistol. She then dumped his body in a wood beside Interstate 95, and stole his car. During the investigation of Mallory’s death, the police came across evidence linking him to the party life and sex binges. This helped police get an idea of what kind of killer they were looking for (Wuornos, &…

In the short story, “The Most Dangerous Game”, written by Richard Connell, all three forms of conflict appear. Man versus Man is shown as General Zaroff tries to defeat Rainsford during his game. The sea against Rainsford shows an example of Man versus Nature. The conflict of Man versus Himself becomes visible in the story as Rainsford is being hunted and starts to lose confidence in himself. All three conflicts appear in the narrative The Most Dangerous Game. One of the many conflicts of Man…

When looking at the floor plan of the Kaufmann Desert House by Richard Neutra, the first thing that was drawn to my attention was all the similar geometry, specifically the L shaped geometries. They were all different shapes and sizes, and were facing all different directions, There was a sense of repetition embedded within the floor plan. A central axis stood out, and it was obvious that all the L shaped geometries were rotated around this central axis, and then shifted off of it. Diagram one…

Imagine if the president was involved in a scandal that required multiple cover-ups and lies, ruining the trust in the government. President Richard Nixon, the 37th president of the United States, devised a scandal like that described above. He, along with his robbers, planned to break into the federal government’s Watergate building and steal confidential files and documents. The Watergate Scandal truly began in 1972, when Nixon and his reelection committee were caught during the process of…

THE GOONIES An Adventure like no other, a completely unique and a one of a kind movie. The Goonies, directed by Richard Donner, is a family classic, from the great character development, to the great storyline, and to the great cinematic techniques they had especially for a film made in this period. The Goonies has all the elements of an action/ adventure film, they even have some romance in there for the lovers. The Goonies is also a humorous film with a much different adventure story…

Richard Wright’s Native Son follows an African-American man named Bigger Thomas, whose world crumbled after he accidentally murders Mary Dalton, the daughter of his rich, White employers. Throughout the novel, Richard Wright continually brings up a certain detail: Mary’s head, freshly cut from her shoulders by Bigger Thomas. In fact, whenever an image of her head is shown through the narrator, Bigger Thomas feels only feels one thing: fear. True, he feels that throughout the novel, but just the…

The lesser of two evils: that is how Hunter S. Thompson describes Richard Nixon in, “Fear and Loathing in the Bunker”, published in 1974. He argued that voting for Nixon was a better decision than voting for Humphreys. Thompson believed that both Humphrey and Nixon were both equally corrupt. However, he claimed that Humphrey would have been more competent and therefore would have maintained his corrupt presidential office for the full eight year term. Thompson’s claims initially appeared to hold…

Before reading- While I found the cover of The Hot Zone by Richard Preston to be somewhat dull, the subtitle intrigued me. I personally am extremely interested in the subject of pathology and biology in general, and I look forward to reading this particular piece. This is the first time I have heard of the author, but I am anticipating a captivating, provocative read. The creator, Richard Preston was born on August 5th in the midst of the summer heat of 1954. He originated out of Cambridge,…

lying, cheating, and stealing – all of which are included in the EHS honor code. In the Watergate Scandal, Richard Nixon broke our honor code. By denying all involvement in the scandal, Nixon lied. It is confirmed that Nixon knew about the burglary and paid Watergate defendants to keep quiet about the event. Nixon was…