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exhibited numerous characteristics of both types of killers including but not limited to, was intelligent, did not spend time stalking his victims, planned his murders, and did not suffer from sexual problems aside from homosexuality. He practiced pedophilia, necrophilia and cannibalism. According to Crime Museum, (2015) Dahmer started becoming obsessed with dead animal and suffered from alcoholism at a young age. He had been discharged from several institutions including the military due to…

A Man With All His F-a-c-u-l-t-i-e-s Intact J.D. Salinger is an author with a complicated past of misogyny, pedophilia, and abusing his female spouses. Former lover of Salinger’s, though she prefers not to be remembered that way, and author, Joyce Maynard, has said, “The vision that emerges of Salinger’s relationships with women… is a bleak one, suggesting a man who spent his life fixated on a fantasy of youthful innocence while refusing to contend with the realities of day-to-day domestic…

Lolita, the novel that recounts the “intense and obsessive involvement of a middle-aged man with a sexually precocious young girl.” (Funk & Wagnalls Encyclopedia. "Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich.") In the present-day, Lolita is considered Vladimir Nabokov’s most famous and controversial novel that implies obsessive desires, heartbreak, and transformation among other sensitive subjects. However, the Russian’s masterpiece was not always categorized as a favorite. The book itself had a resilient…

The Clutter family was a well-respected family that lived on a large ranch in Holcomb, Kansas. The head of the family, Herbert William Clutter, and his bedridden wife, Bonnie Clutter, had four children, two of which (Nancy and Kenyon) were still residing in their home (Capote, 1966). Unfortunately, the four were murdered during a break in on November 15, 1959 (Capote, 1966). The killers, Perry Smith and Richard Hickock, drove 400 miles to the Clutter house with the goal of breaking in and…

Katie Brighton Mrs. Casola Pre-AP English 10 07/03/2017 Homophobia Throughout History and the Effects It Has Had on the LGBTQ+ Community Ever since written records have been around, homosexuality has been documented throughout history. Gradually, the changes of homosexuality began to vary within several different cultures, causing some points of the past to be more progressive than others ("Saint Aelred the Queer”) Homophobia has not always been present, but once it began to be associated…

Abstract This essay, Glitz Beauty Pageants and the Ugly Truth, examines the role glitz pageants play on young adolescent girls. There are two major types of pageants which include natural and glitz. Natural pageants are morally appropriate and acceptable for young girls because they promote a much healthier lifestyle as compared to glitz beauty pageants. On the other hand, the impact that glitz beauty pageants have on young girls is highly negative. This particular type of pageant puts girls at…

The Dangerous or Revolutionary Potential of Religion When I was a child, I was forced to go to church. I use the word “force” because, I didn’t understand the purpose of church. It seemed like something I had to do in order to avoid going to hell rather than something I wanted to do. In my mind, church was a requirement much like school. Like school, I tried to find joy in it where I could: I made friends; I sang; I entertained myself; and I slept, when I was young enough to get away…

Rebelling through kawaii also appears in the materialistic mindset that has grown from the cute movement. The childish mindset valued by kawaii naturally promotes the desires that children have for material things, for example toys, over less tangible but potentially more gratifying things like experiences and relationships. This makes those involved in a kawaii mindset vulnerable to impulse buys, something that companies have realized with the multitude of consumer goods produced to target the…

Vladimir Nabokov’s, Lolita, shows off his extraordinary narrative skills which bring a visionary insight into the issue of morality, a romantic verse and a grasp of human character that seem unique as his own. He uses first-person narration to affect the reader’s perception of the events being described in the novel through the use of stylistic devices. Thus, able to manipulate the reader’s beliefs and train of thought, to dictate what the they should think. More specific to the factors…

Unfair The Central Park 5 case is among the many cases that have drawn attention to problematic facets of the American criminal justice system. The facts provided by Sarah Burn’s book, The Central Park Five and Adam Benforado’s book, Unfair: The New Science of Criminal Injustice each declare that systematic failures are to blame for many miscarriages of justice. Moreover, Burn’s explains the circumstances surrounding the infamous verdict of the Central Park Five case while Benforado illustrates…