Ender Wiggin: The Innocent Weapon In Ender’s Game, by Orson Scott Card, Ender is a very controversial character. Many people believe that he is a killer with a violent spirit, and that he meant to commit genocide, while I disagree. I believe that Ender has an innocent spirit, a friendly conscience, and was repeatedly used as a weapon. He was provoked when fighting Stilson and Bonzo, was constantly controlled by the adults, and did not have the intent of genocide on the buggers. My first point…
Ed Gein: The Real Buffalo Bill (Rhetorical Modes) The mind of a serial killer is a truly fascinating thing. As human beings, we overlook the reasons as to why serial killers commit such horrific crimes. Often times the question regarding “why” relates to asking if there’s any childhood trauma or are they just mentally ill? Without proper research, the question can be a problematic one to answer. Ted Bundy, Jeffrey Dahmer, John Wayne Gacey, and Ed Gein: these are all feared names across America.…
Kind Officer Summary: One homeless man pulls a knife on a police officer and attacks him. The officer's response ended up amazing the world. Introduction: Jason Macek did not have an easy experience growing up. During his childhood, he was bounced around from one foster home to another. He never had a stable home or family to help him grow up. Now, Jason was 35 years old. Despite his age, he had nothing to show for his life. He had spent the last five years sleeping on the streets and…
Zodiac Killer Case Study The Zodiac Killer was a serial murderer from northern California who killed at least five and as many as 37 people spanning between december of 1968 and october of 69. Of the confirmed kills, the murders occurred in San Francisco, Benicia, Vallejo, and Lake Berryessa. The zodiac killer received the name because they were known for their cryptograms, in which they left clues, puzzles, and taunted the officers who were constantly on his trail. Of the four cryptograms that…
BEHAVIOURAL ASPECTS OF A SADISTIC SERIAL KILLER AND A SADISTIC RAPIST’ Ashley Brosnan 23869534 Unit Code: AZA3468 Due Date: 12 September 2014 Tutorial: Friday 11:00- 12:00 TABLE OF CONTENT Cover Page Pg 1 Table of Content Pg 2 Introduction Pg 3 Definitions Pg 3 Behavioural Characteristics of a Sadistic Serial Killer Pg 4 Behavioural Characteristics of a Sadistic Rapist Pg 7 Similarities between a Sadistic Serial Killer and a Sadistic Rapist …
A suicide bomber is a person, a man or woman, who execute bomb attacks in different areas, and they know that they will kill themselves in the process of doing so. Suicide bombers are also called homicide bombers. In the history of suicide bombing, people have been used by other people as a building block of their success and are thought and treated to be living tools (Lewis, 2013). They usually target places where there are numerous people and then blow themselves up, causing mass panic all…
Reading the article “The Traits and Thrill of a Serial Killer” by Urmosne Gabriella Simon was very eye catching and thought out. The author describes how killers develop, how they act, and ways they kill. The reason the article was eye catching was because of its great use of logos, ethos, and pathos. The author was able to use logos by using real serial killers, ethos by providing sources, and pathos by putting information that made readers feel bad and understand killers. The article…
“The Texas Killing Field” Rhetorical Analyisis on M. William Fields. M. William Phelps is a non-fiction crime author in Dark Minds—a discontinued tv show on Investigation Discovery. Mr. Phelps revisits unsolved homicides to bring justice to the families using his own personal experience to formulate theories and although some cases have been justified he brings light to the homicide again to help along with other similar homicides and that happened to be around same area. This episode, “The…
Ted Bundy was an American serial killer and rapist who was one of the most notorious criminals. Bundy was connected to at least 36 murders, but some people believed that Mr. Bundy had committed more rape and murder crimes during the time he was still a free man. Bundy was executed in Florida 's electric chair in 1989 and he was known somewhat as a celebrity during his trial case during the 80’s because he was rumored to have great charm and was rumored to be very intelligence. In the video…
Robert Dewey is an example of a wrongful conviction. He was sentenced to life for rape and murder after a young woman was found dead in her own apartment. The woman, who was 19- year old Jacie Taylor, was found dead June 1994, she had been strangled to death and left for dead in a half-filled bathtub with a dog leash wrapped tightly around her neck. Sadly, she had been abused and sexually assaulted prior to her murder. A year later Dewey was put on trial for Taylor’s murder. The police and…