Seven of Nine

Under my breath Juana repeated an ancient magic to guard against such evil, and on top of that she muttered spoke a Hail Marry Between every breath and with the soft sounds of chattering teeth. My body slowly inching forward, slowly and gracefully. My hands shaking like the wind whistling though the willow trees, with my hands clammy like the clam I am, and my eyes were on the scorpion. Beneath it is my child our child Coyotito,reaching and giggling, in the handing in the box underneath the deadly scorpion. Coyotito reaching up at it it sensed danger and shot its tail upward like the shotgun in a rodeo. I stood perfectly still. I could still hear Juana whispering her ancient old magic. Coyotito playfully trying to catch the scorpion. I could not move until the scorpion moved. My hand moved forward very slowly and carefully. The thorned tail jerked forward. And at that motion Coyotito shook the rope making the scorpion fall. My hand leaped to catch it, but its scaly body and rough body fell past my hands,falling on the baby’s shoulder landing and striking its long furfuraceous tail in to the shoulder making the baby cry Bloody Mary. Then I grabbed it and rubbing it into a thick brown paste, then betting it into the ground with my bare feet. Juana is taking the baby and sucking the poison out and then spitting it out. This sends the neabors runing in the doorway, blocking the air ventilation. My brother Juan Tomas and his thicked boned wife Apolonia and their four children…

Se7en is a movie written in 1995 by Andrew Kevin Walker and directed by David Fincher. The movie is classifies as a drama mystery and thriller. It talks about two detectives, a rookie and a veteran, hunt a serial killer who uses the seven deadly sins as his modus operandi. It is quite often raining in the city. Somerset, the veteran criminologist, wears a cap and waterproof shell. Mills, the child who has quite recently been moved into the area, strolls exposed headed in the downpour as though…

Zodiac (2007) is a American Neo-noir mystery-thriller based on the real events of the Zodiac case. It is an excellent mixture of nerve-racking suspense and desperately obsessed police procedural work. Director David Fincher is famous for his interest in experimenting and exaggerating with mystery and anticipation in his films, and Zodiac successfully keeps viewers on the edge with its elusive and uncertain narrative. However, the plot of the film is not about the actual killer, but more of the…

In the movie Seven directed by David Fincher in 1995, two detectives: William Somerset played by Morgan Freeman and David Mills played by Brad Pitt get called to solve a case of various murders representing the seven deadly sins: lust, gluttony, greed, sloth, wrath and envy. The personalities and personal struggles of both detectives begin to develop throughout the process of extensive investigating and high stresses of the case. The main take away from the movie is how the stressors and…

A seven-year-old child is in a math class learning simple addition and subtraction of single digit numbers. To logically approach this mathematical concept, the instructor employs the analogy of cookies; she asks, “if your mom left four cookies on the table, but your sister took two of the cookies, how many cookies can you eat?”. A smart and logical child raises his hand and says, “I can eat two cookies!” and the teacher rewards him with a lollipop for correctly answering the question. However,…

Although the 75% reach rule wasn’t always 75%, it was actually only 60%. That meant the population for the license areas that were controlled by a person or a company could not exceed more than 60% of the Australian population (Dwyer 2016). In 1992 the 60% reach rule extended to 75% as the outcome was to create commercial metropolitan television networks such as Seven, Nine and Ten and regional television networks such as Prime WIN and Southern Cross Austereo. In 2006 the two out of three rule…

“Post-Traumatic Stress Injury isn't a disease. It's a wound to the soul that never heals” Tom Glenn. The short story A Perfect day for Bananafish is a story about a war veteran named Seymour who is having a hard time adjusting to his new normal life. Throughout the story, Seymour does things that show he is struggling with PTSD and the loss of his innocence. We can learn that war can change people and they may never be the same. The story starts out with Muriel on the phone with her mother in…

“A Perfect Day for Bananafish” and “Teddy”: Salinger’s Commentary on the American Society In J.D. Salinger’s Nine Stories, featuring “A Perfect Day for Bananafish” and “Teddy”, he skillfully illustrates the societal struggles of materialism and worldliness, and its destructive impact on people’s personal lives. Through his complex characters, Salinger depicts how the American lifestyle erodes the core values of family, as shown in his portrayal of marriage, and the neglect of children.…

Now death is another predominant theme in Salinger’s works and depending on the stories plot and characters death can play various roles. For instance, in “A Perfect Day for Bananafish” death or suicide is Seymour’s character and state of mind. In Seymour’s case death is treated as an escape for him as he cannot function comfortable in his everyday life. Wiegand notes that “Seymour can express himself only to a little girl” and that “the secretly prying eyes of others he is unable to bear”…

Banana Bottom is an excellent example of distinctive characters’, culture, and conflict. Conflict is an essential obstacle for the characters’ to get what they want. This novel creates a compassionate illusion on human emotions. There are dark consequences illustrated in relation to symbolism with elements of imperious will and professions of devotion. The characters’ personality is represented during their dialogues and portrays a significant development for one character hearing another…