Sinister Six

machine” because the war with its horrors and lessons, would brand itself upon every aspect of Salinger’s personality and reverberate through his work, most importantly Holden Caulfield. When Salinger was initiated into combat on D-day he was carrying six chapters of the Catcher in the Rye it’s as if he needed those pages to help him survive. Salinger took part in various tragic, horrific moments in the war that would scar him for life and one would say that he might have even gone insane…

medical-related incidents－suffered greatly as a young man. This appalling past was the road to deicide. This deicide, or killing of God, was an open door for the Holocaust. Once Hitler was able to throw away his religion, he was open to immoral, and rather sinister ideas and influences. Hitler’s infamous Holocaust was intended from a relatively early point in time(Pre-WWI) and was the result of extensive planning. Hitler often clashed with his father, Alois. Sources have stated that Alois…

(American Express). A scurrying hunchback passes behind him as he continues, "It's frightening how many novels of suspense, I have written, but still when I'm not recognized it just kills me" (American Express). He walks down a creepy hallway with sinister disembodied human arms behind him, “so instead of saying I wrote 'Carrie,' I carry the American Express card” (American Express). French doors burst open as he looks to the left, "Without it, it makes life a little…

series by Wendy Cartmell. Sergeant Major Crane thought he had seen every crime that had ever been committed (either in war time or peace time), but case comes to him that he is not prepared for. It is a case of a veteran of Afghanistan has murdered his six year old son and wife and then killed himself. Crane works with two other police departments in two different towns. Not long after, similar double murder suicides happen around the country, and it is Crane's job to figure out the connection.…

Intro Carson McCullers novella, the Ballad of the Sad Cafe was first published in August, 1943 in Harper's Bazaar, also with six other short stories of a collection with the same name. The Ballad of the Sad Cafe is a southern story about a mannish figured of a women who became an object of a sinister scheme. The three peculiar characters; Miss Amelia, Cousin Lymon, and Marvin Macy lives are intertwined and fueled with love and revenge. Miss Amelia is the owner of a small café in the center of…

arch. They serve more than 5 billion burgers a year, requiring an estimated herd of 25 million cows, selling an approximate 75 hamburgers per second. Every day, nearly one-third of U.S. children aged 4 to 19 eat fast food, which likely packs on about six extra pounds per child per year and increases the risk of obesity, a study of 6,212 found. Obesity rates rise exponentially across the United States and is a public health problem. To crack down on this epidemic, Morgan Spurlock conducted an…

During World War 2 all we knew was war with the entire global nation. However, something more sinister was stirring up behind enemy lines. Adolf Hitler had plans for world domination. Especially, for every Jews he could get his hands on from every men, women and even children. He had developed camps. Which were known as concentration camps. It was thought to be a place for a fun and interactive camp for Jews. That was the beginning of the holocaust. What was most disturbing behind closed doors…

countries. To recognize this goal Leopold created the Congo Free State (CFS) in what is presently the Democratic Republic of the Congo. While all colonial empires did exercise violence against native populations, the case of the CFS reveals a more sinister insight into the mass violence and inhumane atrocities committed against the Congolese. In fact, historians often categorize the violence…

Duncan Middle School Duncan, Oklahoma. My middle school may obtain the title of most elegant middle school in town. From the looks of the school, Duncan middle has a substantial amount of money within their budget; they spend their money well and it surely shows. We have two separate sections within the cafeteria. One section is the food being served by the school for lunch that day. The second section is outside food you can purchase from the school for lunch; this was called the olicart. The…

Possession is a challenging topic to dissect. From one end of the world to the other, from one point in the past to the present almost every culture/civilization has recorded accounts of possession. The perception of these various possession accounts, however, can be described as polar opposites of each other. Some cultures view possession as a positive experience to connect humans with the divine, no matter what divine matter they call their God. While others believe all types and forms of…