Ted Robert Gurr

Theodore Roosevelt was born on October 27, 1858 in New York City (Kane 299). “Teedie” as his family often called him, was the second of four children (Gable 465). Teedie was frequently ill from infancy to his late teens because he struggled with asthma (Harbaugh 329). Although he was a very small child, had asthma and awful vision, nothing took away his energy and zest for life (Gable 465). Theodore grew up very privileged because his father, Theodore Roosevelt Sr., was a very wealthy New…

In the 1970s, a shocking serial killer came to the public's attention. Ted Bundy seemed like a normal man; however, his true nature soon came to light. He became obsessed with young women and he was fixated to the point of murder. This seemingly charming man was ultimately revealed as the epitome of evil - a psychopathic killer. Bundy was connected to numerous rapes and murders; it is possible he killed over forty women, perhaps even hundreds. He eventually confessed to keeping victims' heads as…

building a character, but morals cannot be taught they are acquired through experience.Just because one might be educated does not mean he is excluded from committing crimes. Knowledge is not a cleanse, it does not wash your mind away from harm. Young Ted Bundy attended University of Washington and received a Psychology degree. After noticing that his talents would be appreciated somewhere else, he…

In 1996 Robert downey Jr. was caught was arrested while “driving naked in his Porsche on Sunset Boulevard, and found not only to be without clothes, but in possession of cocaine, heroin and a .357 Magnum.” (Sturniolo, 2014) Instead of going to jail for five plus years like any ordinary citizen, “his sentence had been suspended and he was placed on probation.” (Sturniolo, 2014) This was all because he was in the middle of a filming a movie. Do you believe that someone that is an allegedly a drug…

expanded my interest how the mind of a serial killer works. Who would ever guess that the baby born mere seconds ago would grow up to become a serial killer? Did Jeffrey Dahmer’s parents know that he would grow up to cut people into pieces? How about Ted Bundy? Could his parents ever suspect that the precious baby boy would become one of the most feared and hunted men in America? No, I do not believe that as babies any parent can predict what the future would hold…

Although not an inmate himself, he had breakfast first, in the "normal" world and then goes to work. The doctor is the one who takes control, who has a viewpoint, who is composed, sane, and in disciplined. The speaker, on the other hand, is portrayed by differences with Doctor Martin. The speaker is not given a name. "Her motion is ‘speeds' a word that connects, by means of internal rhyme with ‘queen' in line six and ‘bee' in line seven, to suggest the brittle meaninglessness of her position…

The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath relies heavily on shift in tone and topic to portray the ongoing descent into depression that is the basic story arch for the main character Esther Greenwood. Plath employs a large arsenal of techniques to convey the necessary shifts in the novel. One of the most obvious methods is a direct statement of shift by a character. The direct shift is combined with hints through typical behavior, such as crying. Plath also uses contrasting statements both through Esther…

Judith Wright 's Woman to Child and Sylvia Plath 's Morning Song have a focus on the way that mortality is perceived by society, expanding on this by implying that it is ultimately controlled by nature. In Morning Song, Sylvia Plath examines the concept of longevity and youth. This is evident in the unusual simile, "like a fat gold watch," in the First Stanza. The unconventional comparison between a baby and gold watch draws parallels between the superficial constructs of society and the deeper…

Sylvia Plath’s poem, “The Mirror,” is full of imagery and comparisons. Plath uses these in order to emphasize the point she is trying to make with the poem about beauty, aging, self-image, and the way society views the three. Comparisons are made throughout the poem that convey feelings and ideas that would not have the same affect if they were explicitly stated. The poem is narrated by the mirror itself, which is personified by Plath. According to Aidan Curran, this makes the poem seem both…

Poetry comes to people in many different ways and times of their lives, as for me, you can say we are perfect strangers. But never the less that fact will not get me out of this essay. So with my expectations low, I started browsing through some poems. Just when I was about to give up on finding an interesting poem that I liked and could understand, I came across Sylvia Plath’s “Lady Lazarus” (pages 549-551). This is a dark poem about a woman and the things she experienced while in a…