The Descent

At the beginning Polly bought a store so she could sell her pie's and she named her store Pie. The store was bringing in plenty of business, her sisters daughter, Alice loved to come over and work on the pies with Polly. Then one day Polly died leaving her will to say what she did not get to say. Polly left the world famous pie crust recipe to Lardo(the cat), and left Lardo to Alice, Alice was pleased, but her parents thought other wise. One night Alice hear a noise so she looked to see if it…

father. As the play progresses, though, the audience must consider whether Hamlet’s commitment to destroying evil has turned him evil. One comes to the conclusion that a man that sets out to destroy evil inevitably becomes evil himself. A man’s descent into evil begins because destroying evil involves encountering evil. Hamlet first commits to destroying evil only after realizing the evil that was done to him. When the ghost of Hamlet’s father reveals that he was murdered, Hamlet vows to no…

Do you know why cats and rats hate each other? It’s a common occurrence to hear that rats and cats hate each other, but do you know why? In Cat and Rat: Legend of the Chinese Zodiac they have a race to decide which months the animals will be connected with. It shows how Rat betrayed Cat by pushing her so he could win the race despite saying they’d win together. In How Cats and Mice Became Enemies it shows how Cat and Rat needed to cross a river so they used a pumpkin. In this story Rat betrays…

Rationale and scope: - Why is something as beautiful as a black cat considered to bring bad luck? I remember this time, when I saw a band of children throwing stones at a cat, which was pitch black on the streets because of the belief that their parents have passed on to them, that black cats bring bad luck. Superstitions are irrational and I think a change must be made. The main reason why I am choosing this topic is because it is something that isn't spoken about on an everyday basis,…

Warriors:Bramblestar's Storm Nive Bala 1. The title of the book I read is Warriors: Bramblestar's Storm. 2. The author of this book is Erin Hunter. 3. The plot of this book is after the cats in the story how far a big battle called the great battle the cats are still recovering but while they are recovering a huge storm comes and causes the lake to rise. The lake floods the cats' homes and they are forced to live somewhere else. During all of this smaller troubles occur between the clans.…

YaMarie Koroma Mr. Haupt In Edgar Allen Poe’s “The Black Cat,” one of Poe's most prominent technique is his use symbolism. In the beginning, the narrator makes it clear that he “was especially fond of animals,” and never felt so happy “as when [was] feeding and caressing them.” He owns many animals, including Pluto. However, when the narrator comes home “much intoxicated” he goes through a change in his feelings, developing a sudden towards his pets. He describes it as the fury of a demon…

In life, there is that tendency to ruin the good things one has going on in their lives when they become more successful than they already are. People become inundated with the joy and achievement that they begin to act irresponsibly. A great thing such as winning the lottery can bring cheerfulness and satisfaction into one’s life but, on the other hand, this great thing can also become a complete nightmare. In most cases, when one goes from being extremely poor to being exceptionally rich, it…

1. Are the functions of the limbs of each of the animals illustrated the same or different? The functions of the limbs of each of the animals are all different because each animal has adapted to their own environment which result in various adaptations. Even humans, whales, crocodiles, cats, birds, and bats all differ drastically on the biological spectrum, they share many of the same bones and limbs. For example, using the human as a comparison, the other animals also share some semblance of…

The similarities between the Black Cat and the Tell-Tail Heart is that in the Black Cat the cat was so scared that he would run away from Rob Green from what he did to the cat “deliberately cut one of its eyes from the socket! I blush, I burn, I shudder, while I pen the damnable atrocity”(Poe). In the Tell-Tail Heart the old man's eye “He had the eye of a vulture --a pale blue eye, with a film over it” (Poe) was so big that it bothered him all he wanted to do was get rid of the eye in both…

From the very beginning of the story Poe starts by stating he does not expects the reader to understand him or to believe what we are about to witness. “I neither expect nor solicit belief. Mad indeed would I be to expect it, in a case where my verse surely do I not dream” (837). Poe makes this notion because of his wives superstitious believes. “My wife, who at heart was a little tinctured with superstition, made frequent allusion to the ancient popular notion, which regarded all black cats as…