The Intruders

him. She came home telling herself she must remain composed and act natural. Marry called for her husband’s name as if he were still alive, only to be greeted by his dead body. Briskly, Mary made a mess in her own home to make it appear as if an intruder had come into the house. A few minutes later, she called the police with a frantic voice saying her husband, Patrick Maloney had been killed. Police officers arrive at her house, one being Jack Noonan, an acquaintance of Patrick’s. To Jack,…

Capuchin monkeys are some of the most interesting primates of the animal kingdom. It is highly likely that the first time a person encountered a capuchin monkey is not in person, but in a comedy movie featuring a capuchin as the main character’s comedic sidekick or pet. Some people may even adopt capuchins monkeys to raise as pets since they are highly intelligent animals with the ability to be taught skills and instructions. However, researchers often discourage this since capuchin monkeys…

There is an estimated list of 3,747 dogs that were used in Vietnam. All four branches of the military used dogs in Vietnam. 10,000 dog handlers served in the war. Vietnam had the largest use of dogs and handlers in any United States has ever undertaken. It is estimated that the dogs and handlers saved over 10,000 lives. Sentry Dogs These dogs worked on a short leash and were taught to give warning by growling, alerting or barking. They were especially valuable for working in the dark when an…

Edgar Allan Poe I a very interesting man, all of his stories are really deep they make you think. He’s very intelligent his stories are dark too but they make good sense. Like this story Masque of the Red death, this man well everyone thinks it’s a man goes through this princes party. The prince has probably six hundred people there isolated from everyone on the outside because half of the population is dying. But this man comes in and goes through these seven rooms and kills everybody, at the…

Trial Write-Up For the trial I was a lawyer for the Crown and did the cross-examination of Bobbie Bann and the closing statements. Our group’s goal was to prove, beyond a reasonable doubt, that Bobbie Bann knew he was shooting Fallon King. We focused in on a few different areas, what possible motives Mr. Bann would have and the different holes in the story Bobbie Bann presented to the court. Looking first as the noise he woke up to, it was only the weathervane scratching against the roof, a…

battlefield unmatched by any other. After the English had started to reclaim Normandy during the Hundred Years’ War, the French king at the time found himself betrayed by a large group of Norman nobles as they chose to ally themselves with the English intruders instead. One family in particular who chose to stand by King Charles in 1380 was known as the Carrouges. After his father’s death, Jean Carrouges IV had inherited several rent-producing land at the young age of twenty-one. In addition…

The well known childhood song eerily floats through the air, “Ring around the rosy, a pocketful of posies ‘Ashes, Ashes’ we all fall down.” This classic nursery rhyme that children innocently sing originated from the Bubonic Plague that infested London during the seventeenth century. The unsettling truth reveals that the song conveys the plague’s story: it resulted in a pink ring on the skin, posies in pockets to ward off repugnant odors, and the ashes of cremated bodies. The irony appears when…

It is popularly said that movies reflect life. Directors and writers of movie production usually aim to send some form of message to their audience that may be adhere to the political, social, economic, or moral aspects of modern life. Some of these movies directly refer to modern events and entangle them into the plot of the movie. This event or policy usually directly affects the main character. This is reflected in the movie Saw VI, directed by Kevin Greutert in 2009. Saw VI reflects a real…

ELA90 – Short Story During the attack of the Dauntless in Erudite headquarters, Tris Prior died. Well, at least in this variation she did. This is how it happened: As Marcus and I parted ways, we walked the same pace. We approached our respective doors, stopped, turned, and shared a look. I looked away and put my hand on the door handle. There does not seem to be a lock. I slowly turned the handle, both eyes closed, expecting something to shoot me. Surprisingly enough, I managed to fully open…

Dimitri slowly opened his eyes gazing upon the large glass window straight ahead. The sunset was on fire and appeared as it had been dyed red. He left the bed sheets messily crinkled as if there an elephant stampede occurred. Dimitri was highly anticipating his upcoming law interview the following week. After all he had to survive in a filthy, claustrophobic, musty smelling, two and a half star hotel called Oakley Inn, which was near the outskirts of the City. He quickly splashes water on his…