The Slits

“I said to him: ‘If I can manage to not slit my throat, I think you can summon the courage to tell a woman you love her.’” Bili let out a roar of laughter. “How in the gods did he reply to that?” “At first he blanched, then he laughed.” “And you left the next day?” “I did. After breakfast with…

In the short story, “Just Lather,That’s All” by Hernando Tellez, a rebel barber conceals his identity and faces the dilemma of whether or not to kill his customer, Captain Torres. Ultimately, he decides not to do so, then Captain Torres discloses the fact that he knows him and was only there to find out if he will actually kill him. In several ways, having the short story written in the first person point of view is very essential. Firstly, the point of view allowed the readers to be informed…

Zaglossus bruijni is the Latin name for the Western Long-beaked Echidna (IUCN, 2016). In 1982 the species became Vulnerable up until 1994 where it then increased to endangered, the most up to date assessment on the Western Long- Beaked Echidna in 2008 and classes it as Critically Endangered (IUCN,2016). This species is found in the Vogelkop Peninsula of Papua Province, Indonesia. It had been thought to have been Australia at one point due to the aboriginal artwork located on Arnhem Land as well…

In the Jungle is a white tiger at fault for killing a weak lamb? Balram, a young boy from the slums of India must seize the opportunity to escape India’s corrupt jungle. Balram is determined to escape his cage, no matter what the consequences. He will commit one murder if he can become a free man. Balram justifies murdering Ashok in order to live as the man his father wished, to be subservient to no one and escape the destiny that the Indian jungle had planned for him. The quest to break free…

Coach Riccio Moretti ordered his team members to come to Dejon's Jock Shop to acquire their wrestling uniforms. Hence that Monday after school; honor roll student, Jun who majored in quantum physics, arrived first. Jun’s slender, modest frame with porcelain skin surprised Dejon. Seriously? pondered the African-American barrel-chested store owner, Dejon. “You’re on the Wrestling team?” asked Dejon. “Yes, sir. Coach Moretti hand-selected me to my astonishment as well. I’m here for my fitting…

Next place the crucible, with the lid on with a small slit, on the triangle above the bunsen burner and light the bunsen burner, and adjust the flame so that the hottest part is directly in contact with the crucible. Next heat the crucible for 7 minutes, and then once the 7 minutes are over turn off the burner…

who brought war to Troy. A priest within the army claimed that Agmemnon’s daughter, Iphigeina, must be sacrificed. Convincing his daughter, Iphigeina was promised that she would marry Achilles, yet upon arrival, she was seized and her throat was slit. “For her prayers, her cries of “Father! And for a young woman’s life, The war hungry leaders cared not at all.” (Aeschylus, Agamemnon 229-31)…

The point of view throughout this passage is first person; the reader is given Pip’s thoughts and his interactions with the other characters. Through this point of view, we can imagine the terror that Pip is feeling when Magwitch threatens him to slit his throat. “I was dreadfully frightened, and so giddy that I clung to him with both hands, and said, ‘If you would kindly please to let me keep upright, sir, perhaps I shouldn’t be sick, and perhaps I could attend more.’” The conversation between…

was running away from him while crying with fake tears and showing extreme fear on her face. Desi finally comes back home and sees Amy waiting for him. She pulls him to her and tells him to make rough love to her. During their sexual intercourse, Amy slit his throat with a small knife ending by killing Desi. Symbolic Interactionism is made of symbolic meaning…

Referring to the quote “the war had destroyed the enjoyment of the very experience of meeting people.” Ishmael says this after he is brushed off by a family he spotted in the water because they were scared he would harm them and suspected him of being a spy for the rebels. Ishmael then says “Even a twelve-year-old couldn’t be trusted anymore.” Circumstances such as the one told in the quote had happened several times throughout the book. As the war progressed, the concept of trust soon…