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    south King County, Washington. In 1982 and admitted in an interview, there is over 75-80 murdered woman and several unfound bodies. Gary Ridgway grew up in SeaTac, Washington by both his father Tom Ridgway and mother Mary Rita Ridgway along with older Gregory Leon and younger Thomas Edward. Ridgway's homelife was somewhat troubled; relatives have described his mother as domineering and have said that young Ridgway witnessed more than one violent argument between his parents. His mother would often be the one to discover the accidents and would bathe him immediately. She would belittle him and embarrass him in front of his family. From a young age, Ridgway had conflicting feelings of sexual attraction and anger toward her. His classmates at Tyee High School describe him as congenial but largely forgettable. His teenage years, however, were troubled; when he was 16, he stabbed a six-year-old boy, who survived the attack. He had led the boy into the woods and then stabbed him through the ribs into his liver. According to the victim and Ridgway himself, Ridgway walked away laughing and saying, "I always wondered what it would be like to kill.” Ridgway went into the military at the age 18, Ridgway end up in Vietnam and saw combat with the US Navy in 1970-1971. While in Vietnam Gary, spend most of his time with prostitutes and end up contracting gonorrhea. Ridgway addiction to prostitutes did not stop after Vietnam. Ridgway began each murder by picking up a woman, usually a…

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    How destructive is the white savior complex? While the white savior complex article written by “Teju Cole” argues that many efforts by the North Americans to rescue “victims” of poverty and injustice in Africa are more about the western activist and their desire for a sentimental heroism than caring about the actual need of the African, it ultimately causes a major division between white activist and the racial other. The white savior complex is basically quite destructive trope that has been…

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    Pride and Prejudice is a romance novel written by Jane Austen and published in 1813. Pride and Prejudice is firstly a novel about surpassing obstacles and finding true love and happiness. The story follows the emotional development of the main character Elizabeth Bennet, one of the five daughters of Bennet family, who has the tendency to judge too quickly. As the story progress, Elizabeth learns the difference between the superficial and the essential, throughout her relationship with Mr. Darcy.…

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    about the theater and plays and literature... it takes you quite a while to find out whether they’re really stupid or not” (Salinger 105). Despite having directly stated that Sally Hayes is knowledgeable, he later decides that it is not good enough for her to truly be intelligent. It is odd, when considering that these areas are where much of Holden Caulfield’s expertise lie as well. Even in matters of opinion, Holden Caulfield places his own ideas as superior to those of women, even those he…

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    There is no doubt that Turgenev had reformist tendencies; he moved amid the circles of the Russian intelligentsia (Freeborn 1994, 39), which would have in turn born some influence on him. Since the 1860s, however, Turgenev’s work has met with criticism revolving around ideology versus poeticism, and at the center of this argument is Bazarov. In regard to this controversial character, Turgenev said, ‘in the main character, Bazarov, there lay the figure of a young provincial doctor that struck me’…

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    husband, he finds that the manager was not feeling concerned or pitied for his wife, rather, he was feeling pitied for himself and the writer still remembers his (ironically) incredible words. “Self-pity is essentially humourless, devoid of that lightness of touch which gives the understanding of life.” (Anthony Powell) Cronin narrates another incident that took place when a woman editor asked for lunch. She was an attractive woman enjoying a reputable place, excellent salary, well-furnished…

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    My mother always compared myself with my older sister as a result. As a result, experience what Adler request lower feelings, a particular one that is the very normal response to the awareness of not being can perform in a way that we desire. Also, Adler presents this experiencing a “minus condition.” Those feelings change the motivation for contending toward what he announces a “plus condition”. Contain, individuals exert in this direction for the reason of the “originative power” of life,…

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    William Shakespeare’s Hamlet displays the power of suppressing thoughts and the toll it takes on the abilities of an individual. Society has the capability to define what is the right and wrong way for a person to think and act. Hamlet’s Oedipus Complex is socially unacceptable and therefore must be repressed, tampering with Hamlet’s abilities to function like a normal man. Hamlet’s sadness, inability to act, and poor decisions are a reflection of his Oedipal entanglement with Gertrude and his…

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    2942271 English 1301-81043 Professor King October 25, 2016 Racism and the Superiority Complex As said by John Donne in his poem No Man is an Island, “No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent.” Racism is an “island” that isolates one from their fellow human beings. What is racism? Why does the concept of racism exist? What role does the need for superiority play in the way we as humans interact with others around us? How does one’s superiority complex cause…

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    of inferiority, thus humanizing these monster-like, violent types of men to assist those under such men to understand and adapt to them. Stanley’s savage, animal like description and tendency of relying on brute force to solve his problems reveals that deep down he feels inferior and threatened by others. Stanley has been feeling inferior, that there is proof of, since he met Stella, “STANLEY: When we first met, me and you, you thought I was common. How right you was, baby. I was common as dirt”…

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