Zoe walks in the interview room. Plague doctor and 035 are sitting on a chair next to a table and look up. They both greet her. “Hello Zoe.” Zoe: This is our weekly interview session. Zoe asks Plague doctor and 035, what they want to chat about? 035 shrugs, “I don’t know? You are the one who interviewing us!” Plague doctor stares at 035. “Do you prefer to be in your containment cell or here?” He tells 035. 035 stick his tongue at the plague doctor. “I got an idea. I got something humorous that happen
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Really how insane was the narrator of “The Tell Tale Heart”? Many people have different opinions about whether he was mentally unstable or not. Would killing an innocent person because of their eye prove someone crazy? This story is about an insane person (the narrator) that murders a poor old man because his eye bothered him. The narrator had no other motives to kill the old man besides his eye, in fact he claims that he loved the old man. Little did he know that the crime would come back to bite
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A Lesson Before Dying “I want you to show them the difference between what they think you are and what you can be.” This quote was used in the film A Lesson Before Dying, by Grant Wiggins. An African American male, named Jefferson was convicted of a shooting while being at the wrong place at the wrong time. During court, he was called a hog and was punished with the electric chair. The word “hog” really got to his head to the point where he no longer cared and wanted die the way everyone knew him
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Malcolm Gladwell was born to Joyce and Graham Gladwell on September 3, 1963. When he was six years old, his family moved from England, his birthplace, to Ontario, where his father taught at a university nearby. Since a young age, Gladwell expressed interest in reading and literature, and accompanied his father during trips to the library. During his teenage and college years, Gladwell enjoyed conservative politics and highly respected William Buckley and Ronald Reagan (Encyclopedia Britannica). He
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In the book, In Cold Blood, the author, Truman Capote, utilizes rhetorical strategies such as ethos, pathos, and literary elements to create a suspenseful story, which ultimately contributes to his central argument that criminals are not always inherently evil. Capote persuades his audience by empathizing for both of the Clutter family murderers, Perry Smith and Dick Hickock, in part three of the book, “Answer”. In this case, Capote describes both Clutter murderers in a sympathetic and impartial
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Poetry is a place full of imagination and sometimes it is also full of bad grammar and poor punctuation and Edward Estlin Cummings is a poet with bad grammar. Edward Estlin Cummings or also known as E.E. Cummings was born in Cambridge Massachusetts in 1894. He went to Harvard University, where he then grew up to be a poet. How does E.E. Cummings use vision and hearing to create meaning is a question some people ask. E.E. Cummings creates meaning by using visual techniques and auditory techniques
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In the “Scarlet Letter”, Nathaniel Hawthorne narrates his life as a surveyor in the custom house. “A Custom House is a governmental building situated near a port or a wharf. All sailors, sea captains, merchants, and sea traders are required to report directly to the Custom when they land to pay tax on their imported goods.” In his narration he uses many rhetorical strategies such as metaphor, irony, and juxtaposition, to create a vivid and clear picture of his life. The Custom House in itself is
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Section #3 In the novel Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury, the tone’s to describe Mr. Dark are patronizing and sly. The tone patronizing relates to Mr. Dark because he enjoys playing with people to receive what he wants. ”How old are you? Charls Halloway pressed his lips shut. Fifty purred Mr. Dark. Fifty-one? He murmured. Fifty-two? Like to be younger?” (Bradbury page 212). Mr. Dark knows that Mr. Halloways’ deepest wish is to be younger again and he knows where the boys are hiding
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Phobophobia 1408 is full of events representing different phobias. Pyrophobia, frigophobia, and acrophobia are just few of the many phobias shown in the story. Another three that stick out are phasmophobia, claustrophobia, and agoraphobia. While others may lurk in the background, The fears of ghosts, tight spaces, and helplessness steal the spotlight. These three fears are foundations that Stephen King used to turn 1408 a truly scary story. One of the main phobias shown in 1408 is phasmophobia.
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A person’s background does not always tell their whole story. James Madison Jr. was born on March 16, 1751 in King George County, Virginia. He was born while his mother was visiting her parents. Shortly after, he and his mother headed back to Orange County, and there, he grew up. He was the oldest of ten children, and he was very smart. Before college, he went to a private school and had a private tutor to help more with his studies. After high school, he attended the College of New Jersey, or now
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