Ryder’ s Rules of Engagement #2 Look For Allies “What do you mean she’s not there?” “I mean her place is clean. All she left behind was the furniture.” Bobby pinched the bridge of his nose in frustration. Who the hell was this girl? She was the last one besides Marty’s driver to see Marty alive and now she had disappeared. This is what Marty got for thinking with his little head instead of his big one. Ivy Collins was behind this and he’d prove it. The coroner he’d paid to examine Marty said he’d died of a heart attack, but Bobby wasn’t buying it. When pressed Dr. Smith admitted when he pressed him that any number of drugs, when given to someone without a heart condition, might cause a heart attack. He needed to know who she was and who she worked for. …show more content…
My guess is she’ll want to get as far away as possible as fast as possible.” A frown drew his bushy blond brows together. She was a pro. No one else could disappear this fast, this efficiently without leaving a trace. She’d played him! Marty was so stupid when it came to women. He let her get too close and now he was dead. Fury rose up inside him. If only Marty had listened to him and waited until he’d checked Ivy out more thoroughly. He growled in frustration as he recalled their last conversation about her. “Damn Bobby, stop being so suspicious,” Marty answered swatting away his assertions. “She’s just a nice girl who works hard and wants to be a model.” “And you’re fat and old, and nerdy. What does she see in you? Really, Marty, you’re not irresistible.” “Ah, but my money is.” He’d smiled back at him
see that she is frightened, we also see that she is just trying to get
In this essay the two masterful short stories, The Interlopers and The Most Dangerous Game, will be analyzed. The purpose of the analysis will be to determine similarities and differences between the two. The powerful messages and ironic comedy create interesting elements in both stories. The most prominent differences between the two short stories are the setting and the language style.
The two, both dealing with the loss of someone tremendously important and close to them, would be better off supporting each other, but instead they break away from their bond and deal with the pain alone. Since “[Henry] and Marty hadn’t talked much since the funeral,” (Ford 9), “it made the hole in Henry’s life that much larger,” (Ford 9). Not too many years after Ethel’s death, and after awkward and unfamiliar encounters between father and son, Marty introduces his father to Samantha, Marty’s fiancée. Henry is overjoyed that Marty wants to show him a part of his life, and the three start to uncover Henry’s past, bringing them all closer. Finally restoring their bond, Marty and Henry find that it’s easier to cope with their loss of Ethel than to ignore the grief like they had
The book “Wargaming for Leaders” teaches, we as current or future leaders the art of simulation which can play a vital role in developing a strategy for success. Without a thorough plan and a means to test this plan, the individual leader has only presumptions and theory to guide his decision. With the use of simulation, the organization can test differing strategies and they can reduce the chance of a bad outcome.
In the short story “The Most Dangerous Game”, there are two main characters, Sanger Rainsford and General Zaroff. The story starts off with Rainsford and Rainsford’s hunting partner, Whitney, on a yacht heading to Rio de Janiero to hunt big game animals. Rainsford ends up becoming trapped on Ship-Trap Island, and that is where he and the reader are introduced to General Zaroff. Unfortunately for Rainsford, General Zaroff is not your normal General. General Zaroff and Rainsford are similar and different in many ways, and even though Rainsford believes that Zaroff is a sick individual, at the end of the story he becomes more like Zaroff than he realizes.
Being able to overcome anything in life is a great feeling. There is a special feeling in the body and the mind when the body achieves a goal, and the mind gets a feeling of satisfaction. Since, the mind chooses to go against the body's will to quit, you have to be mentally strong. In Richard Connell's short story “The Most Dangerous Game,” large game hunter Sanger Rainsford is tested in the following ways: strong versus the weak, the value of life, and becoming what he fears. To begin with, Rainsford has to pose as the weak against the strong, General Zaroff.
“I know I’m starting at a very young age. Not even fifteen and already so independent- that’s a little hard for other people to understand. I’m pretty sure Margot would never kiss a boy unless...
Going to War The arrival of winter is well on its way. Colorful leaves had turned to brown and fallen from the branches of the trees. The sky opened to a new brightness with the disappearance of the leaves. As John drove down the country road, he was much more aware of all his surroundings.
Alice, Will, and their mom sat down and the niclyset table and eat. After they went to the police station. They were all waiting for officer Nash to come see them finally, he came and told Alice to come and follow him to a room to make a statement so that's what she did, she also asked him if she could file a restraining order against him. After all that Alice and her mom and brother when back home and everything when back to
The stories “Ambush”, “The Sniper”, and “The Most Dangerous Game” are similar by conflicts, characters, and settings. These stories are similar because the share similar literary elements. All three characters face a man vs man, self and society conflict.
In “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell, the narrator specifies the conflict in a variety of ways. For example when Rainsford was running away from General Zaroff and he ran into a problem which was the quicksand. Also when Rainsford was being hunted he remembered a few traps that he used on animals that he would try on Zaroff. Lastly Rainsford was hiding from Zaroff but he was really frightened because he did not want to die. Therefore being hunted is not a good thing because other than dying you can get severely hurt.
First, the movie “Marty” gives insight into the various types of relationships that can develop between people. For example, the relationship between Marty and Claire is started because of one reason; they are in parallel situations with each other. In other words, they started their relationship based on the Attraction Theory, which explains that people start relationships and continue them because they are attracted to each other through the other person having great qualities and similar traits, whether physical or not. In the movie, Marty is attracted to Claire when she starts crying because her date left her at the party. In fact, when Marty is comforting Claire, she tells him that she does not have much luck with men and she has had heartbreak in the past with other r...
“We should start heading to Al Capone’s house and how big the bimbo is,” Gerald muttered. I sort of felt like Gerald was jealous that I so deeply worshipped Capone, but I knew Gerald wouldn’t have any feelings for me because I was a cold-hearted girl that no one could ever love.
Bobby Dodge had been out for another night on the job when they got the call from Catherine Gagnon. Bobby was a very well respected member of the Massachusetts State Police Special Tactics and Operations (STOP) Team for six years. He was good at his job and this call was just another routine night for him, or so he thought. Catherine Gagnon had a very disturbing childhood. She was kidnapped and kept in a man-made four-by-six prison built just for her. She stayed in the silence and in the dark for twenty-eight days wondering when her keeper would come back and she would be tossed around and played with like a rag doll. She was rescued on November 18, by hunters, and was dubbed the Thanksgiving Miracle. Catherine grew up but keeping this deep secret with her all along. She married Jimmy Gagnon, the son of a very powerful judge in Boston. Their marriage had not been all it was made out to be. When Bobby arrived at their house it appeared that Jimmy had been holding Catherine and their son, Nathan, hostage in their house and had a gun. Bobby was good at his job; he saw the signs of danger and fired. The threat was over. But for Bobby, the trouble was just beginning. Judge Gagnon was not very happy with the news of his son being shot and was going to try to press charges on Bobby for murder. He did not like his daughter-in-law and was convinced she was hurting his grandchild, Nathan. Nathan always seemed to be sick. Bobby had no idea who he was shooting when he pulled that trigger, he just knew he was saving a life.
“Mom got me this blanket the first day we moved here from Houston, which was in March of my fifth-grade year.” (pg. 165) As part of Bobby working to becoming visible he has to invade the Sears-Roebuck corporate headquarters. While there he steals a list of names of people who complained to Sears about a bad blanket. “Who said anything about asking? If they’ve got it, then we go take it.” (pg. 171) He used the list to find a woman named Sheila Borden, who had become invisible a few years before. “January 12th three years ago.” (pg. 206) They discover that it was the blanket that made Bobby invisible. “A blanket? That’s so wild! A blanket? From Sears…” (pg. 206) Bobby wanted to give up on finding a cure when Alecia tells him maybe if he gets under the blanket again, his problem will be solved. “Two wrongs don't make a right, but don't three lefts make a right? Two wrongs don't make a right, but don't two negatives make a positive?” (pg. 240) Bobby gets under the blanket under the blanket again and he awakens to hear several loud voices. The voices came from his mother, Ms. Pagett, and a random agent. Bobby doesn’t immediately register that he is visible with several people staring at him naked. Bobby goes and tells Alicia but she doesn't take the news well, feeling that Bobby wouldn’t need her anymore. In the end Bobby goes to Alicia’s house to tell her how much he loves her. “I need to tell her how