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June 12, 2016, Omar Mateen casually walked into pulse night club at night with one thing on his mind: to kill. He stealthily pulled a gun out and randomly targeted 102 people. This was the worst act of terrorism since 9/11, were injured. The barbaric behavior evident in”The Most Dangerous Game,”The Scarlet Ibis ,” and To Kill a Mockingbird can teach readers how to handle situations differently.
First, in “The Most Dangerous Game,” General Zaroff displays murderous, psychopathic behavior. He lures his clueless prey into a dangerous game of Tom and Jerry. General Zaroff explains his psychopathic decisions to rainsford:”We’ll visit my training school tomorrow,’’ smiled the General.”It’s in the cellar. I have about a dozen pupils down there now”(connell226). This is barbaric because he tells Rainsford about the twelve people he is training for him to hunt. This relates to random shootings and kidnappings. These instances are usually committed out of frustration;
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instead of lashing out, one should talk to someone, take a cool-down walk, or find a productive hobby. Another instance of General Zaroff being psychopathic is how he thinks of himself of being civilized. However, readers know that this is ironic since anyone that kills people for fun is barbaric. In society, people that act in this way need to realize what it means to be humble. The “Scarlett Ibis” has barbaric characters in the story.
One of the Barbaric characters is Doodle’s brother; in the story the brother is barbaric to his little brother Doodle. For example, one day the brother took doodle to the barnloft and showed him his casket, telling him how him and his family believed he would die. Again, another a barbaric behavior is Doodle’s brother is teaching him to walk for selfish reasons,’’’So I won’t have to haul you around all the time,’’’(hurt 388). The reason the brother was being barbaric to Doodle is because It’s wrong to show little brother the casket that he is going to be in when he dies and tell him that they all believed that he would die. In addition, another reason is the brother is being selfish because instead of helping doodle to be kind he doing it for himself cause he is tired of having him around. Last, this story will teach readers to really look at how their life is not like Doodle’s and to really thank God for the life they
have. Tears of Tiger is a very barbaric story. First, in the novel Andy killed his best friend Rob in a car accident while drinking and driving. Also, Andy had committed suicide from being so depressed from Rob’s death at the end of the story. Although, it was a accident he still killed his best friend and he knew not to drink and drive. Also, it was wrong to take his life cause all he had to do was to pray go see a therapist or have someone to talk to instead of taking your own life. This story teaches the readers to not drink and drive and really when one is in a situation like Andy’s, it is good to talk to someone and not let it become destructive. So, if one was to read “ The Scarlet Ibis,”The Most Dangerous Game,” and Tears of Tiger all of these stories have barbaric behavior. One can learn from these stories. In” Tears of Tiger” readers learn not to drink or drive and really when in a situation like Andy’s one needs to talk to someone. Also, in “The Scarlett Ibis” readers know now they need to really look at how great their life is and how it’s not like Doodle’s and to really thank god for what life they have.
In the short story “The Most Dangerous Game” Rainsford was justified in killing General Zaroff. Rainsford is a hunter. He was on a yacht that crashed and he was the only survivor. The island that he swam to was named “Ship Trap Island.” This where General Zaroff lived. He is also a hunter. He has hunted anything you can think of. Even… people. He has the survivors from the ship wrecks “play” his “game.” The survivors go out into the jungle and General Zaroff goes out and finds them. They have three days to survive. If they don’t get caught in those three days, they win. If they lose… they are killed. This happened to Rainsford. Rainsford, thankfully, won the “game.” He shot General Zaroff after his win.
In “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell, General Zaroff is shown as crazy, Fearless, and Playful. General Zaroff is shown to be crazy in the story when he traps people on his island and then hunt them. “No animal had a chance with me anymore”(. This quote shows that Rainsford is crazy because during this part, he is hunting real living humans. During the story, General Zaroff is also Fearless. He shows that he is when he is hunting Rainsford and he knows he is in the tree but doesn't kill him because he wants a better fight. “His eyes stopped before they got to the limb where Rainsford laid and he smiled”. General Zaroff shows that he is fearless during this scene because he could get killed if he lets him live for a better fight but
In “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell, Gen. Zaroff is shown as insane, intelligent and competitive. Zaroff is shown to be insane in the story when he explains who he hunts. “So I said: ‘What are the attributes of an ideal quarry?’ and the answer was of course ‘It must have courage, cunning, and be able to reason… My dear fellow, there is one that can… Why should I not be serious, I am speaking of hunting” (Connell 69-70). This quote shows that Gen. Zaroff demented is because during this part, he is hunting humans for fun. During the
In the short story, “The Most Dangerous Game”, Rainsford was justified in killing General Zaroff. Rainsford is a hunter. He was on a yacht until he fell off the boat. He swam all the way to shore because Rainsford heard three gun shots. He walked upon a gigantic mansion. This house was for a man named General Zaroff. He was an hunter just like Rainsford in a hunt , but hunted humans instead of animals. General Zaroff wanted to kill Rainsford in a hunt with the General. Also, the General threaten Rainsford if he doesn’t hunt with him; he will be sent with Ivan.
In the short story “the most dangerous game”, Rainsford was justified in killing General Zaroff.
Atticus has countless positive and negative characteristics, but there are two that stand out the most. The first character trait is that he acts a lot older than his age. Jem said that Atticus loved playing keep away and that he was never too tired, but when Jem went to tackle him, Atticus blurred out, “‘I am too old for that, son’” (Lee 118). Jem had never gotten that reaction from Atticus before. Atticus had to wear glasses, because without them he would not be able to see black on white with his left eye. Jem and Scout never see Atticus doing anything, he does not hunt, he does not go on walk, or he does not even travel. The only thing Jem and Scout see Atticus do is sit in the living room and read. Atticus is always on good terms with
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So instead of being gentle he Makes doodle do things that he is not supposed to do. For example, the narrator’s dad made doodle a go cart so that the narrator could pull him around, but the narrator taught doodle to walk out of pride just because he did not want to pull him. So with more things that doodle does, the more he suffers and eventually leads to his death when doodle’s weak heart could not handle when doodle tried to run from the storm.
Initially, everyone one thinks Doodle is going to die but he doesn’t. Brother doesn’t like doodle and doesn’t accept him. Brother doesn’t accept Doodle for who he is because of his disability. Brother wants a brother who is “all there.” In the story brother even said “It was bad enough having an invalid brother, but having one who possibly was not there was unbearable.” Brother wants a real brother who can do things a normal brother can do. Brother is embarrassed of Doodle because of the way he is. Brother made plans to kill Doodle. Brother thought about killing doodle. He said “So I began to make plans to kill him by smothering him with a pillow.” Brother probably wanted to kill Doodle because if he can’t have proper brother then why hav...
Empathy is one of the greatest powers that a human being can ever hope to achieve; one person being able to understand the inner-workings of another is something truly amazing. However, empathy isn’t something that one is always naturally able to accomplish; in fact, it usually takes a long time for one to develop any empathy at all. In Harper Lee’s To Kill A Mockingbird, the reader follows Scout Finch as she experiences her youth in the small town of Maycomb, Alabama. In this story, we experience her empathy for others as it increases or decreases. Though there are many examples of these alterations in Scout’s relationships, there is one that is both prominent and more complex than a few others; her relationship with her aunt, Alexandra. There are three specific instances in which we can track the progression of Scout’s empathy towards her aunt; meeting Aunt Alexandra, Scout wanting to invite Walter Cunningham over, and the assault by Bob Ewell of Scout and Jem.
In Harper Lee’s novel To Kill A Mockingbird, empathy is demonstrated throughout the novel. Empathy can be defined as the ability to understand and share the feelings of another. Atticus tries to explain to Jem and Scout about what he experiences and the things that are happening in Maycomb County. Several characters learn empathy and understand how they feel about certain things and understand the experiences of others. This plays a major role in the novel.
I am reading, “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee. In the first three chapters Jem and his younger sister Scout meet Dill, who stays over at his Aunt’s house in the summer. Dill becomes fascinated with the Finches neighbor; also know as the town creep Boo Radley. He is so interested in Boo because he allegedly killed his father and ever since never comes outside. In this journal, I will be predicting that the kids will not meet Boo.
The author George Elliot once said “don’t judge a book by its cover.” Appearance can be very misleading, and you shouldn't prejudge the worth or value of something by its outward appearance alone. This philosophical idea has been included in many works of literature, including the timeless classic To Kill a Mockingbird written by Harper Lee. The novel takes place in the town of Maycomb, Alabama during the 1930s. Many citizens of Maycomb tend to make judgements based on outward appearances alone. In the novel, Lee uses minor characters such as Boo Radley, Mrs. Dubose, and Tom Robinson to convey the book’s theme of prejudice.
Has evil always been around, or did man create it? One could trace evil all the way back to Adam and Eve; however, evil came to them, but it was not in them. When did evil become part of a person? No one knows, but evil has been around for a long time and unfortunately is discovered by everyone. In many great classics in literature evil is at the heart or the theme of the novel, including Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird. This classic book demonstrates the growing up of two children in the South and illustrates the theme of evil by showing how they discover, how they deal, and how they reconcile themselves to the evils they experience.
What is the first thing you think of when you think of cruelty? Prejudice, Criticism, Horrible person, Slaves, Abusive Physically and Mentally, how people treat people, Animal Abuse, Child Abuse, Satanic, Mean, Red, Math, Torture, Hurtful, Hateful. These are the answer I got when I ask what people what their opinion was. It seems as though these are all correct, as everything on this list has some sort of cruelty. There is no wrong answer to this question. To Kill a Mockingbird is an eccentric book that takes place in the 1930’s explaining how the blacks are treated against the whites. In basis a form of cruelty