Chef's knife Essays

  • Short Story - The Thud

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    The television screen flickered in muted silence as it ran the news story again, warning the public about the man with the knife. He'd been fooling the police for weeks, leaving behind no clues or reasoning to his appetite for slaughtering woman who were home alone. But Rose knew where the man was. He was in her basement skulking around in the dark with the butcher knife between his teeth. She reached for the phone, preparing to summon the police again, but shuddered at the arrogance during

  • Chef's Choice 120 And 130 Analysis

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    Chef's Choice 120 vs. 130 Similarities between the Chef’s Choice 120 and 130 Dimensions They look the same but are slightly different in size. The Chef's Choice 120 is 12 x 6 x 6.2 inches in dimensions and weighs 5 pounds whereas the 130 measures 12 x 6.2 x 6.2 inches and weighs 4.7 pounds. The three stages are clearly marked and both machines have stabilizing feet with which you can place it anywhere on your countertop. Three-stage sharpening The 120 and 130 use a three-stage sharpening process

  • The 105 Pathfinder Fixed Blade Knife

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    by your side is a quality hunting knife. Even if you were some kind of uber-hunter who liked to kill with his bare hands, you would still need a knife to help you skin and gut your prey. Today I’ll be showing you some of the best hunting

  • Explain how Golding describes the setting of the novel in chapters 1

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    author describes the boys position using: “They were on the lip of a cirque”. The use of personification makes the reader identify that the island is more like a person and not an evil thing. If Golding had used a sentence such as “ They were on the knife edge of a cirque”, then the reader would have identified the island with images of danger and negativity. The author later similarises the cirque with a waterfall. He uses the words: “Filled”, “Overflow” and “Spilled” to make connections with a

  • Lord Of The Flies: Jack And Roger

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    on the island lead up to his behavior. For example, when Ralph, Simon and Jack are in the forest and they see the pig for the first time Jack does not kill it no doubt from the taboo of killing. The second time he meets the pig he kills it with his knife and this is only the beginning of the change in his behavior. Jack's wanting of meat turns into obvious bloodlust later on in the novel, for example he kills the mother pig without even thinking if it was wrong: "Kill the pig, cut her throat, bash

  • Roman Polanski's Knife in the Water

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    Roman Polanski uses the camera throughout his film Knife in the Water to represent the numerous differences between the characters and specifically how he wanted them to be portrayed. Polanski uses the camera to bring the audience directly into the tense, energetic, and insightful nature of his scenes. Through these characteristics he is able to display these characters as dysfunctional, maybe even touching on similarities to many humans in society. Because of this, Polanski found great success in

  • Apache Indians

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    some Apache tribes lived in the forests and well-watered valleys the mainly depended on berries and hunting deer and antelope they had many ways that they could kill and gather the foods. To cut the berries from the branches the Apacheans used a knife the is in the center of a wooden stick which they would sharpen in with a smoothed groove stone. With the adoption of horses was a great discovery because it made hunting and carrying the goods much easier (Taylor 55). Also the Apache Indians had

  • Violence in Film

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    Imagine, a man just got shot in the chest and his blood is pouring out like water from a faucet. The killer pulls out a knife to finish his work and violently stabs his victim to death. Why would anyone want to see this? The fact is, many people do want to see violent movies, and this has been proven with their high ratings at the box office. Whether people use these violent movies to release their daily frustrations, to see the danger involved in watching them, or the special effects, people want

  • The Murder

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    doing their thing. At the bedroom door BA stopped Liz. "Might be better if you stayed out." "Nonsense, if you remember, this won’t be the first murdered person I've seen. I assume that's why all these cops are here." The body lay on the bed and a knife protruded from the solar plexus. The Medical Examiner spoke through clenched teeth, though he tried to be dispassionate. "Whoever murdered her understood how. The blade was inserted just below the stern... ... middle of paper ... ... Besides

  • I Was Mugged

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    I was mugged tonight. It was about 11pm, and I was walking home from the gym, and for some reason I decided to the Other Route. I walked down Valencia to 15th instead of 14th, and headed down the block that's supposed to be one of the worst in the city, along the side of the Valencia Street Projects. It was a beautiful, warm night, and tons of people were hanging out outside. It looked like a few drug deals were being had, but usually no one hassles me. I was wearing my torn up jeans jacket

  • Existentialism in The Stranger (The Outsider)

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    of the novel that helped me to understand existentialism better was when Meursault shot the Arab on the beach and how he handled the situation afterwards.  The Arab had drawn his knife and held it up to Meursault, but this wasn't what bothered him, it was the light from the sun that shot off the Arabs knife, and the intense heat along with the salt from his sweat in his eyes that was bothering him. Meursault shot the Arab mainly because he was uncomfortable and not because he felt threatened

  • Doc Holliday

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    late John"Doc" Holliday. Part of the reason Doc has enjoyed such a famedhistory is because of the overall descent man he was, that is when hewasn’t gambling, drinking, and gunslinging. When Doc died he mighthave had a handkerchief, a pocket knife, a deck of poker cards, a flaskhalf full of whiskey, and a small essay entitled "My Friend DocHolliday" by Wyatt Earp. 	The most important item Doc would have had on him when he diedwas a handkerchief. Doc most likely had a handkerchief

  • Franz Kafka

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    ...Once more the odious courtesies began, the first handed the knife across K. to the second, who handed it across K. back again to the first. K. now perceived clearly that he was supposed to seize the knife himself, as it traveled from hand to hand above him, and plunge it into his own breast. But he did not do so, he merely turned his head, which was still free to move, and gazed around him. He could not completely rise to the occasion, he could not relieve the officials of all their tasks; the

  • The Knife

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    for the day, and I went to go whittle on the roof of the garage. I went into the garage and got my filet knife out of my tackle box. Then went around to the back, climbed the fence, and got onto the roof. I had done this several times before and liked this place because it was serene and peaceful. I took a branch off the great oak tree that stood before me and began carving. Suddenly, the knife slipped off the fresh, smooth, moist wood and sliced into my leg for what seemed like an eternity. It hurt

  • Choosing the Best Folding Knife

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    Choosing the Best Folding Knife Many people firmly believe that you should never go anywhere without a handy folding knife. There's not doubt that folding knives can be extremely useful in both emergency situations and everyday occurrences, but you will need to know how to choose the best folding knife for your needs in order to ensure that it has durability, usability, a sharp blade and more. How Many Blades or Optional Tools? Knives some in so many styles, designs and types today that it can

  • tinting

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    over. So, some states only allow slightly tinted windows, or only allow certain windows to be tinted. A little research can save you a lot of money in fines! You will need your chosen tint film, window cleaner, a single-edged razor blade, utility knife, a hard tool like an old credit card, a good squeegee and a lint-free cloth. Some brands of tint may al...

  • The Hiking Coyote: A Beginners Guide to Hiking

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    Hikers will sometimes get lost on a trail past sunset, which means bringing a flashlight is essential to finding your way to the trailhead. We take light for granted because we are used to lights assisting on dark streets, roads, and highway. Yet, when you are deep in a forest and its nightfall, the only gentle light source you may have is a full moon. However full moons are not seen every night. It is important to see the smaller details of your trail, your map or to see what's lurking in the bushes

  • The poems' Valentine and In Mrs. Tilchers' Class both experience

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    "loving" words like 'truthful' and 'lover', towards the end she talks about how the scent of the onion will 'cling to your knife'. The word 'knife' is the keyword in this line, and Carol Ann Duffy has purposely chosen it because it is not usually linked with Valentine poems. The word is a strong contrast towards the beginning of the poem. We can link the word 'knife' as the last word in the poem, to the last word in the first line which is 'heart'. We can now more clearly see the contrast

  • Things Fall Apart - Oronoko

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    take Tobaco; and when he was assured he should dye, he desir?d they give him a pipe in his mouth, ready lighted, which they did; and the executioner came, and first cut off his members and threw them into the fire; after that, with an ill favoured knife, they cut his ears and his nose, and burn?d them; he still smoak?d on, as if nothing had touched him; then they hacked off one of his arms, and still he bore up, and held his pipe; but at the cutting of his other arm, his head sunk, and his pipe drop

  • Religious Themes in Roman Polanski's A Knife In The Water and Rosemary’s Baby

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    Religious Themes in Roman Polanski's A Knife In The Water and Rosemary’s Baby Roman Polanski incorporated religious themes into his films, “A Knife In The Water” (Poland 1962) and “Rosemary’s Baby” (U.S. 1968). “ A Knife In The Water” contains some Christian imagery that is not incorporated into the plot or theme of the film. In contrast, the central theme of “Rosemary’s Baby” is religion. I believe this difference illustrates the fact that Polanski desired to make a radical religious film but was