Remembering that a trout-filled stream ran through the property, Martin decided to do a little fly-fishing. When he drove out to the property, Martin was surprised to see smoke rising from the stone chimney of a little cabin that someone had constructed in the center of the land since the last time Martin had visited. When he approached the cabin, Martin suddenly heard a shot ring out and a bullet whiz past his head. Ducking for cover, Martin heard a familiar voice. It was Otis, from the small town where Martin had been a deputy, yelling and telling him to “Git off my land.”…
In this story the setting, especially the time and the atmosphere plays an important role, it takes place on a silent evening that makes it creepier and Vera ingeniously takes full advantage of her surrounding to deceive Nuttel.…
After Rip Van Winkle awakes from his twenty-year long slumber, he realizes that his dog and his gun are unable to be found. He is determined to revisit the spot that he was at the night before to demand his gun and dog back. Due to the forests long years of growing, he could not again find where he was before, so he decides to walk back to his village, fearing what Dame Van Winkle would say to him. As Rip approaches his village, he sees many people, none of which he recognizes. They were all pointing at his face, and Rip discovers that his beard had grown a foot. He sees many dogs, none of which are his. The town looks very different to him, and there are many new houses and people. Rip Van Winkle blames his confusion to the flagon he had.…
But life still went on, after all, nobody knew him. But still, people talked. For months after he was found, whispers floated around town. Rumors and theories as to who he had been, who killed him, and more importantly, would they strike again. For quite a while, a cloud of gloom and fear hovered over the town. People were more careful, stopped letting kids out after dark. And Hill Park, where I had played when I was a kid, became a morbid blotch in our community. Nobody knows much about the Hill Park boy, nobody except me got even a brief glimpse of who he…
Nancy Ewalt was supposed to go to church with the Clutters. She goes to the door knocks, but no one answers. Nancy Ewalt tries all of doors, but no one answers. Nancy Ewalt is with her father, together they decide to go to Susan Kidwell to see if she knows anything. Susan does not know anything and thinks it’s strange that the Clutters would not answer their door.…
The dog soon dies and the narrator, told from the first person perspective, recounts the events of that day. After he finds the dog dead in the yard, he readily wraps him up in a tarp and buries him behind the family garden. Once back in the house, he second guesses his haste in disposing of the body. He soon returns to the burial spot and exhumes the body. With spade in hand, he sends it down on the dog’s head, releasing any doubts as to whether or not the dog was dead. The dog’s ‘revenge’ soon acts on the narrator again, this time causing him to think about what he would tell his children, and whether or not his excuse would make any sense. Once the neighbor calls informing him that there was a chance the dog could have rabies, it gave the narrator the perfect excuse to, once again, march out to the backyard and dig up the family dog.…
The boy’s father gets arrested because he stole the ham and was in jail for a while. Later his father passes away and he is devastated. Then Sounder dies because of old age even though he came back with a lot of injuries from when he went missing. The Boy has to face the hard facts that his dad is dead and so is Sounder, and he can't go hunting anymore and there will no longer be the man of the house. His Father put food on the table and provided them life because of food.…
The escapades of that particular night lived on in the telling and the retelling of the tale for even future generations to enjoy. The naked burial at Prairie Hill Cemetery in all probability occurred in 1920 or shortly thereafter.3 Thus, the narrative couldn’t have enraptured our storyteller, born in 1926, until the victim suffered through at least a decade of “good natured” ribbing. It’s easy to imagine Robert, a mere boy, listening to his elders entertaining themselves at poor Clarence’s expense and becoming enthralled by the tale of a live burial during a dark and mysterious night in the town’s bone yard and ending with the caricature of a full-grown man dashing naked across farmer Martin’s…
1. Define “ergogenic aid” and discuss the various types of ergogenic aids. What are some examples of each type? (pp. 258-259)…
Using a frightening mood, Jacobs argues that those who interfere with their destiny will suffer (T.S). The story’s fearsome mood begins with “ heavy footsteps” and a banging “too loudly”(1) (C.D). Using suspenseful diction, the author suggests horrible events to come (commentary). Soon after the first wish “a silence unusual and depressing” settled upon the white family (5)(C.D). The reader encounters a disturbing sensation, creating an intense feeling of regret, felt mostly by Mr. White (commentary). At this point in the story Mr. White begins to understand the severity of his actions, tempting fate (commentary). Near the close of the story both Mr. and Mrs. White “lay silently listening to the ticking of the clock” while “a stair…
Shiftlet tries once more to redeem himself by attempting another good deed. Along the road, he picks up a young, hitchhiking boy who ran away from home. Mr. Shiftlet knows the little boy’s decision is one that he will most likely regret in the future, so he tries to convince the boy to go back home to his mother. He consoles the boy and tells him that his mother is the “second best mother in the world” and that there’s “nothing sweeter in the world than a mother”. But unlike the Crater’s, this little boy is not fooled by Mr. Shiftlet’s false kindness. The child can see right through Mr. Shiftlet’s act. He says that their mothers are flea bags and polecats, and jumps right out of the passenger side door. To conclude the story, Mr. Shiftlet’s last attempt at redeeming his bad habits and evil ways, failed to a young boy who was not fooled by his deceiving actions and…
An ironic ending is also foretold by the town's setting being described as one of normalcy. The town square is described as being "between the post office and the bank;" every normal town has these buildings, which are essential for day-to-day functioning. The townspeople also establish a normal, comfortable setting for the story. The children are doing what all typical kids do, playing boisterously and gathering rocks. The woman of the town are doing what all stereotypical females do, "exchang[ing] bits of gossip." The men are being average males by chatting about boring day-to-day tasks like "planting and rain, tractors and taxes."…
They rode the train to Washington, and when they arrived, Ole, Hilda 's uncle, and Thora, her cousin was waiting for them. As soon as Hilda saw her cousin she felt embarrassed because of how she looked. She did not have on nice clothes like Thora. When they arrived at Thora 's house Hilda saw all the nice things they had, and wished she had them too. She was still excited though because she knew she was going to see her new home the next day; but, little did Hilda know that her new house was an old house with a dirty yard. When Hilda saw the house she became very sad. It took a lot of cooperation and patience, but they fixed up the house and made it look better. Hilda and John found out that they had a creek and a maple tree on their property. They all went on an adventure, and Lois got stung by nettles. They went so far into the woods that they got lost, and could barely find their way back home. Even though their new home was not what they wanted it to be, they were starting to get used to it. They liked the brook; the trees and they even found an old shack far back in the woods. Hilda said the maple tree belonged to her, and she believed the brook sang to her.…
The second part of the story, which takes place a hundred years after the first, is both disturbing and mysterious. It involves a group of young people, Mr. and Mrs. Jenny, their pretty sisters and their sisters’ lovers who talk about the possibility of having a ghost inside their house and eventually discover the house’s dreadful secret. This part reveals the secret from the first part. Without it, the first part would have been very vague and incomplete. Along with the characters from the second part, we must attempt to read across a hundred years of silence to reconstruct the first woman’s story. We are forced to discover what traditions, what historical and cultural continuities link the two halves of the story together.…
In the Saki’s short story the open widow Mr. Nuttel, a man of poor nerve and highly reserved, following his sister’s suggestions, tried to pay several visits to some nice people strongly recommended by his sister, hoping those visits could help the never cure he was supposed to be undergoing; however, it was on his visit to Mr. Sappleton that his semi-normal never was totally crushed by a story from a girl only aged 15 years old. The first half of story was casted by the shadow of mystery and gloom, but the ending turned out to be unexpected delight, humor and irony, showing SAKI’ distinguished writing skill.…