Passage from Slaughterhouse-Five By Kurt Vonnegut Weary was as new to war as Billy. He was a re- 1 placement‚ too. As a part of a gun crew‚ he had helped 2 to fire one shot in anger---from a 57-millimeter antitank 3 gun. The gun made a ripping sound like the opening 4 of the zipper on the fly of God Almighty. The gun 5 lapped up snow and vegetation with blowtorch 6 thirty feet long. The flame left a black arrow on the 7 ground‚ showing Germans exactly where the gun 8 was hidden
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world appeared as a well functioning nation‚ inside‚ people were beginning to suffer from the disease of corruption. “The cause and effect relationship begins to quickly spread the disease throughout the characters” (unknown author). In Hamlet‚ we see that as the play progresses‚ three main characters become rotten with corruption; Claudius‚ Polonius and Hamlet. Claudius and Hamlet try to hide it at first‚ but it soon becomes too much and they eventually can‘t hold it in any longer. Polonius on the
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Ida B. Wells’s life was filled with unimaginable despair and frustration during decades of injustice‚ hatred‚ and violence. She became the voice who suffered and she had to courage to speak out against such treatment. In 1909 "This Awful Slaughter" spoken by Ida B. Wells was and still is deeply touching. Nevertheless words alone are a far cry from actually living it and having to endure the horrific cruelty being played out before your eyes on a daily basis. A number of people were disconnected
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British character "The British are definitely romantic‚ much more romantic then Italians ..." Generally British people are polite. During my first visit to London I remember seeing a man in the underground asking for information from a ticket seller. The latter didn’t replay and the man said "Thank you very much"‚ started working off‚ and then turned around and said "fuck you‚ stupid". So‚ for me‚ the British
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After I read chapters 18 and 19 in Animal Reader I almost couldn’t bring myself to eat meat. I had already begun to shy away from red meat‚ but not because my conscience was making me feel shame or guilt. Instead‚ I just sort of break out with hives if I eat a lot of red meat‚ but even that reaction didn’t stop me from enjoying my previously heavy carnivorous diet. I am beginning to be more mindful of my treatment towards animals and of my meat consumption. I don’t think I can ever look at bacon
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Becoming "Un-Stuck" in Slaughter-House Five As we begin our epic journey in the science-fiction novel Slaughter-House Five‚ we are struck with an unfamiliar phrase. "Billy Pilgrim has become unstuck in time." But what does author Kurt Vonnegut mean by that? We soon discover that this idea of becoming "un-stuck in time" is major theme in this novel. Our protagonist‚ Billy‚ jumps to different points in his life at unexpected points in time. At time we find ourselves with him
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Silence of the Lambs. The Silence of the Lambs started out as a novel written by Thomas Harris. It received positive acclaim from critics and fellow authors alike. In 1991 it was adapted into a film which was also quit popular‚ winning five Academy Awards. Many who read the book or watched the movie will have a difficult time forgetting the main antagonist Buffalo Bill. Buffalo Bill was the twisted serial killer who killed women for their skin. Many aspects in Bill’s character make him both memorable
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Character of Mr. Watts Tom Christian Watts‚ known locally as Pop Eye‚ is an elderly white man living in the village with his black wife‚ Grace. Grace is from the village and now suffers from an undisclosed mental illness. He and his wife are local eccentrics‚ providing the children with entertainment on occasions when Pop Eye‚ wearing a clown’s red nose‚ pulls his wife along the village in a trolley. In turn‚ she stands regally looking at no-one. Matilda is keen to understand what this behaviour
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Manslaughter or the Second chance at a New Life? The story in which a child is in need of a brain transfer brings about an issue surrounding one’s identity. In this story‚ Harry Vladek has a very difficult decision to make in regards to the health of his son‚ Tommy. Tommy has a very serious brain problem thus‚ he is basically left brain died with fully healthy and functional body. Harry‚ not wanting let go of his son‚ tries everything‚ in terms of trying to help his son‚ and finally comes across
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9/4/2013 In this letter‚ Charles Lamb declines an invitation into Cumberland from the English Romantic Poet‚ William Wordsworth. Lamb uses multiple techniques to help him decline this invite. For example‚ Lamb expresses to Wordsworth how much he loves London and the fact that he never wants to leave the attachments he had made there. He also explains that he is neither interested nor passionate to join Wordsworth and his sister on their journey into Cumberland. Lamb also uses tone in his letter. Because
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