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    FORENSIC BASED RESEARCH TASK Task A- The Role of a Forensic Psychologist Kathryn A. LaFortune is a Forensic Psychologist who works at the Oklahoma State University - Centre for Health Sciences. She has served as the Chief of Forensic Psychological Services for the Oklahoma Indigent Defence System. In the past she would have been asked to interview an inmate that’s sentence is nearing an end. She would determine the dangerousness of the person and decide whether or not he is ready to leave the

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    The Adventurous Tale of Rainsford People’s characteristics and actions can determine what will happen to them. This is true in Richard Connell’s short story “The Most Dangerous Game.” Rainsford’s key characteristics such as his creativeness‚ toughness‚ and moral values are crucial to his survival. Rainsford is a very clever and creative man and this is crucial to his survival. He is creative by hiding up in a tree but before he hides in the tree‚ he is frantically looking for a place to go. He

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    “The Most Dangerous Game” VS “Young Goodman Brown” 201240 English 102: Literature and Composition Fall D 2012 Cara Wood L25221640 APA Thesis: Both “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell and “Young Goodman Brown” by Nathaniel Hawthorne have similarities and differences when it comes to characterization and setting. Richard Connell and Nathaniel Hawthorne both illustrate a great sense of fear and evil in both of these short stories‚ as well as good morals. Outline: I. Introduction A. Thesis

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    In Richard Connell’s short story “The Most Dangerous Game” General Zaroff displays intelligence‚ an evil mind‚ and also arrogance. Zaroff seems like a civilized human being but when we learn that he hunts people on his island for entertainment‚ we see that he is really nothing less than a monster. He is portrayed as vicious to readers by the way he looks‚ what he says‚ and what Rainsford says to him. Throughout Connell’s short story General Zaroff displays his intelligence and experience in hunting

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    This type of point of view adds a chance to view the story from two different perspectives. It works out because it also adds more interest to plot‚ instead of reading the story through the eyes of one character. If “The Most Dangerous Game” were told in a different perspective‚ like an objective point of view‚ the story would lose a lot of important aspects to it‚ like the thoughts and feelings of Rainsford and General Zaroff‚ and it would also lose it’s uniqueness. The point of view for this story

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    Are you scared of drowning‚ being stuck on a desolate island‚ being killed by someone? In Richard Connell’s short story‚ The most dangerous game‚ tells us how the exact same thing happens to a guy named Sanger Rainsford‚ a big game hunter. At first everything was fine and Rainsford was sailing to Rio with his companion Whitney‚ the next thing he knows he is on an island playing a game with a man who loves to hunt humans. This tells us that you should never trust a desolate island. At first Whitney

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    Civilized vs. Savage “There is a savage beast in every man‚ and when you hand that man a sword or spear and send him forth to war‚ the beast stirs.”- George R.R. Martin. Cruel‚ Savage‚ and dangerous describe Zarroff a character in Richard Connells short story “The Most Dangerous Game”. In the story “The Most Dangerous Game” a man named Rainsford who is an experienced hunter is trapped on an island by Zarroff retired general in the Russian Army who wants him to be part of a “game” where Zarroff hunts

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    Over the course of Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily”‚ Miss Emily’s unpredictable and quirky behavior aroused a sense of curiosity amongst the readers. The readers‚ much like the townspeople in the story‚ are left wondering the cause of Miss Emily’s behavior. It could easily be inferred that Miss Emily experienced a mental disease. After evaluating her symptoms in this short story‚ it can be supported that Miss Emily suffered from schizophrenia. “Schizophrenia is a serious disorder‚ which affects how

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    “I heard he was six and a half feet tall.” “Really! I heard he dined on raw squirrels and any cats he can reach!” “No wonder‚ I heard his hands were always blood stained! You know what they say once you ate a raw animal the blood will never wash off.” “Well‚ that’s Boo Radley for ya!” *laughs heard from gossip people* The name’s Arthur Radley‚ but for some reason most people know me as “Boo Radley”. I’ve always pondered why the folks call me that‚ do they think of me as some sort of a monster

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    In the story “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell the main character Rainsford falls off a boat and is forced to swim to‚ what is known to be‚ an ominous island. On this island he meets a hunter. But‚ this hunter is no ordinary man. He hunts humans instead of animals‚ and calls it a game.Within the story‚ the author uses setting‚ conflict‚ and foreshadowing to prove that not everything turns out the way one plans it. To begin with‚ Connell uses setting to prove the theme. In the text it

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