Peter Wilke Professor Callais Analysis Paper February 11‚ 2013 The Jack Roller In the book The Jack Roller author Clifford Shaw is a criminologist who has researched many different youthful deviants to see exactly when the deviance begins and how it evolves. The book dives deep into the mind of a particular case of a boy named Stanley in Chicago during the 1920’s. From the beginning of the book Stanley is abused by his stepmother often being set aside so she could tend to here actual children
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In Jack Kerouac’s novel On the Road‚ the narrator‚ Sal Paradise offers up to us what seems to be a very optimistic view on life. He is forever singing the praises of how wonderful his adventures will be and his high expectations for the future. To Sal‚ the novel is defined by youthful exuberance and unabashed optimism for the new experiences that he sets out to find. A deeper look into the novel‚ as well as a look at some of the critics who have written on it‚ reveals a much darker side‚ a more
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Jack Merridew Jack is the oldest of the group. He is a tall‚ thin‚ and bony boy with red hair and a freckled face. He symbolizes responsibility‚ barbaric behavior‚ evil‚ and irrational thinking. He symbolizes responsibility because he was responsible for the actions of his group‚ the hunters. As the head of the hunters‚ it was his job to make sure they were always on task and that they bring food (meat) for the rest of the group. He symbolizes barbaric behavior by the way he treats the littluns
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"Much of his philosophical work deals with the issues of how one experiences life as a "single individual"‚ giving priority to concrete human reality over abstract thinking‚ and highlighting the importance of personal choice and commitment." In the book‚ "The Hunger Games" by Suzzanne Collins‚ one such character displays her life as a "single individual" Her name is Katniss Everdeen. Even before the moment she became a tribute she had to be strong and help provide for her family. She began to provide
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The Existentialist school of thought poses that humans live in an irrational universe and try‚ to no avail‚ to forge meaning out of the chaos and stress. Franz Kafka expresses this sentiment in his novella‚ Metamorphosis‚ in which Gregor Samsa awakes to find he has transformed into a human-sized dung beetle and struggles to maintain that which makes him human. Through Kafka’s expression of Existential ideas of living-for-others and isolation‚ the author encapsulates Gregor’s descent into animalistic
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Jack London‚ an American author known for his thrilling adventure stories‚ showed the world that even an exciting story that takes place in exotic settings can include all the intricacies of great literature. This is seen in many of his stories with the implementation of symbolism‚ many times a recurring theme in his work. Also‚ London used many ideas of the day such as Darwinism and Spencerism in his writings in order to better portray his views. However‚ perhaps one of the most telling signs that
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Jack Neo A very well-known filmmaker‚ Jack Neo is a commonly identified name that all Singaporeans will be able to relate to. Besides the 13 films that he has directed and some which he acted in‚ most Singaporeans will remember him deeply for his comedic cross-dressing role as Liang Po Po and Liang Xi Mei. His productions have certainly managed to capture the hearts of most Singaporeans as they are able to relate with his movies. He is arguably the most successful filmmaker in terms of box office
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The Whitechapel Murders and those of Jack the Ripper are not generally one and the same. Over a period of three years towards the end of the nineteenth century a number of prostitutes were murdered under different circumstances the murder of prostitutes was not an especially unique occurrence during those times but several of the murders drew particular attention on account of the savagery with which the victim’s bodies were mutilated. Within the Whitechapel Murders was a cluster of murders that
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Jack the Ripper: Turning a Modern Eye Toward an Old Investigation Daryl R. Cozart http://www.casebook.org/dissertations/dst-cozart.html Of the volumes that have been written about Jack the Ripper and the literal death grip he held over the City of London‚ very little has focused on the efforts of the police and investigators who were obligated to capture the villain and end the reign of terror. With the exception of some short biographies of the primary police personnel and the constant attention
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“The Call of the Wild” is written by Jack London. It was first published in 1903. The book was focused in the area of Alaska‚ about a dog named buck; who was taken away from his home and beaten and worn down and became a member of a sled dog team. He went through a lot of hard times. From hunger to freezing‚ beaten‚ drowning. Buck learned a lot of things in these times‚ like how to dig a hole in the snow to keep warm‚ how to serve threw hunger pains and also hes natural intinsts kick in and help
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