Full Name Dr. Lisa Ampleman English 101-13 10 October 2013 Killer Whales: Rhetorical Analysis of a Blog Throughout the history of cetacean captivity‚ two orcas have been labeled as murderers. In the winter of 2009‚ at the park known as Loro Parque‚ an orca named Keto killed his trainer‚ Alexis Martinez. Exactly two months later‚ in Sea World Orlando‚ an orca known as Tilikum killed his trainer as well. Tilikum had previously been involved in the deaths of both another trainer and a park
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Serial Killers: America ’s New Epidemic. Serial killers have been around since the dawn of history‚ their numbers multiplying exponentially within the past five decades. In recent years‚ words such as "baffling" and "mysterious" have become routine to describe the growing phenomenon. It is imperative to develop a workable solution and general understanding of these predators in human form as a new wave of serial murders reach crisis rates in this millennium. More than fifteen-hundred serial killers
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Since the time of Jack the Ripper serial killers and their prey have captivated the world. Their victims range from five to hundred‚ but all share the same notorious lime light. Throughout America’s history there have been stories of serial killers that have been told to scare and fascinate us. The question remains "Why do we find serial killers so fascinating?" What is a serial killer? Webster defines a serial killer as someone who kills three or more people at the same time‚ or in a short interval
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Saving Tuxedos Killer whales do not belong in captivity because they are intelligent mammals created to live a free life unchallenged in the sea. A killer whales gift in this world is not to entertain crowds from the confines of a pool‚ but rather to help sustain and control the flourishing life across vast oceans‚ and the land. They are found in all the world’s oceans‚ before captivity‚ they were described as “blood-thirsty killing machines” (Kirby‚ 2012‚ p. 3). The killer whale plays a major role
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Serial Killers – Are They Born Bad? Throughout history and in the modern world serial killers have been committing murders and creating a sense of fear and horror. In order to answer the question‚ whether serial killers are born bad or become one because of external environment‚ it is necessary that one defines what a serial killer is. A serial killer is a person who unlawfully murders two or more persons in separate events (Giannangelo‚ pg. 5). What distinguishes a serial killer from a murderer
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infamous serial killer from Transylvania. Driven by a desire for eternal youth‚ she turned vampirialistic. She would drink the blood of young girls and enjoyed torturing them before their deaths. What made her this way? Let’s investigate. Before we can understand Elizabeth Bathory‚ we have to understand the basic profile of a serial killer. Oftentimes‚ serial killer exhibit traits in childhood. The Macdonald Triad is three of the most common traits shared between serial killers. The triad is
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Running head: FEMALE SERIAL KILLERS 2 Introduction It is true that there are far less female serial killers than there are male serial killers‚ but that does not mean they are any less dangerous (Johnston‚ 2012). They kill for profit and power‚ murdering the people who are the closest to them. They use poison‚ shooting and suffocation to get rid of
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A person who is classified as a serial killer has to have killed 3 or more people with a cooling period of about 30 days between each murder. (Ronald M. Homes‚ 1998) The people involved in these events are the killers and the victims‚ whether the killer is murdering people he or she knows and for a specific reason‚ but sometimes the killer doesn’t know the victims and is just killing them out of pleasure. Serial killers have been around since time began but they have different from then and now.
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living in constant fear of what this killer would do next: sounds like a plot line to a serial killer movie. To the people of west coast California‚ however‚ this was very real. One unidentified individual was on a killing spree and was enjoying it too. This man‚ known as the Zodiac Killer‚ was a mystery to the police department‚ but theories were brought up about possible suspects. Even though some people believe Arthur Leigh Allen was the infamous Zodiac Killer‚ through eye witness accounts and forensic
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gone with her usual style of styling herself to unrecognizable lengths. She is wearing a bright rainbow wig and typical ‘clown’ makeup. But what is notable about this photograph is that she is wearing a neck brace‚ and what could possibly be a hospital gown‚ clearly hinting that this clown has had an accident. This leads on to the message behind this portrait‚ the way that clowns are generally depicted as jolly‚ funny characters as the bright‚ almost garish‚ colours suggest... But behind his bright
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