The Most Dangerous Game SSA: Samuel Hammett Richard Connell was America’s most renowned short story writer of the 1920s and arguably his greatest work was the 1924 classic The Most Dangerous Game. This short story starts out with Sanger Rainsford‚ a world renowned hunter‚ traveling to the Amazon to go big game hunting with his first mate Whitley. While voyaging on Rainsford’s yacht they pass an ominous island named “Ship Trap Island” and Rainsford falls overboard where he proceeds to swim to this
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Connell’s short story‚ “The Most Dangerous Game.” After Rainsford’s ship crashes‚ he meets an ex-militant General Zaroff. General Zaroff loves to hunt‚ but hunting in his terms means people. He loves to lure sailors to a lighthouse surrounded by rocks‚ so their boat would crash and Zaroff can hunt them. General Zaroff challenges Rainsford to a battle. A battle to the death. With Zaroff having the upper hand and Rainsford having nothing but his wits. In his short story‚ “The Most Dangerous Game‚” Richard
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to most it is the most painful one. “He would put his peewee in my peewee‚ and touch my peewee”. Those are the words no parent or adult wants to hear come from a child’s mouth. Child abuse is sadly a common issue that our society has to face‚ and I was one of those who went through it. I was sexually abused by my grandfather multiple times day from the age of three to six and half. I was abused multiple times day in different ways each time‚ and it was only when I was left alone with him. My parents
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internet as there is an online edition of Alex Haley and Malcolm X’s book ‘The autobiography of Malcolm X’ and I plan on using this as my main source as it includes fundamental information about the topic. I have also planned to watch the documentary ‘Malcolm X: Make It Plain’ by Orlando Bagwell so I could get much closer look at Malcolm’s background and further my knowledge on his movement . I intend to get a 3rd source from either the school library or local county library. I intend to make a
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think of my bedroom‚ I realize why some people are so crazy about locking their doors and not letting anyone inside it and touch their stuff. My bedroom is the place where I can sit back and relax. It is the only place where I can get away from the world‚ away from the stressing college student life; a place away from work and rude customers‚ that even though no matter how nice you are to them‚ there’s always someone that finds the way to bring your mood down. A place when I can have my own privacy
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Kobie Douglas Douglas 1 2-6-12 My family history "In all of us there is a hunger‚ marrow deep‚ to know our heritage - to know who we are and where we came from. Without this enriching knowledge‚ there is a hollow yearning. No matter what our attainments in life‚ there is still a vacuum‚ emptiness‚ and the most disquieting loneliness.” –Alex Haley This quote explained to me the importance of my grandparent’s legacy and their history. A long twisting family tree inspires one who
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Pierre de Coubertin‚ the father of the modern Olympics‚ once said that "The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not winning but taking part.” Well‚ I believe that no one should be taking part in the Olympics‚ because they should be cancelled. Yes‚ it can be argued that they provide countries with sometimes much needed unity and strength to improve‚ and that the Olympics are highly competitive that is great for the athletes competing. But‚ the pros greatly overweigh the cons. The Olympics
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able to be open minded and not blinded by how you got to where you are. My definition of success is similar to the dictionary’s definition. success as the accomplishment of an aim or purpose. I honestly think that my definition defines it better because I have more detail and connection. I didn’t know what I wanted to do with myself after high school whether I wanted to go to college or start working and making money. In my head I wanted to be something bigger but I didn’t know if I was good enough
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ETP101 Assessment 1 My Three Artefacts Jian Luo Student ID: 214153434 My first artefact is an award that I got in my last year of primary school in 1984. It says‚ Student‚ Jian Luo‚ is named Changsha City - Three-good Student. ‘Three-good’ means good morality‚ good studying and good health. I grew up in a middle-sized city in mainland China. My schooling was in such an extraordinary time that I feel that I was both lucky and unlucky at the same time. In the 1980’s‚ China had just opened
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On April 6‚1978 in Los Angeles‚ California‚ my mother was born at a hospital in China Town. Her birth name was Nancy Chung Yee Ho. My grandfather gave her the name Nancy after Nancy Reagan who was the wife of president Ronald Reagan in office from 1981 to 1989. My mother was born as a middle child with a big brother named Chung Ho‚ born five years older than her in Hong Kong. She also has a younger sister named Lucy Ho‚ born six years later in Los Angeles as well. The three of them and both their
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