short story written by Evan Hunter about two boys from rival gangs‚ Tigo and Danny‚ who were picked to settle an argument by playing Russian roulette after shooting at a candy shop in which in the end there could only be one winner. An idea that interests me in the short story The Last Spin written by Evan Hunter is gang rivalry‚ conflict and friendship. The theme of conflict and gang rivalry is shown throughout the first part of the story. An example is when Evan Hunter makes it obvious through
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"The Last Spin" "The Last Spin" by Evan Hunter is an interesting short story that makes the reader think about friendship‚ emnity and waste of life. The story is about two gang members‚ Dave and Tigo‚ who are made to play a suspenseful game of Russian Roulette. Through the use of features such as setting‚ characterisation and creation of tension‚ the author has managed to write a short but meaningful story. The story is set in a dark‚ cold basement. We can assume that it is in America because
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life. What happened slowly came back to his mind. He won in Zaroff’s hunt and then he fell asleep in Zaroff’s bed. Zaroff was the hunter who lived in the enormous building on Ship-Trap Island. Rainsford wasn’t mad like the day before‚ and he got dressed and walked down the to the diner looking for breakfast. Zaroff wasn’t there‚ but there was a new person‚ Evan. Evan looked exactly like Ivan‚ but he had red hair. He was very sociable and polite. After Rainsford ate breakfast‚ he overheard a conversation
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In the memoir A Long Way Gone‚ the author‚ Ishmael Beah‚ relates his story to the title. On page 65‚ the author says: “We were a long way from Mattru Jong. A long way gone.” The title‚ A Long Way Gone‚ gives the reader a glimpse of how far Ishmael is away from Mattru Jong‚ his life before being a soldier‚ and how distant he is with himself. Mattru Jong is a city in Sierra Leone‚ which Ishmael‚ his brother‚ Junior‚ and a few friends travel to in chapter 1 to attend a talent show. While on the way
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various stores. And then without warning‚ about five blocks from my apartment building‚ I tripped on the sidewalk and fell on my face. My nose was bleeding and I was dizzy‚ too dizzy to stand‚ but no bones were broken. “ I am fine“‚ I announced to the people on the street that stopped. They thought otherwise‚ and someone called 911. I was told an ambulance was on its way. I remained sitting on the sidewalk. A fall that would change everything Though I was dizzy‚ I hadn’t lost consciousness
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Clinical Features and Public Health Issues” http://www.psmid.org.ph/vol25/vol25num1topic10.pdf). Ebola is one of the most gruesome and deadly viruses in its effects on its victims. It may even be the most feared disease in the planet‚ which excessive bleeding and liquefying flesh. It is spread from people who have close contact with the ill person (such as families‚ communities‚ hospitals)‚ handling dead ill bodies and even through bodily fluids. Lack of sanitary condition‚ including clean needles‚ syringes
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the blood of the rat still inside and when Angelica purr chase her cat. Latched on to the cat the flea then bites and regurgitates the Yersinia Pestis into Angelica Rogers carries it to Evans. (But somehow she survived). Death comes back to Evans high school Recently the first death came to the Maynard Evans Trojan’s quarterback on the varsity football team. From past research doctors have tried the cure
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Helpless In “The Bluest Eye” by Toni Morrison and “From Songs of Experience: The Chimney-Sweeper” by William Blake‚ the main characters are highly disadvantaged children. Morrison’s characters are experiencing the effects of the great depression‚ while Blake’s speaker is a victim of child labour during the industrial revolution in London. Blake’s speaker describes the child workers as experiencing “misery” (141). According to the Oxford English Dictionary‚ misery can be interpreted as “distress caused
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Mark Evans Dr. Todd Buck Philosophy 230 13 July 2013 1 Mesolithic Religion Prior to this time in human existence people did not practice an organized form of religion. Everything was considered sacred and and there were no gods being worshiped. All this began to change in the Mesolithic time period. A shift in culture is evidenced by the building of the Stone Temple at Urfa. Up until this point in time‚ humans lived a mostly hunter gather lifestyle. People would have followed the herds
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"Piano and Drums" is a poem that accurately explores the trying conflict of merging a traditional culture with a new‚ modern civilisation. The author Gabriel Okara‚ who also doubles as the narrator in the poem‚ responds to the drums as his tribal heritage and the simplicity of youth‚ while he sees the piano as the foreign customs irrelevant to the black society‚ with the complexity of experience. Throughout "Piano and Drums"‚ Okara’s choice of diction is used to show his response to the two kinds
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