“The Bet” is the story of a bet between a banker and a young lawyer. As the story begins‚ an old Banker is in his room remembering one party 15 years ago when at that time he was young and very well-off. At the party guests eventually started talking about death penalty and life imprisonment and which one of those was worse. Most of the guests (journalists and scientists) didn’t approve death penalty but there was one young Lawyer who said that both death penalty and life imprisonment were inhuman
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An Analysis of "Never Bet the Devil Your Head" In Edgar Allan Poe’s 1841 short story of "Never Bet the Devil Your Head‚” Edgar Allan Poe begins his tale by describing how he has been under criticism because his tales do not have morals. In response to his critics‚ who he refers to as "ignoramuses‚" Edgar Allan Poe writes "Never Bet the Devil Your Head" which is the story of a man who is offering to bet the devil his head that he can do this or that. One day‚ the narrator (presented as the author
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Never Bet the Devil Your Head is an attack on transcendentalism‚ more than once the narrator calls transcendentalism a disease afflicting Toby Dammit. In fact Edgar Allan Poe is know for admitting a distaste for transcendentalists‚ whom he coined "Frogpondians" after the pond in the Boston Common. In particular Poe ridiculed their writings by describing them as "obscurity for obscurity sake.” At the most literal level‚ Never Bet the Devil Your Head is about a man who routinely ends his sentences
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made a bet? Did you ever have a bet that involved cutting off your pinky? In the short story “Man From The South” by Roald Dahl‚ there is an old man that makes a bet with a boy in his younger twenty’s. If the kids lighter can light 10 times in a row‚ he gets a Cadillac‚ if it does not light 10 times in a row he loses his pinky. The theme for this book is to be careful with what you bet‚ because it can cost you something very precious. In the beginning‚ when the old man first offered the bet‚ the
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Human creation is constantly puzzled by the discovery and purpose of its existence on Earth. One will strive to understand the meaning of life and when found‚ a person will inevitably work hard to achieve their purpose. In the short story "The Bet"‚ Anton Chekov displays the true intentions of our existence through displaying a poor lawyer who is willing to do anything for money. At the end of the story‚ I began to realize that the lawyer is misled to believe that money is essential to life‚ but
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of the Wild” was “The Bet” by Anton Chekhov. The theme for these two stories is knowledge and wisdom. For those who don’t know what “The Bet” is all about I will tell you. “The Bet” is about an aged banker and a juvenile lawyer to see which is better; the death penalty or locked up in a confinement for your life. These two stories have a fascinating lesson to teach young and aged human beings. “The Call of the Wild” has this theme because of what Buck learns. While “The Bet” is trying to show you
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describing how he has come under criticism because his tales do not have morals. In response to his critics‚ whom he refers to as "ignoramuses‚" Poe writes "Never Bet the Devil Your Head." The story is clearly a satire directed at these "moral mongers‚" who lack the intelligence to see the moral in fiction unless the author makes it obvious. "Never Bet the Devil Your Head" is the sad history of the short life of the narrator’s friend‚ Toby Dammit. Dammit had many vices‚ all of which resulted from a personal
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“Do Pigeons Gamble? I Wouldn’t Bet Against It” Summary: This article describes the facts about the psychology of gambling by focusing on the behavioral patterns exhibited by the pathological gamblers under a gambling situation. Basically a man is gambling at whatever point he or she takes the risk of losing money or belongings‚ and when winning or losing is chosen generally by chance. Gambling includes risking something of value on an indeterminate occasion in hopes of winning something of greater
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Would You Bet Your Life On The Bottom Line? “Thank You For Smoking” is a satirical comedy which is graceful‚ yet brutal. This film targets the pro-tobacco lobbyists‚ who would like the public to believe that smoking cigarettes is not harmful. It stars Aaron Eckhart as Nick Naylor‚ who is the spokesman for the Academy of Tobacco Studies. The opening scene starts with Nick appearing on "The Joan Lunden Show‚" sitting beside a bald-headed boy named Robin‚ a 15-year-old boy dying of cancer‚ but who
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“American dream” Anyone who’s ever thought about living the good life has pictured the best life ever. When we picture this perfect life we see a life with endless possibilities‚ having enough money to just go crazy with it‚ going to all the parties‚ and just living life without a care in the world. While I sit here and think about it most of my friends believe that a life of no worries and work‚ a life without the worry of responsibility is the "American dream." That used to be what I thought
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