In David Livingstone Smith’s The Most Dangerous Animal‚ he first defines war as a word that is “ordinary” therefore a “workaday word (8).” He says we cannot be too broad with the idea of war but also not too narrow. War is a diverse phenomenon. In order to understand war “we must have an appreciation of its variety: the sometimes dramatically different forms that it has taken from time to time and place to place (11).” First Livingstone approaches the nature of “true war‚” true war is a recent development
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stems from a life of wealth‚ luxury‚ and militarism‚ which inflate his ego and sense of entitlement and impose few limits on his desires. Zaroff began hunting at an early age when he shot his father’s prized turkeys and continually sought out bigger game in his family’s tract of wilderness in the Crimea‚ a peninsula on the Black Sea. Commanding a division of Cossack cavalrymen in Russia‚ meanwhile‚ familiarized Zaroff with the horrors and atrocities of warfare. He continued to hunt after the czar had
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the type of fiction and they are literary and commercial fiction. Literary Fiction provides psychological thinking and a general description of the world whereas Commercial Fiction involves entertainment and happy endings. Graham Greene’s “The Destructors” is a short story that shows how internal scars affect the way people develops. The story is dark‚ but in a sad way. A group of kids find something to do since they enjoy committing minor non harmful crimes. The leader of their gang is Blackie
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“The Destructors” Commercial fiction attracts many people because it’s more fantasized than literary fiction‚ which tends to not have much audience and is more about what can really happen with humans and society. “The Destructors” by Graham Greene is a short story about a group of boys in a gang called Wormsley Common Gang and how their latest recruit had a rebellious plan on destroying a house from inside out of an elderly man. This short story fits in the genre of crime and drama because of what
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of meaning. They use objects‚ actions‚ and characters to give more meaning to the thing itself. In Greene ’s short story "The Destructors"‚ symbols are used. Some of these symbols include Old Misery ’s house‚ which is a symbol for art‚ beauty‚ and upper classes. Moreover‚ it symbolizes the need to destroy something aesthetic when in the atmosphere of war. The Destructors of the house‚ namely the Wormsley Common Gang‚ symbolize the effect of war on younger generations. Lastly‚ the main character
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The Destructors The Destructors‚ authored by Graham Greene‚ conveys the idea that people have the instinctive ability to destroy‚ and make a guilt choice‚ between what they believe in what is right from wrong. The Destructors is to show how clear the characters and their actions are projected and guided by the subtle message of irony. The central theme of this short story is of a group of teenagers who call themselves the ‘Wormsley Common Gang’. The gang of misfits live by their own rules
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In the story “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell the main character Rainsford falls off a boat and is forced to swim to‚ what is known to be‚ an ominous island. On this island he meets a hunter. But‚ this hunter is no ordinary man. He hunts humans instead of animals‚ and calls it a game.Within the story‚ the author uses setting‚ conflict‚ and foreshadowing to prove that not everything turns out the way one plans it. To begin with‚ Connell uses setting to prove the theme. In the text it
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comments that the game of baseball is boring and moves too slowly. Certain people in this world‚ including myself obviously‚ see baseball as the greatest game of strategy that has ever been created. Baseball is a mental game. Baseball is America’s pastime and still fulfills that expectation to this day. The reason for the downfall though in terms of people losing interest is due to the new generation and the advancement of technology serving as a distraction from the greatest game of all time. Although
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Rainsford headed home to his family‚ but ever since the “Man Hunt” he has been a different man. He acted differently ever since he came back home. He kept himself; he always was in his study‚ and just sits there. All his meals got sent to his study. He lost his job because he never came in. The family was running low on food‚ and they needed someone to go out hunting. Rainsford wife went out hunting for food. Sooner or later Rainsford wife divorced him‚ because he did nothing around the house but
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"The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell is not as dangerous as "The Veldt" by Ray Bradbury. Although there are clear hazards on Ship-Trap Island‚ the dangers of the Happylife Home are much more threatening. "The Most Dangerous Game’s" Ship-Trap Island has many dangerous elements. One example‚ is the evil dogs that live on the island. Zaroff‚ one of the few inhabitants of the island‚ has trained his dogs to hunt humans. The dogs hunt people‚ so they can never win Zaroff’s game. Zaroff
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