I see a perspective of the quotation, "Character is what you are in the dark.", by Dwight Lyman Moody in the short story, "Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell. This quotation gives the meaning that you see the real characteristic of a character when they are alone, and no one else is around to see what they are doing or how they are acting. You can see some examples of this perspective in the short story with characters General Zaroff and Rainsford. For instance, when speaking with Rainsford about hunting The General states, "It must have courage, cunning, and, above all, it must be able to reason." (Connell P.12).
Do emotional gifts mean more than physical gifts? Humans pride themselves in making other people happy, this has been manipulated by large companies, making people think that physical gifts are always the way to go. You tend to receive minimal happiness when you give a physical gift to a person. Although a tough task, it has been proven that when one makes the other person better indirectly. While reading the winners in the pass line by Dagoberto Gilb, I stumbled upon the question of whether emotional gifts are more impactful and valued than physical gifts.
INTRODUCTION In “Baseball Magic”, Gmelch explores how baseball players perform rituals in order to receive good luck during their tournament. Gmelch compares the rituals of American baseball players to those of the Trobriand Islanders. The baseball players use magic, specifically rituals, taboos and fetishes to control their fear of failure. These rituals are primarily focused on players who pitch or hit since their positions in the game allow one to score points for their team (1).
Baseball Great is a series of novels written by Tim Green the children's sports author that has made a name for himself writing several sports fiction novels. The series which debuted with Baseball Great published in 2009 features Josh a player with the Titans baseball team that plays in a minor baseball league. His novels have all made national bestseller lists with several making the top 30 of the New York Times bestselling lists. In addition to writing children's sports fiction he is the author of A Man and his Mother: An Adopted Son's Search which was a memoir that was featured on ABC Prime Time, Entertainment Tonight, and in People Magazine. He first got into writing when he attended the Syracuse University where he got acquainted with
Have you ever gone through something hard to get passed? How do you handle that, how do you greef. Greef is how you handle a sad thing that has happened in someone's life. In both of the fiction stories Voyager Of The Frog by Gary Paulsen, and Father by Gary Soto, both of the main character show how they handle greef. I think that they show greef in the same way.
“The Most Dangerous Game,” by Richard Connell, clearly follows Freytag’s Pyramid of plot structure in a short story. The exposition begins on a boat with the introduction of Sanger Rainsford. He falls overboard, forcing him to swim to a nearby island. Rainsford happens upon a large mansion, and is introduced to General Zaroff and his companion Ivan. Although not directly stated, the reader can infer that General Zaroff hunts humans through the quote, “‘there is one that can.’
My question: Think about the ending of the story. Describe it. How did it reflect on the rest of the novel? Was it satisfying?
Assault on Gurthin’s Wall is a three player medieval, fantasy board game that focuses on the roles of Marcus, the warrior, Nikola, the thief, and Nathaniel, the priest. Together they descend through four levels of the ancient castle of Gurthin’s Wall to find the powerful artifacts they need to defeat the power demon queen, Sarah, before she can open a gate to hell and flood the Empire of Light with demons. The mechanics of the game are moving along a tile-based board, the artifact and character abilities, more specifically, the priest abilities, collecting treasure, dealing with traps, opening locked doors, and fighting with monsters.
Gary "The Great" Living the life of Gary Trent Jr. isn't an easy life to live. Growing up in Apple Valley, a town home to the Minnesota Timberwolves finest, Tyus Jones. Gary tries to make a name for himself, and succeeds by being ranked number five in the US for boy's basketball players. Going from the court, to college visits, and big decision making, it may seem nice watching all the success from the outside, but there's so much more to it. The reason why I wanted to interview Gary is because of all the exposure and attention Gary has gotten in his basketball career.
Hubristic to Humble Great leaders embody a paradox. They develop strength and wisdom through failure and ignorance. The activist Gandhi recognizes this contradiction, noting that both strength and weakness and wisdom and folly are close companions: “it is unwise to be too sure of one’s own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err.” Gilgamesh proves this truth in The Epic of Gilgamesh, translated by Herbert Mason.
So she started to squeeze an eraser for hours building her muscles up. So her shot and accuracy could help her win, which would help her think she is as good at sports as anyone else. In addition she did push ups on her fingers making her finger more powerful to help, which is a hard thing to do. Secondly, Lupe ran home threw her backpack down with her homework and dashed straight up to her room to practice setting aside school which she loves, to practice that's surprising. Also, Lupe worked so hard her thumb became swollen with muscle showing she tried hard on every practice shot and exercise.
Dangerous game/amontillado rough draft Imagine that you are stranded on an island. Now imagine meeting Zaroff, a psychotic madman who wants to hunt you down like an animal, and the only way off is to kill him. Compare that to being buried alive in a catacomb by your best friend Montresor3. Sounds like a fun time, right? Murder can be a powerful tool, life changing even, but why would people want to kill just for fun?
One day, you're enjoying a nice hot cup of coffee on your front porch when you see a soldier aiming at your neighbor as he starts leaving for school. In “High Jinks: Shoot-Out” by Guy Martin informs us about how high schools in New York promote this type of action and no consequences are faced. This game goes on for two long weeks and is taken seriously, sometimes too seriously. They have made up a seventeen-point book that has all the rules and safe zones. These two weeks are described as “ferocious.”
“It’s funny how one little thing can change your perspective on everything.” For young Gary Soto, that one thing was a guacamole-colored jacket. In the memoir, “The Jacket,” author Gary Soto conveys the message of his insecurity, his poverty, and his ultimate self destruction through the use of figurative language. Soto’s clever use of personification, metaphors, and similes clearly illustrates the message that the way you dress influences how you feel about yourself. To emphasize, Gary Soto uses descriptive language to reveal his secret insecurity about his jacket.
In “The most dangerous game” written by, Richard Connell, he uses many devices such as: characterization, plot structure and theme to contribute to the overall meaning of the story. Characterization is a big part of the overall meaning of the story which is that survival is of those who are smart, cunning, and can adapt to their environment. The protagonist Rainsford is at a constant battle with the antagonist General Zaroff. Throughout the entire short story they both have similar minds sets and then farther along the main character 's mind set develops into something more. The reader can almost sense a self centeredness, and that he believes that there are only two type of people in this world, “the hunters and the huntees”, and he believes that he is the hunter.
