Essay on Saboteur

Moreover, the setting in a story greatly influences a character’s behavior and actions. In “Saboteur”, the story takes place in communist china demonstrated by the concrete statue of Chairman Mao in the center of the square in the city of Muji where Mr. Chiu is enjoying lunch with his wife. Mao Zedong was the leader of the Chinese Communist Party who launched the

On 04/16/15, I received a call from Special Agent Scott Sutehall with Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) who is a member of the Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) task force. I am also a member of the ICAC task force and work with HSI frequently. Agent Sutehall has worked with me on several cases and was confident with my knowledge and understanding of child exploitation cases. Agent Sutehall informed me that between 02/19/15 and 03/01/15, while acting in an undercover capacity, he utilized a law enforcement version of eMule, a client software for the eDonkey2000 (eD2k) peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing network, to monitor for P2P users possessing and distributing image and video files depicting child pornography. During that time period, Agent Sutehall utilized the law enforcement version of eMule to establish connections with IP address Test and to download several files depicting child pornography from that IP address.

In Ha Jin’s short story “Saboteur” a couple, Mr. Chiu and his bride, returning home from their honeymoon decide to have lunch while they wait for the train. While they are eating a police officer at a nearby table spills his tea on Mr. Chiu’s. In anger Mr. Chiu stands up and calls out the officer on his actions. The officer accuses him of lying and ends up wrongfully arresting Mr. Chiu for disturbing the peace. Mr. Chiu tells his wife to return home without him and send help. While in jail the police chief tells him he has to apologize for his actions and admit to his crime at which he refuses. Stricken with heart disease and hepatitis Mr. Chiu pleas for his release but gets denied. Finally help arrives from home, a student Mr. Chiu once taught at the university he works at, but the police lock him up as well. After seeing how his student is being treated Mr. Chiu finally gives in and admits to the crimes. They are both released and on their way home. Out of anger and hate for the actions of the police Mr. Chiu eats and drinks at multiple restaurants on the way to the train station to spread his hepatitis

Accordingly the protagonist’s lack of maturity is shown in a lack of concern for the consequences of his actions combined with his belief that a bad reputation was all he needed .At the confrontation at

In the prologue, Fellows encourages me to “Think of the most wretched day of my [your] life…”He follows this statement by describing one of the many horrible events that he himself experienced during his time in Band Kwang prison. Fellows uses similes to describe a cell mates affliction, stating “…the wound opened up like a new flower…hundreds of tiny worm-like creatures, wriggling and oozing out like spaghetti.” This event is described as inhuman and horrifying, something that no human should ever have the misfortune to witness. In this way, these similes have been employed to shape my view that Fellows was an innocent victim that should never have had to undergo the punishment forced upon him. Fellows has constructed himself with the use of these similes in an attempt to shape my views and opinions of him, gathering sympathy and removing any and all blame from

Saboteur, written by Ha Jin exposes a difficult period of China: the Cultural Revolution and its consequences on people’s life. Through the author’s skillful use of setting, symbolism and the main character’s dynamism, the reader is able to understand the theme of the story that is revenge.

The short story “ Saboteur” by Ha Jin, is narrated in a limited third person point

In Defector by Susanne Winnacker, a young female always hoped to attach to a person with kindness that would ease the emotional scarring caused by a broken home. A sixteen-year-old Variant named Tessa was in an unstable setting throughout her childhood as she remained with her mother who was addicted to narcotic substances and alcohol. Several years prior, Tessa initially utilized her Variation unknowingly to morph into the appearance of another individual. Thus, the mother emphasized how a Variation was an abnormal body ability that endangered a Variant, unless they were a member of the Forces of Extraordinary Abilities (FEA) or Abel’s Army. Without any moral support, sympathy, or compassion from the mother, Tessa was manipulated to suppress her unique difference to conform into a so-called normal lifestyle. Due to the mother being affiliated with the FEA, she demanded for Major, the chief, to have Tessa permanently reside in their secure and isolated headquarters. Additionally, Tessa was promised to be educated on how to control her Variation and combat terrorism with it. In the meantime, Tessa created new friendships, relationships, and daily schedules that partially allowed her to feel welcome and comforted. Although Tessa did not have contact with her mother, she remembered the mentally scarring memories of her being irresponsible, domestically abused, or in verbal arguments. Furthermore, Tessa realized she was betrayed by her boyfriend, Alec, lied to by her chief, Major and tragically separated from her friend, Holly. Therefore, she grew desperate to be reconnected with her father, who she determined to be Abel, from Abel’s Army. However, the FEA claimed that Abel’s Army was an organization of brain-controlled Variants, who urged to utilize their Variations to enforce an oppressive government to receive wealth and reputation. Ultimately, Susanne Winnacker portrayed how Tessa would be reunited with her father and learn of Abel’s Army genuine intentions. To do so, Tessa purposely participated in a FEA mission regarding Abel’s Army and escaped the FEA with a Variant named Devon.

To what extent is the Commander presented as both villain and a figure of sympathy?

If Tom heard, he made no acknowledgment. His eyes remained dull, his expression vacant. Somewhere, in the midst of the chaos that was the harshness of reality, he had managed to build a protective wall, a refuge in his mind where he was no longer a victim, no longer a weak, pathetic excuse for a man. He was Tom Hanson the cop, the loving son, the loyal friend; he was a man free

“Malice- a desire to harm others or to see others suffer; intent, without just cause or reason, to commit an unlawful act injurious to another or others” (“malice”). Malicious characters or groups play a central role in many literary works, like the Headless Horseman in The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, O’Brien in 1984, and white society in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. These characters threaten, attack, trick, and persecute the main character or another central character within their story. They add to the plot and tension of the work. Another malicious character is Iago, the villain in one of William Shakespeare’s greatest tragedies, Othello. In this play Iago sets out to destroy Othello for multiple reasons, most of which are

Watching Schindler's list I decided to focus on Oskar Schindler. Throughout the movie Schindler personal emotions change on the war. In the beginning we see that it was a good thing for business that nothing else mattered as long as he made money. When Jews would come up he wouldn't care about them because he knew he could manipulate them and earn more money since they needed him. Schindler didn't really care for the Jews and what would happen to them. We see that Schindler only concern is that his business profits in the war. His concern for going to parties were to make connection that would better his money earning business. Money was his only concern which is why he went out seeking a jew. Since having a jew made it so they could be payed less than a normal person and they would be to scared to not do work. If he got a Jew it would earn him more money than hiring a German accountant. After getting an accountant he goes and seek workers for his factory. The workers are Jews since they don't need to be payed to be working. We later learn that his wife influences him with making business and wanting to succeed. He came from a place where he had nothing and is just beginning to make it. Hes making so much money he doesn't know what to do and he thanks the war for that. With his business doing so well he starts to care about his workers. He cares about them because he needs them to continue making the money.He starts really caring about his accountant Stern he makes sure he

[War] brings out the worst in people. Never the good, always the bad. Even in the midst the devastation of a national genocide, where one race turned against another in hate, good people existed and worked to counteract the hate through love and compassion. Oskar Schindler was one of these people. World War II provided him the means to become a very wealthy and powerful man, yet he did not exploit the Jews like many other businessmen during his time. He used his money and power to save thousands. Much can be learned from what happened during the holocaust and what Schindler did to save thousands of Jews.

In the novel The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas, King Louis XIII and Cardinal Richelieu are in authority in France, each struggling to gain absolute power. As a result conflicts emerge that will lead to the progress of France. France was constantly in external conflicts with England and in internal conflicts with the Huguenots that provoked war against the Catholics and even the King, but never against the Cardinal (Dumas, 1). Queen Anne’s romance to the Duke of Buckingham, who at the time was an enemy of France, was not unknown to the Cardinal, like nothing else that escaped him from knowing it. The story’s protagonist, D’Artagnan faces the most dangerous spy of the Cardinal, Lady de Winter. This lady is the one entrusted with the

It was a pleasing day,I can clearly recall,not long back,we were in class 8th then.The sun was at the highest,shining gay,and we three,Arpita Varshneya,Pragati and I were there,under the scorching sun,devising a plan to take our revenge from the so called teaser friend, Rishika,the award winning prankster and our friend from the other section of our class.