Hannibal: A Short Story

Russell was on the television. Live coverage of the Volunteers’ Day festival had been interrupted when the commotion of yet another event was taking place up on the town hall’s rooftop. On screen the camera focused squarely in on Russell who was holding a scrawny, long-haired gentleman by his shirt collar as he forcefully leaned him over the edge of the roof’s retaining wall. Russell was clearly looking over his shoulder as if speaking to someone behind him. The camera then slowly moved and panned-in catching a glimpse of who it may be.

Keating as to why they they all signed the confession. He stands on his desk and says,

It seems that in recent years movie villains have been reduced to bland, superficial scare-machines. The golden age of dynamic villains has come and gone, and action movies everywhere are all hype and no substance. In contrast to modern horror films, the 1990s brought us some of the greatest movie villains of all time. Villains who were uncomfortably relatable, undeniably cunning, and extremely frightening all at the same time dominated the box office. Dr. Hannibal Lecter (played by Anthony Hopkins) in the 1991 film directed by Jonathan Demme and adopted from a novel by Thomas Harris, The Silence of the Lambs, is a perfect example of a sinister villain who is both compelling and complex, and his performance set the standard for villains to

Hazel eyes went wide in surprise to hear the particulars of the killing that the newspapers had failed to divulge. Jack had taken his time it seemed. He had plucked out her eyes, her tongue, and what body parts he hadn't wanted were left as a grisly reminder for any whore brave enough to traverse the streets at night in White Chapel. Genuine giddiness almost overwhelmed her at the knowledge that the Ripper did in fact, seem to enjoy toying with his victims a little; after all, she had wondered only moments ago herself if he had left the first one alive long enough to see true suffering reflected in her eyes as she died. Olivia could not imagine what it was like to watch him work, to see the intense concentration on his face as he sawed through limbs, or cut through skin to rip and tear out organs but all of her wonderings refocused on one simple question, why? It seemed rather odd that the Ripper had decided to take bits and pieces back from his victims instead of leaving them intact or at best, in pieces around the crime scene. Was he collecting trophies from each victim? Or perhaps he had stalked these strumpets first from the shadows, watching them for a few days before he acted on some basic instinct,

The story goes on, telling you where you where you live on the Ranch, who your father is (the foreman on Ted

Ted enrolled in the University of Washington to study Chinese. He fell in love with a senior while he was a freshman, her name was Stephanie Brooks. They dated for several months and after she graduated she broke up with Bundy

He had worked from ten o’clock that mourning to six-o’clock that evening at the general store before he returned home and spending the rest of the day with his wife and children. When questioned if he had any clues about what might have happened to Amelia, he began telling the police about what a wonderful person Amelia was, always eager to learn new things, great with the customers and had the kindest and purest heart he had ever seen. However, much like Mary, ted informed the police of Amelias uneasiness around the Indians passing

Throughout the story you can tell Ted Lavenders death weighed down on Jimmy Cross. You saw this by the way he repeatedly mentions Ted’s death, tells the story over and over with more detail each time, and by how he gets emotional

Ted Bundy's life changed forever in the spring of 1967, when he met and fell in love with the woman of his dreams. She was beautiful, sophisticated and from a wealthy family. She was Ted's first love and possibly his first sexual encounter. She liked him a lot, but did not have the same deep feelings towards him. This didn't discourage Ted Bundy since he would ask her to marry him on several occasions. She was very reluctant to make a serious commitment, because she felt that Ted had no future goals or real direction in his life. Ted began to try to impress her by lying and even winning a summer scholarship from Stanford to try to influence her feelings for him. But the mask of

The defining moment was when Ted Lavender died under Jimmy supervision. Jimmy blames himself for Lavenders death because he was daydreaming about his girlfriend, which led to him being unfocused on his men. After Ted’s body is taken

Will turns back around to face Hannibal, looking deeply into those amber eyes he adores so much. "No. You said everything right."

Suddenly I gain consciousness. Unable to open my eyes, I feel a cluster of dried sticks poking my back as if I was lying on a bed covered by pins. A constant ringing noise almost blankets the sound of the leaves dancing with the wind around me. With a gentle sigh I allow myself to build enough energy for me to open an eye. My eye began to follow a path towards the only light source it sees, the fire from a wooden torch gripped with my left hand. I open my other eye and began to force my lean body to a kneeling position. The smell of decomposing leaves irritates my nose as I gaze at the identical oak trees surrounding me like a wall of armoured gladiators. Using my wrinkled hands and injured legs I crawl towards

The howls of swaying leaves cut through the grisly night. The only light ascended from the moon, though it was barley visible amidst the trembling towers of trees. Branches of wrinkled wooden limbs creaked and groaned as they swayed to the sound of the wind’s whispered secrets. Exposed, contorted roots sprung from the ground desperately trying to escape from the ravenous demons that dragged them down to a more hellish fate. Tortured screams of those doomed to a punishment of fire and brimstone erupted from within the deafening quakes of the woodlands, and the deep cackles of a hag could be heard faintly after.

Helmut Walser Smith’s A Butcher’s Tale and Alain Corbin’s Village of Cannibals, present case studies of historical accounts which demonstrate the power of masses and of crowd violence in the small Prussian town of Konitz and the isolated French village of Hautefaye. Small towns are generally attributed to communal characteristics where citizens help and protect one another; however, the events that unraveled in these two cases generated a shock factor to the neighboring towns as it exemplified the power of rumor and the overall naivety of the inhabitants of the two towns. These case studies are also reflections of how the most civilized of societies are able to resort to barbaric actions through mere hearsay and allow their prejudices to shape their perception. This paper will examine the dynamics of the crowd, the explanation for the unfolding events and the ways in which both authors reach their conclusions of the unraveling of these events.

After that, Ted invited Billy for drink after work and he said to Billy now he is ready to go ahead to become his business partner. And he said to Billy now he understand the work and business, and he is getting bored to do same work every day and serve same customers, he said now he wants to involve in business management, furthermore he told to Billy we both know that you were lucky so you have got the work compensation on the other hand I was unlucky that unfortunately I could not get that work