Discussion Assignment 1

The Tell-Tale heart starts as An unknown narrator says he is nervous but not mad. Then he informs the reader that he will be telling a story about how he killed a old man. He killed the old man not for money,passion or desire but for fear of his eye. Every night he goes to the old man 's apartment observes him and in the morning acts like everything is normal. On the eighth night the narrator is heard, the old man shrieks the narrator sits there stalking him. The narrator then hears a thumping sound that he thinks the neighbors might hear so he he attacks and kills the old man. The narrator then states that he cleans up thoroughly and dismembers and hides his pieces of the old man.. As he finishes his job, the clock turns on 4. At the same time, the narrator hears a knock at the street door. The police are at the door. the neighbors had heard the shrieks of the old man and called the police office. The narrator lets the police in acting like nothing happened telling them that it was simply him yelling in his dreams. The man is careful to act cheerful and chatty in order not to look suspicious. He leads the police officers

The Tell Tale Heart is a short story penned by Edgar Allan Poe in 1843. The story was adapted as

The tone of the narrative is rather mysterious which conveys an energetic and odd mood. “The Tell-Tale Heart” talks about a villain who is very disturbed by the abhorrent eye of an old man. The villain is so bothered by the atrocious eye that he convinces himself into killing the innocent old man although he delays the murder day after day because he is eager to find the most ideal time to commit the murder. Although after a seven-day wait, the villain decides to kill the old man on the eight night, and he hides the corpse of the elder under a series of floorboards in a very clever manner. Soon after, the police arrived at the house that the murder was committed in because the neighbors of the old man complained that they heard a noise coming

Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand is a historical biography about the life of Louie Zamperini. Louie began as a delinquent and soon became a track star. Heading into the battlefield, Louie Zamperini became a bombardier. On a search-and-rescue mission, Louie’s B-24 crash landed into the ocean. He became a castaway with two other crew members. Louie was captured by the Japanese and sent to a POW camp. After two years, Louie was reunited with his family. During his childhood, Louie was troublesome turning into a resilient individual during the war, then developing into a forgiving person after the war.

Shocked. Dumbstruck. Outraged. How can this happen? I thought my troubles with Sir Toby was horrifying enough, but now this? Are we that cruel to our fellow mankind?!

In an ironic twist of events, one of Chicago’s finest represented and stood beside one of America's most infamous serial killers and never knew. Larson includes this little fact to not only shock the audience but to further show Holmes’s charismatic persona. The irony is elucidated in the words “most surprising and perhaps dismaying” and is further played out before the eyes of the reader, invoking a feeling of astonishment and even admiration for the criminal whose charm can blind the eyes of even the chief of police.

The Tell Tale Heart' is a story about a man who killed an old man just

Beauty standards in America are always changing and continuously on the rise due to society’s constant obsession with the perfect body image. This image is built upon the things we see in movies, television shows, and magazines, which causes girls to feel the need to look flawless and set far-fetched goals for their physical appearance. Today’s era marks tall, skinny and flawless faces as beautiful, and if girls don’t have any of these attributes, they truly believe that they aren’t as beautiful and will do whatever it takes in order to obtain that beauty. In today’s ever-so-demanding society, social media, flawless models, and pressure from not only peers but from family as well, have all implemented a negative impact

People worldwide are emotionally, mentally and physically bombarded with unexplainable tragedies every single day. Our population has a continuous struggle that never stops with how to solve their life’s biggest questions. Society thrives on escaping their struggles. The thrilling literature of mystery has been embraced by society for hundreds of years as a way to run away from reality. Mystery genres date back all the way to 1841 and Edgar Allan Poe with one of his first popular mysteries set in Paris, The Murder in the Rue Morgue (Demko).

This is from the text book, Great Writing, which was edited by Harvey S. Wiener and Nora Eisenberg. It comes from the first page of the short story by Edgar Allan Poe called The Tell-Tale Heart. The story starts on page 108 and ends on page 111. The book was published by Mc Graw Hill in Boston in the year 2009.

I wish I could see “Goofy” again! Goofy was my old best friend about 3 years ago. He and I were like Batman and Super Woman. Goofy was his nickname and we called him goofy simply because of his facial features that resembled those of the cartoon character “Goofy.” His actual name was Robert, but he will always be know as Goofy to me. Goofy was the type of kid who you would look in his eyes and see no type of hope for the future. Goofy and I were raised under the same circumstances but he chose another path to take. Goofy and I were made and molded by the struggle around us but instead of seeing such demising circumstances and choosing to try to make it out, Goofy chose to embrace the struggle as his only path in life. I would always look into

What makes the director Alfred Hitchcock’s film about murder story become so mysterious? How does he create a film that not only talks about mystery killing? I believe the mystery murder is more complex and subtle in the hands of Alfred Hitchcock – a world known English film director and producer. Alfred Hitchcock is recognized as “the master of suspense” (Sterritt 20) and receive a high level of appreciation from the film industry. Rear Window (Alfred Hitchcock 1954) and The Man Who Knew Too Much (Alfred Hitchcock 1956) have received a high level of critics in a sense of his own authorship.

The Tell Tale Heart  by Edgar Allen Poe is about the narrator's insanity and paranoia surrounding an old man who lives with him. The narrator is mortified of the old man’s “evil eye”, which is why he later decides to kill him.

Imagine waking up one day, and living in a culture where one was looked down upon because of your beliefs. Anne Frank is a 13-year-old girl who lives with her family in Germany. They are a Jewish family, and live in the same time as Adolf Hitler. He is the dictator of Germany, and he is trying to cleanse Germany by killing all the Jews. Anne Frank and the rest of her family are hiding in an annex to try to stay hidden from Hitler. She experiences many difficulties because of the culture that she lives in. In the biography of Anne Frank, her culture affects her life as a whole. Her culture affects every decision that she has to make because

Father Brown mysteries, written by G.K. Chesterton from 1910 through 1935, are a series of short stories which followed an unworldly priest in 19th century Britain, who solved mysteries. A Morbid Taste for Bones, is a novel, written by Ellis Peters around 1970, about a worldly monk in 1137, who traveled to a Welsh village in order to retrieve the bones of Saint Winifred. This led him to solve a bloody murder. Although these stories were written with different styles and at different times, they both included quintessential characteristics, which make them a timeless read. What makes a mystery worth reading?