The Curse Of The Poisoned Pretzel Analysis

Skidmore clearly has many reasons he doesent love his brother and he shows it. There are many reasons he may have hated his brother. No one ever knew if his brother was handing out gum on purpose to make his brother angry. Skidmore took his brothers gum handing out as a way to shove it in his face. This raises many questions if maybe his brother also hated him. Since it doesent really say anything how Manchester felt about Skidmore. Skidmore may have had many other incidents that were not mentioned on his brother leaving him out of things. "Everyone loved Boddlebrooks. Everyone, that is, except his younger brother, Skidmore." Everyone already knew that he didnt like his brother. So this puts a really strong idea that Skidmore murdered him. Skidmores anger must have been building up this whole time, then when he made his own invention and it was a success he wanted to get revenge, so he poisoned his

A mixture of excessive food involvement and analysis of personality produce The Curse of the Poisoned Pretzel. This tale has a theme of food, mainly bubblegum, and the often manifestation in the text of this theme is practically absurd. Even though this story has a ludicrous amount of bubble gum, it can be analyzed past this seemingly childish story to reveal human psychological tendencies. These tendencies are partially responsible for the perception of Skidmore's guilt. Skidmore is described in a way that makes him seem suspicious, and is therefore assumed to have intentionally murdered his brother. The perspective that Skidmore is guilty is produced from: the initial description of him, Skidmore's motive that is introduced, and the events that occur after the death of Boddlebrooks.

The short story, "The Rich Brother," by Tobias Wolff represents the same concept that everyday people all over the world encounter. This portrays how having siblings can be an enormous part of a persons life. The rivalry between siblings is often very competitive, but at the same time similar to magnets. When they are not connected it may seem they are independent and whole, but when examined closely it is obvious they are really relying on each other to function properly. Although Pete and Donald's life are separate and completely different, they are in fact very dependent on each other.

People often think of family as positive, loving, and with no flaws. However, there is almost a stereotype that all families love each other and there aren’t problems or challenges in a family. Sometimes families put people through challenges and some families aren’t “perfect”. In the book Make Lemonade by Virginia Euwer Wolff, Jolly has two kids and goes through challenges with her family. Most careful readers can see how Jolly has these challenges with her kids and how she is far off from the “perfect” family. She goes through many of these challenges in life and finds a way to overcome them. Jollys family shapes her identity because the challenges she faces ends up making her stronger. Jeremy and Jilly challenging her, LaVaughn helping her out, and her past family all shape her identity.

1. Throughout the story suspense is aroused and maintained excellently. This is achieved by the character the author creates. Mr. Martin is characterized as a neat and cautious man, who never took a smoke or a drink in his life. Our suspense is aroused when the author states that it has been “a week to the day since Mr. Martin had decided to rub out Mrs. Ulgine Barrows”. This arouses our suspense because we are told Mr. Martin is planning to murder this woman. The suspense is maintained with Mr. Martin’s thoughts. We as an audience are given his thoughts through the use of the 3rd person omniscient point of view. His thoughts are mostly on the issue on his dislike of Mrs. Barrows. Because of this, he

To begin, the first significant example for proving that Skidmore is guilty is that he was the only person that didn't like Manchester. Skidmore has a burning hatred for his brother, some people could say he is jealous due to everyone's love for him. In the excerpt, 'The Curse of the Poisoned Pretzel', it states, "Everyone loved Boddlebrooks. Everyone, that is, except his younger brother, Skidmore" by this statement it simply proves that he is the only person that could possibly hate his brother enough to commit such an action to poison such a loving and caring guy. No one else could have possibly done the crime except Skidmore, this is a prime example on why people believe he is guilty. Everyone

Family, for the most part, is the glue in everyone's lives. Parents, siblings, aunts/uncles, and cousins have a place in our hearts that make us feel fully accepted as a person. However, there are people who hate their family members. There is one person specifically who hates one of his family members, this was Skidmore. Skidmore despised his brother more than anyone else in his life. In the excerpt from the story The Curse of the Poisoned Pretzel, author Paul Haven gives important background information about Skidmore's brother, Boodlebrooks. He enlightens readers that Boodlebrooks is a well known man, who makes several people joyful, and is a generous person. Although it is proven that he is a good man, Skidmore has a built up hatred for his brother. It is evident that Boodlebrooks death was by Skidmore's invention of the pretzel, and clearly shown by Haven that Skidmore murdered his brother by poisoning the pretzel. The short sections of the story ,The Curse of the Poisoned Pretzel, is clearly proven to be a murder case out of hatred, for Haven, not actually saying Skidmore is guilty, describes Skidmore as having a shady appearance, being angered at his brother about the bubble gum he sells, and by far is jealous of Boodlebrooks.

Known as an exceptional, kind, good man, Bernie went above and beyond specifically to the older widows in town who required his services. Ms. Margerie Nugent, was a wealthy, better known as unpleasant, mean or callous to the town residents. Bernie befriended this unfriendly widow, eventually she appoints power of attorney to Bernie and he starts spending how he wants. Bernie felt trapped, smothered, and the sole source of entertainment for the widow. Bernie had enough and snapped when he shot Ms. Nugent. Bernies defense was that he wanted to preserve her body to give her a proper funeral. Nugent's stockbroker uses Tiede's missed payments to call and request the help of her long lost family. Which is when the house in searched and they discover her body in the freezer. Only then after nine long months Bernie confesses to the murder, while claiming her emotional abuse as a mitigating circumstance.

What is the joy of having a sibling? Is it that you always have someone to beat up on? Or is it you have someone to express all your feelings to, knowing they aren’t listening or understanding it? Siblings can sometimes be there for you, for anything that you may need. Siblings are supposed to get along, but there are a big handful that don’t. Many siblings fight over redundant things such as who gets the higher quality clothing items. This rivalry shows up in the short story, “The Scarlet Ibis” by James Hurst--and it does not have a very satisfying ending.The story is full of symbolism and it teaches us to cherish every little moment with our siblings and be grateful that we have them in our lives.

Secondly this is another way the author is showing you that Skidmore killed his brothe. Skidmore believed his brother insulted him by building his company around bubble gum which Skidmore was severely allergic to. This is another way the author shows that Skidmore is guilty because it would be a motive or a reason why Skidmore would kill his brother. It is also because Skidmore was jealous of his rich and successful brother. The author says "the fame and riches the gum brought Manchester made it even worse.” This means that the jealousy that Skidmore had would be another motive hy Skidmore would kill

Everyone is this world knows acouple werid people that they have to deal with in their lives. IN the case of Manchest E. Boodleworks the wierd peron he has to deal with is is brother. Manchester is rather a plump individual that has an aquired taste for buble gum. Quite frankely his aquired taste for buble gum has gained im impressive wealth and even left him to found a popoular baseball team the Sluggers, who in their first year won the champion ship. HIs brother Skidmore, a rather weird fellow did not appricate his brother one bit. Many say that he was a very approachable individual. One day Skidmore went to his older brother and presented him with a new invention that was a snack that was called the "Pretzel". His brother knew that the Pretzel

This does much to make him seem suspicious in the case of Manchester's death. Not only would this give motivation for Skidmore to poison his brother's pretzel, but it also adds to the fact that Skidmore is portrayed as a very negative person. This makes the reader believe that Skidmore is guilty of murdering Manchester, despite the author never actively accusing Skidmore of doing

Most families are complicated but supportive. For example, a family could argue a lot, but still love one another. In Alice Walker’s “Everyday Use” mama still supports her daughters even though, they’re not around much. Their issues are not unique because my family has its issues, too. The family in “Everyday Use” and my family both have similarities and differences regarding siblings, bonds, and mothers.

“Our brothers and sisters are there with us from the dawn of our personal stories to the inevitable dusk” (Susan Scarf Merrell). Merrell, an American author and a creative writing and literature teacher at Stony Brook Southampton, states that since the early days of your youth to the end of our story our siblings are there throughout our whole journey. Life is similar to a play; parents pass away during the first half; while one’s children come in during the second half; but siblings are there throughout both acts. Tobias Wolff’s, The Rich Brother, portrays the relationship between two brothers that are complete opposites; yet they know each other’s strengths and weaknesses better than anyone else will ever be able. The Rich Brother describes a complex sibling relationship that is fairly common in today’s society; Tobias Wolff makes use of pathos by incorporating real life sibling abuse; and ethos in his own life and credentials.

A family is the most important and fundamental processes of development in childhood. There are many examples of works that deal with family. In Frankenstein by Mary Shelley, the reader sees how neglection from a family setting can invoke horrible events. In The Fifth Child by Doris Lessing, presents how Isolation and dislike can and will lead to unfortunate events. In Macbeth by Shakespeare, shows the betrayal of a family and how it affects the mind by playing with it in several different ways. Before a person can see effects of isolations, neglection, and betrayal of a family he/she must “climb into his skin and walk around in it.”