The Elevator William Sleator Essay

In the episode, Martin and Gina kept entering and exiting the sets at different times and the storyline was adjusted so that the characters were both part of it but never crossed paths. Martin was in Detroit meeting with executives about taking his local TV show national & have it syndicated, not knowing that they wanted to take the show to LA. Meanwhile, Gina was in LA setting up the new office for her boss Mr. Whitaker, who asks her to move to LA and run it also.

Jeffrey is the main character in George Saunders “The 400-Pound CEO”. One focus of the story is his life as an overweight man living in a society that devalues him for that. Saunders helps the reader understand this by allowing the story to be told through Jeffrey. We see his suffering through his boss and coworkers who make demeaning comments about his weight and relate this to his clearly having no sexual experience. Another example is the reactions of people in a restaurant, when he goes on a date, and his perceptions of those reactions affirm these moments happen everywhere he goes. The story follows his struggle with people and how he desires relationships with his coworkers, especially a woman, yet fails to understand why people behave the way they do. As Jeffrey experiences these degrading moments daily he begins to show flashes of tense anger and frustration. These he quickly covers up with a plausible, in his mind, solution or explanation; no matter how terrible the circumstance. Saunders spins this character brilliantly leaving his reader shocked but not appalled when Jeffrey commits a murder. By committing this heinous crime, Jeffrey changes the circumstances of his life; however his overall outlook remains positive and sincere, making him a flat character.

Along the way Martin meets Wallumudulla and learns they are all on the journey but for different reasons they know this because in wallumudullas time the property dose not exist yet wallumandulla believes the journey to “be a journey of my feet and if my spirit, I have to go alone” (pg 116) by now Martin has been though so much and his perspective of the land has changed dramatically, Martin now agrees with ted that “this isn't my place, or yours, or megs no more mine than draculers. I just look after it that's what we are human care-takers” (pg186). For the rest of the journey Martin realised how selfish he was and he now wants to become a care taker and care for the

Orphan trains and Carlisle and the ways people from the past undermined the minorities and children of America. The film "The orphan Trains" tells us the story of children who were taken from the streets of New York City and put on trains to rural America. A traffic in immigrant children were developed and droves of them teamed the streets of New York (A People's History of the United States 1492-present, 260). The streets of NYC were dirty, overcrowded, and dangerous. Just as street gangs had female auxiliaries, they also had farm leagues for children (These are the Good Old Days, 19). During the time of the late 1800's and early 1900's many people were trying to help children. Progressive reformers, often called

The hidden purpose of the subway system which Jurgis helps to construct is to break the teamsters’ union. Because Jurgis got hit by one of the rail freight cars, he broke his arm and lost his job.

 In today’s society, racism and stereotyping occur in every aspect of life. No one should ever take anything for face value before they examine it first. In reading the narrative, “The View from the Bottom Rail” by James Davidson and Mark Lytle and “Frederick Douglass's Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas” by Harold Bloom. I became very aware on how American history can be looked at as one sided or bias. Even in today’s society, there is still a lot of biasness presented in American history that is told when it is related to the history of slavery.  For us to understand history, we must enable ourselves to look deeper into the articles and examine the prejudices and the source

The Lewinsky Scandal… A perfect example as to why we cannot accept everything at face value before carefully examining it first. Everyone thought President Clinton was behaving himself in the White House, but, as it turns out, he was most definitely not. This can be the same for history. We must carefully consider different aspects of articles so that we do no make the mistake of believing everything we read. In order to fully understand an article, we must understand the author that wrote it. It is necessary to examine prejudices, sources, information left out, and missing background information before accepting an article. This method of critical analysis allows us to better understand the article

When Martin arrived at the restaurant, he handed over his car keys to the valet. Unknown to martin, he gave his car to a former employee named Benjamin who was dressed in a neatly pressed valet uniform but had resigned the previous day. In all bailment circumstances, the custodian of a property who is the bailee has a base duty to protect any property in his possession (Holmes, 1975). I believe that there was a bailment relationship between Martin and the Riverboat Bistro because Benjamin posed as an employee at the restaurant and this made Martin give him physical control of the Car due to the intent he showed to possess it. The management at Riverboat Bistro was negligent in their duty by not making sure that Benjamin had properly handed over all clothes and signs to the business after he resigned. The restaurant should have ensured that no illegal activity that can misinform customers was happening on their premises including the putting up of a sign that states “Valet parking available”. Since Benjamin was working for Riverboat Bistro and impersonated himself as such, Martin can proceed to on a legal suit of misrepresentation against the

This book personally hit me on many different levels. When starting the book, I was aware of the general story; however, I had no idea I would relate to the book as much as I did. Before anyone discovered Martin was conscious of what was going on around him, he struggled with depression, and even attempted to take his own life. Martin felt his life was worthless and would have rather left the

Allowing Martin to use a cart, aside the walking rule, is not a modification that would change the nature of the game. The purpose of the walking rule is not compromised by allowing Martin to use a

Every day I have one specific fear. Once you grow over six feet tall, you cannot fit into certain spaces. I have a pretty bad case of claustrophobia, fearing that I will never get out of the small spaces I find myself in. Just like me, Martin had claustrophobia and many other fears in William Sleater’s book “The Elevator”, he shows Martin’s deepest fears of an elevator, a fat lady, and his father’s opinion of him. Rushing to get to school, Martin took the dreaded elevator down to the lobby. Everything was fine until the elevator stopped, and a portly lady in a green jacket stumbled in, taking up half the elevators space. She stared at him intensely until he got off, rushed through the lobby, and ran to school. He couldn’t stop

This sends Dr. Martin over the edge because he does not have any support from his family or professionals and he attempts to kill Bob, this comes to another severe breakage of ethnical boundaries.

The underground railroad was a network of northerners that helped slaves reached the north and Canada for safety from their plantation. It was secret and railway terms were used to describe system as a way to hide the real nature of the operation. The underground railroad extended from Maine to Nebraska but was most concentrated in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indian, New York, and The New England States. More of the more specific spots were Detroit, Michigan, Erie, Pennsylvania, Buffalo and New York.

He started getting worried that she would be leaving him soon. “When do you return to America?” he asked. He wanted to be with her for life long. All this feelings and thoughts filled his mind in a matter of hours. He swung in his thought from knowing her to having private time with her in matter of hours. This shows that he had no control over his thoughts. He was losing control of himself overwhelmed by his thoughts and desires.

Martin is searching for a solution to his problems that will keep all his loved ones safe. Martin Meadows is an ideal husband. He works hard in his office and his home. Martin is amazingly efficient, tending to the garden, decorating for Christmas, cooking for his children, and pulling their lose teeth. He longs for the days back in Alabama when his family was happy and alcohol was not a part of their lives. From the start of the story Martin is weary from the disappointment he has encountered in the changes seen in his wife.