The Role Of Images In Justin Mulroy's Hunters

In the short story, “The Fox and the Forest,” from the anthology The Illustrated Man, Ray Bradbury uses suspense and symbolism to support the theme of the story. In the story, a young couple, William and Susan Travis, are trying to escape their past, which would be our future. They want to escape the future because it is all industrial, with a bomb and biological war occurring and human’s lives having little value. They use time travel to go back in time to Pennsylvania as a vacation, but during their stay, they ran away to Mexico. That’s where they are hiding when the searchers find them and a high tension capture of the couple happens. The theme of the story is, “Out of the frying pan and into the fire.” Symbolism and suspense are a key

Ms. Jumper retells a Seminole legend called “Two Hunters”. In her rendition, she writes of two males who have the responsibility of providing meat for their village, “Many Indians” (Jumper). At the end of the first paragraph it says, “They only hunted when they had to, when the meat supply had run out” (Jumper). This line suggests

In the short essay “Why I Hunt” by Rick Bass, the writer gives the reader his personal perspective of what hunting is like for him. Rick Bass goes on to share the story of his family’s move from the hills of Fort Worth, Texas to the very remote Yaak Valley of Montana. The move to this area makes Bass want to hunt more since there is a better variety of prey, and due to everyone that has lived in what Bass calls “the Yaak”, has hunted their entire lives, he feels obligated to do it more than what he did when he lived in Texas (655). In “Why I Hunt, Bass argues that his love for hunting is an enjoyable hobby that develops his imagination and gets him in touch with nature, and that people should put down technology and try hunting. Bass uses imagery to show the beauty of hunting, and pathos to describe his emotions towards hunting.

The short story Hunters in the Snow by Tobias Wolff depicts three men that go on a hunting trip that changes the course of their lives. Each character lies to himself to accept his actions in his life. Kenny, Frank, and Tub need to successfully fool themselves before they can deceive anyone else. Each of the men are immature and selfish. They don't realize how their decisions impact other people's lives. They justify their lies with their own insecurities about their lifestyles. Their lies impact the situations they encounter and change their lives forever.

Walker, Ronald W., Richard E. Turley, Jr., and Glen M. Leonard. Massacre at Mountain Meadows. New York: Oxford University Press, 2008. Print.

Animal hunting is not only inhumane but can also lead to the extinction of many species. In the essay “Our Animal Rites”, Quindlen asserts that it is “pathetic to consider the firepower” the hunters use in order to “bring down one fair-sized deer” (33). In this quote, she explains that the use of firepower by human to kill innocent animals is unfair and heartrending. Furthermore, Quindlen describes that even though the bears are killed by the “smiling” and triumphant hunters after the “three bear days in the autumn,” the bears look “more dignified than they do” (33). This suggests that hunting animals is not entertaining but rather unacceptable and disgraceful. Furthermore, many species can become extinct due to excessive hunting. In an ecology class, I learned that the extinction rate of species each year is approximately two hundred to two thousand each year. This is an extremely high and alerting rate since there is only around two million species that has been scientifically identified on the planet. In these examples, it can be concluded that the hunting of innocent animals is atrocious and

Everyone kills, and everyone eats. Not everyone eats what they kill, but these remain two of the most intimate forms of communing with our environment, whether we recognize them as such, or not. Almost 40 000 Americans are killed each year as the result of homicidal, accidental, and suicidal uses of guns; in all, Americans wielding guns intimidate, wound, and kill hundreds of thousands every year. These were the kinds of ideas impressed upon me as I grew up in my urban home: Guns were beasts, as were knives, arrows, spears, indeed anything could become a weapon if held in a particular way. We sprayed each other with the hose instead of water guns, and spent many long hours as a family "communing with nature" through long walks on the

Hunting was important to the early man. This was how they would find food and the necessities that they needed from animals. In document #1, the cave painting found in Lascaux, France, shows a herd of deer attacking a group of people that have bows and arrows. The painting shows the human figures using the bows and arrows to attack and kill the deer. This evidence may suggest that this group of people are nomadic; meaning they migrate to areas where a food source is available. A quote by Jacob Bronowski’s documentary, The Ascent of Man, in

John Marsden’s and Shaun Tan’s epic picture book, “The Rabbits”, is an allegorical fable about colonisation, told from the perspective of the natives. An unseen narrator describes the coming of ‘rabbits’ in the most minimal detail, an encounter that is at first friendly and curious, but later darkens as it becomes apparent that the visitors are actually invaders. My chosen image (above), embodies the overall style of the book which is deliberately sparse and strange. Both text and image conveys an overall sense of bewilderment and anxiety as native numbat-like creatures witness the environmental devastation under the wheels of a strange new culture, represented by the rabbits.

The French phrase “Trompe l’oiel” means “To deceive the eye” in English. A famous work of art that uses trompe l’oiel is the work of Rene Magritte, “The Treachery of Images”. A more recent trompe l’oiel artist is Duane Hanson. His work focuses on trying to create a resemblance of human beings using materials like different kinds of resins, fiberglass, bronze, and bondo castings. He is often described as a “Realist” or “Hyperrealist”, also being included multiple times in the “Pop Art” movement.

Certain Aboriginal tribes at this time believed in reincarnation and the respect of the hunted animal. They also believed in the idea that animals that were shown were able to be killed as they were not under-populated. Although this method was not very scientific it still proves that idea that FN at this time were aware of the idea of over-hunting and aids in the idea of a harmony with their environment. Tribes such as “The Rupert House Cree hunted different sections of their land, leaving such to recruit two or even three years.” Which shows their ability to understand the environment and the animals that reside within it.

In the short stories “The Man I Killed” and “Ambush,” one of Tim O’Brien’s purposes is to describe how society wrongfully portrays soldiers gain a sense of pride and victory when they take lives of other human beings instead of the guilt-driven battle they have to deal with for the rest of their lives. O’Brien tries to disprove this theory and instead show they are actually stuck with this tragedy for the rest of their lives as they lose their innocence and sense of humanity. O’Brien shows this through the use of imagery to portray and help develop this concept/theme. O’Brien describes through vivid imagery and details in, “The Man I Killed,” the dead man’s eye, “His one eye shut, his other eye was a star-shaped hole” (118). Here O’Brien uses this imagery to symbolize the star shape of the dead man’s eye as a sign of hope as a shooting star, yet, he ties this beautiful image with death, to show that his hope/future has betrayed him. O’Brien purposefully places this star-shaped wound on the soldier's eye, for it is with the eyes that both the dead man and O’Brien gaze upon the stars in the sky. As if he was gazing more upon the stars, upon his future, which in this case his future comes to an end with O’Brien’s fatal doing. O’Brien’s innocence has left him as he has become in a sense “dirty” after taking this man’s life. So, in this case, O’Brien has not taken this killing with pride and victory, but with sadness and guilt. This goes back to his purpose to show that soldiers

On one hand, poaching is produced by poverty and unemployment. Nowadays, rural communities, which live close to the natural reserve, are mostly poor with nearly no access to employment or opportunities to get a job. They see this practice as the method to meet their needs either by eating the meat or selling it to neighboring communities. Absence of education leaves them in the position of poaching as the only way to survive; “"Ever since I was a child, hunting is all I've known," Philmon says "Unemployment drove me to this."” .

Diversity amongst the hunted spans from all walks of life ranging from the stay-at-home father to a criminal lawyer. While the hunters have over 100 years collectively in local, federal, and government law enforcement experience in tracking down fugitives, and take great pride in doing so. I’ve always liked rooting for the underdog, and cheered the hunted teams to win. The one in particular is a former gang member turned criminal lawyer and his fiancé. His history of getting in trouble with the law at a young age is what I think brings his experience of street smarts and his ability to make quick decisions under duress. While his religionists fiancé brings her large circle of trusted close family and friends to utilize as resources while they are on the run. On the flip side of the coin, I feel that the hunters are over confident, cocky and their main advantage is technology. For instance, the hunter will say things like “We’re all around you, give up it’s over.” Or “It’s just a matter of time, they will make a mistake.” This adds fuels my desire for the hunted to beat them at their own game. Consequently, both sides are always brewing ideas to manipulate human behavior to get the information they need. Not to forget they have a multitude of environmental landscapes bringing a culmination of complexity for each team’s situation.

Today I am going to write to you about what a day in my life is like as a hunter gatherer. Hunter gatherers are a group of people, known as a “band”, who live by hunting, fishing and harvesting wild food. Our bands are pretty small, they usually consist of about 20-30 people depending on the amount of food in the region. My band consists of 5 different families, we all work together as a team to hunt and gather food everyday. The labor is divided among our band depending on ones sex. The men hunt and fish for their own meat while women gather nuts and berries and care for the children. Because we live in all different kinds of environments, from mountains to rainforests, the