To Hell On A Fast Horse Summary

This paper can analyze the context within which the work of art, "Death on the Pale Horse" was created. The discussion also will determine the medium that the creator selected still as highlight a number of the additional fascinating aspects of this Benjamin West painting.

In the article “The Prisoner” by Skip Hollandsworth tells the life story of Edwin Debrow, a young boy who grows up in the streets and fell into an out of control spiral when he joined the neighborhood gang. Edwin Debrow will go on to kill a taxi driver at the age of 12 and would now spend most of his life in jail. The author who has done numerous stories about kids and their tragic life has now focused on the case of Edwin

To start off, children commit crimes and underneath all of this, they run away from their problems and the law. From time to time, characters throughout the book execute several misdemeanors such as murder and stealing. Throughout these crimes, they run away from the police, teaching children to run away from their problems and promoting to commit crimes. As though several of these wrong doings may be

Although he saw the atrocities committed by Perry and was strongly in favor of his hanging, it “aroused another response, for Perry possessed a quality, the aura of an exiled animal, a creature walking wounded, that the detective could not disregard” (341). Capote includes this unexpected emotion to demonstrate the extreme pity a person completely against Perry could feel, which, in result, is meant to produce a greater sense of empathy for the reader, sympathizing with the detective. Sympathy can be gained toward this person who executed a happy family, proving how worthy this book is due to its life lesson.

This book is about two black children, Layfette and Pharaoh, who grow up in inner city Chicago. They are faced with racism and hardships because of their race and social class. They have different ways of coping, but are better at facing the worst the city has to offer than are many of the other young black children who live around them. During the story the boys are faced with many adversities that stem from the social system. They are faced with gangs, drugs and Chicago housing. However, they also must face their own inner demons that may lead to either of them giving up and giving in to the corruption of the inner city. One of the major turning points in the story is when Layfette gets arrested for vandalizing a car, even though he says he did not. He gets released and is gets off with probation and 100 hours of community service. After this incident the author gets both kids in to a private school where Pharaoh thrives and starts to make good grades instead of daydreaming. Unfortunately Layfette could not handle the pressure and returns to public school. During this time Rickey starts running drugs for one of the local gangs. He is later arrested for carrying a butcher knife. The CHA finally cleans out the horrendous mess in the Henry Horner basements and reclaims the buildings from the gangs. Dawn and Demetrius finally get an

Billy the Kid was just a normal kid and then it all started he stole something."He stole some butter and sold it to a silver city store.".William Henry McCarty Jr. also known as “Billy the Kid” was caught with his brother and sent to prison for petty thief. Shortly after his mother died of tuberculosis. His father left or died and billy was orphaned at the age of 15. “Billy the Kid” was killed by sheriff Patrick Garett after he killed his two guards and escaping from prison for killing sheriff Brady. From there it went downhill he started murdering even.Whenever he was older he started working for Tunstall ranch in the city. Then Jimmy Dolan took over the business. The loss of the store made the old owner Tunstall very angry. Tunstall said “The rancher told his men to ride with there guns loaded. The war was about to start”. It’s taking a stand because he didn't just let his store get taken

Everyone has a different way to deal with overwhelming situations. It can be more difficult for people with mental illness to cope with the hardships of life. For instance, in “Horses of the Night,” the character of Chris has dissociative symptoms that can be linked to his depression. Margaret Laurence’s short story tells the story of Chris, a young teenager who moves to from a small farm to the town of Manawaka in order to go to high school. The story is told by his younger cousin, Vanessa. As she grows up, she learns that Chris is depressed. The author uses the theme of fantasy to show that he does not cope well with reality. The horses, Shallow Creek, and the children are symbols that show us the fantasy that Chris lives in.

The end of John Grady Cole’s life in Texas spurs a new life in Mexico. At the death of his grandfather’s life, all that John Grady has known is taken away from him. His mother’s decision to sell his grandfather’s property and his father’s willingness to let her do it puts John Grady in a place where he no longer knows where he stands. Accompanied by his best friend Lacey Rawlins, the two run off to Mexico to create a new life with the horses. The unexpected company of Jimmy Blevins turns their smooth journey into one that makes sixteen-year-old John Grady Cole into a man. Throughout All the Pretty Horses, Cormac McCarthy writes John’s coming of age transition, or Bildungsroman, as shown by the archetypes and blood motif and parallel structure.

Stevenson revealed to us that George was an police officer to show us how George’s status as an officer allowed him to be held at a different standard with regards to the crime he committed. Instead of considering all of the pain and suffering Charlie endured they completely dismissed George’s wrongdoing and the prosecution placed all the blame on Charlie, a fourteen year old adolescent. The impact of George’s abuse was clearly evident considering the injuries his mother sustained. Due to the George’s status as an officer, Charlie was tried as an adult and sent to an adult prison where he was a victim of sexual and physical assault. Charlie’s story is an example of how our Justice failed to protect our children.

After raiding the Snakes with High Back Bone his father bestowed a great honor to him, the name of his father, and his father before him, Crazy Horse. As his feats on the battlefield grew, so did his reputation and respect among the Lakota people. As Crazy Horse was raiding the Crows for nearly a month, the love of his heart was taken away from him by another. With his heart broken, it took a long time until he had gotten over it.

My copy of In the Spirit of Crazy Horse by Peter Matthiessen has a short, flattering review printed on the front cover: “An important and angry book...” After slogging through 600 pages plus the book’s lengthy introduction, it’s obvious to me that this book does address an important subject, but the author’s misguided anger has made the book extremely inaccurate and biased. The book’s main focus is on a shootout that occurred between two FBI agents and an Indian camp in South Dakota, June 26, 1975, where both agents and an Indian man were left dead. The reasons leading up to the shootout are extensive to say the least. The first third of the book covers the history of native Americans with the U.S. government, including the U.S. Government’s

Billy the kid is a notorious killer that has killed one man for every year he had lived. Many people think that he was a stone cold killer, but the truth is that not much in known about him. Authors made a guy no one knew much about and turned him into some Hollywood killer. What is actually known about him is made from other authors. Authors used what was said by others and made their own story from it.

was still waiting for Crazy Horse” (p.40). Alexie is trying to show how his enemy’s ideas are penetrating through the modern Indians minds. It gives a sense of how the waitress is caught up with the new culture, where she gets a wishful thinking that the men she meets will miraculously be Crazy Horse. Yet, Victor knows the reality of it. It’s not going to happen. I on the other hand, am trapped between two cultures. My perspectives and beliefs are kind of different compared to my relatives because of how I was raised in America. The dominant culture have construed my perspective on things, therefore the American society have somewhat conquered my cultural life and belief system as well. For instance, there’s a language barrier between my family

King’s quick and deft characterization of the most minor figures shows in the three police officers, and the people whose histories are revealed in Annie’s scrapbook. However, the focus of the book is one small spotlight completely shared by Paul and

In an interview with The Guardian (2009) Wole Soyinka explained that the motivation behind writing Death and the King’s Horseman was a bust of colonialist, Winston Churchill. To Soyinka, Churchill signified the breaking of the Yoruba culture and traditions. The idea for the play came from an instance during the colonial period in Nigeria, when the British intervened in the traditional suicide of a king’s horseman.