Twin Peak Research Paper

Abigayle Sankovitz 10 December 2017 Final Project-Peak I found the novel, Peak, by Roland Smith to be particularily interesting and have chosen that as my final project lesson plan story to focus on. This was a story I was fortunate enough to read as a child, and it has always stuck in my mind as a compelling and interesting story, which held true through reading it once again for this course. This novel appeals to both male and females, and although it is an action/adventure females and males both are able to find a way to become engaged while reading, which is especially important when creating an interesting lesson plan. Time Frame

When women commit a shocking crime or murder, they are most likely to kill the people who are closest to them. Lastly, to illustrate Wanda Jean Allen, a 41-year-old Oklahoma resident, was the first black woman to be executed in the United States since 1954. She was convicted of killing her lesbian partner, Gloria Leathers, whom she met in prison. Also, prior to killing Leathers, Wanda was incarcerated for fatally shooting a childhood friend in 1981. She was executed via lethal injection Jan. 11, 2001. Wanda Jean Allen was born in 1959, the was the second of eight children. Her mother was an alcoholic, and her father left home after the last child was born, moreover, the family had to live on public housing assistance. When she 12, Wanda was

People were shocked to hear everything the elderly lady, Dorothea Puente, was capable of. Investigators weren’t suspicious of her even after corpses were found on her property because she didn’t fit the typical serial killer profile. The average serial killer is a white male in his mid to late 20’s. More than 90% of serial killers are men according to research done by criminologists James A. Fox and Jack Levin, and among these 73% were white. Only 4% had graduated with a bachelor’s degree. Victims were 67% female, with children, prostitutes, and the elderly and other common victims while 20% were males who had been raped by their attackers.

“Women cannot be murderers.” Even though this was not explicitly stated in the newspapers, The Boston Herald in its article “Lizzie Borden” conveys the perception that the feminine ways associated with women would make it impractical for women to commit murder. Lizzie Borden, a young lady accused of brutally killing her stepmother and father with multiple blows to their heads with a hatchet was described as a religious, sincere, and modest human being in The Boston Herald’s article covering Lizzie’s life before and after the murders. During Lizzie’s youth, she suffered from isolation because of her reserved personality and belief that nobody appreciated her presence, but in womanhood turned her life around and attain friendships who vouched for her good character during the time of the investigation. The Boston Herald’s article “Lizzie Borden: Her School and Later Life - A Noble Woman, Though Retiring”, successfully persuades the reader of Lizzie Borden’s innocence with the focus on her femininity through diction and logic.

On this day in 1863, Union troops capture Lookout Mountain southwest of Chattanooga, Tennessee,as they begin to break the Confederate siege of the city. In the “battle above the clouds,” the Yankees scaled the slopes of the mountain on the periphery of the Chattanooga lines.

From the beginning of time, women have had to succumb to the authority of men. Women were essentially men’s slaves and had little say in the household and had virtually no voice in politics. They were to be seen and not heard. There were, however, instances of women that were able to call attention to themselves, whether negative or positive. The girls involved in the Salem Witch Trials, for example, were able to draw an awareness to themselves and become a significant heated topic. Sarah Kemble Knight gained a reputation for herself by being knowledgeable in

In her book, Southern Horrors: Women and the Politics of Rape and Lynching, Crystal N. Feimster discusses how race, gender and politics shaped the post-civil war south from reconstruction into the 20th century through the use of historical statistics, narratives and recorded court cases. Through the juxtaposition of Rebecca Latimer Felton and Ida B. Wells, born a generation apart as a plantation mistress and the other into racism, Feimster explores the differences in the treatment of and the reactions to a white woman and an African American woman fighting against rape and for women’s rights. The author, discusses how institutionalized racism, patriarchy and mob violence helped and hurt these women on their quest for equal rights.

The media today, is highly selective in their constructions of offences, offenders and victims. Media representations of crime are moulded and women are portrayed in a way that is entertainment driven and is appealing to the audience. Despite the fact that women seldom stalk, murder outsiders or commit sequential murders- in fact they are rarely vehement, “accounting for only ten percent of convicted violent offenders- those who do so are highly newsworthy because of their novelty” (Jewkes 2011, p. 123) Present day media admits that because fierce women are comparatively uncommon, they are all the more appealing and diabolical to the audience as a result. The essay shall discuss the reason and presentation in the media of female offenders, female victims and women specific crimes.

Young, beautiful, and doomed; In several, if not all, works of Edgar Allan Poe, there is a not so subtle theme that is found. One of the death and beauty. How is the death of a young woman romanticized within selected works of Edgar Allan Poe? In such works as “Lenore”, “Ulalume”, popular “Annabel Lee”, “The Raven”, and short story “The Oval Painter” ,the “death of a beautiful woman” theme is prevalent and strongly noted within context, word choice, and imagery. In the eyes of Edgar Allan poe, death, especially that of a woman, to be lamented and mourned by a “bereaved lover”, is the most valued tool to have and utilize when writing. In his own life, Poe was able to relate to the subject matter, as many of his heroins are believed to be based upon his wife Virginia, who had died at a young age. Unraveling the methods to how Poe romanticized death of young women in his literature might give insight to not only Poe’s life, but humanity in general..

Women throughout time have experienced position changes more times than can be counted. Not just in modern times, gender roles began in the B.C.E era. In Egypt and India, gender roles were a huge part of society. In both locations, male’s word was law. What they said was the final answer and a woman could not change that. The gender distinctions were similar in ways that women had minimal power in familiar locations, like their homes. They had a small opinion about certain subjects, but they never ventured out of the comfort zone of subjects they were allowed to discuss. Men were treated better than women, yes, but the power women held was used for some of the most important topics.

Charlie was emotionally traumatized by white women in New Orleans. On Charlie’s first night in port, the other mess boys decided to go to a bar. White women in the bar were encouraging the oriental men to come inside with them. Soon, a group of rowdy white men arrived and were angry about brown men and white women mixing. They started a fight in the bar and Charlie was knocked out and arrested. When he regained consciousness, “The last thing he remembered before the big white fellow knocked him out was that girl whom he just treated to a drink suddenly spat in his face” (211). Charlie tried to enjoy a night in New Orleans and a white woman caused him pain again. The woman in the bar pretended to like Charlie, so he would buy her a drink. Then when someone new caught her eyes, she abandoned him. She disposed of him the second someone better came along. For Charlie to put his trust in a white woman again only to be let down again is emotionally scarring.

While most of the violent crimes that happens most are them are belongs to men, women have not been the wilting flowers promoted so heartily by Victorian adorers and (right or wrong) often evident in today's society. Before we get into detail about the fascinating phenomenon of the Black Widow, it is worth a brief overview of women's escalating role in the world of violent crime, particularly in the United States.

Like Lost, Twin Peaks developed an obsessive cult following where fans analyzed every detail in attempts to solve mysteries. The Leftovers is another show with supernatural elements from Lindelof and both it and Twin Peaks revolve around a central mystery and involve alternate realms of reality. Like Lost, Lindelof outright stated that The Leftovers wouldn't exist without Twin Peaks and that they tried to "do Lynch" in parts of Season One. I think you can also see some inspiration from Twin Peaks in True Detective with an investigator who indulges in philosophical monologues. Other shows claimed by critics to have been influenced by Twin Peaks include The X-Files, Mad Men, and 24.

Picture this. The father of modern crime and detective stories, known as Edgar Allan Poe, is sitting down about to write a beautiful piece of writing and BAM! He whisks away into a story of love, death, and just plain out horror; either characters are losing someone near and dear to their hearts or they are plotting to kill. Edgar Allan Poe, at a very young age, lost both of his parents, and later on in life, lost his wife to tuberculosis, so in one way or another, these stories reflect off of his personal experiences. A major theme in Poe’s writings is death. The theme of death is seen throughout the works of Annabel Lee, the Cask of Amontillado, the Raven, and the Black Cat.

Within the first episode of Twin Peaks, ”Pilot”, we are introduced to a wide array of characters and subplots. The show’s main plot starts when the body of Laura Palmer is discovered washed up on a riverbank, wrapped in plastic. FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper is called in and teams up with Sheriff Harry Truman, as he believes there is a connection between Laura’s death and the death of another girl named Teresa Banks a year prior. As the whole town of Twin Peaks is devastated by this shocking event, substantial things are happening on the side. Such as Audrey Horne ruining a business deal for her father Benjamin Horne, the owner of the Great Northern Hotel; Sheriff Truman arrests Laura’s boyfriend Bobby Briggs, who is secretly seeing a married woman named Shelly and Laura’s best friend Donna Hayward and her secret boyfriend James Hurley discover a mutual attraction for one another. And this is only a handful of what goes on in the first episode.