Why Does Skidmore Believe In The Curse Of The Poisoned Pretzel

In the story "The Curse of the Poisoned Pretzel" by Paul Haven, the author encourages the reader that Skidmore Boddlebrooks is guilty of poisoning his brother, Manchester Boddlebrooks by convincing him to be the first to try "his" new invention called the "pretzel." In this story, the author, Paul Haven does not actually state that Skidmore was guilty of killing his brother. Unlike his older brother, Manchester Boddlebrooks who was very friendly, generous, and had a kind smile, Skidmore Boddlebrooks was very creepy, frightening, had shadowing eyes and sinister looks. While Manchester Boddlebrooks was admired by many fans and players, for he often offered sweets and candies to his players and fans after baseball games, and often invited his players to visit his mansion for weekend parties, Skidmore Boddlebrooks was not popular and well-liked.

The author, Paul Haven, creates the perspective that Skidmore is guilty of murder by strongly stating that all people think that Skimore is a creepy person. As stated in "The Curse of the Poisoned Pretzel", "He gave everyone the creeps" (Haven). Implying that Skimore was always a creepy person and is mentally unstable, creepy. Individuals who posses these qualities have the potential to murder someone. Likewise, Paul Haven mentions that no one in the story could remember seeing Skidmore's eyes, implying that Skidmore was kind of soulless

Paul Haven, the author of the story, "The Curse of the Poisoned Pretzel", developed the perspective that Skidmore was guilty of poisoning his brother without actually stating it by describing his appearance as someone who looks distrustful and suggesting his motives. Initially, the baseball team, the Sluggers were found by Manchester Boodlebrooks, a popular bubblegum maker. In their first year, the Sluggers won their first World Series championship, but unable to win another after that as many feel as though a curse caused by Skidmore killing his brother.

My first piece of evidence is the suitcase on the floor just outside the kitchen. It has flowers on it which means it is Mrs. Vermont’s suitcase. As a rule this shows Mrs. Vermont was leaving her husband. Mr. Vermont saw the suitcase, confronted Mrs. Vermont about it and killed her.

This statement raises suspicion, not to mention he died from eating that pretzel. How is one not supposed to instantly suspect the person who gave him the pretzel, of murder? An individual might think, "No wonder he choked on that pretzel, all that pocket lint and unsanitary packaging. Not to mention who knows how long he carried that thing around in his pocket!" A reader must think of all possibilities as to why Manchester suddenly died and, considering the information provided by the author, there really is no other explanation except Creepy Pretzel Giving Skidmore is the murderer. Further influencing scrutiny, the author attacks Skidmore, yet still never claiming he is guilty of murder.

In ‘The Great Misadventure’ hiddens sets up the complication by saying “they actually poisoned themselves”. The remainder of the episode tells the story of how this happened.

Jimmy Raven’s death was covered up by Clarry Hazzard because of Gerald Mortlock. Gerald Mortlock murdered Jimmy Raven because he was supposedly drunk and was trying to fight Gerald, but one of the two men had a gun. Therefore Mortlock ‘accidentally’ pulled the trigger, which resulted in Jimmy’s death. The text does not clearly state whether Sadie is to fix this mistake. Gerald and Clarry (and Jimmy) all went to war together who then became close friends. “I have to help Gerald; I promised to look out for him.” Clarry now has to lend money from Gerald to keep his shop going. The loyalty between Jimmy and Gerald started to fade away as well as Gerald and Clarry’s friendship. Due to the loyalty and friendship factor Clarry had to cover up Jimmy’s death, Sadie was not successful in correcting this mistake of the past.

If fact, Hamlet waits so long to tell anyone or to do anything about the revenge he swore to his fathers ghost, he begins to question his courage, knowing he has been all talk and no action. Hamlet also decides that before he takes his revenge, he will find out for himself if the ghost is telling the truth. He stages the play and sees in the kings reaction to the similar set of circumstances that he was involved. When the time comes for Hamlet to take action against the King, he agrees to a fencing match with Laertes. Claudius and Laertes conspire to kill Hamlet with poison in his drink and poison on Laertes? sword. Hamlet finally sees his chance for revenge after the Queen drinks the poisoned wine and Laertes and Hamlet are both mortally wounded. Plunging his sword into the King, his uncle, and his father and mother?s murderer wasn?t enough revenge for Hamlet. He gets the poisoned wine and pours it down the King?s throat, before

In the text the narrator states ¨It was bad enough having an invalid brother, but having one who possibly was not all there was unbearable, so I began to make plans to kill him by smothering him with a pillow¨ (Hurst, 351). This quote from the text proves the narrator hated his younger brother, and even went so far as to make plans to kill him because he could not stand to have a disabled brother. The narrator even went so far as to say, “The knowledge that Doodle’s and my plans had come to naught was bitter, and that streak of cruelty within me awakened” (Hurst, 360). This textual evidence helps demonstrate the contempt and anger the narrator felt for his brother. This anger, contempt, and shame that the narrator felt for his brother, Doodle, was the reason that the narrator killed his

Later that year a little boy’s birthday party was catered by her bake shop. The boy, Andrew Charles, was poisoned by an unknown ingredient

Now Hamlet uses a rational “now he is praying; And now I'll do't./ And so he goes to heaven;/ And so am I revenged. That would be scann'd:/ A villain kills my father; and for that,/ I, his sole son, do this same villain send/ To heaven”(p.79). Hamlet uses this “logic” to further justify his inconsistency between his actions and his motive. Finally, during the last scene, Hamlet encounters yet another chance to avenge his father’s, and now also his mother’s murders after his fencing match against Laertes. Claudius tries to kill Hamlet by poisoning him, and poisons Gertrude instead; this is the final breaking point of Hamlet. After the death of his mother Hamlet, can no longer hold back and strikes his foil through Claudius’s heart. Then, he forces the poisoned wine down his throat. This occurrence yet again shows Hamlet’s indecisive character. He plans out the vengeance of his father’s death so many times perfectly, but kills Claudius without a plan and everyone witnesses the murder.

I am poisoned” (V.ii.305-306). After Gertrude cluelessly drank the poisoned drink meant for Hamlet, she realized what she had done, and announced it to Hamlet. This represents Karma because after Gertrudes poor actions to go along with the murder of her husband, and marry not only the murderer, but his brother, Gertrude had finally gotten what she deserved. Claudius also experienced bad karma because his plan to kill Hamlet had been

Revenge. Revenge causes one to act blindly through anger, rather than through reason. It is based on the principle of an eye for an eye, but this principle is not always an intelligent theory to live by. Young Fortinbras, Laertes, and Hamlet were all looking to avenge the deaths of their fathers. They all acted on emotion, and this led to the downfall of two, and the rise to power of one. Since the Heads of the three major families were each murdered, the eldest sons of these families swore vengeance, and two of the three sons died while exacting their acts of vengeance. Revenge is a major theme in the Tragedy of Hamlet.

He kills his brother because he is in love with his wife. He tries to hide his secret from everyone, but Hamlet finds out. (Shakespeare) His plan throughout the whole play is very unwise to say the

Often in works of literature, authors will attempt to make the audience form an opinion about a certain character through various descriptions of that character. The villians of the story are always described in a dark manner. Usually they have a flaw that makes them an outcast. Being the black sheep in the crowd does not shed a good light upon the villian in the story and typically the first time the audience meets the character, they are pushed away at his or her discription. In the excerpt "The Case of the Poisen Pretzel", Skidmore is a character who is outcasted and disliked, yet his brother is the hero and everyone in the story loves him. The brothers appear to have some sort of rivalry and this eventually leads everyone to assuming that Skidmore is the cause of Manchester's demise. In the text "The Case of the Poisen Pretzel", by Paul Haven, the use of description, Skidmore's allergy, and the inheritence of the Slugger's team, leads the reader to assume that Skidmore is gulity of murdering his brother.