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    scene illustrates that Rainsford had been hunting for a really long time because when he was getting hunted Rainsford used all of his background knowledge. This is ironic because he didn't even know he was going to have to stay alive for three days or die, and since he knew how to use his resources, which means Rainsford had an advantage to this whole game. The author uses Flashback so the reader can tell that Rainsford knows a great deal about hunting. On page one Whitney said “ I’ve seen you pick

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    because we are mad and want to vent Maybe we argue because we are convinced we are right even if we realize later that we weren't. We ask ourselves why why do we fight battles we now we are destined to lose? The argument of “The Most Dangerous Game” General Zaroff, hunts trapped sailors on his island. He does this because he is bored of hunting animals he knows he will win. He thinks he will also defeat Rainsford, other great hunter. Zaroff is a murderer and is uncivilized because he killed people

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    Socrates, is seen sitting on a bed in a small dark chamber but a light is shining down on him. There are chains on the wall and floor. The man in red who has his hands on Socrates, is Crito, he is one of Socrates followers and close friend. In the scene, he and other followers in the

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    remarked-he liked men, and it was known that he drank with the younger men in the ELKs’ Club-that he was not a marrying man.” (Faulkner 5). People saying that killing herself would be the best sets a depressing mood, but also show how they wished her to die. Miss Emily was yet lonely but after finding someone she liked, she tried to change. However, when she realized that he was not going to marry her and that one day he will leave her to loneliness, she can’t accept it. She set in her mind that she has

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    they are really there for. Emily Brent, General Macarthur, Tony Marston, and Judge Wargrave believer they are invited to visit old friends. Vera Claythorne thinks she has been hired as an executive assistant. Philip Lombard and William Blore think they have been hired to protect the island and anyone else on the island from any harm that the weekend may bring. Dr. Armstrong thinks he has been hired to look after the wife of the island’s owner. Emily Brent, General Macarthur,

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    “And Then There Were None”, 10 strangers all wonder “why are we here?” The people are invited to this to stay in a mansion on soldier island. Each person was invited to the island because they each committed some kind of murder. One by one they all die. The story starts off with ten strangers being invited to an Indian island of the coast of England by a note. They each received a note that bribed them to come to the island but really they were invited because they each committed some kind of murder

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    Outline For The Big Sleep

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    1930’s Los Angeles written by Raymond Chandler. Phillip Marlowe is a private detective hired to take care of a blackmailing scheme. General Sternwood is a wealthy old man with two troublesome socialite daughters. The General wants Marlowe to handle a man named Arthur Gwynn Geiger who has some type of dirt on the youngest daughter, Carmen. Upon meeting Marlowe, General Sternwood drops hints that he has an ulterior motive for Marlowe to find his missing son-in-law Rusty Regan, a former bootlegger married

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    vs. nature, man vs. himself. Rainsford cannot fall asleep while he is being hunted by General Zaroff on the deserted island where he cannot call for help. Man vs man, man vs nature, and man vs himself all occur in this story. The lesson Richard Connell is presenting in this story is that the animals being hunted do have fear. Throughout “The Most Dangerous Game” Rainsford is continuously being hunted by General Zaroff, which is one example of man vs man. Rainsford is feeling a lot of fear and he

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    because without it there is no story. In the short story “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell, there are three types of conflict that make the story interesting. The conflicts occur when Rainsford falls off of his private yacht and climbs onto General Zaroff’s island where he only has a 99% chance of living. One type of conflict in the story is Man vs. Nature. Another conflict constantly used the the story is Man vs. Self. Most importantly, the conflict used to create the problem in the story is

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    support the weight of my bones.” Joseph Hebergam then says he is going to die soon and that “it was caused by the dust in the factories and from overwork and insufficient diet.” That proves that it is not clean and that its dusty. It also shows that it is unhealthy because they are overworking him when he is tired. Even though they weren't treated correctly and overworked, the Ashton Chronicle said “they have good food, good beds, and given liberty two or three times a week. They were taught to read

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