Killing kids

The short story “The Death of Dolgushov” by Isaak Babel is a gut wrenching story, at times literally, about the dilemmas of killing. Babel, a master of the short story, challenges readers’ morality by contrasting two soldiers plights. On the one hand, a soldier, Dolgushov, pleads that he has “had it (241),” meaning that he wants his comrade to kill him after being mortally wounded by machine gun fire; while on the other hand, another soldier, unnamed, cannot bring himself to kill Dolgushov. Throughout

What’s the most important thing that impacts you to do something? Society? Religion? Reasoning? Evolution? Code of conduct? Tradition? The bigger question is, with all these impacts how do you acquire an audience and catch their attention? “We’re going to kill Santiago Nasar” (pg. 52) said Pablo and Pedro Vicario. They told everyone that they were going to “cut his guts out.” By the time the bishop’s boat arrived, nearly everyone in the town knew about the plot—except the victim Santiago himself

her belly was fringed with a row of piglets that slept or burrowed and squeaked” (Golding 1). This statement shows that all of the British boys, except Simon, attacks a mother pig who runs in the clearing. Simon watches all of the boys literally killing the mother pig. This is the climactic part of the novel because the boys completely lost their innocence. In doing so, the boys find pleasure and it represents no civilization left. The slaughter of innocence shows that the boys can not go back to

violent, chanting together, “Kill the pig. Cut her throat. Spill her blood.” (p.86) They are not ashamed of their gruesome act and repeat this chant on numerous occasions throughout the novel, complimenting the chant with tribal dancing and mock killings of boys pretending to be pigs. The repetition of this chant and the inclusion of the violent terms, ‘kill’, ‘cut’ and ‘spill’ emphasises the sadistic mindset the boys have gained. At one of these dances Robert pretends to be the pig, and in the heat

society the author deems are valuable and unnecessary. Jack, the antagonist in the book is portrayed as a vile, aggressive creature. He and his hunters become obsessed with bloodshed and macabre, and so they kill to satisfy their needs. What starts as killing pigs for meat as a means of survival, soon turns into an addiction for blood leading to a bloodbath between the boys. The constant hunger for

In the novel, Lord of the Flies by William Golding, the author demonstrates the act of cruelty through a group of youthful British boys as they strive to endure the harsh trials of nature. Time ticking like heartbeats, the boys become more harsh and savage compared to their first arrival on the deserted island. Their friendly natural appearances alter as they nurture to become undomesticated varmints. They begin resulting in acts of aggression and violence in order to categorize future complications

Brendan Riley “The Undead Gourmet” grasps of viewing zombies not as mindless brain eating monsters, but a more complex conscious being. Also examines us, the humans, not having remorse to killing other zombies, apart from our close family. Riley explains his argument in four stages; “The Right To Bear Arms Against Zombies(pg. 1), What If Zombies Used Their Brains(pg. 2), Love Your Zombie Neighbor(pg. 3), and Zombie Rights”(pg. 4).Some great arguments are made in this article, but diving deeper into

Louis Armstrong: From Childhood to Adulthood      When you think of Louis Armstrong you probably think of a jolly middle-aged man who can play the cornet like no one else, a man who had it all, a man who had the good life. Well, Louis was not always that lucky. From childhood to his adulthood, Louis Armstrong changed much as a person and a musician. He worked very hard to become what he became and did not let anything get in the way of becoming a musician. In this paper

stores throughout the United States and through catalogs. The company also operates an e-commerce website at www.abercrombie.com, a kids website at www.abercrombiekids.com, and publishes a magalog called the A&F Quarterly. Abercrombie & Fitch, which targets ages 18 through college, went public in October 1996 and spun-off from The Limited in May 1998. abercrombie kids (ages 7 - 14) was

Kanye West fans do not have a definitive name, or way of defining themselves. There is no form for the group for some reason. However, they are still able to celebrate their icon and promote their icon in a positive way amid negative press he is prone to receiving. Although they aren’t well formed, Kanye’s fans still have a great impact on the artist’s social proof with them being the first to respond to anything Kanye related, the first to archive anything Kanye related, the main source of buzz