Stanley Kramer

The narrator of “The Tell Tale Heart” and “The Black Cat” were, obsessed because the definition of obsessed is “the domination of one's thoughts or feelings by a persistent idea, image, desire, etc.” In both stories, the narrators were obsessed with something. In The Tell Tale Heart, the narrator is a caregiver of an old man. The old man has a glass eye which bothers the narrator. The narrator soon gets obsessed with it and kill the old man so the eye won't bother him anymore. The narrator hid the

In the story “Cathedral”, author, Raymond Carver, show the readers that a person does not need their eyes to see as sight has a deeper meaning for different people. Within the story, the narrator, husband, describe his experience with his wife’s longtime friend Robert, a blind man who came to visit after losing his own wife to cancer. The story takes place in the husband’s home somewhere in the East Coast near Connecticut. As the husband has a drink and waits for his wife’s arrival with Robert, the

CHAPTER ONE Slow. The slow droning of the dishwasher in the backroom of the diner. It hums like sleepy honeybees, it’s such a tiring sound. Yet, mixed with “80’s diner vibe” music, together they make the perfect melody. It’s late, past 1 am and yet I’m still here, writing as usual. The coffee tonight is strong, Priscilla, the head waitress brewed it slightly too long, enough to rid my headache. The sweet old crony probably fell asleep behind the counter as she is now. There aren’t many people

Like any person, I have essential elements in my life. I cannot live without. These elements grew with me since I was born. And these elements become more and more important. I cannot imagine my life without five significant things. These five things are like the blood to my heart. If I lose one of them, I will feel broken. These five things are parents, money, food, twitter, and wife. When I was younger. My parents took care of me a lot. They helped me and taught me everything. I cannot

Anarchy fallen over the once peaceful land and all but one has returned to their savage ways. In William Golding’s, Lord Of The Flies, The character of Piggy is a symbol of civilization. To commence, Piggy symbolises civilization because of his glasses as the fire is started by thm, and fire is the first sign key to civilization . Secondly, by insisting the continuation of the rules to be enforced on all of the island, Piggy demonstrates the ideals of civilization. Finally, Piggy idealises civilization

Passages from text | Page #’s | Comments & Questions | “The bunk house was a long, rectangular building. Inside, the walls were whitewashed and the floor unpainted. In three walls there were small, square windows, and in the fourth, a solid door with a wooden latch. Against the walls were eight bunks, five of them made up with blankets and the other three showing their burlap ticking. Over each bunk there was nailed an apple box with the opening forward so that it made two shelves for the personal

Blake seemed to be trying to console Cassandra while she sobbed. She looked so sad, so hopeless. Becca’s heart ached for her as she could physically feel Cassandra’s pain. Just as Becca made a conscious effort to look at Blake, to try and take in as much about him as she could, the vision vanished leaving her sweating and disheveled on Caleb’s couch. For an instant her panic hit an all-time high thinking Caleb might be watching her. She snapped into damage control mode. Quickly gathering up the scattered

Riddle A riddle is a statement or question or phrase having a double or veiled meaning, put forth as a puzzle to be solved. Riddles are of two types: enigmas, which are problems generally expressed in metaphorical or allegorical language that require ingenuity and careful thinking for their solution, and conundra, which are questions relying for their effects on punning in either the question or the answer. Archer Taylor says that "we can probably say that riddling is a universal art" and cites riddles

In William Gay’s short story “Closure and Roadkill on the Life’s Highway” the comment is made that “ten thousand dollars would put things in a whole other light...” (Gay 172) This sparks the catalyst to the unlikely friendship of Raymer and an older supernatural-like man named Mayfield, leading to a journey for twenty thousand dollars that may or may not exist. Gay uses symbols, metaphors, character development, and much more to illustrate the struggles of learning when to let go of certain aspects

Betrayal may be the key to helping oneself. A person may betray its family, culture, or tribe and sometimes it may be all three. If a person betrayed something that had a negative effect on them they may be awarded friends, respect, and support. Junior in Sherman Alexie’s novel The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian was awarded all three. Junior is a Spokane Indian that left his Reservation school for a richer and better school called Reardan. Junior let down his tribe, family, and culture