This statement came from the woodcutter shows an enough amount of information needed by the police commissioner who is interrogating him. Based, on Grice’s Maxims of Conversation, a conversation must follow the maxim of quantity which states that there should be enough information to be given in a certain conversation. The contribution should be as informative as required.
Also, the statement shows a commitment from the woodcutter on the situation that he is the one who found/discovered the body of Takehiro.
Traveling Buddhist Priest
The statement of the Buddhist priest also shows enough information to be given in a conversation. When the priest was asked about the time when he saw Takehiro and the height of the lady he was with, the needed
Also, an assertion that Takehiro is not a man who lets himself go into a fight.
The statement of the mother for her daughter also shows an assertion that her daughter would not do something bad or involve herself into something that is bad and in the case, something about her husband.
Also, the last statement of the mother shows hope that her daughter will be find soon and that regret of how things turned down into the lives of her daughter and Takehiro.
The statement given by Tajomaru shows a declaration and acceptance of crime he had done. He took the responsibility of killing Takehiro.
However, the following statement coming from him shows that he is firm and of no guilt of what he had done. In addition, the words he uttered shows that he is trying to make the interrogator guilty of a crime as well. He had this aim to dig into the conscience of the interrogator.
The last statement of Tajomaru made his first statement questionable. The first statement shows that he is pronouncing that he is the one who killed Takehiro but when we look at this last statement, things may turn the other way around.
Woman Who Has Come to the Shimizu Temple
The following statements are given by Masago, the wife of the man who was murdered in the story. Her statement claims that she is hopeless and a confirmation that her husband loathes not only the robber, Tajomaru but also her as well.
In addition, the statement that followed this shows that Masago is giving an option to Takehiro but that option turns into an obligation, a strong obligation that Takehiro is expected to do. This is followed by a directive speech act which tells that Takehiro must willingly give up his life to save Masago from
In the court room Mr. Hooks makes a point with the evidence he is given and testimonies by witnesses to prosecute Mr. Miyamoto. Mr. Hooks takes some drastic measures by using personal attacks and being prejudice towards the defendant to convince the jurors that Mr. Miyamoto is a killer. During the trail Alvin hooks b...
quality that made him brave was when he confessed to the court that he had
In the documents it also states, “…but the chances are that she, her husband and her children will suffer psychological damage, and she will be basically an unhappy women.” Her opinion on this statement is that a women’s family wouldn’t suffer of psychological because women is not the only parent in a family. The father in the family should also be involved with their kids.
that he is a brave man. As soon as his wife is accused, John quickly
At this point, the speaker's newfound empathy toward the killer prompts his diatribe about American support of capital punishment. He begins with a hypothetical portrayal of an audience chaotically discussing the meaning of the word "kill," each person exclaiming "how they spell it" and "what it means to them." Subsequently, he recounts a story about insensitive reporters at a hanging, followed by a claim that "we throw killers in one grave / and victims in another. We form sides / and have two separate feasts." While the speaker may seem to be utilizing the description of the audience and the story of the reporters in order to denounce the mindset of his peers, he is in fact condemning his own former mentality. By denying five times that he is a witness, the speaker avoids the guilt that results from involvement in the death of another man. Through his repeated use of the phrase "I am not a witness," he essentially enables and catalyzes the execution of the killer, dismissing his humanity and conforming to the opinion that he deserves to be killed; however, once the speaker recognizes his fault and his conformity to this mindset, the tone of the poem suddenly shifts. The speaker's empathy for the killer reaches its maximum when he fully understands the pain of the condemned and finally sees the killer as his equal, which prompts his own admission of guilt and prior indifference: "I am a
Often, when a story is told, it follows the events of the protagonist. It is told in a way that justifies the reasons and emotions behind the protagonist actions and reactions. While listening to the story being cited, one tends to forget about the other side of the story, about the antagonist motivations, about all the reasons that justify the antagonist actions.
*the narrator's friend, Rahim Khan, is expressing indirectly that no matter what the narrator has done in his past, he will forgive him, and help him.
...cts of the mother and the descriptions, which are presented to us from her, are very conclusive and need to be further examined to draw out any further conclusions on how she ?really? felt. The mother-daughter relationship between the narrator and her daughter bring up many questions as to their exact connection. At times it seems strong, as when the narrator is relating her childhood and recounting the good times. Other times it is very strained. All in all the connection between the two seems to be a very real and lifelike account of an actual mother-daughter relationship.
Middle Captain Shigehira’s plea to the Buddha, before his execution, exemplifies this. Shigehira declared “I was not acting of my own free will when I committed my grave sins; I was merely trying to do my duty. Who that lives can spurn an imperial command?” Regardless of what was commanded, the warrior was obligated to obey. Director of the Military Stores Bureau Yorimasa confirms this decree when he is ordered to restrain an invisible monster.
Because police investigators are usually under pressure to arrest criminals and safeguard the community, they often make mistakes. Sometimes, detectives become convinced of a suspect 's guilt because of their criminal history or weak speculations. Once they are convinced, they are less likely to consider alternative possibilities. They overlook some important exculpatory evidence, make weak speculations and look only for links that connect a suspect to a crime, especially if the suspect has a previous criminal record. Picking Cotton provides an understanding of some common errors of the police investigation process. During Ronald Cottons interrogation, the detectives did not bother to record the conversation “But I noticed he wasn 't recording the conversation, so I felt that he could be writing anything down”(79) unlike they did for Jennifer. They had already labelled Ronald Cotton as the perpetrator and they told him during the interrogation “Cotton, Jennifer Thompson already identified you. We know it was you”(82). Jenifer Thompson 's testimony along with Ronald Cotton 's past criminal records gave the detectives more reason to believe Ronald committed the crime. Ronald Cotton stated “ This cop Sully, though, he had already decided I was guilty.”(84). Many investigative process have shortcomings and are breached because the officials in charge make
Giving excellent examples to help understand both points of view while defining how a daughter may misinterpret her mothers’ remark. In her essay Deborah gave an example of a mother asking her daughter how she planned to cut the tomatoes for dinner, yet suggesting she should cut them the way she would. Rather than the daughter
The way Tajomaru confessed his crime was definitely full of arrogance. “Sure, I killed the man…, now that you’ve got me, I’m not going to hide anything. I’m no coward.” It was a self-sacrifice type of confession. He was trying to persuade the readers to believe that he did it with utmost certainty. “… I always knew my head would end up hanging…, so let me have the ultimate punishment,” he said. He knew that by confessing, he would end up dead. Still, he confessed, which would also make the readers believe that he was telling the truth since he was willing to die. But, despite of that, the readers can’t still be sure whether he really was the murderer. It’s because Tajomaru had something to gain from this confession. He was a bandit. Telling
-the read must put more trust in the narrator in this type of situation in believing what they say is the truth
...us on deadly revenge. In each case, a retribution that is carried out in a cruel and callous fashion. The men fulfilling these actions are cold, calculating, and contemplative. They have painstakingly endeavored to seek retribution against what has plagued them: Fortunato and his insults to the Montresor and the old man’s piercing, chilling eye for the man from “The Tell-Tale Heart”. Driven to the point of madness by their own obsessions, they plot to murder their offenders. The tales are told each by the man who has indeed committed the crime. Each man’s insanity becomes more and more clear as they narrate confession; the Montresor with the unfailing ease with which he dictates his account and the man from “The Tell-Tale Heart” with his jagged and rough delivery. Their distinct mental instability calls into question to reliability of the report they give.
... explaining the cause of his alienation, which he hardly trust himself to think of. It would have taken him years to have come to a direct explanation on the point. In the harassed state of his mind, he could not have done much other than what he did. His conduct does not contradict what he says when he sees her funeral,