The Caretaker "OI LOSER! PICK UP THE CRAP!" This is the way he always got treated. No one gave a second thought about him. They thought that just because he was the caretaker who picked up the rubbish, he didn't deserve any respect…….but they wished they'd have gave him some. After 10 years of cleaning up after people who just didn't care. People who laughed at him for don't his job, picking up their rubbish. Peeling up snotty tissues in the rain in his bright yellow Rain Mack, whilst they laughed at him through the window, he pretended he couldn't see them. After 10 years or this, every day, he has had enough. On his 10 yeah anniversary of being shouted at and just being disregarded, he had decided, this was it. The end, for him anyway. He walked into his stockroom, the one they banged on the door every single time they walked past, every single person. They thought it was funny, but they didn't know that he sat in there crying, through the pain of how they treat him. He didn't even get treated right by the teachers; they shoved him in a room with the boiler. This was it. He walked, slowly, slowly walking. But then he tripped over a mop. He could imagine the laugher of the kids if they had seen that, then they'd run away with his rubbish picker and hide it, so he'd have to spend the rest of the day looking for it. He couldn't tell anyone, who would care. He got back up and climbed onto the steel chair, and put the noose round his neck and tied it to one of the pipes. He was rocking the chair, from side to side, slowly, trying to knock it from under his feat, but then, no, he wouldn't let them know that they had got to him. He wouldn't give them that satisfaction. He took the noose off from around his neck, and decided. He was going to make a change. He wouldn't let them get to him anymore not matter how hard they tried.
Bitter about the evolution of the corruption of society, Sheriff Ed Tom Bell plays the official hero clinging to old traditions and reminiscing about the old days in No Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy. Delusions of a peaceful utopia during the time his grandpa Jack was a sheriff has left Bell looking at the world through hopeless eyes; a world on its knees with only one explanation for its demise: Satan. Not necessarily a religious man, Sheriff Bell, when asked if he believes in Satan, remarks: “He explains a lot of things that otherwise don’t have no explanation. Or not to me they don’t” (218). Throughout No County for Old Men, Sheriff Bell is determined to save Llewellyn Moss in order to prove that justice can be served in a world now drenched in decay. Throughout the book and the film adaptation, the audience can see Sheriff Bell, a tormented old man, sink deeper into his bitterness and his hope sizzle away in the Texas heat.
head by a horse when he was younger. This was a lie, but explained why
The Night Stalker Richard Ramirez is an infamous serial murderer who terrorized Los Angeles, California in 1985. The media gave him the name the “Night Stalker” when he was on his vicious rampage of forcing himself into the homes of his victims late at night and committing his heinous crimes. Though he was only convicted of thirteen murders, he had many more victims. His crimes were so random, disorganized, and impulsive that the Los Angeles law enforcement officials had no luck finding Ramirez for months as he grew increasingly more violent. (Tripod.com, 2012)
French playwright Albert Camus once said, “Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal.” In The Stranger and The Guest the overarching theme that those who do not conform to typical societal values and do not adequately relate to others are appraised as a threat to society as a whole. In both works the protagonists isolate themselves, and society isolates them because of their non-conforming beliefs.
What if the past had no meaning and the only part of our lives that matters is that which is happening presently? To further exacerbate the matter, all hope for some form of salvation and ever-lasting life from a God are entirely futile; that when life is over, all forms of existence are over as well. Such a desolate point of view is illustrated in Albert Camus’ The Stranger. Camus used characters such as the protagonist, Meursault, to establish his belief that life is nothing more than physical existence and that one can only define their life’s value based off of the events happening at the time in question. Whether Camus himself agreed with this viewpoint is irrelevant as throughout his novel, the striking contrast between Meursault and the society he found himself in clearly epitomized Meursault as an anomalous sociopath. The events resulting from the protagonist’s detached and brutally honest personality, as well as a dearth of a moral conscience, exemplify the extent at which amorality can be commensurate to madness.
Solomon Northup was a black man who was born a free man at a time when slavery was still legal in America. He was born in Minerva, New York, in the year 1808 (Northup 19). Northup’s father, Mintus, was originally a slave of the Northup family in Rhode Island. He was freed when the family relocated to New York. When he was growing up as a young adult, Northup helped his father with farming chores and became a raftsman for a short while on the waterways of New York. As an adult, Northup married Anne Hampton, who was of mixed heritage on Christmas day of 1829. Together, they had three children. Over the years Northup became a famous fiddle player, and this gave him recognition in his town.
After reading Joyce Carol Oates story, “ The Night Nurse,” revenge is what is found. This story starts off by a woman by the name of Grace Burkhardt, collapsing at a shopping mall because of a reason that was unknown at the time. She is taken in an ambulance to a hospital where she undergoes an emergency surgery for a blood clot that is in her leg that could have traveled to her heart. Grace’s stay in the hospital that night was not how she expected. The worst pain a person can indure, is the one who is left out. In the beginning of the story Grace explains herself as being laid back. “I am behaving well, look how calm and civilized” (654). Grace never screamed out at the shopping mall. She tried to act as calm as possible. Even though Grace was in so much pain, she never sobbed to God or never did she ask, “Am I dying? Will I die” (654)? Shortly after the doctors took care of Grace, she went into surgery. After this is when her attitude begins to change.
As a girl I grew up secluded. Being an only child I would often play by myself. I was wiser beyond my years, reading my mother’s books in our library. One book in particular caught my attention; (The Power of Birthdays, Stars & Numbers: The Complete Personology Reference Guide). This book told me everything I needed to understand my sun sign; Virgo. August 23-September 22 is the mark of the sun sign Virgo. I was born September 4th so I am a true Virgo. In the textbook, Virgos are analytical, observant, reliable, precise, skeptical, fussy and inflexible. The books say we are clean, tidy, and very organized. Timid, inverted, and sticks to a routine, they make Virgos sound dreary. These reputations are not concrete for every individual born under this sign. There are three main types of Virgos and two Virgo hybrids. The hybrids are the cusp of the Virgo sign; Leo-Virgo and Virgo-Libra. The three main types of Virgo are the, I’m better than everyone Virgo, the down to earth Virgo and the dreamer Virgo.
French author and playwright Albert Camus once said, “He who despairs over an event is a coward, but he who holds hope for the human condition is a fool.” In the The Stranger and The Guest this philosophy is expanded on by demonstrating how those who do not conform to society are isolated, and portrayed as a threat to society because of their unique beliefs.
The basket was used to catch the falling heads. In the early revolution Richard Clark said that originally a wicker basket lined with an oil cloth had been used to catch the head. Later on a metal bucket was used to prevent the blood from flowing through the streets. Since they guillotined so any people the bucket became a necessity to have. Along with this it helped to prevent the smell of death in the streets.
Minority Report is a 2002 science fiction film directed by renowned director Steven Spielberg and is set in the year 2054 in Washington, D. C. The film revolves around an elite law enforcing squad; Precrime. The Precrime Division uses three genetically altered humans called Pre-Cogs whom possesses special powers to see into the future and predict crimes beforehand. After each crime is foreseen and analyzed, Precrime police officers are sent to the crime location to apprehend the future murderers and place them under arrest. The future murderers are then put into a sleep state with a device called a "halo". Based on Minority Report, it suggests that humans are free willed beings and have the ability to alter the future that was predetermined for them.
"The Ruined Maid" is a poem by Thomas Hardy, published in 1901. Two farm girls from the country, one whom has left. The dialogue between two farm girls, Melia and an unidentified girl. Melia, whom has returned to town (setting) to meet up with the unidentified girl. It's been awhile, since the two girls seen each other. The unidentified speaker addresses Melia about her "fair garments" and "such prosperity"." O didn’t you know I'd been ruined?" Melia responded. "You left us in tatters, without shoes or socks," describing how Melia used to look. As the poem continues, Melia responds with a short remark on how she's ruined, each time the woman discusses something. The woman wishes she had all the finer things, "feathers, a fine sweeping gown,
Based on cultural history throughout the United States dating back to the early 1900’s, the U.S is one of the countries with contentious topics relating to the subject of racial criticism, diligence amongst different societies, and injustice. Along with customs that have been conventional for many years, African Americans have been treated unfairly for decades and in some form of way still manage to get treated unethically despite the years that have gone by and the laws established to provide equal rights for all Americans living in the U.S.
Watchers can be very annoying. Every time I try to get my work done, it's always there in front of me, teasing me, taunting me, and gesturing me. I've tried many methods to rid of it, most of which have been unsuccessful. Every person has a watcher whether they believe so or not. Whenever a person gets distracted from something they are doing or supposed to be doing, that's their watcher at work. Their job specifically is to make a person fail by any means possible. To rid of these watchers is just putting your self in jeopardy by giving into their plan of distraction. Not getting your homework done is a great example of when a person's watcher appears. As soon as they hear or see the word homework, they spring into action. Although many have found a way to get rid of their watchers, most of us are still left with them to annoy us. How do we get rid of them? That is a question best left to ourselves. We must each find a way to exterminate these pests from our lives forever. Though that may seem impossible since our watchers aren't even real, we must still find our own method to focus on our duties and distract ourselves from the pain that lives within. I myself have found a technique which works perfectly. By using this technique, I have been able to finish most of my work quicker then before and more efficient as well. My watcher never saw this coming and now hardly distracts me. My watcher is very evil and tricky, but with lots of practice, I was able to focus more on my work and less on its schemes of mischief.
Helen Adams Keller, at 19 months old, became sick of what the docters at that time described as "an acute congestion of the stomach and the brain", though many people thought it was scarlet fever or meningitis. When she seemed to be getting better, her health took a turn for the worse and she was struck blind, deaf and, untill many decades later, dumb. She spiraled into a life of darkness and non-communication, and became extremly distressed and explosive. She would learn, with the help of Annie Sullivan, that not even the most disabling affliction on the planet, can stop you from exploring and learning nearly everything about the known and unknown universe.