One time I went to chicago with my friend. We were waiting outside the hotel waiting for my parents to come out. When a man walked up to us and asked us to help him because his kid was trapped in a car. We used our intelligence because we knew he was lying because we were the only people he asked. We were also thirteen and young. He could have asked all the adults around but he asked us. I showed intelligence by noticing he was lying to us.
The characters Jazz from I Hunt Killers and the IRA Sniper from “The Sniper” show intelligence because they think hard about each situation they get into.
In “The Sniper” the IRA sniper uses his quick wit to think hard about certain situations while surviving a night during the Irish civil war. Immediately
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When Jazz gets caught up in a murder investigation he goes back to the scene. “ ‘Right. That’s like Forensics 101--- body dumpers go downhill. But this guy…’ Jazz stood up and clapped his hands together. ‘I guarantee you he came up the hill from those trees. Because he knew the cops wouldn’t think to look there” (Lyga 112). This shows how he could figure out part of a murder that the cops couldn’t find out. The cops found nothing on this murder. No footprints, no clues. Jazz found out how the body got there and where it came from. Also as he is sleeping in bed he finds out some interesting things and calls the sheriff and says. “ ‘Hey it’s Jazz. I figured it out. There will be more victims. Here is what I know about the next one. She’ll be around twenty-five years old. Brown hair. She’ll be a waitress. She’ll be killed by injection of drain cleaner. The body will be posed in a kneeling position, the hands tied together to mimic prayer. She’ll be missing four fingers, but the middle one will be at the scene And her initials will be H.M. That’s all’” (Lyga 172). This shows his intelligence by him realising this serial killer is copying his dad. He then calls the sheriff and tell hims that. It turns out that he was right about the murder. This explains his level of intelligence is better than the …show more content…
This quote is a perfect example of Jazz’s intelligence “ ‘Right. That’s like Forensics 101--- body dumpers go downhill. But this guy…’ Jazz stood up and clapped his hands together. ‘I guarantee you he came up the hill from those trees. Because he knew the cops wouldn’t think to look there” (Lyga 112). He can figure out a part of a murder before the cops can. The cops couldn't find anything. His intelligence is more impressive at age 17. He had to figure out a lot of things at a young
In the story, “The Sniper”, The sniper showed that he was an intelligent soldier. In the beginning, after Being shot by the enemy sniper the sniper took care of his wound and was able to compose himself and think of a plan. Thinking he had won the battle after the snipers successful decoy the enemy sniper dropped his guard and the second he did the sniper
middle of paper ... ...is “Christ, I’m hit.” The turmoil ‘overpowers’ the life of a soldier. The gory sights in the city of Dublin, torn apart and paralysed with War and fear is depicted by people bleeding in the gutters till they die and rapid gunfire everywhere, followed by a deafening silence. Killing is done in cold blood and even then, the sniper maintains calm.
Kenney focuses on this instead of its start in Chicago. Looking at it this way provides a deeper view into how jazz got its start. Jazz is known as a Midwestern style of music. However, it has southern roots and its meaning and undertones paint images of the south. Kenney does a good job at showing the historical context of the Chicago jazz age. Chicago became known as the jazz center of America once it hit the cabarets of the South side. This allows for a booming market of entertainment that permits for musical competition, jazz is propelled forwarded as a new American art from in the 1920’s. (Kenney 1993, 4) Kenney presents this in such a manner that the cultural context ties into the birth of Chicago
Liam O’Flaherty’s realistic fiction story, “The Sniper,” takes place in Dublin, Ireland, where there is a civil war waging between Republicans and Free Staters. The Republican sniper, who is the main character in the story, is fighting in the civil war for the Republican organization. There are numerous amounts of people who are attempting to assassinate the sniper because of his organization, and his enemies are located all around him waiting patiently until they gain their chance. The Republican sniper, however, leaps before he looks most times, thus leading to severe consequences throughout the story. By using description and suspense, O’Flaherty creates the lesson that actions, without thought, will lead to consequences.
The basic plot of the story is based during an evening within the Irish civil wars. It tells of a republican sniper sitting on a rooftop and neutralising enemy units as the cross a bridge. When a free-states sniper shows himself on an opposite roof they wage a fierce and innovative war to see who would end up the better. Eventually the republican sniper gains the upper hand and after taking a bullet in the arm destroys the worthy opponent. After a curious inspection to the identity of the enemy sniper he finds himself looking into the eyes of his dead brother.
Trumpeter and band leader Maynard Ferguson once said that “change is always happening. That’s one of the wonderful things about jazz music.” Ferguson’s view of America’s most beloved and celebrated genre of music can refer to the main element in jazz, improvisation or the developing styles that emerged in different locations and eras in the United States. Jazz itself has no set time period or location where it was born and because of this many scholars, as well as, the public have various opinions in regards to the beginning of jazz. A popular lore is that Jazz was created in Storyville, a red-light district in New Orleans. However, research has shown that it developed from both African and European influences of the past. Since the combination
The issue of race is central to all discourses of jazz. Alongside race goes the problem of representation, or, who gets to play what for whom and under what circumstance. Problems of representation abound from the beginning of jazz history, usually centered on white representation of black music and culture from a negative vantage point. Iconic examples of this phenomenon include the 1917 release of
Many jazz artists as we know it are quite talented. Their talents are unique in that they can translate human emotion through singing or playing their instruments. Many have the ability to reach and touch people’s souls through their amazing gifts. Although this art of turning notes and lyrics into emotional imagery may somewhat come natural, the audience must wonder where their influence comes from. For Billie Holiday, her career was highly influenced by personal experience, the effects of the Great Depression, and the racial challenges of African Americans during her time.
In “The Sniper” the conflict is man vs man, which means main character is tasked with killing his enemy, but it proves to be quite a challenge. Even though there were many challenges the sniper followed through with his job and persevered even after he was shot in the arm. Wanting to kill his enemy, stay alive, and be one step closer to ending the war was his main goals. Being brave, he took off his hat, placed it on his gun, and raised it above the edge of the roof. Instantly the enemy shot at it and the sniper, pretending to be dead, waited until the enemy got up for him to shoot him. He did some quick thinking and, with determination, handled the conflict quite well.
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