Harper Lee came to Kansas with Capote to assist him in his interviews of the townspeople. What was really shocking was the fact that he could memorize the interviews and record them later. In this book he recreated the brutal events of the horrid murders and goes inside the minds of the perpetrators. He examined the two killers family background, their capture, and the crime itself. The novel entails the killers’ friendship, trial and Kansas death row.
In James Swanson’s book “Bloody Crimes: The Chase for Jefferson Davis and the Death Pageant for Lincoln’s Corpse,” the author gave a unique perspective on two remarkable historical events. Swanson’s book described the time nearing the close of the Civil War, but took a much different approach than I have ever encountered. Rather than speaking of the Union and Confederacy and the battles the ended the war, Swanson focused on the expedition of Lincoln’s body after his assassination, while at the same time, telling of Jefferson Davis’ elaborate journey to elude capture. “Bloody Crimes” compiled two very different historical events and connected them in one novel unlike any other. First I commend Swanson on his favorable portrayal of Davis, a man who is rarely positively revered in history, undoubtedly due to his Confederacy ties.
Danner spends numerous pages explaining how the Salvadorian army carried out the massacre, and each page is as educational and informing as the next. The Massacre at El Mozote is a convincing tale of unjust government abuse of military forces, and Danner successfully gets across his point of proving that the United States played “blind” in a matter where civilians needed help. Danner is able to tell the story through the eyes of a first hand account, that of Rufina, and allow for the reader to understand the horrifying actions that took place. The book’s evidence comes from a variety of sources, and explains how the both the United States and El Salvador reacted to the
Two Distinctive Paths In the book The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates, the author writes about himself and another man of the same name, who lived near him as they grew up and who also happened to have the exact same name as he. The author becomes a successful man, while the “other” Wes Moore ends up being a convicted murderer, serving a life sentence. Wes Moore states, “The chilling truth is that his story could have been mine. The tragedy is that my story could have been his.” Throughout the book, Wes tries to figure out why their lives turned out to be so different. The most crucial ingredients in determining the different outcomes between the author Wes Moore and the other Wes Moore are the parenting, guidance, and direction each one had from his respective mother.
Rise to Rebellion Savannah Jones AP US History Rise to Rebellion is a historical fiction book about the American Revolution, and all of the events leading up to it. This book is special because instead of just telling it like it is, Jeff Shaara gives us readers the opportunity to figuratively live our lives through the minds of different characters throughout the story. Some may say that this all started because of the Boston Massacre, but honestly there were multiple events leading up to the American Revolution. The first event leading up to the American Revolution is, in fact, the Boston Massacre. It all started out when a soldier was attacked by a group of angry rebels, who challenge the soldiers to fire into the crowd.
Therefore, I try to dig out every clue that causes his motives to kill people and every detail that built up his personalities so that it would help me understand why a genius becomes a villain. “Understanding the mindset of a psychopath is very important in order to understand why a criminal would not feel the need to justify his or her transgressions; psychopaths do not believe that they are doing anything abnormal or morally inept” (Siler 3). In this research paper, Freudian psychoanalysis will be applied to explore the protagonist’s mental journey and explain the motives of his crimes. Tom Ripley is a fictional character in a series of novels composed by Patricia Highsmith, including The Talented Mr. Ripley, Ripley Under Ground, Ripley's Game, The Boy Who Followed Ripley, Ripley Under Water. This research paper is expected to focus on Highsmith’s first book about Tom Ripley and try to dig out any Freudian imagery of Ripley’s personalities.
Hewlett-Packard | Jeffrey Dahmer | Final Paper | | Brittany Nicholson | 12/10/2011 | | This paper will present case-analysis of the life and history of American psychopathic offender Jeffrey Dahmer. Jeffrey Dahmer was one of the most well-known serial killers ever. Dahmer was no ordinary serial killer. He was identified defining the work he did as a killer, necrophilia, and a cannibal. The purpose of this report is to learn more about this serial killer; providing past criminal history leading to the different types of influences on his criminal career, what affect his criminal behavior had on society.
Rash Paper We started off the new quarter reading a book called Rash by Pete Hautman. This book is about a boy named Bo in the future United Safer States of America. The book goes through the events of how Bo gets in trouble with the very controlling government and how he is sent to labor prison for doing crimes that are considered being just plain mean today. Rash is similar to the book The Hunger Games by Suzaane Collins, though they have their differences too. Rash is very similar to The Hunger Games.
The Secret In Their Eyes (film) The Secret In Their Eyes was introduced to me by my film professor Edward Spangler, and was directed by Juan Jose Campanella of Argentina. It is a story of a retired Argentinean agent who is writing a novel of an unresolved rape/murder case he had back when he was working. The majority of the film is told in a flashback (1975), but the end is finished in the present (2009). There were several major differences I noticed in the film in comparison to an American or Hollywood film. The first major difference would be in a chase scene when they capture the rapist.
Mason Christopher 1/30/14 Psy 200-07H Professor Smith Psychology Analysis Lie to Me is an American crime drama television series, which was inspired by the work of Paul Ekman, the most advanced expert on facial expressions. In the show, Dr. Cal Lightman is an expertise in body language, (micro expressions to be technical,) and the founder of the Lightman Group, which assists in investigations of local and federal law enforcement through applied psychology. The reason behind him becoming an expertise in micro expressions is due to the fact that his mother committed suicide while he was still at a young age, and he only could question “why?” Now for example, say the federal officials bring a suspect into interrogation, yet the person will not speak? While asking questions, Lightman will read body expressions, but mainly facial expressions, to notice emotions the person will produce in response to the question. One example of facial expressions would be chin thrusts, a gesture associated with anger.