The facts tell us that Deft searched for several months but was unable to find the killer, Deft went to the 38th street pier in search of the killer, and that Deft pulled out a handgun and shot Kyle in the chest. He intended to kill because he took the gun; the search for several months and the act of going to the pier to find the killer were deliberate and planned acts. Deft’s actions are the actual and proximate cause of Kyle’s death. Deft’s act of shooting Kyle in the chest is the actual cause. Furthermore, Deft’s acts meet the “but for” rule: but for Deft’s actions, Kyle would still be alive.
John Wayne Gacy, Jr. was born in Chicago, Illinois, the second of three children. He was born on March 17, 1942 ("John Wayne Gacy | Murderpedia, the encyclopedia of murderers"). Gacy is of Polish and Danish heritage ("John Wayne Gacy | Murderpedia, the encyclopedia of murderers"). His father was an alcoholic and use to abuse him and call him out his name ("John Wayne Gacy | Murderpedia, the encyclopedia of murderers"). Gacy’s father would call him “sissy.” ("John Wayne Gacy | Murderpedia, the encyclopedia of murderers").
A few months later he stabbed and strangled a woman. The young man with her survived being shot twice and provided the first clue to authorities, the assailant was an average man with crazed eyes. After the second crime, Rader wrote a letter confessing to the first murders and referring to himself as the BTK Strangler. He explained that BTK stood for B-bind them, T-torture them, K-kill them. Psychological Studies on Rader have established that even as a young child in grade school he would often fantasize about bondage, controlling and torturing individuals.
The Shawshank Redemption The film, The Shawshank Redemption directed by Frank Darabont, is based on the lives of several prisoners at Shawshank State Prison. All of the prisoners and the prison itself are somehow redeemed or changed in the duration of the film. They battled against institutionalisation and fear and some learn to hope for a better future. The main character in the film is Andy Dufresne. He is a young banker who is convicted of the murder of his wife and her lover and is sentenced to life at Shawshank State Prison.
For example, 13 year old Jordan Brown of Pennsylvania was being tried on the murder of his father pregnant fiancé back in 2009. “Amnesty International has urged US authorities in Pennsylvania not to try Jordan in an adult court, as doing so could result in a violation of international law. If tried as an adult and convicted of first-degree murder, he would face life imprisonment without parole” ("AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL"). It is only right to sentence Jordan to life in prison because of his actions. He did not only kill his father’s pregnant fiancé, he also murdered their unborn child.
My presentation is about a short story called Bartleby, The Scrivener written by Herman Melville. Herman Melville lived in the 19th century and was an American novelist, a short story writer, an essayist and poet. He didn’t really encountered success during his lifetime but he did posthumously. He is now considered one of the most proeminent writer in the American literature. Bartleby, The Scrivener is the story of an elderly Manhattan lawyer with a very comfortable business who relates the story of the strangest man he has ever known who is Bartleby.
He concluded by saying that Donne believed man was not supposed be an island, living or dying alone, because each one is a part of the continent of men that eventually becomes smaller as someone passes away (Nesbitt, 2011). Whether or not an actual coincidence; most, if not all, of John Donne’s principles in the Meditation XVI were embodied in a film released in 2008 which was entitled Ghost Town. An article in The Observer under its “Film of the Week” section written by French (2008) best describes the plot of the movie. To summarize; he writes that actor British Ricky Gervais plays the lead role of Dr. Bertram Pincus, a dentist, who is antisocial, reclusive and a loner.
To help explain their reasoning of a serial killers mind, Wolf and Lavezzi provide two cases of serial killers to analyze. Case one describes the serial killer Gary Evans, a white 43 year old man. Out of South Troy, NY, Evans had a bad reputation with law enforcement. Evans’ main priors had to do with the robbery of antiques, a small offence compared to serial killing. He had a group of close friends that he would commit robberies with, and when three of them went missing in 13 years Evans was thought to be involved with their disappearances.
In the book Monster written by Walter Dean Myers, it focuses on the important issues of basic stereotypes pertaining to young black males. Steve’s battle to prove his innocence within the novel is the statement being addressed against the prejudice justice system. The statement being addressed is the fact that a teen is being accused of murder while trying to clear his name in both the legal and social setting in life. Steve is a 16 year old male who claims to be at the wrong place at the wrong time, and in fact is a victim to an inaccurate eyewitness account. He has to deal with the most frightening nature of the justice system facing the death penalty.
2. Which of the literary themes do you see portrayed in this story? Truth and Justice, Reality and Fantasy, and Sympathy 3. Compare briefly Don Quixote to Gilgamesh. (one paragraph) Don Quixote is an older man who is at the lowest class level and has to sell his property in order to buy books that he wanted.