(“Maya Creation Myth”) D. An important event in “The Coyote and The Hen” is when the coyote lies to the hen saying that a treaty has been signed so they could be friends. The Hen agrees to his lies and lies herself by saying a dog was coming to make peace as well, which scared the coyote away. The important characters would be the coyote and hen because the represent people who take chances. They both took a chance at lying and only one succeeded. The significance of this story is that life is full of chances but that doesn’t mean they are all worth taking.
In O’Brien’s ‘How To Tell A True War Story’, the story he tells us about Rat Kiley shooting the baby water buffalo both disturbs and intrigues. The act itself is without a doubt horrific, but it does not elicit a response of disgust. The question itself remains however, why did he shoot the buffalo in the first place? Rat’s actions were not random, pointless cruelty, but are in fact indicative of a much deeper, more complex emotional state. We must eliminate several more obvious answers first, but we can find that Rat Kiley is trying to reconcile what he is feeling with the situation he finds himself in.
Steinbeck’s personal battle chest of repetitive scenes within and management of the cyclic qualities of Of Mice and Men help foreshadow the most tragic events in the book. The foreshadowing in Of Mice and Men helps underscore important parts of the novella. The cyclic properties of the foreshadowed events focus the reader’s attention on specific details and themes, like the death of soft specimens in Lennie’s care. Lennie’s death is foreshadowed in the book by the death of Candy’s dog. Lennie was oft compared to a dog in the book.
As she has demonstrated in the memoir: “Of all animals of the plains, coyotes have the greatest sense of humor. Live with them for a while and it becomes evident why in Native theologies, Coyote is the Trickster god” (p166). In this time, the coyote play a practical joke on both the author and the dog. Although Sharon won eventually, she felt frustrated and become a little bit angry, so she yelled, “Get a job!” to the coyote who, however, respond joyfully. When Sharon and her dog on their way back, she looked back again and has seen “Coyote had paused to sit on the highest hill, silhouetted against the sky, to yodel one more time, no longer at me or my dog, but to the sky, or to nobody and nothing in particular, to the universe, a signature cry, saying I am” (p168).
They believe that non lethal control is sufficient enough to deal with the rising coyote issue. Non lethal control consists of educating people about what to do, and what not to do to avoid attracting coyotes. They believe simple precautions such as fencing, feeding pets indoors(never leave dog food outside), neighborhood sanitation, etc can help decrease the chances of coyote attacks. According to Laura Simon, director of humane society “lethal approach is misguided, knee-jerk, especially if alternatives such as keeping pet food indoors,spraying coyotes with hoses shooting them with rubber bullets and paintballs could be more effective”(Barboza par.10). She sees lethal as excessive and believes that other steps(non lethal) are beneficiary.
Jenna Giammalva English 3 per.2 February 1, 2010 Ms. Lindroth Thesis: In the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain exposes how ignorance causes violence, and how personal gain overrides moral deeds through the use of satire. Mark Twain’s Notice and Pap’s ongoing diatribe reveals how ignorance undercuts one’s credibility. For example, In Mark Twain’s Notice he cites, “Persons attempting to find a plot will be shot” (2). Twain is exposing the truth in satire throughout the novel and people who don’t understand that are ignorant. In more simple terms, if you only go away from the book with only the plot then you are stupid.
Another prime example of satire in Huck Finn is Twains portrayal of Jim, the negro slave. One of the reasons Jim is an example of satire, is simply because of the spelling and speech of Jim’s dialogue throughout the story. When Jim is bit by a rattlesnake of page 63, he gives Huck a list of “superstitious” tasks to complete so Jim can get better, such as to cut off the head of the rattlesnake and tail and tie the tail around his wrist. On page 26, “Ms. Watson’s n*****, Jim had a hairball… He said it had a spirit inside it and it knowed everything.” This expresses Jim’s beliefs and shows how gullible and superstitious he was.
Killing Lennie just like the dog, looking at other things, and speaking of dream ranches where he could tend rabbits. The gun pointed at the back of Lennie’s neck mirrored the death of Candy’s dog almost identically. “It was quick, and he didn’t feel a thing” later, when the men caught up to them, one of them had said to George that he did the right thing. The end when Slim and the boys ask George if he wants to go get a drink is Steinbeck’s way of saying that Lennie was about as important as Candy’s dog. George was merely protecting Lennie.
Greed has, and always will be, our most deceptive emotion. In William Shakespeare’s Macbeth, this thought was proven in most of the main characters. There own greed blinded them, played tricks on their minds, and deceived them into death. Sheer ignorance in the face of evil brought these characters an unexpected death. The chief disturbance to our outlooks on life is security, the way we react to the personnel around us.
False assumptions and lack of proof have led to horrific death of the innocent. The craving for revenge has always been a strong motive. In the short story “Cask of Amontillado” Edgar Allan Poe exposes the reader to the dark emotions of revenge through his use of diction, imagery, and plot in the story. Edgar Allan Poe used diction to present the reader with a broader view of revenge and clues on why Montresor wanted his revenge against Fortunato. Poe uses a grand choice of diction throughout the entire story, but there are some main points that need to be observed with a closer perspective to perhaps reveal and understand a deeper meaning.