...There are quite many similarities between these two short stories that Edgar Allen Poe created, with little differences. The main differences are the story itself, the characters, and the setting. However the stories are also similar; a man gets irritated by something, he acts irrationally towards it and kills it, and it becomes involved the supernatural and ends up making the man get caught by the police. This leads to one of the few differences in the stories and that is that in “The Black Cat,” the police arrest the man after finding evidence against him, in “The Telltale Heart,” the man that does the crime admits to it. Both stories start off with the main characters having an air of madness about them; as in “The Black Cat” it starts...
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...had moved on. Poe attempted his second marriage with Sarah Helen Whitman, but the engagement did not last long at all. Finally, Poe reunited with his first fiancé, Sarah Elmira Royster, a woman he was engaged to before he even met his former wife Virginia. They remained engaged even when Poe had left for a trip back to Philadelphia. They stayed in touch by writing letters back and forth until those letters were no longer being returned to Sarah because Poe had disappeared. Poe was found five days later in a bar room and sent to the hospital. Poe remained in the hospital until his death on October 7, 1849. His fiancé was unaware of his death until she had read about it in a newspaper. Amongst Poe’s writings, “The Raven” and “The Tell-Tale Heart,” were his two most famous works. These writings held little fame while Poe was alive because no one else wrote anything like them, most people found them to be too scary and inappropriate, that they even complained to magazines about Poe’s other short stories. Now, they are some of the most famous poems out there. Most of Poe’s writings are gothic and that is what he is best known for. His stories are mysterious and that’s what keeps the readers interested. It is too bad that Poe was not alive to see how popular his work has gotten because that is all he ever wanted in life. He went through so many jobs and even traveled around to different cities giving lectures. He received a little more recognition and drew bigger crowds with the release...
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...underlying theme is that sound is essential to life. Sound can mean more than words ever could. Steven Church's "Auscultation" is a 4 chamber essay. Personally, I believe that the 4 chambers represent the 4 chambers of the heart. This is relevant due to the topic of the essay; the sound of life. The first chamber sets the tone by describing a mine that collapsed leaving 6 miners trapped in the deathly grasp of the mountain. The second chamber introduces the stethoscope as an essential part of life. The third chamber expresses the importance of the stethoscope, what makes a doctor a doctor, and the different instruments that a doctor has. The fourth and final chamber ends the essay by describing another devastating collapse leaving 9 coal miners trapped by rising water leaving families as well as other miners on edge about the life of their coworker, friend, or loved one. The essay compares a baby's heartbeat to the sound of a sledgehammer hitting metal within the womb of the cave -or stomach. This is because both of those sounds indicate life. Church describes this by musing that the doctors are "...hopelessly dependent on the curl and twisting turns of simple listening technology, the only tool for the vital job of reading and feeling the rhythmic thumps of the heart, that tap-tap-tap signal of life we cannot see and I can in no other way sense."...
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...an attempted to underdog you in a negotiation. Here are a couple of tactics to look out for; they have no association with the win-win successful agreements of good negotiation. Having awareness of these tactics can strengthen my team’s negotiation skills. The Walkout- Deliberately walking out in the middle of a negotiation to show disinterest. Usually, this tactic is very dramatic, attention getting, and pivotal in the negotiation process. It’s like the good cop/bad cop tactic, in many cases frequently overused. Smart negotiators continue to use it, because it works. Counter to the walk out tactic is simply to recognize it as a tactic, immediately taking the sting out of it (McIntre, 2006, pp. 254-255). Look out for the telltale signs of their walkout tactic: Did they leave behind belongings in the room? Do they have competition for the contract? If so, you can almost be concerned it’s a bluff. The Decoy-This tactic is used to take your attention off the real issue in the negotiation. The buyer creates an issue of an accelerated shipment date just so he could trade it off later for the real issue. In many cases a shorter due date is given like 90 days out, when the true due date is generally 120 days. (Dawson, Secrets of Power Negotiating, 15th Anniversary Edition, 2011, p. 259). The other side made up a phony issue they really don’t care...
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...illness is referred to as dementia due to Alzheimer’s disease. Dementia is a term that means the person has significant difficulty in daily life due to problems with thinking and memory. Alzheimer’s disease is the most common type of dementia. What Causes Alzheimer’s disease? The exact cause of Alzheimer’s disease is not yet known. Some people may have genes that put them at higher risk for Alzheimer’s. Genetics is the likely cause when the disease strikes people in their 40s or 50s. But most people who get Alzheimer’s dementia are 60 or older. In these people, genes may play a role, but so might other factors, such as having type 2 diabetes, heart disease, or high blood pressure. Alzheimer’s occurs because brain cells are slowly dying. As the cells die, parts of the brain shrink and stop working normally. The brain shows three telltale signs of the disease: • Amyloid plaques (clumps of material in the...
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...Write a Critical Literary Analysis Essay When writing a literary analysis essay, your main objective is not to write a simple summary. Rather, your goal is to write an essay that discusses your interpretation and critique of the literature. There are a few general guidelines you should keep in mind when writing a literary analysis essay. Remember, there often is no right or wrong answer – what really matters is proving your thesis with evidence! One tip you should keep in mind while writing a literary analysis essay is that you should always write in the present tense and never in the past tense. For example, you might write “In George Orwell’s ‘Animal Farm,’ the animals take over the farm and develop their own independent society” rather than “In George Orwell’s ‘Animal Farm,’ the animals took over the farm and developed their own independent society.” Another tip is you should also avoid putting yourself into the literary analysis. This means you should write in the third person and never use the words “I” or “you.” There may be exceptions to this rule, however, depending upon your instructor. In fact, some will request a more informal literary analysis that will include the usage of these words. When in doubt, however, it is safer to use the third person. Since literary analysis essays are not meant to simply be a book review or summary of the book, you should not retell the story in your essay. Rather, you need to form a thesis about the piece of literature and then...
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...creatures with great power when it comes to the defense mechanisms. Pufferfish originally got their name from their defense mechanism of sucking in water and air into their bodies to erect small, sharp spines. Pufferfish are tropical fish that live in warm waters typically near coral reefs. Some relatives are the boxfish, trunkfish, and the coufish. Bright colors on these fish can also serve as a warning call to other creatures because they know that it is poisonous. Over time puffer fish and their relatives have adapted and evolved in order to protect themselves. When the Pufferfish is threatened it can use one of its multiple defense mechanisms. One of these include when pufferfish is threatened ,“they arch their backs, revealing a telltale red belly, blow up with water and puff out their spines” (Furlow 2). This acts as armor and weapons against the predator for the pufferfish. Threatened puffers use their small erect spines as a defense mechanism against predators. This is important to my topic because it means that pufferfish have adapted over the years to protect themselves from hunting of humans, and other animals. They also have other defense mechanisms these include “The guarantee against would-be predators: [it’s body consists of] poisonous flesh”...
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...Demonstrative Communication Paper Me BCOM 275 03/18/2012 Abstract Demonstrative communication is a form of communication where two parts are required to be in sequence and work in harmony. In this way, one fully conveys to an audience what is being said and the true significance of the message is received. I think we can all relate to the days of old when the instructor was in the front of the class room rambling about a subject that his heart was not in and you could see in his eyes that he would trade his birthday just to skip out of the particular subject. The only saving grace to this type of delivery was the “stomping of the foot on the floor” or the tone of his voice changing way out of the norm. These none verbal messages would indicate to us that whatever he was about to repeat would be directly on the test. Then we would drift back to our personal thought until the episode would repeat itself and the flurry of writing would happen again. Demonstrative communication is the true essence of how and sometimes why we as humans can come to the edge of self annihilation, and rebound into a devoted and responsible society. Let’s take a vague look at 9/11. Was there any chance that the United States of America was not going to hurt something or somebody for this unspeakable act? Why? Airplanes each year run into buildings and have been since the start of flight. Why then did this make a difference to the normal self-serving American? What was the first thing you...
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...Throughout their entire existence, humans have used their outstanding intellect to enhance their chance of survival and dominate their competitors. Consequently, the development and use of tools have become the apotheosis of human achievement, ultimately integrating them as a vital aspect of our daily life. But while there is a major consensus that modern technology will excel the quality of the world of tomorrow, others have begun to inquire if the potential of these advances make the world a better place as they promise. In his essay, “Auscultation”, Steven Church implements his varied package of writing styles to impart an aberrant view of the changing world. Within four sections that parallel the structure of a human heart, “Auscultation”...
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...THE WEREWOLF / CARTER Summary The narrator of "The Werewolf" sets the story's ominous tone with the opening sentence: "It is a northern country; they have cold weather; they have cold hearts." The people in this country are poor and live short, hard lives. They are superstitious to the point of conducting witch-hunts and stoning any witches found (identified by a telltale third nipple) to death. We focus in on a young girl. Her mother sends her into the forest to bring food to her ill grandmother, arming her with a knife and warning her against the dangers of the woods. The girl sets off on her journey unafraid because she knows the forest well. As she is walking, the girl hears a wolf's cry. She turns with her knife drawn to face the beast, and when it lunges, she cuts off its paw. It retreats back into the forest. She wraps the wolf's paw in cloth and continues on her way. When the girl reaches her grandmother's house, the snow is so thick that no tracks can be seen in it. She finds her grandmother in bed with a terrible fever, and when shakes out the cloth to make a hot compress, the wolf's paw falls on the floor. It has changed into a hand, which she recognizes as her grandmother's because of a single wart on it. Expanding... The girl uses all her strength to pull back her grandmother's covers and beneath them discovers the cause of her fever. Her grandmother's severed arm is already rotting. Hearing the girl's cries, the neighbors rush in. They examine the hand and declare...
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...on. The metaphor “life is a camera” describes how everyone has different perspectives on life. The things we experience and how we react to them directly influence the people we will become. Like a camera, we can focus on what’s important, capture moments, develop from negatives, and take another shot when things go wrong. So power up, pick a moment and seize it. Your life is passing by. What are you going to do with it? First, take a step back and focus in on what’s important. Don’t be misguided by the loads of junk nearby. In life you have to appreciate the beautiful things you’re given. It’s easy to dwell on the long lines, and the mean things people say about you, but by crumbling under the despair of what others think of you is a telltale sign that you’ve forgotten what is actually worth worrying about. The opinion of those who are actually important to you, those who hold a special place inside you, those are the people whose opinions matter. Don’t lose yourself to the hogwash of everyday life. You’re alive. So be grateful. Life is filled with flaws, and you will probably never be put in an ideal situation. Deal with it. If you’re searching for your perfect ending remember there will almost always be something that’s not quite right. Focus on the important matters in life. Unless you’ve recently lost a loved one, you’re dying, or you live in extreme poverty choose to be happy. And don’t forget to take a lot of pictures. Being able to capture those memories reminds us...
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...that no one ever thinks about” Parents and physicians still aren’t doing enough to address the rise of “pharming,” or recreational use and abuse of prescription drugs, among teenagers, according to public health researchers at Drexel University (Ewing, Rachel 2015). Parents play a critical role. Adults have a lack of education, need to provide guidance. Parents may be unaware because there is no telltale odor, other than signs of being high. Kids go to their parents or grandparents medicine cabinets and take whatever drugs are there. Then they partake in “Pharming Party” These are get-togethers where prescriptions drugs are exchanged and randomly ingested, to get high. These parties will continue to increase as long as these drugs are so easily obtained. Some reports even point to a trend in “pharm parties” or “skittling parties” (named for the colorful candy). In these parties, teens combine different pills in a shared bowl and each swallows a few pills indiscriminately—sometimes with an alcohol chaser. Combining medications in this way, and with alcohol, can cause stroke, heart attack, irreversible brain damage or death (Ewing, Rachel...
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...Professor and Class: Patrick is a twenty year old, Caucasian male, well- groomed and of medium height and build, who presents to the emergency room with complaints of RLQ abdominal pain, fever, and nausea X 5 hours. He is notably anxious, diaphoretic, guarding and holding pressure to the area described. Some questions I would ask Patrick include the following: When was the onset of your pain? Was there anything that provoked the pain? What is the quality of your pain? Is it sharp, stabbing, dull, aching, throbbing? Does it radiate anywhere? On a 1-10 scale, and 10 being the worst, what is the rate of your pain? How long has the pain lasted? Does it come and go, or is it constant? Do you have now, or have you had any nausea or vomiting with the pain? Are you hungry? Do you feel like you could eat something now? Are there any recent changes in your diet? What has your diet consisted of in the past week? Have you ingested any unusual foods or non-food items, intentionally or unintentionally? Any history that may be associated with his symptoms may include previous episodes of RLQ or periumbilical pain, nausea, vomiting, and anorexia. Risk factors include a stool blockage, an ingested foreign body, such as a coin, cancer that can lead to infection, bacterial or viral infection, parasitic infection, or lymphoid hyperplasia where the appendix produces an overabundance of normal cells that create a blockage in the appendix. Other factors include age less than...
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...to think before you move. Now I am not saying you should “camp”, a term that means staying in one spot the entire match. While that tactic may serve a sniper style very well, that’s a more advanced play style; and will not be covered in this guide. All that you should do in this regard is simply think, feel your surroundings before being the typical “noob” and rushing out in the open only to be obliterated mercilessly by the opposition. A “noob” is a term for a new or unseasoned player that normally makes mistakes capable of ruining a team’s chances of winning. When playing in the woods for example, if you are quiet, and not breathing hard from sprinting (actually in your first few matches sometimes your breathing is already hard as your heart thumps in your chest from the adrenaline, very fun stuff), you can hear the branches and twigs breaking under the foot of your enemy. It is almost like hunting, you try to acquire your prey before it finds you and gets away; or in this case shoots you back. Another awesome tip that a veteran can give is communication. Communication is a lynchpin to success for a good team. There is tons of old sayings about how good communication is vital to victory of any great battle. “The single biggest problem in communication, is the illusion that it has taken place” by George Bernard Shaw is one...
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...Name Professor English 1B 03 March 2014 Faulkner’s Use of Southern Gothic and Mississippi Faulkner might have well been named as one of the most influential American writers of the South while some critics despised his work. William Faulkner was born in New Albany, Mississippi, on September 25, 1897 (“William Faulkner Bio”). His love for poetry early on helped shape his writing style. Faulkner became an accomplished writer producing novels, short stories, poetry, and even dabbled in screen work media. As a Novel Prize laureate, he spent most of his life in Lafayette County, Mississippi. Many of his fictional stories take place in Yoknapatawpha County, a place he created based on the setting in Lafayette. As a native of Mississippi, the American South’s culture had a big influence on him. His inspiration for writing came from his grandfather (Cruz). He not only loved his grandfather but wanted to be just like him. His passion for literature sent him on a journey to the University of Mississippi. While attending school, he worked for The Scream writing comic strips. (Cruz). Faulkner traveled a lot with his father while he was younger. Like most, he had strong Southern values and pride. He seemed to have a different stance on equality and the issues of inequality taking place. Faulkner encouraged equality amongst the citizens. His literature uses several situations where people of race, gender, or class are discriminated against (Cruz). Faulkner’s ability to write seemed...
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