Essays on Hunts

Thesis: With the help of vivid characters, unexpected plot, and stylistic devices the stories “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell and “The Child by Tiger” by Tomas Wolfe raise the question of a twofold nature of every human who lives balancing between being a victim and a predator.

Introduction

The main ideas of “The Most Dangerous Game” and “The Child by Tiger”. The theme of human cruelty and ambiguity of human soul described in two stories. The basic conflicts of the stories and the moral questions they raise. The main differences in the message conveyed by the authors. The ...

According to Christopher Bader, Joe Baker and Frederick Carson Mencken in Paranormal America: Ghost encounters, UFO sightings, Bigfoot hunts, and other curiosities in religion and culture (2011) research shows that “more than 2/3 of Americans have paranormal beliefs with this being manifested in their penchant for movies with paranormal themes. This statistic is not alarming since evidently the paranormal and the supernatural have been a part of human culture since the beginning of time. In fact, in most religions paranormal experiences are either commonplace, or show up without alarm to the persons practicing that particular religion. While persons without ...

The movie and novel, Jurassic Park is an artistic piece about the resurrection of dinosaurs by man. It is a science developed from research and mutation of different genes and specimens, combined in a lab to form the eggs, which later hatch into various species. They live together in an island far away from human population and its creator chooses to open it up for the public. However, it becomes chaotic when the animals turn on humans, and everyone in the island becomes horrified. It is a thrilling piece on both adaptations though the novel sounds more horrifying than ...

The Salem Witch Hunts resulted from many instabilities that faced the new colonists. The religious beliefs held by the new colonists were strict and biased. The lack of structure in society and government created rivals in the community. The community had just endured a massive drought and disease outbreak, and they lived on the edge daily worrying about possible raids by the Indians or the French. Under all this pressure, the citizens threw away all sense of equality, diversity and democracy and gave in to their fears, and as a result, the witch hunts transpired. Witch hunts were already ...

When one thinks of an elephant or a rhinoceros, one immediately thinks of an exceptionally large and powerful animal that are above the greatest strengths of mankind. But the truth is that despite their strengths and their skills at surviving in the animal kingdom, animals including elephants and rhinos. These animals are vulnerable to the greed and cruelty of mankind. Mankind continues to drive these creatures towards extinction because of their relentless poaching. For over years, different organizations have come out in support of putting an end to animal poaching. But, there are still those persons who continue to ...