Before writing "The Most Dangerous Game," Richard Connell began his career working for the school newspaper. Write a newspaper article that...

Late last evening, Sanger Rainsford, a big game hunter from New York City, came ashore at a small village in South America. Rainsford claims he escaped from an island, which sailors call "Ship-Trap" Island, owned by a former Russian military officer named General Zaroff.

"He hunted me, but I won," said Rainsford. "Zaroff hunted men on his island, and when I didn't want to hunt with him, he gave me a hunting knife and a head start."

Rainsford accidentally fell off his yacht as it went by Zaroff's island. He survived by swimming to shore. When he met the general he was quite impressed by the beautiful chateau and the excellent manners of the Russian. Zaroff treated Rainsford to an excellent meal and they talked at length about hunting. When the general suggested to Rainsford that they hunt men together, Rainsford refused.

"I thought his idea was barbaric," Rainsford said.

The general tracked Rainsford through the jungle and, while the general succeeded in coming close, Rainsford eluded Zaroff and even injured him. Rainsford also set a trap which killed Zaroff's servant and one of his dogs.

"I finally jumped from a cliff into the sea in order to avoid being killed," said Rainsford. "I swam back to his chateau and waited for the general to return."

Rainsford says he hid out in Zaroff's bedroom and confronted the general. They fought and Rainsford succeeded in killing Zaroff. Rainsford claims there are no remains because dogs ate Zaroff's body.

"I'll never hunt again. It was a horrible experience and I now know what it's like to a be a beast at bay," concluded Rainsford.

Authorities are investigating Rainsford's story. Rainsford has cancelled his hunting expedition in Brazil and will be returning to New York City in the next few days. 

`y = x/(x^2 + 1)^2,` `y = x^5 - x,` `xgt=0` Use a graph to find approximate x-coordinates of the points of intersection of the given curves. Then...

We can see that these graphs intersect at x = 0, and around x = 1. A little greater than x = 1.

In order to approximate the area of this region we take the integral of the top function minus the bottom function from x = 0 to x = 1.

`int_0^1 x/(x^2 + 1)^2 - (x^5 - x) dx`

We can use u sub to find the integral of the first part, which will equal 

`-1/(2(x^2 + 1))`

And the second part is just a simple power rule. So we get:

`-1/(2(x^2 + 1)) - x^6/6 - x^2/2 `  from 0 to 1.

When evaluated gets us 7/12, or about .5833

In "The Masque of the Red Death," what underlying truth or message is Poe trying to convey to the reader?

One of the main messages of this text is that nothing can render a human being immune to death; we simply cannot escape it. Prince Prospero has the financial means to simply pick up and leave the areas of his country most affected by the Red Death. He has the ability to control the people with whom he associates, only inviting the healthiest and most carefree. Further, he has built an isolated abbey, surrounded by stone walls and iron gates, and his guests have brought furnaces and hammers so that they can weld all the bolts and secure themselves that much more. There is enough food and drink, entertainment and diversion to last them a very long time. However, in the end, none of this is sufficient to protect them from death. Neither money nor exclusivity nor preparedness can prevent the inevitable end for all of us.

In the story "The Revolt of 'Mother'," what might the qualities of Mrs. Penn's house say about her?

The house that Sarah Penn was living in at the beginning of the story is old and rundown. It is stated early on in the story that Mrs. Penn had been living in that tiny house for forty years even though her husband, Adoniram, had promised shortly after they were married that he would build her a better one. If the house was difficult to live in when they'd just moved in, then clearly it must have become even more cramped and disheveled over time and as more people began to occupy it. 

Mrs. Penn says that the bedrooms are too small, the cheap wallpaper is dirty and peeling, the pantry is tiny, and that some rooms, if not all, have no carpet. This dismal living space represents how patient and submissive Mrs. Penn has been for forty years. Her children grew up and she grew old in a house that even her own husband had declared not fit for them to live in. Her submission to her husband's stubborn refusal to build a better home or to even spend any decent amount of money on making the one they have cozy is literally reflected in the bleak state of their house. 

However, it is also a symbol of how amazingly resilient, loyal, and hard-working she is. Mrs. Penn keeps her rundown home clean, tidy and in the best shape she is able, despite the horrible disrespect her husband shows her every day. She considers her job as a mother and a wife is to take good care of the house and all who live in it. 

"She was a masterly keeper of her box of a house. Her one living-room never seemed to have in it any of the dust which the friction of life with inanimate matter produces."

Even her husband's mistreatment cannot keep her from performing her job impeccably. Later on in the story, she moves her things and her children into the new barn and this house also becomes symbolic of her character.

She describes the new barn as nicer than their old home, which subtly clarifies that her husband, although perhaps unknowingly, treated her and their children as worth less than animals. The barn was built for beasts of burden that serve Adoniram and that is, essentially, what the mother has been doing for forty years. She says that their new home will need partitions and furniture, symbolizing how open and honest she is finally being, but also how she'll need to create new boundaries in their lives and that she'll require better treatment. 

Ultimately, their new home represents the better possibilities in their lives now that Sarah Penn finally got her husband to really listen to her.

What are some examples of imagery in The Catcher in the Rye?

Imagery is descriptive language to produce mental images. Using imagery is one of the best tools an author can use to engage readers in stories. One way to identify imagery is to look for when an author uses one or more of the five senses to create those mental pictures. Taste, touch, smell, sight, and the sense of hearing are tools most everyone can use to relate to a situation or a character. If a reader understands how it feels to walk through a snowstorm, for example, then when a character does the same thing, that reader can pull from his/her own experiences and become more engrossed in the story. Since The Catcher in the Rye is written from a 16 year-old's perspective, many of the imagery is laced with profanity; but, that also gives the story more authenticity. The following are a few lines that use the sense of sight and similes to help describe snow falling:

"There were about three inches of snow on the ground, and it was still coming down like a madman. It looked pretty as hell, and we started throwing snowballs and horsing around all over the place" (35).

One might have to stop and think for a minute to realize what Holden means by comparing a madman to the snow falling because they are two very dissimilar things, but it works. He also uses contradictions suchs as "pretty as hell" which make the reader stop and notice the image. The next quote uses sound in an fun, adolescent way:

"I mean I can't remember exactly what I was doing when I heard his goddam stupid footsteps coming down the corridor" (40).

How footsteps can be "stupid" might be unrealistic, but the wording is hilarious! Another good image is one that uses sight as he describes how the prostitute enters the hotel room:

"She came in and took her coat off right away and sort of chucked it on the bed. She had on a green dress underneath. Then she sort of sat down sideways on the chair that went with the desk in the room and started jiggling her foot up and down. She crossed her legs and started jiggling this one foot up and down. She was very nervous, for a prostitute" (94).

The quote above chronicles the girl's movements, the color of her dress, the coat and the bed, the chair and the desk, as well as how nervous she was. The reader can picture perfectly how the scene moves from one point to the next because the descriptions are precise for the sense of sight.

How can I determine whether or not an intervention is implemented successfully and what lessons public health practitioners can learn from that...

Once a public health intervention is implemented, the program, or intervention, should then be evaluated to determine its effectiveness.  When conducting a program evaluation, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) recommends following a framework for program evaluation. 

In the first step of program evaluation, the reviewer would like to engage stakeholders.  This can be accomplished through personal interviews and focus groups, for examples. Second, the evaluator should describe the program. In order to describe the program, the evaluator may wish to observe the program in action or, if feasible, participate in the program to gain a better understanding of the intervention. Third, the reviewer should focus the evaluation design. The focus should determine what parts of the program specifically should be improved, removed, or stay the same. Fourth, the reviewer should gather credible evidence, or data.  Data can be gathered through analysis of existing data or collecting new data points through qualitative and quantitative surveys. Fifth, the evaluator should have a means to justify conclusions made. Typically, statistical analysis of valid data will demonstrate conclusions and areas for improvement. Finally, the evaluator should ensure use and share lessons learned. Sharing lessons learned may be done through presenting information to a leadership team or creating a report to be utilized by the program evaluated. 

When conducting the program evaluation, however, the reviewer should recognize that each step is not mutually exclusive of the next and many of the steps do overlap. 

I'm doing a project for my English 7-8 class and I need 8 different kinds of archetypes.

According to Merriam-Webster, an archetype is  "the original pattern or model of which all things of the same type are representations or copies :  prototype; also :  a perfect example".  I would be happy to provide you with eight different types of archetypes.

1. The hero (or heroine), one who is the epitome of goodness and perseveres to defeat "the bad guy"- Wesley from The Princess Bride. 

2. The innocent youth, one who needs protection because of their naivety or weakness - Snow White from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

3.  The doppelganger, someone who mirrors a character and fulfills their evil desires - Mr. Hyde from The Strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.

4.  The villain, the character who does bad things because they are essentially warped - Mr. Potter from It's a Wonderful Life. 

5.  The scapegoat, the poor individual who takes the fall for all of life's mishaps - Snowball in Animal Farm. 

6.  The mentor, their purpose is to protect the main character - Korbin Dallas in The Fifth Element. 

7.  The sidekick, a complement to the main character - Tonto in The Lone Ranger. 

8.  The parent, someone who protects, guides, and nurtures - The Fairy Godmother in Cinderella.