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John the Juniour is an exceptional hunter. He says "...the bow was in my hand...it is not easy to kill a panther with one arrow, but the arrow went through his eye and into his brain. He died as he tried to spring"
John excellence as a hunter is clearly demonstrated by this quote, because if he was not such a good hunter there is no way he could have made such an excellent shot and killed that panther.

John the Juniour is an exceptional hunter. After snatching his bow and arrow and standing quite a ways away he is quoted as saying "it is not easy to kill a panther with one arrow, but the arrow went through his eye and into his brain. He died as he tried to spring"
John excellence as a hunter is clearly demonstrated by this quote, because if he was not such a good hunter there is no way he could have made such an excellent shot and killed that panther.

John the Juniour is an exceptional hunter. To not only ready his bow and arrow in mere seconds but to shoot his bow and arrow with such precision that "arrow went through his eye" easily demonstrates his excellent hunting skills because if he was not an excellent hunter there is no way he could have made such an accurate shot and slain the panther.

Quotation Sammich, Short Story

Claim: John the Juniour is an exceptional hunter
Quote: "...the bow was in my hand...it is not easy to kill a panther with one arrow, but the arrow went through his eye and into his brain. He died as he tried to spring"
Commentary: John excellence as a hunter is clearly demonstrated by this quote, because if he was not such a good hunter there is no way he could have made such an excellent shot and killed that panther.

Harrison social insights

There are many insights we can learn regarding both society and humans in Vonnegut's short story and the movie. One of the most prominent and obvious themes is that complete equality in a society is not only impossible, but also impractical as well. You can tell that in this particular attempt at equality that they did not achieve equality at all; the handicap general has much more power than the "average" person, to name but one example. Vonnegut also cleverly incorporates that while some people do excel in areas over others, it is neceassry to have a progressive, unique, and wonderful society that we have today.

Quotation Sammich, Harrison Bergeron

Harrison Bergeron is an above average man who loves the idea of acting for himself and hates the ideas of handicaps. Before taking off his numerous handicaps he shouts "I am the Emperor!...Everybody must do what I say at once!" Harrison's rebellion against "equality" proves that he wants to think and act for not only himself, but he also encourages others to partake in this revolution, and that is shown by his demands for others to obey to him as opposed to the government.

Quotation Sammich, our claim

Claim: Tom is angry at his avaricious nature, and wishes that he would have spent more time with his wife.
Quote: "He [Tom] thought of all the evenings he had spent away from her, working; and he regrette them. He thought wonderingly of his fierce ambition and of the direction his life had taken; he thought of the hours he'd spent by himself, filling the yellow sheet that had brought him out here. Content of the dead man's pockets, he tought with sudden fierce anger, a wasted life."
Commentary: This quote literally explains to us that Tom is angry with his life choices, that he really should have prioritized Clare over his work.

Quotation Sammich, Dead Man

Claim: In the initial pages of this short story, Tom Benecke's avaricious natre drives him to follow the yellow sheet of paper on the ledge of his apartment.
Quote: "You won't mind though, will you, when the money comes rolling in and I'm known as the Boy Wizard of Wholesale Groceries?"
Tom's avaricious nature is portrayed because he does not go out with his wife, preferring to work instead. His avaricious side of him continues when he risks his very own life for his work.

Contents of the dead man's pockets

Exposition
~Tom chooses to stay home and work instead of spend the evening with Clare his wife and going to the movies.
~Tom and Clare live in an apartment on the eleventh floor, over a busy street
~Tom works really hard for a grocery store

Rising Action
~The notes Tom has been gathering were all written on one page, that page gets blown out the window
~Tom watches the paper outside his window, and hopes that it will fall down to the street
~Tom figures that the only way to get his paper back is to walk on the ledge outside of the window
~Tom walks switftly on the ledge outside of the window, and steadidly he reaches and grabs his paper back
~Tom looks down, and since he is on the eleventh floor he is frightened
~Since Tom is now frightened he has a much harder time of getting back to his apartment, so much so he almost falls
~Tom can't open his window to let himself back in the apartment, nor can he wait four hours until Clare lets him in
~Tom concludes that the only way he'll get back in his apartment is to smash the window open

Climax
~Tom shoots his arm forward toward the glass

Falling Action
~Tom feels the blow, his hands clecth the curtains, and the glass breaks
~Tom is safely into his apartment
~Tom puts the paper on his desk, using a pencil to weigh it down
~Tom gets his jacket

Resolution
~Tom laughs as the paper he recently risked his life for flies out the window, as he leaves the office to meet up with his wife Clare.

Imagery

"In the fractional momentbefore horror paralyzed him, as he stared between his legs at that terrible length of street far beneath him, a fragement of his mind raised his body in a spasmodic jerk to an upright position again, but so violently that his head scraped hard againsty the wall, bouncing off it, and his body swayed outward to the knigfe edge of balance, and he very nearly plunged backward and fell."
I feel that this quote, albeit a long one truly gives the reader a mental image of Tom being greatly frightened and almost falling off the extremely high ledge.

"He actually would lie on the floor, rollng, lenching tufts of the rug in his hands. He would literally runa cross the room, free to move as he liked, jumping on the floor, testing and reveling in its absolute security, letting the relif flood through him, draning the fear from his mind and body."
From this quote I can easily picture and feel the amount of joy that Tom would feel if he ever did get back into his apartment. I can easily picture Tom enthralled with his victory verse the ledge.