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…in this act of cruelty. They treated the angel as if he were a circus animal. They ridiculed and mistreated him, but feared him at the same time. Ignorance can be bliss; however, in some cases it can be ultimately malicious. When a person or a group of people does…

…, but no one was ever able to disprove his statements. Frederick Douglass does offer a biased review of slavery, as he was born into it, yet even in his bias he is able to detect and detail the differences in the slaveholders cruelty and that to which he…

…. About one-seventh of the original arena's floor space is now covered, leaving open the familiar view of the vast subterranean labyrinth which once housed animals, men, sets and props. The stage makes it possible for the first time in centuries to stand…

…back in renowned poems such as “If We Must Die.” This poem was written during the times of the Chicago race riots. It showed how McKay and others would lash back at the evil actions projected against them. They would refuse to die as animals but rather go…

…he is a good person with a good heart. Dr. Treves first met John at the circus sideshow. What he saw was a man who was suffering from bronchitis, along with cruelty. He had been beaten and ridiculed by the man who claimed to “own” John. Mr Bytes treated…

…an animal. Let us consider the possibility that this incredible mysterious being is the catalyst for the family’s recovery from the destitution. Before the arrival of the angel Pelayo and Elisenda were just simple, poor family with a dying child. Once the angel…

…Beaten to a pulp, worked like animals, and tortured day in and day out, that was the life of the prisoners in the novel Night which is based on the Holocaust. The soldiers and men in authority in the concentration camps had no respect…

…to understand the brutality and torture that is part of Indian life. When Iroquois are torturing the Jesuit priest and his party, the young Frenchman says: "They are Iroquois, they are animals". But the Alonquin chief answers "Don't be a fool. We would have done…

…and any cats he could catch, that’s why his hands were blood stained--if you ate an animal raw, you could never wash the blood off. There was a long jagged scar that ran across his face; what teeth he had were yellow and rotten; his eyes popped…

…to be normal humans are transformed into animals. This is illustrated by Paul when he states, “We have become wild beasts. We do not fight, we defend ourselves against annihilation.”(author, 113) Contrary to the usual war novels, or movies in All Quiet…