A Time to Kill: Review and Commentary

The killing by Andre Dubus can be a love story by the following conditions throughout the story. Matt Fowler has the unconditional love as any parent would have for his family, especially in the untimely murder of his child Matt. In addition, there is the love from his girlfriend Mary-Ann, who is not yet divorced yet from Richard Strout who is not ready to let go and want his family back at any cost including murder.

n the story The Most Dangerous Game by Richard Connell, it is very hard to miss the odd behaviors of General zaroffboth before and after revealing his hunt for men. After revealing his intentions, zaroff acts as if his game is a normal part of his life and does not acknowledge his hunt as anything abnormal. However, these aspects of Zaroff's character does not necessarily mean he is guilty of his acts. General Zaroffis not guilty of murder because of his presumed insanity throughout the story and his lack of the perception of right and wrong,as well as a lack of empathy. In the story, Zaroff's personality is observed as a little more than strange, especially considering how open he is with Rainsford about his game. I am strong. Why should I

Hunting is a hobby maid for people who likes to be outside. In the story “The most dangerous game” by Richard Connell shows that it takes skill and practice to survive. Zaroff demonstrates that he is skillful, careless, and harmful.

While Jake is trying his best to build up a sense of credibility for Carl, The opposite side who's defending the men are trying to get him to look untrustworthy so the jury can decide how they feel. One way his credibility was questioned was when the doctor who was put on stand was convicted of Statutory rape. but one way he had a positive credibility is because he didn’t go out to just kill people, he did it because they raped his daughter.

In “The Most Dangerous Game,” Richard Connell entertains readers with a story of a mysterious island inhabited by a dark, violent, soul. Rainsford, the protagonist, hears superstitious stories about “Ship-Trap Island” that he does not believe, but he soon learns that the evil surrounding the island stems from a hunter called General Zaroff. General Zaroff is a thrill-seeking character full of racist arrogance. General Zaroff is bored easily and is constantly searching for new hunting challenges to entertain him. He states clearly to Rainsford, “I live for danger.”

My opinion, of the killing of the kangaroo, is that it is a cruel act. Animals, just like humans, have a nervous system which allows them to feel pain. Would you want to be shot just for someone else’s pleasure? Also, would you want your murderer to be praised for killing you? No, I didn't think so. The way that hunting of animals is considered fun disgusts me – it really does! This "sport" that people call hunting is a dangerous thing not only to the animal but to the hunters as well. Here, in my essay, I’ll be taking quotes from the short story First Kill by Alan Marshall.

A Time to Kill is a film set in a small, segregated Southern town where Tonya Hailey was brutally beaten and raped by two white males named Pete Willard and Billy Ray Cobb. Carl Lee Hailey, Tonya’s father, soon found out about the incident and wants to seek justice. Knowing the strong possibility that the two men will walk free due to the color of their skin, Carl Lee decides to revenge kill the two bigoted men. Carl Lee asks for Jake Brigance to defend him in court, and Jake agrees to take on the case despite the odds against them.

Would a person be justified in killing a human being that has hunted and killed many other people? The short story, “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell, helps to argue that the killing of human hunter can be overlooked. This short story is about a guy, named Rainsford, that gets stranded in the sea without his ship and makes his way to a nearby island in search of help. In the process of exploring the island, he stumbles across a mansion and while inside he meets General Zaroff who has found a new game to hunt for sport, humans. After three days of forcibly being General Zaroff’s prey, Rainsford ends up becoming the first to have beaten Zaroff. In the end, Rainsford took his opportunity to kill General Zaroff. Rainsford was acquitted

He is hunched down in the bushes, a .22-caliber pistol in his hand.  His blood-red lips split open in a smile as he watches his prey writhing, blood spouting from the wound, dry green leaves becoming wet crimson.  Then, with a terrible pleasure, he places the gun against the skull of his prey and fires one last round.  The hunter, brimming with sadism, drags his kill behind him, leaving a trail of blood behind on the ground.  Human blood.  This premise of man hunting man is one set up by Richard Connell’s short story The Most Dangerous Game.

Imagine being stuck in a town filled with Cranks, people infected with the Flare, a deadly virus known to cause major damage to the brain. In the novel, The Kill Order retold by James Dashner, the survivor of a life-threatening attack, Mark, and his friends reveal their friendship between themselves in a desolate town filled with crazy people who will do anything for food, even if it means killing other humans.

The general sucked in his breath and smiled. “I congratulate you,” he said. “You have won the game.”

The stories intertwine with each other in an innumerable amount of ways yet at other times seem to completely contradict the other's message. A great similarity to point out between the stories would be that they are both about a man who seeks justice for crimes he was accused of. However, these stories have enough in common with each other only to warrant a short comparison as they have a greater amount of themes and ideas not in common with each other. A Time to Kill is told from the perspective of a lawyer rather than the

The Klan continues to threaten Jake with a bomb and burning crosses, Jake’s wife and child have to leave town to avoid danger. Judge Omar Lewis decides to turn down Jake’s request for a change of venue on the grounds that it would be impossible to find a fair and impartial jury in any county in Mississippi. Jury selection begins with protests to “Free Carl Lee” and the Klan protesting outside as well, tensions are high and a riot breaks out. A Klan member is set on fire, the black sheriff is beaten, and Jake is stabbed in the leg. The day ends with the inevitable all white jury. The Klan continues to terrorize the city by burning crosses and burning Jake’s house down. The National Guard is brought into town to prevent riots for the remainder of the trial. The DA, Buckley opens the trail by bringing Cobb’s mother to the stand and showing the gun Carl Lee used to the jury. At the end of the first day Buckley calls Depute Dwayne Luny, the cop who was accidentally shot in the leg the day Carl Lee murdered the two men. Much to the surprise of everyone, Luny does not blame Carl Lee for the loss of his leg, in fact he admits he would have done the same thing if Tonya had been his daughter, he then turns to the jury and repeatedly shouts, “He’s (Carl Lee) a hero- you turn him lose!” the court room uproars in mixed reactions.

The film uses juror three to demonstrate how past experiences can influence ones prejudice in decision making. Juror 3, who has a prejudice against the accused, and thinks the kid is under-privileged and doesn’t deserve a second chance, which is reason enough for him to conclude the accused is guilty. As the discussion continues as to the verdict of the trial, juror three grows frustrated and angrily refutes, “What is this? Love your under- privileged bother week or something? (12 Angry Men). Due to his past experiences with young men, he is ready to sentence the defendant to death with weak circumstantial evidence, grows angry as the other jurors question what he refers to as “facts” and claims “You can’t refute facts” (12 Angry Men) As all the Jurors except juror twelve get more and more frustrated by the slowed process, juror three begins to see through his prejudice, and disperses the other jurors interruptions by saying “Be quiet, we’ll all get a turn”(12 Angry Men). It finally becomes clear, he sees similarities with his son he had a falling out with several years ago, and puts this prejudice aside and excepts that the evidence is too circumstantial to convict a kid for murder, and sentence him to death.

     In A Time To Kill, by John Grisham, two drunken white men violently raped, beat, and nearly killed a 10-year-old black girl named Tonya Hailey. Her father, in a clouded rage, executed the two rapists with an M-16 on their way out of the courthouse. His vigilante form of justice was not well taken by many in prejudiced Ford County, Mississippi. On the other hand, he had lots of support from the black community and from any white person whom dared to step into his shoes. A young, thirty-something lawyer named Jack Brigance was hired as his defense. He personally hoped it would give him national recognition, but his outlook turned sour when an all-white jury was drawn to decide on the fate of this Negro man. As