Great idea’s and description‚ work on punctuation "The Chaser" Troops being rushed out to Vietnam by the truck loads‚ rise in foreign technology and more women workers all played a major for corporate America in the sixties. Businesses were now in a sudden and brutal competition for production. Weapons‚ planes‚ ships and other war gear were needed desperately across sea. Foreign competition was sneaking up on the once U.S. lead industrial world. Women were finding less and less housewives jobs
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Love is a wonderful thing‚ but not when you’re suffocating in it. The chaser by John Collier is a story about a person or thing that chases after hopes and desires. The chaser also teaches‚ every choice made should be given thought and the story explains how badly made choices can damage your future. This short story is between a young man named Alan and a wise old man. Alan is in search for a secret potion‚ and he finds a wise old man who has what he is looking for; this position that Alan is in
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The Chaser by John Collier provides many meanings in the title that present clues as to what the story may be about. These meanings can vary from a chaser being someone who chases a person that chases after another person. It can also be a drink that is drunk after another different type of drink and it can be defined as a hunter. The word chaser can provide a sense of tone that can set the mood for the entire story. The title of this story was selected for not just one meaning but for multiple meanings
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something sometimes causes for you to take your distractions off the consequences‚ because you do not see them. These ignorant people will become understanding as they mature‚ and realize that some things in life our not quite as easy as they seem. "The Chaser‚" by John Collier shows how some people who are urging for things such as love‚ are so single minded that they ignore all other consequences and concerns. The bad affects that might occur are neglected and left for the future to make them dwell on
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While driving over to Chasers‚ Nola hit Ian with a barrage of questions regarding his existence as a vampire and his relationship with Natalia. Clearly‚ her interest in him extended beyond a casual crush. From the moment she first laid eyes on him‚ during the struggle inside Simone’s condo‚ she had decided to delve deeper into the personal life of her newly found hero. Fascinated by his distinct British accent‚ the fact that he was about as handsome as they come and willing to kick butt at the drop
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Puddles rippled as the rain dropped down. Lights were flickering on and off and traffic was slower than it was supposed to be. Cars were honking and people yelling. Boom! A lightning bolt went‚ scattering the birds sitting on top of the power line. They flew around in circles‚ but they didn’t just fly in circles anywhere they flew right on top of a wide long alleyway. The alleyway was lit up by the uncovered moon‚ drip drop‚ was all you could hear as it hits the ground‚ but if someone were to listen
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John Collier’s short story "The Chaser" takes place over a period of about five to ten minutes. It took place some time in the 1900s‚ probably early to mid 1900s. The story takes place in a small Building on Pell Street‚ probably in the United States of America. This story is told by a limited narrator‚ in a third person point of view. The protagonist in the story goes by the name of Alan Austin. Alan’s main trait is a young man seeking deep love. The one‚ and only incidental character in the story
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“The chaser” was the short story written by “John Collier”. The story was based on the fantasy world of humans in which they talk about the love potion that made someone madly fall in love. In the exposition‚ they talk about the character Alan‚ who went to his neighbourhood to meet someone. He found one of the doors in an old street where the name of that person was written “obscurely” (3). He entered the room and found no furniture inside it instead of “a plain kitchen table‚ a rocking chair and
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The Story Alan Austen‚ a young man who is passionately in love with a young woman who is indifferent to him‚ comes to the establishment of a mysterious old man who deals in magic potions. Austen has been told that he can buy a potion that will make the object of his affections fall madly in love with him. The old man shows little interest in the financial profit to be gained from selling Alan a love potion. Instead‚ he devotes most of his sales talk to recommending a potion that he calls a spot remover
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Shoshi Bicky November 2014 Ms. Bloch English Comparing “The Monkey’s Paw” and “The Chaser” Revised Throughout the short stories “The Chaser” by John Collier and “The Monkey’s Paw” by W.W. Jacobs‚ there are similarities‚ like the interference of fate and the concept of consequences that stands out when comparing the two. In “The Chaser‚” Alan Austen comes to the Old Man with hope that he can buy a potion to give his love‚ Diana. Alan intends to give Diana a love potion causing
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