Plot Summary: THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN: SECRET OF THE UNICORN By: Hergé

The Orientation:

After nearly a few years popular with his book series, Hergé, the Belgian artist who also the author of Tintin's adventures had been inspiring a lot of people with his ellegant illustration and his storyline in his book.The Secret of the Unicorn (French: Le Secret de La Licorne) is the eleventh volume of The Adventures of Tintin which is a combination of 3 others book by Hergé. Actually, when I was little, I had read every single Tintin book, and even collected them in my room.

A Short-Summary:

It all started when Tintin bought a marvelously detailed model ship called the Unicorn, a large ship from the 1600s, in an outdoor European market. That’s when the trouble started. Ivan Sakharine, an ominous-looking man immediately asks to buy the ship from Tintin. Tintin refuses and returns home with the ship, but Snowy breaks it, revealing a parchment scroll hidden in the mast. Tintin investigates the scroll and finds that there are two more scrolls, which can piece together the secret of the Unicorn, which was sunk a long time ago.

But, Sakharine and his henchmen are after the scrolls, so they kidnap Tintin and imprison him on the SS Karaboudjan, a large ship that is searching for the Unicorn. Tintin escapes and meets the drunken captain of the ship, Haddock, who is unaware of the criminals aboard his ship. Tintin soon finds that Haddock is the descendant of Sir Francis Haddock, the captain of the sunken Unicorn. The mystery of the sunken ship deepens with every puzzling clue they find, and Tintin and Haddock have to evade the dangerous Sakharine while discovering the truth behind the secret cargo.

Plot Summary: A Scandal in Bohemia by Arthur Conan Doyle

The short story commences with Dr Watson visiting his old friend Sherlock Holmes in their old rooms at 221B Baker Street. Since the Sign of Four, Watson has moved out of their shared rooms, having married Mary Morstan, the client of the previous adventure.

Watson though finds that Holmes has kept himself occupied with a series of cases, and a letter from another prospective client promises another case is soon to be on hand; and Watson is soon drawn into the case.

When the client arrives, he introduces himself as the Count von Kramm, but despite the wearing of a mask, Holmes easily identifies von Kramm as actually being the King of Bohemia; and after being sworn to secrecy, Holmes and Watson listens to the king’s problem.

The king is engaged to be married, but previously the king had had a relationship with an American opera singer called Irene Adler. The possibility of the relationship being revealed, and the ensuing scandal, is threatening the forthcoming marriage. Adler it seems has threatened to send a photograph of her and the king together to the press.

Previous attempts to retrieve the photo, including burglary, have failed to locate the photo, and so as a last resort the king wishes to hire Holmes to retrieve it. The king pays Holmes a retainer of £1000, a huge sum of about twenty times the average annual wage.

Holmes sets to work immediately and having visited the home of Irene Adler, in disguise, that the singer is now in a relationship with a gentleman by the name of Godfrey Norton. It is a serious relationship, and Holmes sees the pair being married in the Church of Saint Monica; indeed Holmes has to act as witness for the marriage.

Argumentative Essay: TERORRISM SHOULD NOT BE GIVEN MEDIA PUBLICITY

As we know, terrorism has threatened the human population for as long as humans have existed. According to Oxford dictionaries (2002), terrorism is a person or thing that causes intense fear while terrorism is the systemic use of violence and intimidation to achieve some goal. When these acts are carried out, the mass media would be the first to report that help spread fear and spread awareness about message and motives behind the attack. The relationship between terrorism and the media is still an ongoing threat that spares no country and the media coverage. So, there are some reasons terrorism should not be given media publicity which are gives terrorist opportunity to recruit more member and use media publicity to terrify our people that create a climate of fear.

The main reasons terrorism should not be given media publicity because it gives terrorist opportunity to recruit more member. Based on research from Mcleod (2009) found that mass media can be as a strategic persuasion tool to recruit some members of terrorism. For allowing them to be seen by the public enables them to be seen by potential sympathizers, who are thus more easily brought into the folds of terrorism themselves. This is particularly true when understanding the psychology of potential sympathizers, who are already deeply resentful towards the societies or states targeted by terrorism, and thus particularly vulnerable to persuasion by dramatic attacks and promises of vengeance or martyrdom.

The second reasons terrorism should not be given media publicity because terrorist use media publicity to terrify our people that create a climate of fear. According to research from Vriens (2012), the goal of terrorists is to incite fear among people. The publicity that terrorist attacks get, and the dramatic, bloody, terrifying image that they create is repellent in its own right, using our own media to terrify our people and create a climate of fear. Furthermore, it serves to disrupt people’s daily lives by terrifying them away from certain activities (using public transport, air travel, travelling to certain countries, attending public meetings, etc.). This can also encourage a social backlash against ethnic, religious or political groups associated with the terrorists.

However, some people have tried to point out contrary sides of reason terrorism should not be given media publicity because citizens and the world community have a right to be informed. When people get informed about the news of terrorism, people can anticipate to go to some public places where bomb could be exist. The information can give positive impact for people.

In conclusion, terrorism should not be given media publicity because it will make negative side effects for people. For some people, terrorism still have positive sides informing citizens and the world community about terrorism. I think that terrorism should not be given media publicity. It because those reasons that I already explained with some evidence above, which are gives terrorist opportunity to recruit more member and use media publicity to terrify our people that create a climate of fear.

References:

Vriens, Eva. 2012. Inciting fear for terrorism: a critical review of current counter-terrorism policies and how they increase fear. Retrieved from https://dspace.library.uu.nl/bitstream/handle/1874/522/full.pdf  on May 20, 2018.

Oxford Dictionary. 2002. Definition of terrorism in English. Retrieved from https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/terrorism on May 20, 2018.

Mcleod, Douglas M., 2009. The Role of the Media in the Recruitment of Terrorists: Mass Communication and the Battle for the Hearts and Minds of Muslims in Indonesia. Retrieved from http://www.start.umd.edu/research-projects/role-media-recruitment-terrorists-mass-communication-and-battle-hearts-and-minds on May 20, 2018.