Topic Sentence Tasso's growth begins when he first realizes that the Great Man does not know everything. T In fact, Point 1 the Great Man does not even know why Tasso smuggles. Lead In During their private game, he asks Tasso, Textual Evidence 1 "Why do you smuggle? It is against the interests of our country" Parenthetical Reference (4). T Surely, Lead Out a man as powerful as the Great Man would know smuggling occurs, yet he does not. Point 2 The Great Man shows his ignorance a T second time by telling Tasso that his wife denounced him because of jealously. Lead In He tells Tasso, TE 2 "Jealously makes all women dangerous. Yes, I think it was your wife who denounced you" PR (6). Lead In The Great Man assumes Tasso's wife is jealous because he believes, TE 3 "a man who lands from sea after twenty-four hours with a fresh rose in his coat gives himself away" PR (6). The Great Man, T however, is unaware that the rose is TE4"wax-coated silk" PR (6). Lead In The Great Man does not know this, but Tasso tells him to TE5 "ask any man in this town and he will tell you that I always wear it" (6). TClearly, Lead Out the Great Man does not know even facts that are common knowledge. T The third and most deadly truth that the Point 3 Great Man does not perceive is how dangerous Tasso could be to him. Lead In Near the end of their encounter, the Great Man threatens Tasso, yet Tasso is unafraid because TE 6 "from the back of his coat he [Tasso] pulled a knife and placed it on the desk." (7). Lead In He proves to the Great Man that he could have killed him, but he did not because he says, TE7 "I am a fisherman, not an assassin" (7). Lead Out In the end, the Great Man's ignorance might have cost him his life. TAs a result of the Great Man's ignorance, Clincher Tasso discovers that even though a man is great, he is not omniscient.
The main character in the story is Tasso Susvid. The character is motivated to smuggle goods because of the good money he receives. He also thinks it will make the country a better place, The main character is very laid back and calm. He acts as if he has done no harm, but knows what he was ...
Prior to the 1775 colonists, who were angry with British authorities, implemented four actions to rebel without using violence; smuggling, protests, boycotting, and the Non Importation Agreements. ... The colonists did not buy from or sell to England, instead turning to smuggling and making use of what they had. ...
Once grown and packed, they are then smuggled across the borders of Mexico and the United States. ... However, the efforts to prevent the smuggling of drugs do not yield a 100% success rate. ... This process along with smuggling is slowly killing our society. ... The United States and Mexico border is the most popular method to smuggle drugs into the United States. ... The problem however is that drug smugglers are very creative and have many ways of attempting to smuggle drugs. ...
Smuggling was a large scale problem; it was eating away at national income. ... One of Pitts' targets for financial reform was to destroy the threat of smugglers. Smugglers were a great annoyance to the government, so much so that it is estimated that in the early 1780s one-fifth of all imports were smuggled in. ... This smuggling problem caused a huge loss in potential profit for the British government, as no tax could be collected from the smuggled goods. ... The Hovering Act of 1787 dealt another huge blow to smugglers; it gave officials the right to search boats for smuggled substance...
We have nothing against importing goods from different countries and are sold here in the Philippines, but some of these bargains are products of smuggling. And what we are trying to say here is that if the government does not do anything about this smuggling issue in the country, a lot more business people will continue to do the same. ... The cycle of smuggling will further be done. ... And as we know, this smuggled goods do not have taxes, thus the government doesn't get any money from these goods which are illegally imported in the country. If this smuggling of goods be ended,...
The drugs that are being smuggled and trafficked to the United States and to/through Mexico are not a minor ordeal. The United States/Mexico border is the primary entry point for cocaine smuggled into the United States. ... Drug Cartels have been smuggling marijuana into the United States since the 1970's. A majority of marijuana smuggled into the U.S. is concealed in vehicles or hidden in shipments of agriculture or industrial goods. Rail, horse, raft, or backpack is another form of smuggling into the United States. ...
Instead, many contacted criminals involved in people smuggling. ... áP prosecution of smugglers and seizing or sale or destruction of their boats. ... áP introducing the Border Protection Act so that vessels in international waters can be boarded and searched if suspected of being involved in people smuggling. ... Offshore facilitator An alleged people smuggler arrived in Australia illegally on an unauthorised vessel on 1 November 1999. DIMIA investigators interviewed numerous passengers from several unauthorised vessels and secured witness statements in relation to the people...
The threat of a nuclear war is greater now that the cold war is over because, more nations have nuclear warheads, the smuggling of nuclear materials is on the rise, and nuclear treaties are ineffective. ... While the smuggling of nuclear material is on the rise, our ability to track and stop smuggling has increased. A new Stanford database has been formed that lists illicitly obtained weapons-grade nuclear material as well as scientific or medical material that may have been lost, misplaced or thrown away. (5,7) Our ability to track material has aided the world in catching many smugglers. ....
Bootleggers smuggled liquor from oversees and Canada, stole it from government warehouses, or produced their own. ... Within weeks, the smugglers realized that there was little threat of being caught. ... Smugglers often times tried to disguise their product in containers or other supplies. ... They would also try to smuggle alcohol from other countries where it was legal to manufacture. ... This proved to be false when organized crime began sprouting up all over to work together in smuggling alcohol. ...
