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The Irony In "The Lottery"

... the readers are led to believe everything is fine because we do not really know what anyone is thinking. This point of view enables the ending to be ironic. The situations in "The Lottery" are ironic. The author's use of words keeps the reader thinking that there is nothing wrong and that everyone is fine. The story starts by describing the day as "clear and sunny"(309). The people of the town are happy and going on as if it is every other day. The situation where Mrs. Hutchinson is jokingly saying to Mrs. Delacroix "Clean forgot wha ...

Number of words: 530 | Number of pages: 2

Shirley Jackson The Lottery An

... take their chance," (562) Mr. Summers reminds her that "daughters draw with their husbands' families," (562) showing that power is exclusively held in the hands of males in families. Women, as inferior housewives, must submit to their husbands' power over them because as men in the work force, they link to the community economically and provide for family. Mrs. Hutchinson, however, rebels against this male domination. Arriving late, she raises suspicions of resistance to everything the lottery represents. When her family name is called, sh ...

Number of words: 593 | Number of pages: 3

Themes Of Unity In The Grapes

... California only to find that work is scarce and human labor and life are cheap. Tom Joad, the eldest son in the family, starts the book freshly out of jail and slowly evolves from selfish goals to a sense of an ideal worldly purpose in uniting people against injustice. Jim Casy, an errant preacher who is accepted into the Joad family early into the story, changes his beliefs to include all people in a sort of oversoul, as he helps to organize the workers to battle the extreme injustice done onto them by the farm owners and discriminating l ...

Number of words: 1506 | Number of pages: 6

Catcher In The Rye: Holden's Insight About Life And The World Around Him

... I are much more similar than I initially believed. Holden portrayed others to be inferior to his own kind all throughout the book. He made several references as to how people aren't as perfect as he was. "The reason he [Stradlater] fixed himself up to look good was because he was madly in love with himself." (pg. 27) Holden had an inferiority complex. He was afraid of not having any special talents or abilities and used other methods to make him out to be a rough tough boy. "Boy, I sat at that goddam bar till around one o'clock or so, g ...

Number of words: 920 | Number of pages: 4

What Is The True Image (the Ch

... enough to enter heaven? Must a person have a certain amount of fingers and toes? Must they be a certain height and weight? Must they be a certain color? Maybe according to your definition of man. David told me that right after he met Sophie and saw her extra toe, that is all that was running through his head. The definition of man according to all of you is: …each leg shall be jointed twice and have one foot, and each foot five toes, and each toe shall end with a flat nail…and any creature that shall seem to be human but is ...

Number of words: 552 | Number of pages: 3

The Catcher In The Rye: True Picture Of Human Behavior

... exact replica of J. D. Salinger’s description of Ossenburger. It is not a stereotype, but more of a routine for big shots to prepare themselves to talk to the so-called “lower class”. Even the front runners for presidency use this routine. A few jokes to show that they are the average American, followed by something about God, and then they are ready to get down to business. In chapter 3 of the novel the reader is introduced to the character Ackley. Ackley is described as “a terrible personality.” Why doesn’t Holden or any of the ...

Number of words: 431 | Number of pages: 2

A Worn Path: Phoenix Jackson And Symbols

... streams, crawled under barbed-wire fences, she faced dangers while out in the wilderness and a hunter who threatens her life with a gun. Phoenix’s ability to make the journey and overcome these challenges shows the dedication, devotion and the will power to endure hardship to finish her task. She made this journey weekly almost like a ritual. “Miss Eudora Welty often takes ritual action very seriously-especially the most simple and primitive rituals of home, or private one that comes from repeated performance of an action of love’,(Old ...

Number of words: 863 | Number of pages: 4

Much Ado About Nothing

... character's had their own personality, so did the two love relationships in the play. Benedick and Beatrice seemed to hate each other so much from the very start of the play that as the play carried on it almost seemed like the two went full circle in their relationship. But their relationship might not have changed for the better without help from Claudio, Don Pedro, Leonato, Ursula or Hero. In Claudio's and Hero's relationship seemed to be much more conventional in the way they came together. Claudio first saw Hero and instantly fell i ...

Number of words: 361 | Number of pages: 2

Phoolan Devi: Perceptions Of Power

... other party that believes that the first holds power. I would like to stress the word "believes" in the previous sentence because I think it is one of the key ingredients in understanding relationships of power. I realize that in many instances the power of the first party may not be undone merely by the second party ceasing to accept it, and that the power of one individual over another may sometimes be physically or otherwise inescapable. Often, the belief follows the direct experience of power, but regardless of the order in which it i ...

Number of words: 978 | Number of pages: 4

East Of Eden By John Steinbeck

... pages 95 and 96. "I believe there are monsters born in the world... It is my belief that Cathy Ames was born with the tendencies, or lack of them, which drove and forced her all of her life," said Steinbeck. Cathy used this to her advantage by making people uneasy, but not so uneasy that they would not run away from her. Cathy was born with an innocent look that fooled many; she had golden blond hair, hazel eyes, a thin and delicate nose, and a small chin to make her face look heart shaped. Acoording to the town Cathy lived, Cathy had a ...

Number of words: 747 | Number of pages: 3

The Glass Menagerie

... For Laura, the fire escape is a way into her world. A way to escape from reality. Both examples can readily be seen: Tom will stand outside on the fire escape to smoke, showing that he does not like to be inside, to be a part of the illusionary world. Laura, on the other hand, thinks of the fire escape as a way in and not a way out. This can be seen when Amanda sends Laura to go to the store: Laura trips on the fire escape. This also shows that Laura's fears and emotions greatly affect her physical condition, more so than normal ...

Number of words: 719 | Number of pages: 3

1984: Lack Of Humanity

... the Party to do so. The people of Oceania know no other way of life. They grew up with no emotions, no freedom, and no identity. If the people knew that they could make a difference, they might have rebelled against the Party. The only problem is that these people live in oblivion. Every history book has been altered to say that the Party existed when the first human beings walked the earth. The citizens do not realize that there have been better circumstances; therefore, they think they live in the best time of history. In essence, p ...

Number of words: 1317 | Number of pages: 5

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