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The Lottery

... triggered her creativity for the creation of . Jackson obviously saw examples of this misuse of tradition and ingeniously placed it into an exaggerated situation to let us see how barbaric our actions are. The townspeople, in the story, all come together for the annual lottery; however, in an interesting twist, those participating stone the winner to death. Everyone in the story seems horribly uncivilized yet they can easily be compared to today’s society. Perhaps Jackson was suggesting the coldness and lack of compassion the human race ...

Number of words: 529 | Number of pages: 2

Brave New World 9

... More strongly there are hypnotist who hypnotize people in order to find out about someone’s past and also to tried to cure their bad habits and phobias. This is just matter of opinion, but brainwashing is probably going on behind the scenes of our government. The final example of prophecy is genetically altering embryos. In the book they altered the embryos to make some not as smart as others. They also did it to put the people in different caste systems. They also, not mentioned in the book, prevented diseases from the altering ...

Number of words: 732 | Number of pages: 3

The Longest Day

... re-released in 1998 on DVD. Ryan had an extensive collection of materials that he used to create the large amount of realism in this book, they can now be found in the Ryan Collection at Ohio University. There are personal files for 3,072 individuals, both military and civilian participants of the battles, containing 2,551 questionnaires, 955 interviews, and numerous letters, diaries, accounts, and observations. In addition, there are 166 audio recordings of interviews Ryan considered especially important. Of particular note among the ...

Number of words: 850 | Number of pages: 4

The Picture Of Dorian Gray 2

... Therefore, Art that expresses the self is less valuable than art which expresses the influence of others. The special thing that made Dorian mad about her is that she is more than an individual. ¡§I (Dorian) have seen her in every age and in every costume. Ordinary women never appeal to one¡¦s imagination. No glamour ever transfigures them¡¨ (59). By imagination that Sibyl has the power to arouse, she can be of any characteristics. Art has no set form, but the purpose of art is to give form to feeling. Now, Sibyl is a person that ...

Number of words: 870 | Number of pages: 4

Gullivers Travels 3

... the “Yahoos.” As for the first voyage to Lilliput, Gulliver acts very sociable with all of the different creatures he comes in contact with. Once he arrives on the unknown island, he begins to explore the land around him. After being brought into the city, Gulliver remains subservient towards the Lilliputians by staying chained up near his hut without acting out and attempting to break free which would have most likely been a successful attempt. This subservience created enough trust of the “Man-MountainR ...

Number of words: 1024 | Number of pages: 4

Who We Are

... we have no strong voices and our social leaders do not seem to understand how to elevate the problems that continue to plaque our society. Who can we turn to? I am convinced that if we trace back to learn theories of past African America leaders on these issues then we can eventually come to new heights. This paper will identify the primary economic, political, and social needs of African Americans at the turn of the century and determine if the philosophies of Booker T. Washington, WEB DuBois, Martin Luther King and Malcolm X can elim ...

Number of words: 2039 | Number of pages: 8

Diffrences Of Character Develo

... to a conscious, rational force, and Beowulf from a honorable, courageous, and epitome of goodness, to a irrational, psychotic, cold blooded killer. The epic poem Beowulf describes the most heroic man of the Anglo-Saxon times. The hero, Beowulf, is a seemingly invincible person with all the extraordinary traits required of a hero. He is able to use his super-human physical strength and courage to put his people before himself. He encounters hideous monsters and the most ferocious of beasts but he never fears the threat of death. His leadersh ...

Number of words: 649 | Number of pages: 3

Grapes Of Wrath 6

... only two things: food and land. “…the new barbarians wanted only one thing – land and food: and to them the two were one.” The “barbarians” only moved out to California to escape the treacherous conditions of Oklahoma and surrounding states suffering from the Dustbowl; the were attempting to create a better life for their families. The Californians wanted all the luxuries in life, they were living in a land free of Dustbowl worries. “…the Californians wanted many things, accumulation, socia ...

Number of words: 461 | Number of pages: 2

Edgar Allen Poe's The Black Cat

... only the events are important to the story's purpose. The narrator is a first person narrator who describes his horrid actions as “… a series of mere household events, “ which in effect were, but the outcome of the “… mere household events” were not in any way insignificant (102; pt. 1, ch. 3). Poe's narrator explains to us that in his youth he loved animals and received full enjoyment from them; he goes so far as to say that his peers made fun of him because he was so soft hearted and an avid animal lover. With the narrator' ...

Number of words: 960 | Number of pages: 4

Creative Writing

... make her seem older than her 15 years. I guess we could call my feelings toward her lustful. Finally, it’s 3:00 on a Friday afternoon and my homeboy Martin will be over to see me shortly. As soon as he gets here I’ll have somebody to talk to. When he gets here he reports to me that the girl he likes, Anna, will be spending the night at Lisa’s house. Isn’t it amazing how things work out sometimes. I took this to be an omen that I would never get caught if I broke house arrest tonight. I need to tell you that Anna has ...

Number of words: 2820 | Number of pages: 11

The Divine Comedy

... when he rose body and soul to heaven. It is a moral comedy, and was written to make readers evaluate their own morals. The journey was to show readers what could happen if they live a sinful life, or if they live a godlike life. “In the middle of the journey of our life I came to my senses in a dark forest, for I had lost the straight path. Ah! How hard a thing it is to tell what this wild and rough and difficult wood was, which in thought renews my fear! (Alighieri, 1)” This passage tells us that Dante is lost in the middle of ...

Number of words: 732 | Number of pages: 3

A Complete Turnaround

... taking joy in her father’s failures. This was due to the fact that she was taught to feel this way by her mother. As a child she was not aware of this. It was not until adulthood that she realized her feeling of resentment towards her father were evoked by her mother. The speaker, herself, was not the victim of her father’s abusive behavior nonetheless she still hated him because that’s the only way she knew how to feel. These feelings are shown through the imagistic language used to reveal the acts of revenge on the father. When ...

Number of words: 1095 | Number of pages: 4

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