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and simplistic style she employs. "The lottery was conducted--as were the square dances, the teen club, the Halloween program--by...

at the center of the town square, and to emphasize its importance, the narrator notes, "The villagers kept their distance" (Jackso...

that were written prior to 1980 will be compared with three from the later time period. Elizabeth Janeway published a critique o...

The original equipment needed to conduct the lottery was lost "long ago," and the current paraphernalia shows signs of age, the bl...

small town life where everything is simple and seemingly perfect and content. But, in reality they are nothing more than a symboli...

of tradition. Just because things have always been done a certain way does not mean that such traditions are good for any communit...

an undercurrent of evil present which is about erupt for all to see. Even the names Jackson chooses are symbolic of this un...

domestic tendencies in their society. In "The Lottery" there are many characters and in "After You, My Dear Alphonse" there are ...

understanding of the lottery is the same as her neighbors. She complacently believes that it will never touch her family. This goe...

He figures thousands on luxury items alone" (Carver NA). From these lines we note that the couple is likely very superficial an...

In 5 pages this paper examines how gender conflict is presented in these stories with Hemingway seemingly supporting conventional ...

in other words, seeks to be a type of "What Would Jesus Do" endeavor for typical problems faced by the typical owner or manager....

Fitzgerald was seeking in his style and the forms that were emerging in relationship to the 20s. Berman notes how many of his stor...

anthologized works in literature and for good reason. The story is simple, follows a linear structure, and within that basic frame...

In a paper of three pages, the writer looks at Jackson’s “The Lottery” and Joyce’s “The Dead”. Themes between the two works are co...

theme of ex-patriotism is quite evident in the day to day journalings of young Hemingway, not more than twenty-two, in Paris. His ...

him an hour just to move his head into the room. The protagonist exclaims, "Ha! Would a madman have been so wise as this?" which i...

an emotional disability that prevented Frederic from enjoying nearly all of his life. He could see the natural beauty of Italy, b...

In five pages the violence associated with ritual is examined in this comparative analysis of these stories by Kaplan and Jackson....

7 pages ad 4 sources. This paper outlines the basic principles presented in Robert Bernard Hill's The Strengths of African Americ...

is also presented in a manner that makes the reader see what a sad and lonely life she has likely led. This is generally inferred ...

decide to go out on his own and catch a fish so that he was not unlucky any longer. He is also a very old man. In these respects o...

three oclock. What kind of hour is that to go to bed?" (Hemingway). His colleague says "He stays up because he likes it" (Hemingwa...

conversation between the bartenders as they speak of how he had tried to commit suicide. The older bartender indicates that it mus...

It was Fitzgerald who is credited with coining the phrase Jazz Age to describe the 1920s. During this time, the spectre of war an...

a sense of belief and stability. However, one is never really sure if the priest is really that devoted due to the general nature ...

strolled down town, read and went to bed. He was still a hero to his two young sisters" (Hemingway 112). He was a hero because he ...

than half an hour from the bridge, if that is possible.... How are you called? I have forgotten. It was a bad sign to him that he ...

errors, and so kind to people that I always thought of him as a sort of saint" (Hemingway 88). This is clearly a very high claim t...

people. In the United States there is no such thing as a real bullfight, or the bull runs that take place in Spain. It seems, when...