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Once upon a time in a far away land there lived a noble king and queen, dubbed Verudo and Annabelle. For many years they ruled over the valley of their kingdom, protecting the people from the dangers of the world. However, the queen Annabelle was slain by an evil bandit. Verudo was enraged, and consequently he searched the land that night for something to end his spite and misery. In his search he reached a deep and dank forest, inside which was the home for an evil witch. The witch had been…

gloat to the goats about how they will have to find their food somewhere else. She will boast about her plan to will move the fruits to the trees since goats are unable to reach the fruit. She entered the goat village, ready to spill the beans about her plan. She walked up to the center of village, where a stone from long ago laid. She climbed upon the stone, and towered over all of the…

million. Most people understand the improbable reality of winning, yet there are those who continue to cling to their slim-to-none chances with the hope of being the lucky winner (creative verb: cling). In Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery,” a small village, with a population of 300 people, endures an annual lottery (diverse syntax). The chances of being the lucky winner are highly favorable with the odds being 1 in 300. Despite the seemingly encouraging odds, this lottery is not one to relish in…

The industrial age has change how the world is being structured. During the agricultural age, the land was mainly used to produce food for sustaining both human and animals. As we moved into the industrial, factories and city centers began being built. There arose a need for adequate living arrangements for the people that worked in the factories and city centers. Urban areas designed to accommodate large numbers of families began to spring up around these factories and city centers. Fast…

Urban development in Apia Introduction Apia is the capital city of Samoa and the largest city in the Pacific. In Apia, there is a trend that 40% of population are looking forward to live in urban area. And the rate of urban growth will be continued to increase (Pacific island populations in Jones article, 2001). Urban population, density of house and waste from industries are all rise continually. Due to the increasing of pressure of urbanization and the lack of effective management solutions,…

practice of blind devotion to tradition. The villagers see this bizarre ritual as a staid part of their lives, never questioning the reason for it. Similarly, they never stop to consider whether it is ethical to continue this ritual. The entire village participation in the ritual shows how the persecution is an action of…

Diabetes and Suburban Sprawl Dr. Richard J. Jackson, pediatrician and former director of the National Center for Environmental Health at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention created a series of documentaries titled Designing Healthy Communities. In the first series, Dr. Jackson explores the physical and social environment that surrounds suburban America. Communities around the U.S. lack mobility and in turn this has created an increase of obesity and type 2 diabetes in the last…

by Shirley Jackson closely fits as a traditional novel that requires a small village to undergo a yearly mandatory process that will lead to the death of an individual and raise fear to the point one does not want it to continue. The village that participates in the lottery does it because it is a tradition that is valued in the villages history. The lottery takes place because it is believed to be necessary in the villages survival. Though it is believed to be necessary, the lottery should not…

There are two kinds of people in the world and everybody fits into one group or the other. Are you a religious man would say everything happens for a reason? Or are you a non- believer who would say life events are coincidence or luck? In the movie signs by Shyamalan, he shows us how a man loses his faith and now thinks differently. But as a crisis begins to happen in his life he has to gain faith back in order to survive. Shyamalan reveals a theme that everything happens for a reason…

In Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s short story, “The Handsomest Drowned Man In The World,” village women and men care for a drowned man who washed up from the sea. The drowned man later becomes a symbol of greatness for men, women, and children of the village. The effect the drowned man has on the village relates to a theme of the short story: namely, that people have an inherent need to believe in something greater than themselves. Marquez conveys this theme by utilizing tactics such as setting,…