good idea? Well it is to the inventor because right now he is rich and some people become addictive and spend allot of money in the lottery ticket but there’s always a lucky person who wins it The inventor of the lottery: Shirley Hardie Jackson (December 14, 1916 – August 8, 1965) was an American author. She was a popular writer in her time, and her work has received increased attention from literary critics in recent years. She influenced Neil Gaiman, Stephen King, Nigel Kneale, and…
For this paper I decided to choose a song that is very popular right now called “Closer,” the song is performed by The Chainsmokers and features the up and coming singer Halsey. This song falls under the dance genre and is very popular with the younger crowds right now and held number one on Billboards Hot 100 and many other music top charts around the world. “Closer” also helped the Chainsmokers surpass Calvin Harris’ record by becoming The Chainsmokers fourth number one dance hit on the…
Michael Jackson's career took an even bigger turn when he started working with music producer Quincy Jones. Jones and Jackson met on the set of The Wiz, movie in which Michael started working on because his brothers and himself weren’t as popular as they used to be when they first signed up to Motown (Herbert, 2009). Michael wanted to be in the scene for a long time had no idea how to do it, so he contacted his new friend Quincy Jones for some advice. The Off the Wall Era (1978-1981) began with…
The song Cooler Than Me, is a debut single by an American singer and songwriter named Mike Posner. Cooler Than Me is a dance-pop type of music. Mike Posner was born February 12, 1988 in Southfield MIchigan. Since it was released it peaked at number 6 on the Billboard Top 100. It also reached number one on Billboard Hot Dance Airplay. Mike Posner has another version named “Gigamesh Remix” that was released on Mike Posner’s October 2009 mixtape, One Foot out of Door. Mike posner is known for…
The Native Americans are the original Americans. At one time many tribes lived as hunter gatherers and farmers made of different tribes spread though North America for numerous years. However, through the settlements of the New World by Europeans, unfair treatment from state and federal government, slavery, and suffering (diseases like smallpox, measles, influenza, whooping cough, diphtheria, typhus, bubonic plague, cholera, and scarlet fever. All imported by the Europeans, to which they have no…
Using a minimum of 150 words, address the following: Discuss the different approaches of the federal government toward the Plains Indians. The Federal government had many different approaches towards the Plain Indians. The government used treaties, relentless attacks using the Army, and forced surrender of Indians from their lands. The government enacted policies which were met to confine Indians to reservations and even transported some to reservation like the one in the Washington Territory.…
The Fabulous Life of Beyoncé Giselle Knowles-Carter Beyoncé was born on September 4, 1981, in Houston, Texas. She performed in numerous dancing and singing competitions and talent shows as a child. Beyoncé rose to fame and first captured the public’s eye in the late 1990s as lead singer of the R&B girl-group Destiny’s Child. Mathew Knowles was Beyoncé father and manager of the group which became one of the world’s best-selling girl groups in history. Beyoncé is an American songwriter, singer,…
I have read the murder mystery novel And Then There Were None, that is written by English writer Agatha Christie, publisher: HarperCollins Publishers, year of the first publication: 1939 (as Ten Little Niggers), number of pages: 252. This novel is known as her masterpiece and said to be the most difficult and popular of her books. In this excellent book by narrative techniques she describes the Soldier Island’s landscape, the weather that sometimes seems gloomy and threatening, each of the…
Find X The world is ripe with enigmas—bold unanswered questions. Extraterrestrial life, time travel, the meaning of life, and cultural relativism are just some of these sweeping topics. There are also countless smaller mysteries, less earth shattering questions that manifest in short-lived daydreams and musings. The smaller enigmas I ponder span from how the first camera prototype was conceptualized to what the X-Factor truly is. It is a popular show, most people know that it’s a televised music…
word “tradition.” Throughout the plot of “The Lottery,” Jackson implies the dangers affiliated with ignorantly giving in to peer pressure. The story begins mid-morning of a day in late June when seemingly ordinary villagers start gathering in the town’s square. Children are collecting and pocketing smooth, round stones while the adults are having exceptionally small small-talk, smiling when it is appropriate as opposed to laughing (Jackson 221). The lottery revolves around a ritualistic day…