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Shirley Jackson 's “The Lottery”, is a story chalk full of symbolism. Jackson uses symbolism to help her point out to the readers that humans are not completely innocent, no matter how innocent one may think of themself to be, or how innocent the world around them looks to be. “The Lottery” is very effective in making the reader question why tradition is so important. Jackson uses “The Lottery” to convey her hatred of humans hiding behind tradition and old habits to do evil. In writing this…

More than often readers pay less attention to the setting of a story. They tend to pay more attention to the actions of characters. However, in the short story “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson, the setting plays a major contribution in the story. The setting also influences the theme and the tone of the story. The story follows a small town’s tradition of an annual lottery. The day begins bright and sunny. Then through the story, the tone changes to rather treacherous. The villagers first…

define art. It can appear like virtually everything. It just depends on who is the creator. Jackson Pollock was a creator of abstract expressionism. The style drifts from the realistic drawing and heads more for pure color and configuration. Not everybody cares for the style and discussions have risen on whether this manner of abstract expressionism represents art. Even though the first look makes Jackson Pollock's Blue Poles painting seem like child's play, a closer evaluation of the contrast,…

With regards to the violation of states’ rights by Andrew Jackson, the unjust actions taken against the interests of the states verify that Andrew Jackson should be impeached. The responsibilities he held as president were not taken with the interests of states. A paradigm of states’ rights not being present is the tariff placed on foreign goods. The protective tariff played a significant role in the American System. Southern port cities likes Charleston, South Carolina opposed the tariff due…

favorite best singer and who do you think has the most popularly? Well I know everybody look in billboard or th, artist singer received a Grammy award in and watch them in live performance but I wanted to know if Katy perry and Adele compare Michael Jackson from their album being sold, appeared in tv or movie, and earned a Grammy award and compare them each other so I'll know who's popular or famous artists singer. So I will start searching in Grammy.com to see if one of the artist singer…

In the short story “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson, the writer present one with various symbols and attributes that later donates the irony of what “The Lottery” in reality means. It is evident that what starts out as a bright and peaceful summer day later unfolds into a twisted stoning event. Each and every detail used in the short story is a clue connecting to the final eventuality of the story. Throughout this story, the writer does a great job of illustrating how objects, people, and…

Michael Jackson was known as the “King of Pop”. He is an international superstar loved by all who listens to his albums and sees him live. He has won many awards and recognition of written songs that became classic we love like such as “Thriller, Billie Jean, Smooth Criminal, etc.” Throughout his life, he suffered great trouble and overcame it with Michael Jackson was born on August 29, 1958, in Gary, Indiana. Katherine Jackson, his mother, was a homemaker and a faithful Jehovah's Witness.…

Jackson Pollock (1912-1956). Who was Jackson Pollock? Was he an artist? Was he insane? Was he a drunk? No matter how you see him, he was a brilliant artist with a multitude of problems. One of his problems was with people and that made him socially awkward. The relationships he did have with people were very unhealthy. In the film, Pollack (2000), a common theme is Codependency. Codependency is a learned behavior that is usually passed down from generation to generation. It’s an emotional and…

Jackson went through everything alone in his life mostly because his parents not being with him and his brothers dying.” Since both of his parents died when he was still quite young, he had little opportunity to learn about his heritage” (par 1, Genealogy). Andrew Jackson was the 17th president of the United States he was born in March 15, 1767 near Lancaster, southern Carolina.” The battles of the American Revolutionary War that raged in the Carolinas from 1778 to 1781 had a devastating effect…

Andrew Jackson was born in a settlement within the Carolinas in 1767, and at the age of 13, he joined a local regiment in the Revolutionary War. The British captured Jackson, and as a prisoner he was forced into cleaning a British officer’s boots. Jackson read law for two years before becoming an exceptional lawyer in Tennessee. He was then appointed as the state’s constitutional convention representative, and 12 months later, he became a U.S. senator. The election of 1828 was a return to a two…