Shirley Ardell Mason

Taking the Helm in the Streets of Amsterdam Not too long ago, during the first week of the 2017 summer vacation, I found myself in a faraway place, a charming place that was Amsterdam, Netherlands. Specifically Vondelpark near the old part of the city. The park was a wonderful grassy haven surrounded by the sights and sounds of a bustling, lively city. The sky was cloudless, the air was warm and relaxing. The entire park quietly screamed at me to lay down and stay awhile. All the while I could…

Everyone has a tradition that they follow, but the tradition in “The Lottery” is death. The last thing Mrs.Hutchinson said, was “It isn’t fair, it isn’t right…”, in reference to her being stoned to death. In “The Lottery,” Shirley Jackson uses the black box and stones to symbolize death in order to support a key theme. In the beginning, the stones foreshadow what they may be used for later, like the stones may be used for throwing at someone or something, the stones are death, and they use…

Today we will be talking about the similarities and differences of two stories both written by the same author. Those stories go by the name of “The Lottery,” and “Charles.” Some similarities consist of a Plot twist, or dialogue, or even Foreshadowing. The differences consist of Symbolism, Static character, and Tone. We will go over the differences later but now let’s go over the similarities. We will start it off with a Plot Twist. In “The Lottery” for instance, the plot twist turned out…

University Online “The Lottery” and “The Destructor” begin by telling the setting of each story. The purpose of the setting is to set the time and place in the story. It also plays a major role in the success of the story. “The Lottery”-Shirley Jackson created a mood of happiness and peace at the beginning. For the readers, it created an image that it was just a regular warm summer day in a small town. Flowers were blooming and the people were just moving around as they normally did.…

The Apartment Film has a specific structure that creates meaning out of a series of photographs. This structure uses a specific language to create a narrative that the spectator should be able to understand. Christian Metz believes that through denotation a stronger meaning can be derived from the connotation. The study of connotation is that it is always symbolic in its nature, while denotation is the literal sense of the film. Connotative meaning should extend over the denotative meaning…

Shirley Jackson’s short stories “The Lottery” and “The Possibility of Evil” explore bad memories and relationships Shirley had from childhood until late adulthood. Shirley grew up with her mother and father in the city of Burlingame, California. Shirley’s parents maintained an upper middle class status. Her mother put a lot of pressure on Shirley to fit in but Shirley would rather just read a book then hangout with other friends. Shirley enjoyed living in California and was very upset when her…

Aunt Moon’s Young Man, Incarnation, Mending Wall We start with a short story about an intelligent Native-American woman having non-traditional values that has found love In Linda Hogan’s “Aunt Moon’s Young Man”. The plot itself is relatively simple: A dark, lean, full-blooded Indian, who comes to town on an autumn day just as the annual fair is about to begin, he excites the women with his exotic good looks as well as the fact that the man is "alive in his whole body." It’s easy to see that the…

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“The Devil and Tom Walker” and “The Devil and Daniel Webster” are both brilliant literary works that present the danger of greed and the misuse of wealth. Through the main characters’ follies and rash decisions, it sets up the story to give the readers an idea on how quickly wealth can become bad. Both short stories include the Devil and views of wealth; however, there are numerous differences within the text. Alongside the differences, there are also many similarities. Throughout the story many…

The story “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson is a short story containing shocking realism. On June 27th all the villagers will come together to participate in a huge lottery run by Mr.Summers who hosts all big civic events that go on in town. Each man will pick a slip of paper from a black wooden box and cannot open the slip of paper until each man has one.The name of whom has been selected is Bill Hutchinson. After his name has been called out his wife Tessie instantly starts to protest. Since…