Shirley Phelps-Roper

"Peeled" is a young adult novel by Joan Bauer which focuses on the adventures of aspiring journalist Hildy Biddle. Residing in upstate New York's town of Banesville, sixteen year-old Hildy is the best writer for her school's paper, The Core. The daughter of deceased reporter Mitch Biddle, Hildy aspires to be a journalist. She is a student at Banesville High, and is well aware of the ghost stories that are circulating around the old Ludlow House. Banesville is a community known for its farming,…

Trichotillomania It rolls neatly off the tongue Like the kind of disease that makes friends easy And doesn’t pick you apart like vultures overhead Has it always been jerking around in this body? Bouncing around like a game of pinball in a beat up old machine? Ready to fling it’s force around at the suggestion of thought, the leverage of a hand Trichooo-tillo-maniaaaa I can overcome it, I know I can Wait no, an hour passed me by and wait no, another pile of discarded hair on…

Perception vs. Reality The importance of looking at what really happens beneath the surface of a person, a culture, or a society is that you never really know what happens underneath. If you use “the lottery”, for example, you think their society is normal because they just talk and act like normal until you find out that once a year they have the tradition of “The Lottery”. You think the lottery is something amazing where you win money and try to get things but really at the end of it…

great example of surprise because there are unexpected occurrences on every page. The effect of surprise is shown with the use of terms in a story. How an author creates a surprise is a big factor in a story . In the story “The Lottery” the author, Shirley Jackson The use of foreshadowing the author used in “The Lottery”, really the effect by using a hint of what is to come later in the story. In the second paragraph, children put stones in their pockets and make piles of stones in the town…

Traditions of the lottery have been implemented in the cities for as long as people can remember; furthermore, the lottery has at least occurred for 77 years, because that’s Mr. Warner’s current age, he states the lottery has been occurring since he was born. Participants include all families, and all members of the family have to participate. Annually during the lottery, each head of the household has to go up on stage to draw, when each family has a slip of paper, everyone waits in…

their rituals and ignore the complications that exist or should they modify or drop their belief because of the conflicts? The conflict in the short story “The Lottery” depicts as Man Versus Society, between the struggle of tradition and questioning. Shirley Jackson reveals the message of people should question their doings instead of neglect disagreements, even though is against convention, because the ignorance can result in tragic consequences. Conflict contributes most to the story’s theme…

“The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson describes a village that follows a tradition that is inhumane without a question because it is their tradition that has been passed down for many generations. One of the literary critic said, “…it describes man’s victimization by… ‘unexamined and unchanging traditions which he could easily change if he only realized their implications.’ ” In the story, the lottery takes place every single year with the head of the family drawing a paper and one of the family…

In any story symbols contribute heavily to the overall meaning and take away from that literary work. In “The Lottery”, by Shirley Jackson, one very symbolic article is that in which the slips are actually drawn from; that is the black box itself. Representing darkness and danger the black box incorporates and truly represents the fear and blindness following of the societal ways. Every year as society “advances”, if one shall even call it that, the societies ways and values are forgotten more…

daughter expecting a great life in America. The daughter, wants to desperately become a Chinese Shirley Temple as a career in singing and dancing. Her mother is consumed in the belief that her daughter is a genius, thus making her do pointless tests that she sees other prodigy children doing in magazines such as standing on her head and reciting world capitals struggle for power between mother and daughter. Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery, represents any action, behavior, or idea that is passed…

The Big Event In the story “The Lottery,” Shirley Jackson manages to catch the reader’s attention by the title but shockingly reveals the true meaning of it with an unexpected ending. Jackson uses symbolism throughout the story to help her stratify ways to make the reader analyze how suspicious the characters are. The readers will observe the details and imagery of the lottery, black box, and stones. This is an important day for the people in the village, and it is very important for them to…