The Town

therefore the plot twist occurring at the end leaves us extremely consternated. Shirley Jackson carefully describes the setting without omitting the smallest details such as the temperature, the town square, the crowd standing between the post office and the bank. She gives the exact number of people living in the town, the date, the time, the neighboring villages. This enumeration of details, names and rules dictated by Mr. Summers divert the readers’ attention…

Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” begins in a small town of 300 and on the 27th of June the townspeople assemble once a year for the lottery. Mr. Summers conducts the lottery and places an old worn out black box that’s older than all citizens on a stool, which contains slips of paper. Detailed list is made of each family, Mr. Summers takes note of the ones unable to attend and the lottery begins with the head of each household taking a slip of paper. They check their slips of paper and the one who…

Globally there are so many communicable diseases. Some of these diseases are easily transmitted to people through the movement of urbanization. Urbanization is the movement of people from an area with little development, like villages to small or big cities with good development. This movement of people could lead to several communicable diseases especially in areas of large population. In this assignment, I am discussing the impacts of urbanization on communicable diseases. Urbanization can…

A city is a place where a large population resides for the permanent period of time. A city’s importance depends upon the size, location, and structure of the area. Cities have highly organized population, which is comparatively bigger than a town or village. A city can provide different opportunities to know about the culture and language. A city is a good place to continue with further education and to find a suitable job. A city can provide government facilities for its people which makes…

environments, the reality is that victims of IPV reside in all communities, big and small. Even though there are resources available for victims of IPV to turn to, accessing these resources is extremely difficult for many Americans. While the idea of small town living and open fields may bring peace to some, it also brings terror to the thousands of victims of IPV in these communities. Being a victim of IPV while living in a rural community presents many unique challenges that cannot even be…

My city is located alongside a major river and is surrounded by farmland. We have three sections or school districts in our city, and a transportation system radiating from the center, and connecting everyone anywhere they would go. Our city runs on hydrogen fuel cell powered buses and natural gas. Apartments, small businesses and parks are placed around the center of the city with a bike trail along the riverside. I am most proud of the walkability of the city. Because we have green space…

During the 1880’s, St. Petersburg was a pine scrub village wanting to become a city. Northerner’s relocating to this town transformed it with their new ideas and cultural aspects. In the 1890’s, the location that was soon to become City Park was undesired because of its high grass, mud, puddles, and roaming wild animals. Wanting to make the park part of the community, in 1893 a group of women formed the Park Improvement Association. One of their projects was the William’s Park Bandstand which…

Mayor Mitch Landrieu of New Orleans and Karl Dean of Nashville. These are top rated politicians who did a lot for their suburbs and cities alike- in their own state. So why not “Summons” them to a lunch to obtain wisdom of developments-on unity in our town? It is hard to disagree with such a touching topic as this. Although, it can be picked apart, I feel as though it is not my duty. There is not enough writing of the article. There should have been more writing on such an important topic. Also,…

are getting ready to gather in the town square along with the women, and the children are leaving school.…

rural I put down: Farm, Farmer, and Corn. Up to that moment that is all I really thought of when it came to rural. I think this can be traced back to the towns surrounding Rochester. This brings me back to my AP Geography class that I took as a sophomore and the idea of settlement hierarchy. With Rochester being a smaller city, we had plenty of towns and villages surrounding us. Each day on my way to school I would see rows of corn and thought that is what rural America is like. Oh boy was I…