The Wayside

Shirley Jackson 's use of Symbolism in "The Lottery" Shirley Jackson 's "The Lottery", is very effective in raising many questions about the nature of humanity regarding tradition and violence. "The Lottery" clearly expresses Jackson 's feelings concerning mankind 's evil nature hiding behind traditions and rituals. As well, she shows coldness and lack of compassion in people. Jackson presents the theme of this short story with a considerable use of symbolism. It being shown everywhere in the…

between Adam and Eve is an object lesson for the relationship between God and man. The Old Testament practice of parents entering legally binding marriage contracts for their children, and a groom paying a bride price (Gen. 34:12) has gone by the wayside, it is now the couple themselves that volitionally enter the contract, or covenant. Nonetheless,…

Political Directory Project U.S. Representative Democrat Diana DeGette for Congressional District 1 received $143,585 in 2016 campaign contribution, thus far, from the Health Sector, which represents 47.8% of contributions. The Pharmaceutical/Health Products Industries under the Health umbrella is the largest combined source of support for DeGette. Multiple companies contributed but the company giving the largest amount, $10,000, is McKesson, Corp, which hires individual lobbyists rather than…

After its implementation, Milwaukee’s choice program took off and began to rapidly spread across the district and into neighboring towns. Along the way, though, much of the specific focus around race fell to the wayside as choice schools were largely made up of white students and students from families with high levels of financial and academic support (Nelsen 2012: 320-325). This didn’t dissuade supporters and it seemed that any increase in academic achievement…

Did President Obama have Antonin Scalia killed? Find out more at 7! If one were to look at a current large corporate news source they would undoubtedly find hundreds of news articles that are similar to this one. Articles that have loud and catchy teasers proudly displayed without a shred of evidence, eyewitness testimony or peer review to back up their sensationalist claims. Furthermore even finding these articles may prove to be a challenge because one must first wade through thousands of…

free to do anything” (Fight Club). Apocalyptic films in which everything is demolished is just the first step in the audience’s path towards being free. With the destruction of the world, there are no cares left for men. Dull jobs are thrown to the wayside and the matriarchy is quickly forgotten along with the previous society. Men become masculine once again when time requires it, and they instantaneously change from a sedentary lifestyle to a hunter-gatherer lifestyle. One notable example of…

need money, the key to overcoming your addiction to money and the way you win is to focus on your passion rather than make money. You should be more concerned about keeping your dreams alive to survive financially. Fear can often push our passion wayside. You will require courage and willingness to focus on your passion when afraid, but it’s the only way forward. The alternative is to simply give up and surrender to your natural patterns. But things never change that. Today, make an assessment…

For years, seniors at Preston High have been required to present a portfolio in order to graduate. While this tradition has been preached to the students from the start of freshman year, no one begins to take it seriously until a few weeks before they are due. During those last couple of weeks, everyone runs around trying to dig up any examples of good work, peer reviews, transcripts, letters of recommendations, along with many other odds and ends from their high school careers. The result of…

Unfortunately, while instant communication via social media has made communicating with others much faster and easier, actually meeting up with a person and talking to them is a convention that has fallen by the wayside. Many people, especially the younger generations, display this: they are constantly on their phones, laptops, or tablets in public, but when it comes to interacting with others in person, they suddenly tense up, not knowing quite what to do. This…

Free community college could lead the country to economic downfall. The “free” deal proposed seems to be far pricier than realized. The idea of free is beautiful. It grabs your attention; whether you are speaking of anything from a coupon to college. Free in theory is a great, but when free comes along with a lower quality of education, pay cuts, an unfixed student dropout rate, and many other issues is it truly free? President Obama stated in an article he wants to bring down the cost of…