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    receive advice from Stacy. The conflicts between the cultures arise as the white supremacist culture attempts to assimilate the indigenous people into their ways of living. Hatred between the societies increased as the novel goes on because the villagers were being harassed as a result of their identity and whites watched indifferently as the aboriginals suffered through a deadly epidemic. In addition, another example of sexist gender roles within the novel is when Snake, a white man, abuses his…

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    the water since she was the goddess of water she could do lots of cool things like make title wave, hurricanes, big waves, little waves and even the most coolest thing walk on water this made her forget how tall she is, so she would show the local villager her power but she did it in secret because she was not allowed to do this but she did it because it made her really happy she loved to see the people's…

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    part of any culture. But this story is telling about a tradition where the villagers are murdering an innocent person, though the rationale behind this tradition has been lost over time. This tradition of human sacrifice is totally unlawful, which is based on superstition. This shouldn’t be participated by any villagers.…

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    A determined scientist on a mission of peace to help a planet suffering from famine discovers that the villagers are killing a rare species, but is forced to flee when she’s accused of poisoning their water supply. STORY COMMENTS ON THE EVE OF EXTINCTION is a thought-provoking character driven, sci-fi environmental drama. The script explores the harmful consequences of man’s destruction of its natural habitat. The story centers on a peaceful mission to help another planet suffering from…

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    Even though the villagers don’t know much about the origin of this tradition or even some aspects had been forgotten over the time, they are not able to deny or stop “The Lottery”. For example, “at one time, some people remembered, there had been a recital of some sort, performed…

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    character and the idiocy of sacrifice or of blindly following tradition. The morning of June 27th was a dreadful morning. It was the day of the Lottery. The Lottery is anonymous drawing to sacrifice a villager. It could be anyone! You’d think this to be a very scary and horrifying event, but the villagers accepted their fate a long time ago and got over it. The Lottery causes many to become selfish of their own lives. Even over their own families, leading for maybe one of their offspring to…

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    In the short story, “The Minister’s Black Veil”, the author, Nathaniel Hawthorne, conveys a number of themes and parables that can be interpreted in many different ways in an almost uninterpretable way. But after examining and dissecting the text, I was able to pull out the theme. That secrets can spark the inner uncertainty in ourselves. That secrets can fuel the mob mentality that comes with confrontation. In the story, Minister Hooper, the main character, unexpectedly dons a black veil one…

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    you see that the monster doesn’t get a positive response from the boy who he had ended up murdering because he was William, Frankenstein’s little brother. The first thing William said to the monster was negative Frankenstein always being hurt by villagers with cruel things would set someone of the edge to do something they may or may not regret. Another instance is when the creature was trying to save the young girl from the river and he was shot at. The creature had no time to explain what he…

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    Although the majority of the afflicted during the Salem Witch Trials were women, some historians believe that the men of the village were the true driving force behind the trials. Paul Boyer and Stephen Nissenbaum are two such people, and in their book Salem Possessed: The Social Origins Of Witchcraft, they write about their discoveries concerning the long standing economic and political issues underlying the trials in Salem. Within their work, they split the citizens of Salem into two separate…

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    You’ve probably heard of the saying “Friends are the family you choose” ; a quote that has probably been screenprinted, pretty font-ed, and marketed to every Pinterest mom out there and more. Up until a while ago, I would say I believed it too; but after analyzing my strongest friendships, I have found that pretty much all of them began as a result of being nudged in a certain direction, somewhat like an assemblement. This assemblement or “little nudges” as I call them, are what I believe has…

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