... in the village. The village gathers together for the drawing of the lottery from the black box, giving the reader the impression that these people must want the prize. When Tessie starts to complain about being chosen the reader knows it is no longer a positive situation. Then irony strikes when the other villagers stone Tessie to death. The title is ironic because when one thinks of a lottery it is looked on as an amusement to test one’s luck in order to win a prize. Tessie’s death is seen as another irony. Tessie could not restrain from stoning another person but when she found out she was to be stoned she ...

... the "popular guy's friend. Gene knocks Finny off the tree limb and breaks his leg. Everyone at Devon except for Finny suspects that Gene caused Finny to fall off the branch, not Finny's loss of balance. Finny's outlook on the whole situation is very grown up. He did not blame anyone but himself, even though it was not his fault at all. Finny seems as though he will never grow up because he is so immature, with his silly denial of the war's existence, and his habit of always coming up with strange things to do just for fun. Inside he is suffering with the anger and hurt of being excluded from the one thing that he wan ...

... with the everyday routine of cleaning the house and cooking pies for the family. This shows the stagnation of her everyday existence; an existence brought about by forty years of non- decision. Mother stays content with her shack. "She was a masterly keeper of her box of a house. Her one living room never seemed to have in it any of the dust which the friction of life with inanimate matter produces"(LACpg.284). This shows the lack of empowerment mother has at this time of the story. This state is partly due to the society—a time that was male dominated and discouraged the wife to speak out—and partly because ...

... be decided upon. Does Sethe kill her baby girl because she wants to save the baby from slavery or does Sethe end her daughter's life because of a selfish refusal to reenter a life of slavery? By examining the complexities of Sethe's character it can be said that she is a woman who chooses to love her children but not herself. Sethe kills her baby because, in Sethe's mind, her children are the only good and pure part of who she is and must be protected from the cruelty and the "dirtiness" of slavery(Morrison 251). In this respect, her act is that of love for her children. The selfishness of Sethe's act lies in he ...

... another area, where he finds his friends, and join them again in war efforts. Paul then gets confined to a shell hole for a night. While in the hole, an English soldier falls in the hole and Paul stabs him, and finds what the real meaning of death means. Paul's group then has a stroke of luck when they were assigned to defend a village. Since there was no one in the village, they got to search all the houses , and keep whatever they found. But their luck didn't last long. The French came and started shelling the village. While trying to escape, Paul and his friend Albert were injured by a gunshot wound. The ...

... place during a racially tense period in U.S. history. After Atticus’ decision to defend Tom had been made, the predominantly prejudice townspeople do not accept Atticus for his decision and threaten him and his children. However, after Atticus put up a hard fought struggle in court for Tom, several of the townspeople felt compassion toward Atticus for standing up for what is morally just. QUOTE BLACKS IN BALCONY. Also, the blacks QUOTE ON FOOD GAVE THEM. Not just the black felt sympathy toward Atticus, but the white townspeople were grateful for his honorable actions and felt compassionate towards him for be ...

... with modern day America. He takes some tips from the Romans, stating that a Prince should "colonize, protect lesser powers without increasing their strength, reduce strong and threatening powers, do not let foreign powers gain footing in neighboring areas"(38). America has accomplished a lot of these tasks; perhaps that is why we are one of the world's super powers. We colonized the North American continent, we've protected our allies yet we don't give them much power, reduced the strong nations and threatening powers (Milosevic, Sadam, and Yeltsin), and we invaded many islands in the Pacific as strategic mili ...

... black hat pulled low…clod-hopper shoes…completely covered by a big corduroy apron…” (Page 206-207) This neglect from her busband causes her to turn to her “chrysanthemums,” of which she is very proud. Her husband’s remark, “I wish you’d work out in the orchard and raise some apples that big” (Page 207), shows how little his interest he has for her chrysanthemums/herself. As shown here, Elisa does not feel appreciated by her husband and so she takes care of her chrysanthemums, symbols of how beautiful she really is. Early in the story, Steinbeck us ...

... to him. In the beginning of the book, although Telemachos is eighteen, he is still a child. Telemachos's childhood was, for the most part, without a father. Because of this, he feels it is his duty to protect his mother. In my opinion, that is just a delusion of grandeur. What does his mother need protection from? Anyway, Telemachos lacks the resolve to expel the suitors and he doesn't completely think his actions through. However, when Athena comes to him in the form of Mentes, everything suddenly changes. Athena acts as a catalyst to propel Telemachos into the next stage of his life. This is where his adolescence ...

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