Samuel Boorse Professor Mary Dixon ENGL 102-B05 LUO January 30‚ 2011 Thesis Statement for the short story “The Lottery” The title of the story suggests a positive outcome. But upon reading the first couple of paragraphs‚ we see that a different plot is coming together. Outline 1. Many people gathered. a. Three hundred people b. Small town. 2. Children a. Gathering Stones b. Summertime c. Talked of school and teachers 3. Adults gathering
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Joy That Kills How would one react to finding out their husband has just died? In Kate Chopin’s “The Story of an Hour”‚ wife Louise Mallard is told that her husband has been killed. At first Louise is shocked until she retires upstairs where she encounters many different emotions and even an epiphany. But at the end of the story the husband walks in the door . . . alive. The sudden shock of seeing her husband alive ends up killing her. Louise’s personality and actions leading up to‚ during
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stifling patriarchal society of the time and demanded augmented rights and freedom. In “The Story of an Hour” Kate Chopin contemplates the existence and effects of societal biases towards women and the negative attributes of marriage as an institution. In particular‚ Chopin employs the downstairs of the home in the beginning of the story to characterize society’s notion of women as weak and at the end of the story to assert the effects of negative societal preconceptions on women. However‚ when Louise
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The short story‚ Babylon Revisited features a plot with circumstances relatable to many people. The story is about a former alcoholic that suffered from the losses of the Great Depression‚ but mostly the loss of his daughter‚ Honoria. After Honoria’s mother’s death‚ Honoria went to live with her maternal aunt and uncle because of her father’s state at the time. Honoria’s aunt‚ Marion‚ blames Charles for her sister’s death due to his alcoholism and him leaving her outside in the cold. Several years
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“Sometimes it is better to lose and do the right thing than to win and do the wrong thing” (Blair). In the short story‚ The Monkey’s Paw written by W.W. Jacobs a mother‚ father‚ and their son are visited by an old friend that is in the army. He tells them about the monkey’s paw that grants three wishes to the person who is holding it. He tried to warn them about the great cost to each with‚ but they would not listen to him. They made one wish for 200 pounds and because of that the mother and father
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“The Story Part of It” conveys a message: the unspoken is more prevalent than the written. Instead of writing long stanzas on to try to bring up the same emotions‚ Saiser was selective in her word choice to allude to the impact of emotion‚ brought forth abstract concepts through imagery‚ and signaled the end of a man with an analogy. The combination of these three things reflects the theme of the poem‚ to have a powerful meaning it must be captured in few words. The phrase “the story‚ part
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My three-photo story depicts the theme that you should try to make the most with what you have. For my first photo‚ there’s medium shot and the focal point is on my face and my dog‚ Pepper. Another part of the focal point is the window. For my second photo‚ there’s a medium-long shot and the focal point is the tree and snow. I added a frosty looking trim to add to the cold weather. For my third photo‚ there’s a close-up shot of Pepper and I playing tug-a-war. The focal point in this photo is my
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Lottery” view of Tessie Hutchinson Tessit Hutchinson played a very important roll in the short story "The Lottry". She and her famly end up being the central focus of this story once the actual lottery begins. When she arrives late to the lottery unlike everyone else in the town who were all early and had began to gather‚ this is the point that tells the readers that she is going to be the main focus of the story. Although a lot of other very important things are said between the other people she is the
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times they were‚ when she would stride through that creaky‚ rustic door with a grin so cheerful‚ that it would light the whole room. Pulling back the chair‚ she would sit down and write optimistic tales. She would compose stories of princes and princesses and happily ever afters. Stories of daddies coming home from the war and being reunited with their families. However‚ along with the joyful times‚ there were also dreary times. Times when Michelle would walk through that door with a shadowy cloud looming
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Kazuo Ishiguro’s short story‚ “A Family Supper‚” compares the difference between the new and old culture’s beliefs and ideals through dialogue. Kazuo arrives to Japan after he hears of his mother’s death and during the car ride his father discusses the suicide of his partner after his firm failed; there he discusses his choice in his ideas of leaving. His sister who is enjoying her life in Japan with many friends and a boyfriend‚ perceived as a good child in front of her parents. Although his mother
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