The Dream of Lottery The Dream of Lottery Cast Father: Ian Mother: Ellen Younger brother: Victor Older brother: David Friend: Jeff Clerk: weaber Narrator: Weaber ——————————————————————————– Summary This is a story about lottery. One day‚ Ian and Ellen are watching TV in the living room. David is sleeping in his room. SceneⅠ: In the living room Ian: The news is very boring. Ellen: Huh‚ only about political issues very boring. Ian: Yeah! It makes me annoyed. Ellen: Well! How’s your
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The Manager. The Leader. The following excerpt is a narrative essay from a story about a manager who was a great leader. Notice the intriguing first sentence that captures your attention right away. “Jerry was the kind of guy you love to hate. He was always in a good mood and always had something positive to say. When someone would ask him how he was doing‚ he would reply‚ "If I were any better‚ I would be twins!" He was a unique manager because he had several waiters who had followed him
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What made Tom become different after the pilgrimage? Victor Turner’s theory of pilgrimage can explain this with ideas of “the liminal state”‚ “communitas”‚ and “antistructure”. However‚ his theory of communitas confronts some challenges in explaining the case of Tom. In this film‚ almost every character experienced the liminal state. According to Turner‚ the liminal state is a marginal phase when people have left one group yet haven’t joined to a new one. Tom is a typical example of it. He lost
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The Shadow of Victor Frankenstein A theme of indifference and rejection from society clearly persists through the film Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein‚ directed by Kenneth Branagh. After Victor Frankenstein‚ the main protagonist‚ realizes that reanimation is a tangible reality‚ a domino effect occurs which in turn alienates not only himself but also his creation from society. The reality of the creature’s existence is so gruesome that one begins to understand the negative effects that alienation can
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The English-born American writer Wystan Hugh Auden was one of the most important poets of the 20th century. Educated at Oxford‚ he attracted attention as a prominent member of a group of young leftist writers who generally expressed a socialist viewpoint. The poem I have chosen for this essay is "The Unknown Citizen". I felt the time period reflected W.H. Auden’s views‚ making the unknown citizen an example of the government’s view of the perfect modern man in an overrated unrealistic society.<br><br>In
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Andrew Santilli Prof. Dettmer ENGL 1220-c1603 March 4‚ 2015 The Battle against Big Brother The poem “The Unknown Citizen”‚ by W.H. Auden‚ is about the ideal person that the government wants in their society. The man does everything the right way and always agrees with the government‚ whether they are at war or they are at peace. Although the man is a perfect citizen to the government‚ they do not even know what his name is. At the top of the poem‚ they refer to the man as “JS/07/M/378”(343) and
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that is diagnosed as the disability to cope with any form of stress. Since it is one of the most common disorders in the U.S.‚ there are a large amount of people that have and will need to control this illness. As one of the many people in the world‚ Victor‚ the main character in Frankenstein by Mary Shelly‚ had such a severe case of anxiety that he was almost driven to insanity. During the story‚ you follow his battle with this disorder. He had a constant obsession with trying to get away from the creature
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in common. Just like how the monster is different from Victor in the book Frankenstein. Today we are not going to talk about how they are different‚ today we will go into the similarities of the two. As you know that if you read the book you will find out things that are pretty interesting about the two characters. One instance Victor Frankenstein was the man that created the monster‚ but yet he has not got any control over the monster‚ Victor is scared that the monster will retaliate against him
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become "menaces" to the society they live in; their children will also pass on this fault to their offspring. This was what happened in Frankenstein. The negligence of Victor Frankenstein’s parents towards Victor influenced his future role in society and caused Victor to be unprepared for when he had his own "child". Victor Frankenstein was born into a prominent family
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’History is written by the Victors ’: How does this help us to understand English and Spanish interpretations of the Spanish Armada? The English and the Spanish interpretation of the outcome of the Spanish Armada differ greatly. English believed they were the true victors; that God had helped England to defeat the Spanish; for the English throughout history the Armada was seen as part of national identity. However evidence suggests that this may not have been the outcome of the Armada‚ and the victory
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