Category: Literacy

A good friend is always loyal to you and never lets you down, no matter how hard your relationship gets they will always be there for you. This is true in Hailsham, Ruth is sort of a sidekick to Kathy but in the story they start to distance themselves from each other. Ruths relationship with…

The Lottery’ is a story written by Shirley Jackson, first published within the 1948 issue of the magazine ‘The New Yorker.’ It’s been said to be one of the simplest American literature short stories created. The title of the story ‘The Lottery’ refers to an unquestioned ritual that takes place during a small farming town…

The Lottery by Shirley Jackson could be a story of AN uncommon city caught in an exceedingly lure of perpetually following tradition, even once it’s not in their best interest. Jackson uses symbols throughout the story that relate to the theme. This helps the reader clearly perceive her main message. Jackson uses setting, tone, and…

Tim O’Brein’s The Things They Carried, is an assortment of short stories that retell the experiences of the men of the Vietnam War’s Alpha Company. O’Brien’s understanding as an infantryman from 1968 to 1970 has given him an insider’s viewpoint to the war, and it is this point of view that the creator shares through…

Homers The Odyssey is an interactive poem that has influenced literature since it was written in the 8th century BCE. In addition to establishing many conventions for future Western epic poetry, the story interacts with the audience on multiple levels, transforming it from a simple adventure story to an emphasis on cultural values. The use…

Some people with strong guilt often have to live with that guilt their whole lives live. In the novel The Things They Carried Tim OBrien shows before a war, after a war, or even during a war that guilt is something that can be carried forever, which can be seen through characters like Tim OBrien,…

The warriors that fought in the Vietnam War were forced to bear numerous extraordinarily shocking encounters. It was these occasions that prompted incredible human feelings, those sentiments that were the things they carried inside. All that they carried impacted them whether it was physical or mental. Everything they carried could in one way or another…

In Shirley Jacksons The Lottery tradition is followed without question, however, the people of the town may not fully realize just how sickening their actions truly are. This work of literature demonstrates how society can blindly follow tradition, thus, blaming the innocent, and further causing a hindrance to their own development. At the beginning of…

As one reads the story of The Lottery by Shirley Jackson the suspense and playful nature of exactly the lottery’s purpose keeps the reader reading until the end. The story starts as one would consider being a towns tradition to gather for this event. The lottery is kept a mystery until the very end, the…

The Lottery is a fictional short story by Shirley Jackson about blindly following traditions set in a small village. Every year in June, the villagers prepare for the annual ritual, most of whom do not understand the purpose of the lottery. Who is Tessie in the Lottery? Tessie Hutchinson is the main character and like…