1. Who was Ernie Pyle? Ernie Pyle is an individual who reported from the frontlines of Europe and North Africa during World War II. He died reporting in a bloody war in Okinawa. 2. Why does the man believe that the typewriter is Ernie Pyle’s? The man believes the typewriter is Ernie Pyle’s because legend has his own grandfather won it in a poker game in the 50s or 60s from a man named George Pratt who was in the same unit as Ernie Pyle. 3. How does the detective start his investigation
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experiencing new cultures. In Purple Hibiscus‚ religion is prevalent in different ways‚ but represented by a character‚ Eugene‚ that oppresses his family through violence by using the ideals of religion. Christianity is not just used as a form of oppression and violence through Eugene though‚ but as a conflicting standard in African society. An example of this is how Eugene disowns his own father because his father was a traditionalist and therefore a heathen in Christianity’s perspective. Traditionalists
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The story titled The Lottery written by Shirley Jackson is an interesting story with an unpredictable ending. The story tells us about a tradition in a small town which is held every year. The tradition is called ‘the lottery’ where the ‘winner’ will be stoned to death. Actually it is a horrible tradition‚ but in the story it is considered usual‚ and even acceptable in the society. There are several irony that we can see in the story according to that ‘scapegoat’ tradition. One of the irony is
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Irony in “The Lottery” Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” offers an almost classic study of irony of situation: the reader expects a celebration; she gets a stoning. Such a reversal is the work of careful planning by the author. The reader expects the lottery to be a celebration of some sort because Jackson describes the setting‚ details the activities of the townspeople‚ and refers to the lottery itself in terms that belie the outcome of the event. First‚ Jackson establishes a setting which suggests
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Theme 1: In the story when old men talked about the other town ending the lottery. He did not want to change like the other town. Theme 2: believing it will increase the growth of the season‚ Tessie was the one who got sacrificed. Theme 3: I believe they count as a serial killer; killing a person every year is a crime. Theme 4: Every year it happens‚ people unable to study their life so they can’t realize mistakes. Theme 5: Tessie realized lottery was wrong when she had the black dot. A List of
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aiding other countries in the war‚ whereas the Sedition Act had labeled disloyalty‚ profane‚ and abusive language against the Constitution‚ the U.S. government‚ the American uniform‚ or the flag a federal offense. These two acts significantly impacted Eugene Debs‚ Edward Snowden‚ and Bradley Manning‚ because it limited their level of open opinion. Each man’s case related to either freedom of speech or the verbal abuse of the United States‚ both of which were prohibited under the Espionage and Sedition
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be found in the situation when Mrs. Hutchinson took a slip of paper with a black spot. All people were so relieved that they escaped the lottery that began to collect stones to finish the tradition: “Mr. Dunbar had small stones in both hands”‚ “Delacroix selected stone so large she had to pick it up with both hands”‚ “the children had stones already”. Summarizing the expression of violence in Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” and O’Connor’s “A Good Man is Hard to Find” it is worthy to note that
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Creative Task: The Stone Boy Six years ago‚ Arnold Curwing accidentally shot his brother with a .22 caliber rifle. He was nine years old at the time. Surrounding this incident‚ as you would expect‚ he was under fire by his neighbors and peers from thereon‚ even though it was an accident. Generally‚ they all blamed him. Some detested him for not getting in trouble. Some might debate that he got not enough punishment. Others might conclude that the knowledge of living the rest of his life knowing
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1 Executive Summary NET cafe‚ unlike a typical cafe‚ will provide a unique forum for communication and entertainment through the medium of the Internet. NET cafe is the answer to an increasing demand. The public wants: (1) access to the methods of communication and volumes of information now available on the Internet‚ and (2) access at a cost they can afford and in such a way that they aren’t socially‚ economically‚ or politically isolated. NET cafe’s goal is to provide the community with a social
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Germany for extended periods. 6During this period‚ she was exposed to some of the finest art of the time. When attending the Paris World Fair of 1855‚ she had the privilege to view many French artists’ work; such as Jean-Auguste Dominique Ingres‚ Eugene Delacroix‚ Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot‚ Gustave Courbet‚ Edgar Degas‚ and Camille Pissarro. Two of these artists‚ Degas and Pissarro‚ would later become her colleagues‚ friends‚ and mentors.7 During her childhood travels‚ she would receive her first lessons
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