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    stories‚ the author‚ Shirley Jackson‚ described the characters‚ the themes‚ and the situations to create an illustration for the reader. Laurie and Mr. Summers are both portrayed as characters who want to push the boundaries of the rules. Shirley Jackson made Mr. Summers a single man‚ who organizes the lottery. Mr. Summers doesn’t like the idea of the black box. The black box represents death and bad traditions in the community. Mr. Summers likes the idea

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    He knew. The dog was dead alright. If the sight of its prone body‚ half turned inside out 180°‚ Jackson Pollock style in the middle of the road‚ and also streaked near the curb thirty feet ahead wasn’t enough proof‚ then the smell was. Eau de maggots‚ rubber burn‚ iron number three. In fact‚ he wasn’t entirely sure it was a dog‚ to begin with‚ and was suddenly uncomfortably struck with visions of the mystery meat that had been served for lunch each Friday in high-school. Today was a Thursday and

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    Brenda Jackson was born and raised in Jackson ‚Florida .she got married to her high school sweet heart in 9172 .she went to earn a degree in business administration from Jacksonville university and had two sons Gerald grand and Brandon .she is an American novelist who writes contemporary multicultural romance novels .she was the first African American author to have a novel published as part of the silhouette desire line‚ and has seen many of her novels reach the united states of America best seller

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    "The Possibility of Evil"‚ by Shirley Jackson‚ is a twisted story. It starts off with Ms.Strangeworth‚ the main character‚ having pride in her family and roses. She goes to the grocery store and has friendly conversations with the town’s people‚ but goes back home to write anonymous‚ cruel letters to the same people she talked to. She later on gets caught and everyone knows all the letters were from her. By writing the letters‚ she thought she was stopping the evil in her town‚ but‚ the ironic part

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    Book Review of Andrew Jackson By Robert v. Remni Foreword by General Wesley K. Clark Published by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN‚ New York‚ NY‚ in October 2009 Andrew Jackson was a natural born leader. He started showing signs of leadership even as a young fellow. It’s as simple as that. He grew up to be an intimidating gentleman with a tall stature‚ piercing blue eyes‚ and sharp‚ angular facial features‚ which made it seem as if he could see inside your soul and convince you to do anything he wanted you to

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    Analysis of by Shirley Jackson "The Lottery" Jackson’s visions about man and civilization are shown in her short story “The Lottery”. Numerous of her readers have found this story shocking and troubling. She creates a story filled with symbolisms‚ ugly reality‚ ridicule‚ and characters which reflect on the horror of the cruel tradition’s and that the townspeople are afraid of change. The three most important literary elements used to help form this story are plot‚ characterization‚ and theme. The

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    are angry and there’s no telling what will happen next. The genre of Percy Jackson and the lighting thief is fantasy‚ but to be more specific‚ you called call it mythic fantasy. Mythic fantasy has more traditional aspects intertwined in with the book‚ Percy Jackson has a lot of ancient Greek mythology in it‚ this is why Percy Jackson and the lightning thief is considered a mythic fantasy genre. The setting of Percy Jackson is not directly centred in one place; however‚ an important setting in the

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    Shirley Jackson struggled throughout her life with a conflict between her individuality and society’s requirement that she adhere to its norms and standards. She saw a second level of human nature‚ an inner identity lurking beneath the one which outwardly conforms within society’s expectations. She did not feel completely comfortable in the society around her‚ preferring to sit in her room and write poetry rather than play with the other children in her neighborhood (Oppenheimer 16)

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    Secret Evil In Shirley Jackson’s “The Possibility of Evil” the theme is obvious in the title. There is always the possibility of evil in any person. Jackson expresses this theme through symbolism‚ foreshadowing‚ and repetition. The roses in the story are a great item for expressing all of the elements. Miss Strangeworth’s garden is referenced to many times throughout the story. The roses are a great symbolism to Miss Strangeworth herself. Just like a rose’s soft‚ pretty petals‚ Miss Strangeworth

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    Jackson square. History of jackson square: Jackson Square has been an integral part of life in New Orleans since it’s founding. In those early French colonial times‚ Jackson Square was referred to as Place d’ Armes. Much of the daily life of a typical person who lived in New Orleans revolved around Jackson Square. Jackson Square was originally called the Place D’Armes when it was built in 1721 by Adrien Pauger‚ the famous engineer who helped design the Vieux Carre. It is surrounded

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