“Yo‚ Yo‚ Yo! Check it out dawgs. I’m just keeping it real up here in the front of the plane. Get ready for the flight of yo life. I am your pilot‚ Randy Jackson‚ ready to fly you to absolutely nowhere!” declared Randy as he shoved the microphone back into the wall. My heart sank to my stomach‚ as I hated to fly on planes. I couldn’t even fathom the thought that I was stuck on this plane forever. I rubbed my hand along the smooth armrest and gripped the end as tightly as I could‚ hoping this was
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“Tradition is a guide not a jailer.” (W. Somerset Morgan) This quote shows how people take pride in being part of a tradition and ritual. Similarly‚ in the short story “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson‚ a human is sacrificed every year to follow and honor an old custom that was stamped ever since the town was established. This year out of a village of 300 people‚ Bill Hutchinson’s family won the lottery‚ and in the second round of the raffle‚ out of all five members of the family‚ Tessie Hutchinson
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constitution you can adopt such qualifications as you may think proper for the happiness‚ security‚ and prosperity of the state. Until then all freemen of six months residence should be entitled to a vote…. Document D Source: Robert V. Remini‚ Andrew Jackson and The Course of American Empire‚ Vol III‚ Copyright (c) 1984. Reprinted by permission from Harper Collins Publishers‚ Inc. ...(T)he General’s views on office holding became even more democratic as he grew older. He proceeded from the (idea) that
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Jackson‚ when looking for a way to prove this identity theory false‚ claims that his argument exposes truths about our consciousness that cannot be simply deduced by physicalism. He argues that the physical truth is not the whole truth. Many philosophers that defend the identity thesis can agree that the physical truth does determine the whole truth about the world. We are seen as having the capabilities of possessing all the knowledge there is and never leave a mystery unsolved. The world is entirely
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Shirley Jackson’s‚ "The Lottery" concerns a small town’s annual lottery drawing and the grim circumstances that ensue. In this short but disturbingly profound piece of work‚ Shirley Jackson communicates to the reader the theme of scapegoatism along with its implications concerning traditions. In the village where this lottery takes place‚ we find many familiar elements: a post office‚ a grocery store‚ schools and a coal mine. In this village‚ Mr. Summers owns the coal mine‚ so his business has made
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Essay 1: Who the #$%& is Jackson Pollock I would advise the company to purchase the painting. There is just too much evidence supporting the artwork as an original Pollock. This evidence includes‚ but is not limited to: a fingerprint on the artwork that matches up to other fingerprints found on things that can be traced to Pollock; and when compared side by side to an original Pollock‚ No. 5‚ 1948‚ the artwork looks very similar. In addition‚ the artwork has been investigated and evaluated
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kind nature of the Midwest citizens‚ but what we perceive on the surface may not always be what it really is. Things are not always what they seem. According to Shirley Jackson’s The Lottery‚ small town America is a place of traditional gender roles and where people refuse to change. This refusal to change results in the concept
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Hi my name is Percy Jackson and i’m a demigod. I know u my not believe in greek gods and roman gods but they are real. My dad is Poseidon god greek god of the ocean and horses (roman name: Neptune‚ keep that in mind)so to answer your question i can move the flow of anything with water in it and i can speak to horses.It is not fun. It is like hell. You have to fight monsters and titans and giants. A few years back we just defeated the greek titan Kronos(titan of time‚ king of all titans) in the titan
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Bo Jackson speech on “get outside of the box‚ Makes things happen‚ be your own person.” The context Bo uses is he talks about his struggle growing up and how he got out of his comfort zone and overcame this problem. Bo also uses the method Extemporaneous to give his speech‚ he has a brief outline and he has taken time to go over his speech. While analyzing this speech my purpose is to watch Bo and his physical and vocalization in his speech. While giving Bo’s speech in the beginning he had very
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peaceful part of their society‚ and yet they still wish to get rid of us. It makes no sense. I’m not supposed to know this‚ because my parents are trying to keep it a secret‚ but we may still have to travel to the reservation. The president‚ Andrew Jackson‚ does not agree with the Chief Justice John Marshall and he may try to make us move anyway. I sincerely hope this is not the case‚ but I am still uncertain. I hope to have more news soon. We have been walking for 3 weeks. We are not allowed to
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