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    I have chosen the story called “The lottery” for my summative task. This finest story of Shirley Jackson was written in the month of its first publication‚ in the June 26‚ 1948‚ issue of The New Yorker. Shirley Jackson was an American author and popular writer in her time. She is best known for her mesmerizing short stories. When she was a student she became involved in literary magazine through which she met her future husband Stanley Hyman. She is best known for the short story called “the lottery”

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    Michael Jackson‚ often referred to as The King of Pop or simply MJ‚ is one of the most entertaining individuals in the history of the entire world. Armed with more awards than any aspiring artist could ever dream of‚ he produced hit songs over forty years ago in 1970‚ such as “ABC”‚ “I want you Back”‚ and “I’ll Be There.” Michael continued to dominate the 80’s when he wrote songs such as “Thriller”‚ “The way you Make me Feel” and co-wrote “We are the World” with Lionel Richie in an attempt to help

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    I chose Percy Jackson‚ due to the fact that he is like Odysseus. He’s like Odysseus‚ because he’s not morally perfect‚ is considered a hero because he saves olympus and this is what Greeks considered heros. Some of Percy’s most pivotal moments in “Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief‚” are; his mom is stolen by the minotaur‚ he meets Annabeth‚ they go to the lotus hotel in Las Vegas‚ they go to the underworld‚ and they meet the gods. When his mom is stolen by a minotaur is a crucial

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    In Australian communities there are several chronic health conditions that are prevalent‚ these conditions include cardiovascular disease‚ cancer‚ respiratory disease‚ injury and mental health problems. The Prevalence of a disease is defined as the ratio (for a given time period) of the number of occurrences of a disease or event to the number of units at risk in the population. Morbidity statistics such as: hospital use‚ doctor’s visits and Medicare stats‚ and health surveys/reports give relevant

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    The Trail of Tears The Trail of Tears‚ a gruesome event taking place in the mid 1800’s. Andrew Jackson and his Indian removal Act‚ it costed the land of the Cherokees of the east Mississippi River to be taken away from them. Due to the land being stolen‚ the Cherokees had to migrate to the present-day of Oklahoma. With its devastating events such as‚ Hunger‚ disease‚ and exhaustion. Years later‚ The Cherokee people named the migration "The Trail of Tears". Over 4‚000 of 15‚000 of Cherokees were

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    Minny Jackson from The Help and Eleanor Douglass from Eleanor & Park are very different from each other. Minny is the “sassy” maid who has gotten in trouble many times for her fast remarks. Minny is not afraid to speak her mind when she feels threatened‚ and will protect her friends and kids no matter what. Eleanor is the awkward new girl at school who is a little chubbier than her peers. She stands out with her pale skin tone and bright red curly hair. Minny Jackson‚ from The Help‚ and Eleanor Douglass

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    Who says you can’t have more than one identity? In “Charles‚” by Shirley Jackson‚ the story reveals how even people staying beneath the same roof may not be fully informed of each other’s true identities. Laurie’s mother‚ who is the narrator in this story‚ is unworldly unmindful of her own son’s poor conduct in Kindergarten and is too disposed to presume his illustrations of some different disobeying child. Although her son’s deportment alters when he goes into Kindergarten‚ she blames this on Charles’s

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    Percy’s meeting with Aunt Em [Medusa] made him think about staying with her and gave him a doubt with his mission and this represents the Woman as Temptress. As Aunt Em said‚ “Do not be a pawn of the Olympians‚ my dear. You would be better off as a statue. Less pain‚. Less pain.” This lines made him think about being the Gods way of hurting one another. The temptation in this part of the story was the urge to stay with Medusa because of her persuading‚ lull-like voice that tells him to abandon his

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    South Park’s episode‚ “With Apologies to Jesse Jackson” played on many ideas such as racism‚ racial sensitivity‚ institutionalized exclusion of minorities‚ and the pushing political agendas. To summarize‚ the episode featured a man who was called‚ “nigger-guy”‚ because he said the racial slur‚ nigger‚ on Wheel of Fortune. He later went on to feel as if he was being treated badly because everyone was excluding him from events. His son was even affected by the actions of his father and almost lost

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    gathering stones in the town square. Everyone is seems preoccupied with a funny-looking black box‚ and the lottery consists of little more than handmade slips of paper. Tradition is endemic to small towns‚ a way to link families and generations. Jackson‚ however‚ pokes holes in the reverence that people have for tradition. She writes that the villagers don’t really know much about the lottery’s origin but try to preserve the tradition nevertheless. The villagers’ blind acceptance of the lottery

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