CHARLES by Shirley Jackson The day my son Laurie started kindergarten‚ he gave up his little-boy clothes. He started wearing blue jeans with a belt. I watched him go off that first morning with the older girl next door. He looked as though he were going off to a fight. He came home the same way at lunchtime. “Isn’t anybody here?” he yelled. At the table‚ he knocked over his little sister’s milk. “How was school today?” I asked. “Did you learn anything?’’ “I didn’t learn nothing‚” he
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God of the sea. Percy is a demigod. His father is a God and his mother is a human. Percy is 12 years old and has dyslexia and ADHD.Percy has been kicked out of 6 schools in 6 years. His best friend is Grover Underwood. His mother’s name is Sally Jackson who he describes as the best person in the whole world. His step-father has a terrible smell .Percy is very loyal and will do anything he can to help his friends. He also has amazing water powers.He can control any kind of water. Annabeth Chase :
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The Mississippi River system was the highway of the western part of the Confederate and United States. At the beginning of the war‚ the South controlled the Mississippi from the meeting of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers at Cairo‚ Illinois to New Orleans‚ Louisiana. There were several important rebel strongholds along the Mississippi‚ including Memphis‚ Island Number Ten‚ on the Tennessee-Kentucky border‚ and Vicksburg‚ Mississippi. The Union realized that controlling the Mississippi River was essential
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13‚ President Jackson entered the army in the American Revolution. This ended his childhood and unfortunately wiped out his whole family. He became very skilled as a solder in the Revolution. After he was done serving in the military‚ he also became a U.S. congressman‚ U.S. state senator‚ and he was also the U.S. governor with Florida. After he retired from being president‚ he became a farmer. IV. Opponents in Election C. 1828 1. Democrat – Andrew Jackson 2.
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Keren Wallace Mr. Dement US History January 21‚ 2015 The Significance of the Frontier in American History 1. How does Frederick Jackson Turner define “frontier”? He gives a definition of the frontier: “it lies at the hither edge of free land”‚ meaning that he considers the Indian territory to be free land. According to him the frontier is the “meeting point between savagery and civilization”‚ “the most rapid and effective Americanization”. 2. What does Turner mean when he says that American development
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Its 1927‚ the great flood of Mississippi has been the worst natural disaster. More than 23‚000 square miles of land has been destroyed‚ thousands of people have had nowhere to live‚ and around 250 people have died. While going through this great depression‚ we had near no food‚ plantations flooded‚ farms ruined‚ we couldn’t eat a lot‚ nor even live. More than 200‚000 African Americans have been displaced from their homes along the Lower Mississippi River‚ and have had to live in camps. The flood
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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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In the movie "The ghost of Mississippi" are multiple examples of why it illustrates our key concepts of unit 1. Firstly the movie went down in an era when there was extreme discrimination against any "coloured" poeple therefore creating a "black vs. whites" main plot which we studied in class. Throught out the movie you can also see that the actions of one man can change or make a dent in an important issue‚ similar to the individuals we studied in class. Aristotle said a long time ago‚ "Law is
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the literary elements used‚ the underlying theme of barbarism in modern day religion comes to light. The black box atop the three-legged stool‚ the gathering of stones‚ even the summer day clues the reader in to the inevitable end of the lottery. Jackson uses abstract symbols such as her setting and character surnames‚ as well as concrete objects within her story to illustrate her theme of ritual sacrifice. Jackson’s use of symbolism is more obvious in her description of concrete objects throughout
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cruelty are two horrible things that occurred a long time ago and continue to be an ongoing issue in our society today. Everyone has either experienced‚ been apart of‚ or witnessed these awful acts at least once in their lifetime. Author Shirley Jackson coveys both violence and human cruelty in her well known short story "The Lottery". "Jackson’s The Lottery" states‚ "The date of the lottery‚ its location‚ and the symbolic or ironic names of its characters all work to convey a meaning that is even
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