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Jimi Hendrix Experience Bob Dylan
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Forced To Move Hunger Strike
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Nonviolent Resistance Nationalist Movement
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Youth Protest In Vietnam War
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Nicholas Romanov Role In The Russian Revolution
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Lai Massacre Vietnam War
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Law Enforcement Agencies Afl Cio
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Past Present And Future Point Of View
1,456 wordsShirley Jackson's short story, "The Lottery", ironically gives the lottery a bad meaning. The lottery in this story is used for a public stoning, contrary to the first thing that comes to a reader's mind when they think of winning the lottery; a big sum of money. The reader sees both literal and metaphorical meaning of this story because for one it shows for face value what the entire story is about, and hidden behind it is the notion of the scapegoat being picked like a lottery number. The sett...
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World War Ii German Citizens
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International Monetary Fund World Trade Organization
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U S Involvement Lyndon B Johnson
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Martin Luther King Jr Lincoln Memorial
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Frederick Douglass Man Quot
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Public Opinion Free Trade
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