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Shirley Jackson Inanimate Object
1,121 wordsThe theme of violence and tradition is persuasive in the short story The Lottery written by Shirley Jackson. This theme is not a generalized theme of violence, but a theme of ritualistic violence. This violence is shown in the traditional town-wide lottery drawing that takes place on each June 27 th. However, this lottery is not to draw a winner of some great prize, but seeks to draw a loser whose life will be taken. This ritual has been practiced for so long that the townspeople are no longer a...
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Anton Chekhov Sons Death
660 wordsAnton Chekhov's Misery relates his readers to the awful reality of death. Iona, the main character in the story, is a cabdriver who desperately tries to find someone to talk to about his sons death. He is able to meet and talk to different people of different background because of his job but he is not able to communicate about his suffering, so in the end he tells his mare about his sons death instead. Misery is told in the first persons point of view. Iona, being the central character, has fla...
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Worth Living Central Idea
1,082 wordsCentral Idea: I plan on telling the audience what Philosophy is, who Socrates was, and the methods he used in teaching his philosophy. INTRODUCTION Attention Getter: 'The unexamined life is not worth living. ' This is the most famous quote of the most popular philosopher of all time: Socrates. Reveal Topic: I plan on telling you what philosophy is and how Socrates viewed philosophy. Credibility: I am able to speak on this topic because I have taken a philosophy course, and I have done extensive ...
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Tells His Father Death Of A Salesman
1,557 wordsArthur Miller is a highly proclaimed author who believes that success is based on an opinion rather than a set of rules to live by. In his play, Death of a Salesman, Miller presents a realistic approach to the ideas behind the American Dream. Death of a Salesman has three basic themes supported by the motifs. In addition to these three themes and motifs there is a central idea running through the play. As the play progresses, the motifs merge in such a way as to support the themes and primary id...
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Basic Types Specific Purpose
996 wordsHistory of Drums Outline A) The history of the drumset. -General purpose. My general purpose is to explain where the different parts of the drumset have originated and evolved over the years. -Specific purpose. To show all of the different parts and where they come from. -Central idea. To show that the parts of the drumset were not adapted from only Africa. I. Introduction. a) Many people have the misconception that the modern drumset originated from only the African bongos. b) In reality, they ...
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