The short story, "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson is about small village that has a dark tradition. ... Jackson also shows irony in the names of the characters, and where and when it takes place. ... Early in the story the children are described to be gathering small rock and pebbles. ... Next comes irony in the character's names and when and where it took place. An example of this is the sunny day the lottery took place on. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

She was born in a small town in Arkansas. ... Greene probably understood how people felt and what was to come of them if they were an outcast in a small town. I feel that she wrote these books because she wanted other people to realize how things are in small towns. ... Both of them are set in small towns where outsiders are not often accepted if they are "different" from the people who live there. ... The people in the church were mean, so the church was not seen as a very friendly or accepting place any more. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

A literary symbol can be a person, place or thing within a story that has suggested meanings beyond its literal meaning. ... He uses an extremely small fire, just large enough for cooking and light in the evening but at the same time, the father uses a massive fire to set a barn ablaze. ... The small fires were used by the father during is time in the Civil War as a way of having just enough fire for camp and still avoid detection from the Confederate or Union troops that may bee looking for him. ... Thus the mansion symbolizes an untouchable safe place from Sarty's father. ...

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This makes the poem more meaningful than if it never took place. ... This is very childlike, very much something a small little girl would do. ... The fact that the young girl is a child is reiterated again when the word "small" is used to describe her. ... This is precisely what is happening at the time the story is taking place. ... Even though her mother was trying to protect her, all she has left of her daughter is a small piece of her innocence. ...

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Setting The book takes place in a small town called Sawmill Landing in northern Minnesota. ... The time, place, and atmosphere are definitely related to the theme. The theme is about small town life and coping with the family issues that go on there. The place is a small town and the atmosphere of the lake fits in with the storyline. ... The lake was his biggest fear, and the small town life was what was holding him back from the future. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

The action of the story takes place in United States of America, somewhere at South, probably in California. ... The structure of the text is quite hard to define, as the given text is an extract, consisting of seven relatively small paragraphs. ... Though describing life of working men in a small town, the story is quite lyrical. ...

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Empathy is when you put yourself in someone else's place, which causes you to realize how a person feels in a certain situation or everyday life. ... That was the largest obstacle he had to overcome which included more, smaller events and obstacles. ...

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Winton has concentrated some of his views to be the importance of family, the importance of place, understanding each other, nature and spiritual world and Aboriginality. ... But the quote at the end of the prologue "from the broad vaults and spaces you can see it all again because it never ceases to be" (pg 3) gives us a small clue as to how the story if turned back to the past. ... The chapters and sub-chapters in the novel help to shape the events in the novel from a conflict to a resolution and also enabled the readers to see the importance of family and the importance of place. ... Sub...

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Winton has concentrated some of his views to be the importance of family, the importance of place, understanding each other, nature and spiritual world and Aboriginality. ... But the quote at the end of the prologue "from the broad vaults and spaces you can see it all again because it never ceases to be" (pg 3) gives us a small clue as to how the story if turned back to the past. ... The chapters and sub-chapters in the novel help to shape the events in the novel from a conflict to a resolution and also enabled the readers to see the importance of family and the importance of place. ... Sub...

• Word Count: 842
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• Grade Level: High School

Winton has concentrated some of his views to be the importance of family, the importance of place, understanding each other, nature and spiritual world and Aboriginality. ... But the quote at the end of the prologue "from the broad vaults and spaces you can see it all again because it never ceases to be" (pg 3) gives us a small clue as to how the story if turned back to the past. ... The chapters and sub-chapters in the novel help to shape the events in the novel from a conflict to a resolution and also enabled the readers to see the importance of family and the importance of place. ... Sub...

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• Grade Level: High School

The setting of the story takes place at the family's home, in their living room. ... In the beginning of the story he uses it to place the setting "The night was cold and wet, but in the small parlor of a Tabrisam villa the blinds were drawn and the fire burned brightly". ...

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The natives to the island of Lilliput are very small. Gulliver first encounters the small people after a shipwreck. ... This idea of characters smaller than normal carries over into many other fictional stories, two of which are Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl, and The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. ... These creatures both big and small are fictional as well as the civilized, talking horses in Houyhnhnm territory. ... Gulliver's Travels takes place in the early 1700's. ...

• Word Count: 1065
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• Grade Level: High School

Her story starts by telling the reader how, ultimately, small they, as people are, not once but twice. ... By showing us how small we are in comparison it helps to build on how big she views love and fate as being. ... It works towards an indiscriminate audience and makes them feel comfortable in place of the author. ... They are allowed to learn small things but are mostly kept in the dark. ... By beginning and ending with the theme of the universe it reminds us again how small and insignificant we are in relation to it all. ...

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How the Yellow Wall Paper Drives the Main Character Insane At the beginning of the story, the character seems fairly normal. She actually seems like a misunderstood wife of a doctor. The only thing that she finds wrong with the house is the ugly wallpaper. It's funny how a small annoyance like...

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the lottery It is hard to believe that the author could turn such a seemingly pleasurable and exhilarating thing, a lottery, around to a terrible and non-delightful act. I think that the description of the setting has a lot to do with how people will perceive the story. Shirley Jackson takes great...

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Upon a visiting a favorite place of drink, the narrator discovers another black cat, with an uncanny resemblance to the former, missing eye and all. ... The couple moves to a tenement, smaller in size and with a separate cellar downstairs. ... This smaller setting compresses the story. ...

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Thinking of her constantly, even in the most unromantic places like shopping with his aunt in the market place or standing in the small back room where the priest had died, obsesses him. ... The bazaar is dark and empty; it thrives on the Meyer 3 same profit motive as the market place: "Two men were counting money on a salver" (Joyce 479). ...

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Hannah is able to find a starting point of the endless rumors and disastrous events that take place in her life, and that starting point lies in the hands of a fellow student at their school. ... Because it may seem like a small role now, but it matters. ... This makes it simple for the reader to place themselves in the characters' shoes in order to have a complete understanding of the feelings of guilt, helplessness, and pure sadness of which both characters experience throughout the novel. ... Each star on the map is the location of where an event took place that molded her decision....

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Because the narrator in "Spotted Horses" is experiencing the scene where the action is taking place, the reader receives a richer understanding of the characters. ... While this description serves it's purpose of description and a small development of I.O. ... In "Spotted Horses", the narrator places Snopes in Varner's with his back against the wall, his hair parted, in conversation with his cousin and a few other townsmen "I.O. cackled, like a hen, slapping his legs with both hands. ... She begins as a small observer of the events but becomes a major stabilizer as she takes a stand...

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Ayah and her family were poor and lived in a small boxcar shack on a ranch. ... Ayah and Chato were then left very poor and were forced to live on the small amount of money that they received from the government. ... The place where Ayah sat and reflected on her past was called Cebolleta Creek. ... The narrator also provided detailed descriptions of the setting and the events which took place. ... Ayah's time of reflection by the creek took place late in her life and during winter. ...

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The setting in which the novel takes place proved to be the first construction Winton used in order to convey a realistic narrative. We first meet the families in two small towns in Western Australia, the Lambs in Margaret River and the Pickles in Geraldton. This acknowledgement of these towns appeals to Australian readers as they are able to relate to them, as they are places they know. " through Nedlands, Shenton Park, and Subiaco." ... Readers relate to Perth in Western Australia because it is a capital city; however the smaller detail such as the name and number of the families" house pro...

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It is not very often that one sees a "massive palatial chateau" on a small island in the middle of nowhere, such as General Zeroff's castle is described. ... Whitney tells Rainsford that, "the place has a reputation---a bad one" (Connell, 10). ... Even cannibals wouldn't live in such a God-forsaken place. ... For example, when the child narrating the story describes Dick Prosser's basement suite, you can imagine the extraordinary cleanliness that Prosser keeps in his small basement dwellings. ... His description of the times conveys the prejudice that...

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The story takes place in Redding, Connecticut during the Revolutionary War, about 1776 to 1779. ... Some historical events from the story such as the British raid on Redding, where houses were burned down and a small battle took place, and the execution of Edward Jones and John Smith occurred during the war. ...

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The epic takes place in Denmark, and a dark gloomy underground swamp. ... In comparison, The Thirteenth Warrior, takes place in similar settings. ... The two themes are almost identical, but they have some small differences. ...

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Mathlide's downfall comes into place when she does not tell Mrs. ... Reality meaning the husband she has, and the small household she resides in. ... Pride comes to place when she is complaining to her husband about the way they live and how she deserves more (3). ...

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• Grade Level: High School