In premise, it sure reminds me of Arthur Miller's The Crucible, where a small town in Massachusetts goes stark crazy over what seems to be a huge witch hunt but in this case, it's not the 1600's anymore and it's hard to believe this was the United States in 1954 under the iron-mouthed Senator John McCarthy. ... McCarthy was then seen as brash and temperamental, with little evidence to back up any of his claims, and then his following had died like the hysteria that he had brought with him; this had thus set the stage for Miller's play The Crucible. ... The play The ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Also eliminated would be smarmy heart-to-heart "Elect because I"m like you even though my senate job has me set until I"m a hundred" political campaigns that play off of the Social Security scare. ... This annexation of the Middle East would increase the size of our country by over 30%. ... It is not only our duty to them, but it is our eminent right: we didn't fight a revolutionary war for nothing. ... He created an elaborate, structurally sound wall that stretched for miles around the small Colorado town. ... The annexation of the Middle East is the next logical step for our country. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

The Lottery is a short story about an annual tradition, it is a random selection of one person and that chosen person is stoned to death by the people of the town. ... Tessie had shown up to the lottery late, she stated that she forgot what day it was, when she noticed the children weren't playing in the yard then she noticed it was the 27th. ... Miriam Friend was a frequent reader of the New Yorker wrote a letter to the editor, "I frankly confess to being completely baffled by Shirley Jackson's "˜The Lottery," will you please send us a brief explanation before my husband and I...

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• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School