Shirley Jackson's The Lottery written in 1948 was a very well written piece of work that was very dependent on its characters to set the tone of the story. The director of the film version of The Lottery, filmed in the nineteen sixties, also used the characters to place the overall tone of the film. ... When it is decided that Tessie was going to take her position in the traditions withheld in their town, she became quite outraged as very accurately depicted in the film. ... Characters that were otherwise inanimate except for in our imaginations became mobile and able to be evaluated m...

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They are using the tone to get people to drink a true flavored beer. ... The tone was the emotional response to the reminiscing of the childhood fun. ... The whole town came to watch whoever has the strongest arm to win the lemon skittle. ... They fight with an arm wrestling and if you cannot hold your ground you loss in that town. ... The tone is more towards the image of the yellow, lemon, Skittle. ...

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He quickly fled from her, shifting the tone of the story to sorrow. ... The tone changes as Perseus begins this expedition. ... The tone of the story changes for the final time as Perseus names Dictys as the ruler of the land. ... They bring the horse into the town. ... Traces of these myths are scattered throughout our society today. ...

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So, we are fed our opinion of Emily rather than left to create it. ... We come to think of the narrator as the voice of the town as a whole, and we are made to take his word as our own. ... So we are ultimately transformed into citizens of Jefferson through the narrator and through our common feelings of and for Miss Grierson Instead of focusing on actual changes within the main character, Faulkner chooses to concentrate on a change in the town's as well as the reader's opinions of Emily. Each change of our opinion of Emily's character comes through the revelation of some ne...

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Craig Silvey has constructed Charlie in a way that allows us to grasp a deeper understanding on issues that happen in society from 1965 and relate them to our current issues. Silvey has portrayed the characters to show the bigger picture in our great society. ... Jeffrey is constructed to bring a ray of sunlight into the book to lighten the depressing/serious tone. ... Jasper is an Indigenous half-cast who is seen as the outsider of town. ... There are no strong women presented in the novel this is because the town is based around dominant males. ...

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They may have human features but the dwarves are shorter than the town's people, or the humans, in the film and they are considerable larger which fits in with their occupation as miners and warriors. ... The idea of a fantasy world is shown through Tolkien's attention to the diversity of the characters reflected in their different patterns of diction and tone. ... The opening scene involves the dragon Smaug attacking Lake Town and its defenseless town people. ... Hand to hand combat is not our idea of warfare in modern society so the image of the good and evil armies in contrastin...

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What little town by river or sea-shore, Or mountain-built with peaceful citadel, Is emptied of its folk, this pious morn? And, little town, thy streets for evermore Will silent be; and not a soul, to tell Why thou art desolate, can e'er return. ... The romantic ode evolved from the ancient Greek ode, written in a serious tone to celebrate an event or to praise an individual. ... Do these simple folk come from a little town on a river, a seashore, or a mountain topped by a peaceful fortress. Wherever the town is, it will be forever empty, for all of its inhabitants are here participating i...

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Increasingly, our culture expresses its disillusionment with the promises of the Enlightenment, and seeks truth through its heart rather than its head." ... Ichabod Crane, a scientifically minded constable portrayed masterfully by veteran Burton actor Johnny Depp, is sent to the quiet and dreary town of Sleepy Hollow to solve gruesome murders. ... From there, we have our setup for the rest of the film. ... But thankfully, this is not the case, and rather the Headless Horseman is only a terror to the town of Sleepy Hollow because he is suffering from injustice. ... The rose-colored blood po...

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Contrary to the light, innocent happiness of spring, sexual assault has dark, ominous tone. ... Another reason that Morrison might have included this scene in 'spring' is to set a tone for what happens later in the book. Because spring is regarded as the start of the cycle of seasons, what happens during spring usually sets the tone for what the next year will be like. ... I talk about how I did not plant the seeds too deeply, how it was the fault of the earth, the land, of our town. ... And all of our beauty, which was hers first and which she gave to us. ...

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Our society has created so many expectations of my generation, and generations to come. ... She also says how when her mother is on the phone and she hears Junes name being used the tone is approving, but when she hears her own name all she hears is disappointment in her mother's voice. ... I would remember every time my mother was on the phone with one of her sister she would use such a proud excited tone when talking about my sisters. ... In the story Connie goes out at night quite often, and made me think that she was most likely well know in her town. ... We are often blind to the com...

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The research will focus on, in the The Bluest Eye, the themes of the white standard of beauty, rejection, and the skin tone hierarchy. ... Toni Morrison wrote this novel in 1970, when racial tensions were high and the model of white beauty was accepted as the norm, but even now in today society we can see that it still applies to our culture. ... The narrator tells us, in the novel's only concrete description of Pecola's facial features, that "her teeth are good, and at least her nose is not big and flat like some of those who were thought so cute-(Morrison 40) And then we see o...

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The stone angel stood not as a tribute, but rather as a means for self-advancement in the eyes of the town. ... We know they lived in a small town, Manawaka, and that this was a long time ago. ... We then begin learning about the personality of our main character, Hagar. ... However, Hagar never again compares this description to herself, providing our first insight into her character, that she does not truly see who she is, that she believes she is above others. ... This presents us with an image of life before the cemetery, before the town, before Hagar's life, and her parent's...

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Carrington writes of Stockton as being working class and economical and socially unstable she describes it from the beginning as "a small-town of rumour and innuendo" pg xvi, which immediately position us to distrust the evidence given by the people in the town through out the book. ... Pg 89, later on Carrington backs up our views which she has construct by using emotional language and sad tone and stating "That no one has been punished for this or indeed any of the sexual violence that occurred that night is a travesty of justice that words fail to describe."... Carrington emphasis that nobo...

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The silence was suddenly interrupted by a cell phone ring and all of us began digging in our pockets for our phones because no one remembered their tone, it was Michelle's, who at this point was smokin'! ... By the tone of her voice I knew not to ask questions and offered to get her a cab to leave because I was too drunk to drive. ... It seemed familiar to me, It was the street of the town I grew up in, only it was really gloomy and the street was a cold morning-blue with gray fog. ... I was now watching the evening from the second the waitress brought us our first drinks. ... W...

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The Hog Farmers were vital for setting the right tone for the festival. ... The hot dog stands were running low-later, they would burn down-and even in nearby towns like Ellenville, stores were running and selling out of food fast. ... The Wallkin town board (original site) suddenly withdrew the permission to hold the concert, now they were without a place to hold it. ... Most stores in the neighboring towns 3 were shut down and/or sold out. ... First they had to worry about the roads, it was the first time in our nations history that any group of people have closed down a major highway to the...

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Colored families faced an unemployment rate that was much higher than whites, which caused many to be forced into poverty stricken homes and to settle in small towns where there were less whites and hopefully more jobs. The colored families were met with passive aggressive racism in these towns, but were often given jobs, and the towns like Maycomb from To Kill a Mockingbird soon settled into an easy soft spoken racist mindset. This novel by Harper Lee covers and goes into depth about the racism in a little town called Maycomb in Alabama; narrated by a young girl named Jean Louise Finch, or Sc...

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On July 4th 1776, the Declaration of Independence was approved and signed by fifty-six men, to whom they agreed to "mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor"; these men represented the thirteen North American colonies that were proclaiming their separation from Great Britain, founding the United States of America. ... They consisted of six acts, among them were, the Boston Port Act, "to discontinue, in such manner, and for or such time as are therein mentioned, the landing and discharging, lading or shipping, of goods, wares, and merchandise, a...

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When a hissing sound from space was amplified, the whole town became like zombies. "The whole town went nuts For no reason at all, all the cars pulled up to the curb like there was a hook and ladder going by. ... Another example of total disregard for life and property due to the mind shackling is found on (pg 182), "Susan and I arrived just in time to join the cheering as a big elm crashed down on our sedan. ... I feel Vonnegut is starkly against excessive force because of the tone of each peace of writing. ...

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From the first settlement to present day, our country has seen numerous wars, reformations, religious and social movements. ... Bands of Indians would invade towns, killing, burning, and capturing the settlers. ... France, Germany, and Italy were big influences, but this became a literature of our own. ... This passage shows Rip's confusion upon entering a town that is familiar to him, though quite different. ... There was a busy, bustleing, disputatious tone about it, instead of the accustomed phlegm and drowsy tranquillity. ...

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From the first settlement to present day, our country has seen numerous wars, reformations, religious and social movements. ... Bands of Indians would invade towns, killing, burning, and capturing the settlers. ... France, Germany, and Italy were big influences, but this became a literature of our own. ... This passage shows Rip's confusion upon entering a town that is familiar to him, though quite different. ... There was a busy, bustleing, disputatious tone about it, instead of the accustomed phlegm and drowsy tranquillity. ...

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The plan to relocate Government well Aborigines expresses the racism in official ranks as the town wants to be devoid of all things Aboriginal (In its ploy to sway coming elections). ... Whole town knows why we"re going. Cos wetjalas in this town don't want us ere, don't want our kids at the school with their kids, and old Jimmy Mitchells tight cos they reckon they Bert Aukes gunna give him a hiding in the election" This relates to the whole Aboriginal community showing the publicity of racism practised by the dominant society, and the strength arguments such as Jimmys contain, ye...

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At the end of the war in Europe Patton looses command of the 3rd Army because of his attitude towards the Russian allies and we see our hero sullenly walking his dog into the sunset. ... The newsreels are again used during Patton's European campaign with his 3rd Army as they liberate town after town through out France and into Germany including his relief of Bastogne. ... (Finke, 13-14) These problems with his remarks and the press were well documented in historical accounts as well as in the Movie tone newsreels in the film itself. ... I personally would recommend that it be show...

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In high school, there was nothing better to do in a small town, so when the weekend arrived you would grab your closest friends and head out to the back forty to party. ... Finally we made our way out of town talking, laughing, and joking the whole way. ... As we continued down the road delivering paper after paper, our conversation got a little deeper. ... He replied with a confused tone. ...

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George "Shorty" Snowden was asked by Fox Movie Tone News what his new dance step was and he replied, "The Lindy!" ... With all of the following advantages he took the best dancers and together they represented The Savoy in dance contests around town. ... It was on Movie Tone News and he said referring to the Lindy dancers, "They look like Jitterbugs." ... There are so many benefits that swing has brought to our culture and time period its mind blowing. ...

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The use of irony often takes the form of a narration that has the tone of as a "tolerantly patronizing man of the world" (Berthoud: p5) For example, on Mr Verloc's hat after his murder: "It seemed an extraordinary thing, an ominous object, a sign. Black and rim upward, it lay on the floor before the couch as if prepared to receive the contributions of pence from people who would come presently to behold Mr Verloc in the fullness of his domestic ease" (Conrad: p13) As Tillyard points out the use of irony in this case creates a humorous tone by the comparison of incongruous objects, n...

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