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    will happen. In The Lottery, Mr.Warner is an old man who is against giving up the lottery in the small village. “Some places have already quit lotteries.” Mrs.Adams said. “Nothing but trouble in that,” old man Warner said. “Pack of young fools” ( Jackson 4). In this quote, Mr.Warner expresses his feelings toward getting rid of the lottery. Mr.Warner thinks that the lottery is what kept the happiness and prospering of the town over the years. People are scared to change or get rid of the community's

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    Winning is Not Always a Good Thing When Shirley Jackson published “The Lottery,” she was treated rather poorly by a plethora of people and received many letters berating her for her writing Among those people was her own mother, who believed that she was criticizing the lifestyle of many Americans. The Union of South Africa even banned the story all together. Most people thought that the author was criticizing rural life, but the purpose of the story is not to attack small town, USA, but instead

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    Wide Open Spaces Hey! I'm Brooke... I guess that's how I should start this thing. As you will soon find out, I have dyslexia when it comes to topic sentences (you will laugh later because it is so true). I grew up in the small town of Fleming, Georgia. If you happen to be incredibly bored, google it. The description of my abode is "unincorporated community". So essentially, we are the unclaimed hoodlums of Liberty County. My "town"'s claim to fame is the Fleming Shortcut (aka an average convenient

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    “Breaking Free”, an amazing song composed by Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens, is on a bestselling album from the movie High School Musical. High School Musical, a Disney Channel Original Movie, has two main stars, Zac Efron and Vanessa Hudgens. A hit on the High School Musical Soundtrack. This song soars above the listener's expectations. At the beginning, “Breaking Free,” is like a ballad, slow and sloth like. Then when the singers reach the chorus, they are singing their hearts out. Singing “Breaking

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    The Chatthoochee River

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    The Chattahoochee River is located in Georgia and flows southwesterly towards Alabama. Evidence indicates that humans have been inhabitants of the Chattahoochee River for an extremely long period. Dating to 1000 B.C., the Kolomoki complex near present-day Blakely is one of the best-known sites of these ancient civilizations. During the Mississippian Period (A.D. 800-1600), at least sixteen significant settlements dotted the Chattahoochee's banks south of the fall line. As these civilizations died

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    The Olympic Park was the site of the largest dam removal in United States History. The Olympic Park is a park on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State and has quite a history but is not a stranger to invasive species and logging. 12,000 years ago, natives inhabited the olympic park site. The natives chose this site as a prime spot for hunting because a huge elephant-like creature was found near a lake in the area. In 1890, a lieutenant by the name of Joseph P. O’Neil deemed the interior of the

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    Dbq Indian Removal

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    could not touch it because the government did not want the Cherokee to have access to the gold. People from all over came to their land to mine the gold (Peppas 2013, 18). After Andrew Jackson became president, the Indian Removal Act of 1830 was passed. During his first inauguration speech in 1829, Andrew Jackson said “It will be my sincere and constant desire to observe toward the Indian tribes within our limits a just and liberal policy, and to give that humane and considerate attention to their

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    Do you ever wonder what it’s like to be the king? Not just any king, but The King of Rock ‘n’ Roll? This king’s name was Elvis Presley. Elvis Presley was, and still is, famous for his fantastic music that he produced and created. How it all started Elvis Presley was born in Tupelo, Mississippi, and was born on January 8, 1935. His mother, Gladys Presley. His father, Vernon Presley. Vernon Presley had a hard time keeping a job while his wife had no job. Elvis was originally supposed to have a twin

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    Native American Treatment The treatment of Native Americans by the United States Government –while unsympathetic- was entirely within the rights of our government and the etiquette in which conquered nations are handled. Comparatively, the treatment of the Indians was gentle in contrast to Europeans countries who had been defeated. The land which belonged to the Indians would have belonged to the American people because of the claim they had and the military power to enforce it. The raiding parties

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    In english we read “The Lottery” a short story by Shirley Jackson, she writes about traditions in a small town. At first it seems like a nice story, until it comes to a horrifying end. First, the whole town gathered around the black box. Tessie Hutchinson arrives late and jokes about leaving her dishes in the sink and wanting to get this over with so she can go back to work at home. Next, they bring out the black box and make sure everybody is there. Once they know they are not missing anyone, they

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