Black P. Stones

Walker's "Black King Cobras". These are the Fathers of the Black Gangster Disciple Nation… David and Devils Disciples: Also known simply as the Devil Disciples… D.D.D. was formed on the south side of Chicago in a hood known

Jeff Fort and the Black P. Stone Nation Chicago, IL is a city that is well known for its high violent crime rate. Over the years, gangs such as the Black P. Stone Nation played a huge role in Chicago’s crime. Jeff Fort was the founder of the Black P. Stones, and controlled Chicago’s south side at a very early age. Even though Fort found himself in and out of prison; he was still able to run the gang from the inside. The crimes in Chicago committed by the former Blackstone Rangers now known as El

create suspense. “Bobby Martin had already stuffed his pockets full of stones. . . the other boys soon followed his example, selecting the roundest stones. . . eventually made a great pile of stones in one corner of the square. . .” (“The Lottery” P. 1 ¶2) By mentioning these stones many different times it makes the reader wonder ‘Why do the stones show up again and again?’ One might not have even realized the importance of the stones until the end of the story because Jackson mentioned them so nonchalantly

deliberately?  It only shows that the stones will play a role in the imminent future.             As the story goes on, each the following paragraphs contains subtle clues as to what is going to unfold.  After all of the children have gathered around, the men began to fill the square, followed by the women.  "They stood together, away from the pile of stones in the corner" (p.422).  The fact that they stood away from the stones, again, informs the reader that the stones will play a significant role. 

random sample of commercial radio stations with working addresses in the current Broadcasting Yearbook” (Stone, 1986, p.289). Minorities were being underrepresented once again, “In television news, the increased employment of minorities which had begun in the 1960’s continued through the 1970’s, leveled off in the early 1980’s and turned into decreasing employment in the mid-1980’s” (Stone, 1986, p.289). Both survey approaches revealed that white people have the most Broadcasting Journalism jobs in

his blood" P.138).In particular the evil of the character is also present in the towns people when they brutally stone Tess out of tradition. (" ‘It isn’t fair’ she said. A stone hit her on the side of the head."P.301). To further illustrate the characters evil Tucker shows his transition into a dangerous killer after constant torment. ("I was lying there with a towering homicidal detestation, planning to kill Anvil."P.34). Also when Mike lynches the black man he is now getting

looking at it. Then, after all the “men of the houses” have a slip of paper, look the see if they have the black dot. In the story, Bill Hutchinson had the black dot. After that is done, everyone that lives in the Hutchison household, has to pick a slip. This time Tessie Hutchinson, Bill’s wife, has the black dot. Now everyone in the village has to throw stones at Tessie, and basically stone her to death. The purpose of the lottery started out as a sacrifice, for a more plentiful crop. Now, it is

and Stones and Such-like, edited by Alice Pung is about an Indian boy called Sunil Salami who migrates to Australia. He didn't like his name as it was different to others in his school and got regularly teased. His family played a big role of

Life of Black “Liberating Christ” is a critique of Langston Hughes, “On the Road” by Carolyn P. Walker. Hughes uses barely over 1000 words to narrate his story. His great skills of using metaphor, symbolism and imagery are some of few techniques of his great work. Hughes uses nature to express Sargeant’s refusal to participate in life. In Liberating Christ, Walker’s says Hughes has done serious criticism of racial discrimination. There were few other points we will be looking into oppression

village gathering in the village square, where Mr. Summers holds the lottery. Once everyone gathers, each family draws a slip of paper out of an old black box, and the family with the black mark on their paper does it again. This time though, each individual family member older than 3 years of age re-draws a slip of paper and the person with the black mark on their paper gets picked as the “lucky winner” of the lottery. In this short story, when Tessie Hutchinson is declared “winner” of the lottery