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classic or contemporary piece? S-Town, a classic piece of southern gothic literature, the story of John B. McLemore, a man living in the terrible town of Woodstock, Alabama, who has to deal with violence, social issues and decay everyday. S-Town brings back southern gothic literature in this classic southern story of John B. McLemore and his town. S-Town fits into the southern gothic classic category although it’s a bit different from most stories from this genre. S-Town, a classical piece of southern

Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” may sound like a tale of tradition of someone receiving great fortune in the beginning. That would all make a cynical turn when this tradition is not all joy and happiness. This small village only consist of about 300 people, so the lottery did not take long compared to others that may take two days. The hasten to finish makes the tradition seems as if unwanted and to be done as quickly as possible. The villagers seem to only participate in this ritual become it has

writes about the impact of a small-town football coach had on his community, before and after death in the article “A Good Man Down.” The author explains the life of Ed Thomas, the head coach for the Apilington-Parkersburg football team in Iowa. Ed Thomas was shot and killed while training his athletes by Mark Becker. Lee Jenkins begins by using very detail accounts to bring out the pathos of the town, bringing the audience to feel emotionally connected to the town of Parkersburg. In the beginning

throughout the story and make the ending of the story a realization rather than a surprise to the reader. Every year villagers gather together in the town square to begin the annual “Lottery” which everyone is required to attend. The setting is a small featureless town we’re only three hundred people lived. In other towns, it normally takes longer but in this town the lottery was finished right before lunch. School wasn’t in session so kids showed up first. The girls started conversations amongst themselves

In no more than 3 days, over half the town was colored. The man who bathed all day but never felt clean, the artist who was never inspired, and the woman who never got any customers were all starting to live their life to the fullest. The bathtub man, whose name was James, got out of his

20th century has been characterised by the movement of populations from rural to urban areas - a phenomenon expressed as urbanisation. For the first time in human history, the world is predominantly urban, with over half of the population living in towns and cities; this is predicted to rise to over 6.3 billion by 2050 (Demographia World Urban Areas, 2016). The movement of populations to urban environments is perhaps the single most significant demographic shift in the past century. Given the current

Some people believe it is better to grow up in a small town, and other people think it's better to grow in a big city. I consider it better to grow in a big city, not only because there are more people, but because you experience more people and different things that a small town probably doesn't have. In a small town, everyone knows everyone else, and a neighborhood in a big city is bigger than that whole small town. There are more eating options in a big city. Growing up in a big city is better

making sure we're integrated and were equal, were not corrupt, and not use violence as a way to discipline someone. In the rural town of McIntosh County, Georgia there were two

East Nashville This is one of my favorite neighborhoods in all of Nashville area, and as a realtor, I can tell that I spend so much time assisting my clients on this side of the Cumberland River. So, if you are looking for a friendly community, if you like living in a quickly growing, electric and hip neighborhood which therewith has not lost its historical heritage, if you are looking for a neighborhood where you could afford a home of a decent size with a unique style and appearance and a reasonable

has their own opinion of what make a city livable. For instance, city planners also known as decentrist believe that the standard way of building a city was the right way of doing things. Their idea was to the centralize the city by endowing small towns. In the book “The Death and Life of Great American Cities” by Jane Jacobs, She introduces new principles in city planning and reconstruction. She believes that city planning isn't the conflict