Black Spot Essays

her shoulders, and slid into place in the back of the crowd. “Clean forgot what day it was,” she said...” (Jackson 338). She was not late, but she was one of the last to arrive. In the end of the drawing, it was the Hutchinson family that had the black dot, and Tessie was the one that was eventually stoned to

Shirley Jackson's, “The Lottery,” portrays the tradition of a small town in which a member of the community must get sacrificed in order to allow for a good agricultural season. The ways in which they do so is a fair lottery where citizens draw and see if they are the “chosen one” which they end up stoning to death. All citizens must partake in the lottery, including children and the elderly. Through Jackson’s development of the story, the people seem to be in a state of excitement and thrill when

It is not entirely possible to give a sufficient answer to the question ‘what is identity’. The term identity is surprisingly difficult to define adequately in the sense that it is a contradictive phrase expressing both sameness and uniqueness. Many theorists such as Erickson have attempted to answer this difficult question but rather define the process and identify influences as there is no exact definition for this complex process. The word itself derives from Latin ‘Idem’ which means identical

When should one surrender? For the reason of hope and not surrender Sandra Brown, Dr. Charles Raison, and Gina Kolata previously wrote why it is important to look forward. They composed their work so it demonstrates the point of view of both the doctor and patient. Hope allows one to obtain an expectation in an unpredictable situation. A doctor should not bear with the tendencies to surrender on a patient. An author named Sandra Brown wrote a novel called Mean Streak, the protagonist, a pediatrician

The author’s puspose in “The Black Cat” is to demonstrate the relationship and the signification between the character and the cat. The character has had many pets throughout his life but his black cat was his most favorite pet. He used to love the black cat when he was younger but as time passed by, he began to detest the cat. As he was getting older he became an alcoholic and started to become more aggressive towards his loved ones especially the cat. He burned down his house, murdered his wife

“The Tell-Tale Heart” and “The Black Cat” Edgar Allan Poe is also well known for writing gothic literature, which is found in the majority of his writing. In class, we read “The Tell-Tale Heart” and after reading “The Black Cat” I noticed that it has many similar aspects, and has a lot in common. Both stories show the main character getting crazier as the story goes on, and they both present an unreliable narrator. The “The Tell-Tale Heart” as well as “The Black Cat” there are unusual deaths

especially with all the evil that Marlow and Kurtz’s eyes have seen. They are regarded as having their own world in order not be whitewashed with the atrocities that are present in the real world. Kurtz’s painting of his idealized vision of women against a black background holding a torch and is blindfolded also represents this ideology of the women in their own world. Since women are the keepers of all good things, they must be kept from the truth of the dark (thus the blindfold) even as they are trying to

Fritz the Cat (1972) is a film about the 60s. Being the first animated feature to receive an X rating, Fritz the Cat attempts to unveil all the violence, sex, racism, and disillusionment of the 1960s through an unfiltered, and debatably unfocused, lens. Ralph Bakshi is the director behind this film, and he aimed to show that the 60s was not a very perfect era, but in fact quite hypocritical one. Fritz the Cat and the numerous people that surround him are, for the most part, confused souls with often

inserted their money and got ready to take their photo. With one snap the students saw nothing but a bright white light and the sound of an elevator ding. All three of them woke up in an elevator...but something was wrong. They all saw no colors except black and white. The elevator's door then opened and they all realized they were in the school's basement. As they walked out they

In his painting, Lake Superior Landscape, George Morrison uses a combination of the visual elements line, texture, and color with the principles of design of repetition and visual unity to create an intriguing, abstract take on the traditional landscape painting. Morrison depicts the horizon at the top of the painting in purple, with the lake directly underneath it in blue. The bottom half of the painting is a representation of the cliffs that border much of Lake Superior. Morrison uses a combination

Pinterest when this random white girl decides to write on this picture that I was pinning of black girls. Okay yes, the black girls had on makeup and weave but they were ON POINT. This girl (Taylor Brooke) gets on there and start to say “They all fake, don’t know if they want to be Asian or Black. Yall think yall woke up like ‘dis’ but yall didn’t” and some shit about how Beyoncé looks white and we wish (black girls) were them. So before I responded to her I decided to look at her boards and of course

attention to the evil and random tradition that is inhuman. In the short story, Jackson uses the black box, Old Man Warner, and Tessie Hutchinson as symbols to show that people will continue

How is the horror genre element of foreshadowing shown in “The Black Cat”? The strongest example of foreshadowing comes in the form of the black and white cat, who not only is missing an eye like Pluto, reminding his narrator of his violent act; but his white mark on his chest changes shape to look like the gallows. This foreshadows the judgement that will ultimately find the narrator. The quote, “Yet, mad am I not- and very surely do I not dream. But tomorrow I die, and today I would unburthen my

The narrative poem The Sound of Silence was authored by Paul Simon. The poem is narrated in the first person point of view by a voice who, due to the prophetic connections made throughout the book, does not appear to be the author but rather an independent observer within the poem itself. A massive crowd of people on a street and a “fool” also appear during the poem, though their perspectives are never directly explored. The narrator awakens from a frightening dream and recounts the events to

Perspectives of Multicultural Values In a multicultural context, people should be able to recognise the complexity and distinction of cultures and value the diversity of beliefs and values. Diversity also includes individual differences such as age, gender, sexual orientation, religion and physical ability or disability. Multiculturalism refers to a term which indicates any relationship between and within two or more contrary groups whereas cultural diversity the term used to explains the spectrum

In Joseph's Conrad's novella, Heart of Darkness, Marlow narrates his journey to the dark and mysterious Congo. As a young sailor looking for a job, Marlow finds himself sailing to the Congo for one of Belgium's ivory companies. Marlow travels to one of the stations, where he meets the manager and is tasked with bringing back a renowned ivory collector in the interior, Kurtz. Sailing into the foggy Congo river, Marlow faces an attack from a nearby African tribe, and subdues them with the ship's blow

Color is a huge part of how people view different emotions and feelings. For an example, when people see the color black, they may feel darkness and loneliness. Using color as a description in books can really help the reader better understand what the author is trying to get across. Color can mean so much more than shades and tints, it can show true meaning and emotion. It's proven that warm colors trigger thoughts of happiness, energy, and optimism. Cooler colors can be more soothing and calming

Persecution for believing in something is nothing new. One place that holds this stigma is China, where it is evident that the government does not want the people to have free will. In her story, “A Certain Night,” Ting Ling writes about her husband’s tragic death. Ting Ling conveys that her husband died a martyr. In the story, her husband’s struggle conveys that he and his comrades were helping a movement. What do these themes have in common? They both deal with perseverance. In her story, Ling

Have you ever wondered how blacks gained their right to suffrage and how gaining that right opened a door for them in congress? The frontier of African suffrage allowed Hiram Revels and Blanche Bruce to get a spot in the U.S Congress around 1870-1881. They both represented Mississippi, and both served different number of years. As you know that this frontier of African suffrage allowed Bruce and Revels to get a spot in congress, but it also allowed Africans and other different races to gain

Suspense in “The Black Cat” Why do people choose to go into haunted houses? It is because they want to know what happens inside. Haunted houses maintain this mystery and intrigue in order to create an element of suspense. Edgar Allan Poe uses this same element in “The Black Cat” to keep the reader interested. Poe develops suspense through three events: the hanging of his black cat, Pluto; the finding of the second black cat; and the killing of his wife, Virginia. Next, Poe develops suspense in