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d”The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson was written in 1948. The story takes place in a village square of a town on June 27th. The author does not use much emotion in the writing to show how the barbaric act that is going on is look at as normal. This story is about a town that …

What is Alcoholism?The definition of alcoholism can be described as a chronic illness, which is marked by uncontrolled consumption of alcoholic beverages that interferes with physical or mental health, and social, family or occupational responsibilities. This dependence on alcohol has only been diagnosed as a medical disorder recently in the medical field. Like many other …

Crisis Among UsThe farm crisis in America has struck millions of families. The devastation of low crop prices and the declining livestock prices has driven many families to poverty, or worse. Many Americans do not realize the affect of low prices on farmers, or the flooding of farmland.The flooding of farmlands in northeastern South Dakota …

A Tragic Night The dark sedan pulled quietly in front of a comfortable family home located in the Broncs. The brick residence stood silent and dark in the early hours of the morning, looking much like the rest of the houses in the neighborhood. However, inside this house lay the prosecution’s sole witness in the …

1865- 1939Sigmund Freud is the founder of modern psychoanalysis. His earlier research led him to figure out that the mind was divided into two parts- the concious mind and the uncontious mind. He also believed that in order to unlock the uncontious mind you would do so through hypnosis. He also believed that the uncontious …

Insomnia How many times during the night do we toss and turn, check the clock, and find it ticking away and tell ourselves, “If I could fall asleep right now I would get at least five hours of sleep”? But, sleep doesn’t come so we continue to toss and turn. This happens to many people …

Human rights violations against women have, for too long, been deniedthe attention and concern of international organizations, national governments, traditional human rights groups and the press. Meanwhile, hundreds of millions of girls and women around the world continue to endure debilitating and often fatal human rights abuses. These are only a few instances of abuse …

Interpreting the Actions of the Gods The role of the gods in the Trojan War proved to be a major importance in thefinal outcome and the psychological wellbeing of the mortals who fought forboth the Trojan side and the Achaians side. The Greek Gods high, on Olympuswatched the bloody battlefield below with a sense of …

MetamorphosisMetamorphosis is a story that is easily related to this ever so cruel world and the life each of us live today. Each of us experience alienation just as Gregor did in the story. We experience from friends and even worse family. When changes arrive that we can’t cope with,we sometimes except them grudgingly, or …