A & P

When this story was first written the roles for women were different then what they are today. In the story the girls are treated poorly because they were not dressed properly according to the store manager. I feel like if this was written by a women it would have been different. I feel like a female writer would have said something more about how women were treated bad and how nothing was done about it most of the time. In the story Sammy likes the way the girls look. He was not living around in the time were women would never be dressed like that and were they did what they were told. The store manager did live in that time were women were always dressed from head to toe. Also because the girls did talk back to manager was a big no no. Back in the day that would never happen. Back when the story was written there was a distinct difference between the roles of men and women.

Mrs. Mallard

Going to the doctors today to get my heart checked out wish me luck
Turns out I have a heart disease :(
My day just took another wrong turn my husband just died on a train wreck :(
Thank you for my family for coming over and looking out for me
Didn't really want to talk to anyone so I went up to my room to be alone for a while
I'm starting to feel better a little bit better now
I think I will be fine now
Sitting in my room has made me realize no matter how bad things are they can end up better
I love my family and friends for coming out to see me
Well I think it is time to head back down stairs now and talk to everyone



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Orientation

This is where you will be sitting. That is your chair and your desk. Keep it clean and tidy at all time.You will be sitting next to Tim Shoe and Sally Hart in this class. You can be friends with them but do not be talking during class. Raise your hand if you need anything. But do not interrupt me while I am talking. If it is an emergency just leave the room quietly. You are here to learn and not goof around. Keep your phone in your backpack or at home I do not want to see it my classroom if I see it I will take it away for the rest of the day and give you a warning. If it happens again I will let your parents know and tell them not to let you bring it to school.

These are some of the books you will be using in your classes. Do not write in them. Books will be turned in at the end of the year if there is any damage done to them you will pay depending on how badly damage it is. Do not borrow anybody's pens or pencils. If you need one come ask me. You should have your own supplies at all times. This is not a day care this is a school and you are here to learn.

Before school there is a breakfast break. If you did not have breakfast you can eat when you get here. Breakfast break will only last fifteen minutes. Lunch lasts half an hour after third period. Get to know where the classrooms are and the teacher who will be teaching that subject. Stay out of the principal's office unless he wants to talk to you. He is a busy man and does not want to deal with the kids unless he has to. Respect all the teachers and do as they say. Get your homework done on time and you won't have any problems getting along here. If you have any questions you can ask me or someone who knows what is going on. Any questions? No. Good now take your seat so class can start and welcome to Nike High School.

A Good Man Is Hard To Find

The short story "A Good Man Is Hard to Find" by Flannery O'Connor can be consider grotesque by the negative events that happen throughout the story. First there are the young kids who are disrespectful to their grandmother. I know if I ever was I would get an eat full of how I was being disrespectful. Being disrespectful to the elderly is a horrible thing to do especially when young kids are doing it and they should know some manners by that age. Another thing that is also negative would be the way the kids fight with each other and that the grandmother pushes it. Now siblings do fight. There is nothing really to stop it. One would think though if a grandma was sitting in between them they would not fight but the grandma eggs them on pretty much. Then the grandma uses the kids to annoy their parents so they can go look for treasure at a house that the grandma wants to see because she used to visit it when she was younger. This leads to the accident. Getting in car accidents is a very bad thing to happen. After they wreck and they see that everyone is okay they flag a car down to ask for help. While they are talking the grandma realizes that one of the men is The Misfit. Now because the grandma notices him and had to open her mouth he has to kill them now. He does it by first by having his two partners take the father and daughter into the forest and has them shoot. All the while the grandma is begging for her life to try and save the family by telling The Misfit that he is a good man he just needs to pray to God for forgiveness. When the two men come back they then take the mother the son and the baby into the forest and shoots them. Then all that is left is the grandma and when touches his face The Misfit then shoots him. The whole story is full of grotesque examples from the kids being disrespectful to the grandma egging the kids and bugging their parents to when they all end up dead.

The Lottery

In Shirley Jackson "The Lottery" one theme is man's ability (and need) to rationalist generally unacceptable actions. In one point in the story some of the people are talking about how a few villages have stopped doing the lottery. It is obvious that these villages think the lottery is an unacceptable action. Also the people of the village think it is rational to keep the lottery going every year because it is tradition and it what they were thought. Old Man Warner finds the lottery to be rational because by doing so it will make the harvest prosperous for the upcoming season. In today's society it is not rational to stone people at all. What seems to be a more rational idea today would be court by finding a person guilty or non guilty. Also we rationalize the violence in modern society with gang violence, drug loads, and mobs because that is what they are used to and what they know. Just because this is what we grew up reading it in the papers and watching it on the news does not make it an okay thing to get involved in especially if someone ends up getting hurt.