Wink's The Stranger: A Different Way Of Life

Chapter 1 – explain the setting an atmosphere of the strangers history. What is his name? What kind of childhood did he have? What other characters are important or close to him? Why is he telling Walton so much about his youth and history?

One might expect a small village to have the qualities of friendliness, generosity, and charitable events. In this account, Shirley Jackson puts an unforeseen plot twist on this prospective. The author describes a pleasant summer day where people gather for annual event. However, the actions of the townspeople soon show the evil tendencies of humanity. What seemingly begins as a random drawing quickly turns into a barbaric stoning of an innocent woman. This is evident when “the lottery’s victim is revealed,” [and] …the black dot on the lottery slip” becomes a mark of death (Kosenko 261). Mrs. Delacroix in particular, gives clear signals that she means business when she “selected a stone so large she had to pick it up with both hands and turned to Mrs. Dunbar. ‘Come on,’ she said. ‘Hurry up.’ ” (Jackson 7). This specific occurrence and others

Throughout history, Georg Simmel and W.E.B. Du Bois have had a significant influence on important theories and ideas developed in the Social Sciences. Perhaps two of the most relevant and well-known concepts developed by both of these theorists are the concepts of “double consciousness” and “the stranger”. In this paper I will be analyzing both of these pieces of work to draw upon differences and similarities between the two. The similarities I will be elaborating on are the usage of the paradoxical figure, which both Simmel and Du Bois discuss in their theories, and the coexisting feeling of division from mainstream society. The difference between the two theories that I will be exploring is the perception that mainstream society has of

Many of the people living in the village have come from a variety of lives before moving into the community. Some old, some new, and often have been alone most of their life.

My gut reaction to Act 2 of The Stranger is I found it dry in the beginning because it was him complaining about prison, but as he began to discuss his trial it became more interesting. The question I kept asking myself was, what will happen to his trial? Will he plead guilty, get off the hook or something totally different? It wasn’t a predictable book, it was one where you didn’t know what was going to happen until the end of the book. I ended up liking the book more after finishing it, I wasn’t a big fan of Act 1. I found it very hard to read and get through.

1. How can an understanding of the complexities of culture help us make sense of the day-to-day world which we live? Give an example from your life to illustrate your answer.

A Stranger Among Us is a movie that displays many aspects of ethnicity, and how many different groups of people interact and adapt to each other’s difference. There is a murder and a detective named Emily Eden has to place herself into a Jewish community to help solve this murder. In the film there is several groups displayed and many different perspectives, along with an ethnic neighborhood and lots of learning about the Hasidic culture, and Detective Eden made some crucial mistakes in unraveling the murder. Also, this is a movie that is beneficial to everyone in our class.

The Stranger The Stranger exhibits a society that has confined itself with a specific set of social standards that dictate the manner in which people are supposed to act. This ideology determines the level of morality, and how much emphasis should placed on following this certain "ethical" structure. Albert Camus's main character, Meursault, is depicted as a nonconformist that is unwilling to play society's game. Through Meursault's failure to comply with society's values and conform to the norm, he is rejected and also condemned to death by society.

Albert Camus creates a series of characters in The Stranger whose personality traits and motivations mirror those that are overlooked upon by the average man. Camus develops various characters and scenarios that show true humanity which tends to have been ignored due to the fact of how typical it has become. Camus incorporates abominable personality traits of the characters, variety, consistency, and everyone’s fate.

In a small town in China, 1738. Peaceful and simple people are living happily with a small crime rate. Most people know each other, and a lot of people are either farmers or bakers that work together to help the town strive. Since there is a mall population, the people welcome everyone with open arms. One day, a stranger comes into town looking for a job. The stranger as the people said, looked very shady and unfriendly. The town's people split on how they feel about this guy, and as a friendly gesture decided to help him out. The man claimed that he wanted to live a simple life, away from the rich people's arrogance.

The author wants to show that beverages had a great impact on history. He wants to tell his

That sudden burst of noise caught the man by surprise; I told him I know who you are then he said, “I know you do” I said; you’re that one guy…. Shilew of the Rain. I know the man because he came to my folk’s house when I was younger; you came by because you had some sort of business with them I don’t know how you came to know the famous underground crime

The Government should legalize the use of marijuana because of the economic benefits it would offer, The debate over whether the federal government should legalize marijuana has been escalating and states such as Colorado, and Oregon have legalized the use of medical and recreational use of marijuana due to the realization that marijuana could greatly benefit their economies, such as the creation of jobs, tax revenue, and young business leaders. The legalization of marijuana is highly beneficial to the United States government because it will save the government billions of dollars. According to Jeffrey Minron a Harvard economist “If marijuana were legalized, the government would save $7.7 billion dollars annually in law enforcement costs, and it could bring an additional $6.2 billion a year” (3).If the government were to legalize marijuana nationwide, there would be billions of dollars, which could be used to solve actual problems in the United States like education, poverty, Instead, the billions of dollars are being wasted to loosely enforce the ban.

Many people in this world have dreams, or fantasies, that they wish were true. A quote from Robert Louis Stevenson tells the reader, “To travel hopefully is better than to arrive”. In the story, The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald and the short story, “The Far and the Near” by Thomas Wolfe, this quote is supported by the characters’ glorified dreams. In the two stories, the characters build up a marvelous illusion that they have, which proves the hopeful travel is better than the arrival.

It was a morning just like any other, the house was quiet. Everyone had gone and Ara was alone, again. “Booooong” the gong echoed an eerie mist through the grungy house; it was 10:00, time for work. Soon enough, Ara was trudging through familiar, dusty roads towards the loud commotion and spicy scents of the markets. Khavel was a small town, an old town. Run by strong, outdated beliefs; the settlement was