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…Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery" portrays a small town in which the citizens gather for a yearly lottery. Unlike the "typical" lottery, this is not one you would want to win. Throughout "The Lottery," Jackson focuses on families from the village in order…

…in the Spring of 1970. Stephen King's childhood home town of Durham is used in several different stories under the fictional town name of Castle Rock. Stephen King's work is so powerful because he uses his experiences and observations from his life and places them…

…is not even around. The dwarves and Bilbo finally reach the Lonely Mountain, home of Smaug the dragon. Bilbo decides, by his own autonomy, to put the invisible ring on and venture farther into the sleeping den of Smaug. He tries to prove himself a burglar again…

…on town. On the way there dumb and dumber played their instruments while Wilbur followed the map.         Farther down the road a ways Piglet saw a music store and he just had to have a new flute so he went ahead and took the money he had received…

…. Abraham Lincoln was born on Sunday February 12, in 1809. He was born in the town of Hodgenville, In the Heart of Kentucky. He was born to the parents of Thomas Lincoln and Nancy Hanks Lincoln, who which named him after his grandfather who was his paternal one…

…. Roger Chillingworth earns a reputation as being a good physician. He uses his reputation to get transferred into the same home as Arthur Dimmesdale, an ailing minister. Chillingworth eventually discovers that Dimmesdale is the true father of Pearl, at which…

…to be and wants her home, Mary immediately replies with "I'm just going home." (21) As the plot thickens, Mary is shown as naïve and easily swayed my Abigail. She ends up getting caught up in all the commotion and pandemonium of the town. She goes along…

…the African-Americans. He is not ashamed to be defending an African-American, even when the rest of the town is putting him down for doing it. "My folks said your daddy was a disgrace an' that nigger oughta hang from the water-tank!" (P. 76) Even his family does…

…several opportunities to use it to rescue the dwarves from danger and imprisonment. They become quite impressed by him, and even rely on him, just as Gandalf foretold. Bilbo and the dwarves finally reach Lonely Mountain, the home of Smaug the dragon…

…<Tab/>The three main characters of "Grumpy Old Men" are John Gustafson, Max Goldman and Ariel. The movie takes place in the frozen Minnesota town of Wabasha over the Christmas holidays. The two men have been at war with each other…