With her story Everyday Use Alice Walker is saying that art should be a living breathing part of the culture it arose from rather than a frozen timepiece to be observed from a distance To make this point she uses the quilts in her story to symbolize art and what happens to these quilts represents her theory of art thesis The quilts themselves as art are inseparable from the culture they arose from topic sentence The history of these quilts is a history of the family The narrator says In both of
What thoughts come to mind when you think of The Lottery Positive thoughts including money a new home excitement and happiness are all associated with the lottery in most cases However this is not the case in Shirley Jacksons short story The Lottery Here the characters in the story are not gambling for money instead they are gambling for their life A shock that surprises the reader as she unveils this horrifying tradition in the village on this beautiful summer day This gamble for their life is