Dangerous Traditions “The Lottery”‚ by Shirley Jackson‚ is an interesting story about how people can be affected by traditions. It also shows somewhat of a dark symbolism behind these traditions and how some people will let such things control their lives and the lives of others. After reading the story‚ my first reaction was “wow!” I did not expect that the winner would be rewarded with death. The ending of the story was very surprising‚ because when you think of the word “lottery"‚ you
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Dangerous Tradition Traditions are normally comforting rituals‚ with deep roots in religious or familial events. They usually are cause for celebration and coming together with family and community. When the roots of our traditions are forgotten then the reason for carrying on the custom is lost. Shirley Jackson writes about the dark side of following rituals mindlessly in her story‚ “The Lottery”. Jackson resolutely conveys this theme using palpable symbolism‚ irrational faith‚ and senseless
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Dangerous Hobbies Breanna Fowkes 401 November 6‚ 2013 Compare and Contrast Essay Final Copy Breanna Fowkes 401 11/4/13 C&C FC Dangerous Hobbies Everyone in the world has a favorite hobby‚ whether it is art‚ reading‚ sports‚ fashion‚ anything‚ everyone has at least one that they enjoy above all the rest. Each hobby is chosen for a different reason‚ sometimes it’s just because of the fun‚ other times the thrill‚ maybe relaxing‚ it all
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that knowledge. As man continues to pursue the unknown it seems that the lines between safe and dangerous knowledge get blurred. This pursuit of knowledge is a theme that often appears in the Frankenstein. Many characters in the story are passionate about gaining knowledge and learning every aspect of life. They encounter many dangers while pursuing these endeavors. Mary Shelly demonstrates how dangerous it is to pursue knowledge through Victor’s health with his growing obsession with his scientific
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exhortation in order to express our opinion on the topic of dangerous sports. I would deeply agree that this type of “entertainment” is spreading like a wildfire as a human’s habit. Obviously it refers to a risky issue and people who exercise it are in a great danger to get hurt or even die but shake them down putting a deadline between what some people assume as reckless. Having said that‚ it is evident that whoever chooses to try a dangerous sport puts himself in a great danger as a result of the
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Exercise A Dangerous dogs 1. Give an outline of the various views on dangerous dogs presented in text 1‚ 2 and 3. There are different opinions in the three texts. In text 1‚ “Police bask new law on killer dogs” by Jamie Doward‚ the police officer‚ Bernard Hogan-Howe has demanded a change to the law on dangerous dogs so children are better protected and so the new rules will target the owners of dangerous dogs‚ rather than the animals themselves. That happens after five-year-old Ellie Lawrenson
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Dangerous corner John Boynton Priestley (1894 - 1984) is one of the outstanding English authors of today. His early books (1922-26) were of a critical nature. It was the success of his novel "The Good Companions" (1929) which brought him world fame. In early thirties Priestley began his work as a dramatist. "Dangerous Corner" (1932) — one of the series of Seven Time Plays — was his first effort in dramatic art. Priestley’s other most famous novels are "They Walk in the City"‚ "Angel Pavement"‚ "Wonder
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social networking site‚ that is used by many people around the world. You can use Facebook to communicate with your friends and family. Although people may think that Facebook is fun because of communication‚ it is actually dangerous and causes many problems. Facebook is dangerous to our society. On Facebook people can invade your privacy‚ create fake profiles to trick you‚ and facebook creates cyber bullying. Facebook is an invasion of privacy. Organizations can watch you while you are on Facebook
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Most People have no idea that they are risking their lives each and every day by doing the simplest of tasks and one of them includes riding and or driving a car. Nowadays‚ more drivers have begun to develop excessively dangerous driving habits. Not too many people know‚ but‚ traveling by car is actually a lot more jeopardous than flying on a plane. You would truly be a lot safer by taking a train‚ or boat or anything else. Unfortunately‚ our society has become dominated by time; causing us to ignore
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Sports are an indispensable part of human life. However‚ some are considered to be more dangerous than the others. Because of the dangers those sports can lead to‚ many people believe they should be banned. In this essay‚ I will discuss why dangerous sports should not be allowed. Firstly‚ human life is undoubtedly precious. If somebody‚ for example‚ dies of a dangerous sport; his family would be very upset. This is also a loss to the society considering the fact everybody has to spend twelve years
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