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    Lotteries are different from any other gaming product. Lottery players gamble a small amount of money against very long chances to win a large prize‚ with the net proceeds going to the public good. The lotteries make the service in the country more successfully as creating move opportunity to have chance to get a job. Lotteries are a positive part of society for two reasons; they make the economy grow and help the society. First‚ lotteries help the economy grow because the winner can buy houses

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    VO L U M E 1 2 FOR TEACHERS ONLY OF MC & THEMATIC REGENTS HIGH SCHOOL EXAMINATION Global History and Geography August 17‚ 2010 GLOBAL HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY Cut Here The University of the State of New York Part I 1. . . 4 . . . 2. . . 1 . . . Copyright 2010 The University of the State of New York THE STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT Albany‚ New York 12234 9. . . 4 . . . 34. . . 4 . . . 10. . . 3 . . . 35. . . 4 . . . 11. . . 4 . . . 36. . . 3 .

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    People Close to Them in “The Wound Dresser” and “Wars is Kind” @“The Wound Dresser” by Walt Whitman and “War is Kind” by Stephen Crane‚ are both sad yet beautifully poetic works of art that focus on the harshness of war with many similarities displayed in diverse ways like tone‚ writing style‚ theme‚ and how the author’s individual experiences with war have helped create these works of art. @First‚ both “The Wound Dresser” and “War is Kind” are similar in theme when describing the harshness of war

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    Destini Lloyd Joy Surles Eng 113 March 26‚ 2013 The Lottery What is the definition of inhumanity? Inhumanity is great cruelty and a lack of humanity. Once you understand that a normal human being would then question how people could be so cruel to one another. The inhumanity of taking chance is evident in “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson. The author paints a vivid picture of how taking a gamble is not worth the loss. The mindset of traditionalism‚ selfishness‚ and inhumanness speaks volume

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    The title of the story "The Lottery‚” by Shirley Jackson is ironic. By only reading the title of this story the reader would assume that someone is going to win something good. But‚ the opposite of that is actually the true part‚ because the author‚ Shirley Jackson Makes it seems like it is just another one of those regular days in the village. But it is not. One way that Shirley Jackson proves that some of her story is written with irony is what kind of traditions they have. They make traditions

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    Paul split this verse into two parts‚ 10a was for relaying on godliness and 10b was to provide further grounds for ministry efforts. The first words of verse ten is “It is for this reason” Paul is using those words to point back to everything that has been said about godliness and

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    Analysis: The short story‚ "Two Kinds‚"� displays the relationship between a Chinese mother and a disobedient Americanized daughter. Jing-mei‚ a second-generation Chinese daughter‚ deals with her own internal conflict as well as an external conflict with her mother. The internal effort to find her true self is a lesson Jing-mei will have to discover‚ as she gets older. Being born of Chinese heritage‚ Jing-mei struggles with the burden of failing to meet her mother’s expectations. She was never sure

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    distressing world of the camp and the bomb” (The Lottery 144). Shirley’s story is about a town of a few hundred residents who join every year to be a part of the lottery. It then hits two stages of the drawing and Tessie Hutchinson “wins”. Now that she won‚ she is stoned to death by her people. Even her own family allowed this to happen! This discourteous distress in this twist was horrifying that anyone could just kill someone because‚ they won the lottery. When people read Jackson’s story‚ the readers

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    While trying to understand the reasons for her mother wanting Jing-Mei to be great‚ Jing-Mei discovers the real meaning of two kinds. "Two Kinds" is written by Amy Tan. Jing-Mei‚ a young Chinese girl‚ grew up in America with her mother‚ a member of the Joy Luck Club. Through this‚ Jing-Mei’s mother pushes into being a prodigy. With this‚ her mother has the idea of Jing-Mei playing the piano. <br> <br>Initially‚ Jing-Mei doesn’t have the drive to succeed as her mother does. Her mother has many ideas

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    Although the short stories “The Lottery” and “The Veldt” have completely different settings and time periods‚ the one common theme that runs through both stories is the tendency of human nature to use violence to accomplish its goals. In both stories‚ selfishness drives the characters to commit horrific acts of murder. In Shirley Jackson’s story “The Lottery‚” the villagers use the excuse of an annual ritual to literally execute one of their own in the mistaken belief that it will help

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