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    “Charles” Composition The short story‚ “Charles‚” written by Shirley Jackson is about a boy named Laurie who is in kindergarten. This boy is very impish and rude. This is so because he is an older brother and lacks the attention he once possessed. As well as rude‚ he can be violent‚ and cause havoc. He lives with his mother‚ father‚ and little brother who is only an infant. On Laurie’s first day of kindergarten‚ he wore overalls with bibs‚ but since his brother started receiving attention‚ he began

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    "The Lottery"‚ by Shirley Jackson‚ can be seen in many different ways. There are many themes portrayed in this short story. Two of which are: the reluctance of people to reject outdated traditions and following the crowd can have disastrous consequences. The first theme that was illustrated was the reluctance of people to reject outdated traditions. The villagers throughout this story believed that since they had always had the lottery‚ that they should not change tradition now. One of the villagers

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    story "The Lottery‚" the community attitude toward this story is that you have some of the most loyal people out there that were once family turns their backs on one another all over a cruel tradition. On the other end you have some people just didn’t feel it was right. It was like a no win situation. You must participate no matter how bad you feel. Family turn on one another and betrayal seek vengeance in this story. The characters that refused to question the tradition of the lottery in the story

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    existing in a dystopian society titled “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson. The citizens were about to participate in The Lottery‚ not to be confused with the modern day lottery which involves spending and losing lots of money. After the process was completed‚ Tessie was “chosen”. The people of this small village suddenly started to stone Tessie to the death. The End. But why was Tessie stoned? What is the purpose of this annual event? The Lottery has an original purpose and a current purpose

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    “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson‚ a human is sacrificed every year to follow and honor an old custom that was stamped ever since the town was established. This year out of a village of 300 people‚ Bill Hutchinson’s family won the lottery‚ and in the second round of the raffle‚ out of all five members of the family‚ Tessie Hutchinson had the card with the black mark meaning she was going to be sacrificed. Shorty after winning‚ Tessie was stoned to death as a sacrifice to the gods. The lottery was conducted

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    The Lottery by Shirley Jackson tells us about the absurdness of blind obedience. The story begins when the people of the village began to gather in the square. Some of the children are gathering stones. The narrator was like making a warning earlier in the story by mentioning the pile of stones and the way the older people distance themselves from it. "They stood together‚ away from the pile of stones in the corner‚ and their jokes were quiet and they smiled rather than laughed

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    (Introduction) “The Lottery‚” a short story by Shirley Jackson‚ is about a woman who has been selected for sacrifice by a lottery drawing. Tessie Hutchinson‚ and the rest of her town‚ are unfeeling about how the annual sacrifice affects the selected. However‚ they carry on with their tradition year after year‚ with no intent to make changes to meet modern day morals and needs. “The Lottery” is about blindly following tradition‚ the awareness of how cruel a practice sacrificing is‚ and how one’s mindset

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    something that really shocked me at the beginning of the story‚ after reading the Lottery written by American famous female author Sherley Jackson. In the story‚ she depicts a small village in the mountain and the annual antiquated ritual there; every year‚ people are gathered at the square‚ and pick the lottery. It is a ritual for praying; it is not a ritual for praying. From the different word choices and settings Jackson used in the story‚ I can discover its astonish but approachable plots and ending

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    Tasha Petitlouis ENC1102 Response Paper #1 revised February 11‚ 2014 What Is Shirley Jackson’s message in “The LotteryShirley Jackson’s message in “The Lottery” would happen to be a common case of irony‚ for the unexpected happens to the main character Tessie Hutchinson. The setting is a small unknown village‚ which participates in a gruesome murder every year. Each June 27th a lottery is hosted‚ and a single individual’s fate is chosen by a small piece of paper with a black dot in the center

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    sympathy in the audience. I therefore used the characters‚ themes and plot found in Shirley Jackson’s The Lottery as the basis of my broadcast element because this text is a disquieting critique on the violence and inhumanity we hear about on a perpetual basis that evokes emotion in nearly everyone who reads it. In my feature story‚ I describe the barbaric traditions of a seemingly convivial town where a lottery is conducted on an annual basis. The villagers are required to gather in the square and

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