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    KILL A MOCKINGBIRD By Harper Lee and THE LOTTERY By Shirley Jackson. These authors may have used different kinds of literary techniques to impart their messages in the book/story but we could still compare and contrast their literary techniques that they have used to inform their readers. The authors Harper Lee and Shirley Jackson both illustrate the overarching theme of self- reliance versus conformity to their

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    Today is my twenty third lottery. My mother was chosen in the third lottery I ever attended. I never really new her‚ but people say she was a great person. Ever since I learned of her being stoned because of the lottery‚ I have been protesting against the lottery. Even though I am against the lottery I still have to attend‚ because if I don’t‚ the other villagers will choose me automatically. Three years ago‚ when I was twenty‚ Old Man Warner was chosen in the lottery. It’s ironic how people change

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    “The Lottery” Mrs. Hutchinson or Tessie is quite friendly and happy with her community. At the beginning of the lottery‚ Tessie is very lively by chatting with Mrs. Delacroix about forgetting about the lottery. She continues to be cheerful when she joins her husband but when her family then herself is selected‚ she panics and pleas to be saved. Tessie follows a horrible tradition ignoring its consequences but as soon as she is selected in the lottery she acted cowardly by claiming the lottery is unfair

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    Literary Analysis on Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” Shirley Jackson bewildered the world when her short story “The Lottery” was published in The New Yorker magazine. The piece got a great deal of negative reaction for its shocking and gruesome story. Readers didn’t know what or why Shirley Jackson wrote this piece. She said she wanted to show the story with a “graphic dramatization of the pointless violence and general inhumanity in their own lives.” She wrote a piece about a town that continues

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    analysis of The Lottery by Shirley Jackson--Females’ inferior position The Lottery written by Shirley Jackson tells such a story: There is an ancient traditional annual event held in a small town in America. Anyone who wins the “lottery” will be stoned to death for harvest. Tessie is the new unluckier this time‚ who has to suffer this cruel and inhumane punishment. Seen deeply‚ females’ inferior position is showed elaborately in this novel. First‚ the appellation to females shows that they are

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    Outline Thesis: In Shirley Jacksons controversial short story‚ "The Lottery"‚ the usage of symbolism stands strong when she manages to relate the feebleness of life with pieces of paper‚ mystery and fear with an eerie black box‚ and society ’s prevailing ability to blindly follow tradition with the overall aspect of a "lottery". I. The pieces of paper that the villagers had to draw contained inside the black box symbolized the feebleness of life.         A. “He dropped all the paper but those

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    In the short story “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson‚ the writer clearly brings out various symbols and aspects that later indicates the irony of what “The Lottery” in reality means. It is evident that what begins as a bright and peaceful summer day later transpires into a perverted stoning event. Each and every single part included in the short story points out the destiny. The story is presented in such a way‚ that the writer excellently illustrates how items‚ human beings‚ and people’s actions

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    The lottery is a short story that cruelly documents the annual sacrifice of an unlucky townsperson. The majory of the story is the process of selecting the townsperson being sacrificed. This process is called the lottery. Jackson uses an abundant amount of symbols throught her story which perfectly convey the inhuman tradition that is the lottery. The two main symbols Jackson uses are the townspeople’s names‚ and the objects used to conduct the lottery. The names assigned to the townspeople play

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    In Shirley Jackson’s short story "The Lottery"‚ she uses many literary devices. However the most prevalent are irony and symbolism. Jackson uses irony and symbolism to illustrate the underlying darker theme not evident in the beginning of the short story. The use of irony is in almost every paragraph. Even the title of the story is ironic because it represents something positive but in the end the reader finds the true meaning of the title to be negative. "Part of the horrific effect of Jackson’s

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