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    woman who was very dear to his heart. Hence‚ immediately following the previous lottery year he shattered the old‚ worn lottery box to smithereens. For weeks before the lottery‚ the people of the town speculated when the lottery would take place for the next year’s annual lottery. No one spoke of the missing box. However‚ there was speculation of a new box that would be unveiled to the public during the next annual lottery. In his standard schedule‚ on the appointed day‚ Mr. Summers arranged

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    square to get ready for their annual tradition - the lottery. The author places the story in the nondescript setting to give the readers a strong impression of the evil ritual the villagers do every year. The readers have no idea what the lottery really means until the winner is stoned to death. In my opinion‚ there are two main reasons why the townspeople take part in their yearly ritual. First of all‚ the townspeople manage to

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    most people think of joyful things; baking Christmas cookies or even family game nights on Wednesdays. Traditions create memories‚ and bonds between familes. But‚ as shown in the short stories‚ “Battle Royal” by Ralph Ellison and “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson‚ not all traditions are passed in good spirit - such as slavery‚ discrimination‚ and sacrifice. Slavery has been a part of culture all over the world for decades. Most people would not see this as a form of tradition but as told in “Battle

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    Why did Shirley Jackson write "The Lottery?" - Essay What was the real reason Tessie “won” the lottery? Because she came late‚ opposed the person in power by speaking of a flaw/protesting against the lottery. When the Hutchinson family draws the marked paper‚ she exclaims‚ “It wasn’t fair” singling her out and making her “win”. How does this relate to real life? It relates to real life because everything in this story symbolizes or relates to things people in the world do all the time. It may not

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    Disappointment and Male Egotism; A comparison of two stories “The lottery ticket” by Anton Chekhov and “The lottery” by Shirley Jackson have many similarities. Both pieces examine potential disastrous outcomes of participating in a lottery. Chekhov’s story is a very basic representation of one man’s negative lottery experience. Though Jackson’s work is about a very different kind of village lottery‚ it too tells the story of a devastating lottery experience. The pieces share many common ideas. In comparing

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    present. The lottery represents any tradition that is inherited from one generation

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    The Lottery - Reading Comprehension By Karen N - 9C · The townspeople are holding the lottery because it is their tradition that they have followed for many‚ many years. · The people didn’t stop the lottery because it was considered [kind of] absurd to do so. It is a ritual that they did‚ and it was part of who they were. · I don’t think the writing style of this story would be considered horror. The way the author describe the story throughout and at the end did not send me any chills

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    Shirley Jackson’s The Lottery: An Exposition of Conformity in Society The Lottery‚ a short story by the nonconformist author Shirley Jackson‚ represents communities‚ America‚ the world‚ and conformist society as a whole by using setting and most importantly symbolism with her inventive‚ cryptic writing style. It was written in 1948‚ roughly three years after the liberation of a World War II concentration camp Auschwitz. Even today‚ some people deny that the Holocaust ever happened. Jackson shows

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    “The lottery” by Shirley Jackson and “first they came” by Martin Neimoller are both great story’s where the theme is standing up for what is right isn’t always the easiest path. In the lottery Mrs. Hutchinson wins and because she followed the crowd and played the game. And that doesn’t work out to well‚ and when the speaker in first they came does what everyone else does he is nearly executed. When the Hutchinson family wins the lottery Tessie Hutchinson is not very happy‚ in paragraph 45 and 46

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    a theme in their piece of writing. A theme is basically the subject of talk on what the author’s personal feelings are. In the short story The Lottery by Shirley Jackson the theme is the danger of blindly following traditions can eventually lead to you being cruel. The following theme with be supported through characterization and setting. In The Lottery one way that the danger of blindly following traditions can eventually lead to you being cruel is seen through setting in the second paragraph

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