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    In “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson the use of word choice conveys how societal duty can lead us to act against our beliefs. “The Lottery is a story about a village that holds a lottery every year. The true purpose is not revealed until the end‚ and even then it is not very clear. In the beginning the author describes the lottery and how the whole town comes out for this event. As Jackson is describing the lottery she describes the box they use. The box is old‚ but no one is willing to replace it

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    In 1948‚ “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson demonstrates the effect of social groups‚ how that affects the conscious mind and decisions. There’s a small village of three hundred people‚ and every year there’s a “Lottery”. The lottery was a long standing tradition the people of the village did every year since its founding’s. It consists of a post master‚ sheriff‚ and opening words‚ the whole town gathers in the middle of the village for the drawing. The whole thing starts around early morning to finish

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    wife‚ and mother. Jackson’s use of well-developed characters helped create a clear vision and belief that this may actually take place in society today. She provided an example of how to catch the readers’ imagination to take them on a journey. Jackson has a wonderful use of characters to help set the scene for this short story. Her use of the grouchy Old Man Warner gives us a view that the lottery

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    Shirley Jackson is the author to two gruesome short stories titled‚ “the Lottery” and “the Possibility of Evil”. Both stories are known for their shocking turn of events and internal messages about humanity itself. Shirley Jackson has a very unique style of writing using different forms of literary devices. There are many similarities in these short stories and also many differences that contribute to the devices Shirley used in both; such as mood‚ foreshadowing‚ and imagery. A literary device

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    Can winning a lottery be the ideal thing that could happen in one day? The short story The Lottery by Shirley Jackson is all contrary. This story starts of as a pleasant‚ beautiful summer day in a small village. Where the children are picking up and accumulating rocks‚ the women are gossiping and the men are telling jokes. A beautiful day to play the lottery‚right? However‚ this is not a lottery you want to win. Two characters that impacted me the most from this short story are the Mr.Warner and

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    foreshadowing was used by the author‚ Shirley Jackson. Characters throughout the story fear the lottery nervously but the dark suspicions are confirmed when “Tessie Hutchinson shouted to Mr. Summers. "You didn’t give him time enough to take any paper he wanted. I saw you. It wasn’t fair!"”(Jackson 5). Tessie instead of being excited for winning the lottery is extremely against winning which confirms that the lottery is nothing to be excited about. Jackson begins the story picturing the town as a the

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    Rachel Passig Mrs. Reynolds World Literature II 21 October 2014 Comparing and Contrasting Odysseus and Percy Jackson Why are not all humans exactly the same? What separates humans apart from each other‚ aside from their external appearance? Each individual human being is unique and extraordinary‚ due to the different characteristics they possess. Granting the fact that humans having similar qualities is a frequent occurrence‚ no two individuals attain identical personalities. Comparing and contrasting

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    Keren Wallace Mr. Dement US History January 21‚ 2015 The Significance of the Frontier in American History 1. How does Frederick Jackson Turner define “frontier”? He gives a definition of the frontier: “it lies at the hither edge of free land”‚ meaning that he considers the Indian territory to be free land. According to him the frontier is the “meeting point between savagery and civilization”‚ “the most rapid and effective Americanization”. 2. What does Turner mean when he says that American development

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    Andrew Jackson Andrew Jackson‚ the seventh president of the United States‚ deserves to have his picture engraved on the twenty-dollar bill. Jackson’s perilous military achievement and leadership as well as democratic principles demonstrated during his presidency have made a significant contribution to American history and political life. Andrew Jackson led his troops to decisive victories against the Creeks in Alabama and against the British in New Orleans. In the war of 1812 the Creek Indians

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