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    Depiction of a personal crisis in the story Odour of Chrysanthemums by D. H. Lawrence (essay) D. H. Lawrence was an English representative of modernism‚ novelist‚ poet‚ playwright‚ essayist‚ literary critic and painter whose life was dominated by poverty as he was born as a coal miner’s son in 1985 in Eastwood‚ Nottinghamshire in central England. He completed the Nottingham University and later worked as a teacher. During the First World War he and his wife‚ whom he met just after releasing

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    I. Introduction a. Hook: It is not always true that with age comes wisdom. b. Lead: In Shirley Jackson’s short stories‚ “Afternoon in Linen” and “After You My Dear Alphonse” it is the children who show wisdom by not acting superior to others around them. c. Thesis: In “Afternoon in Linen” and “After You My Dear Alphonse” Shirley Jackson uses similar characterizations and irony to create this theme. II. BP 1 a. Topic- A narrow minded person often chooses not to

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    very important. The short story Lottery by Shirley Jackson‚ is a great example of how the tone of words speak volumes. The story speaks from the story takes place on June 27th‚ at the village square where everyone gathers around for the annual lottery day. Some were looking forward to the annual lottery day‚ but some were dreading it. The annual holiday consisted of all the townspeople gathering for fun and activities. Followed by a day of activities‚ the “lottery” instructed every family members

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    type of the literature the stories “The Lottery” and “The Veldt” are. I would never want to live in the dystopian lives of “The Lottery” or “The Veldt” for two reasons‚ and in the “The Lottery” for another reason.The first reason would be that I would feel fairly controlled in the stories. In “The Lottery‚” society seems to control all of the community members. Their society told them that every year in June‚ they would meet at the meeting place for the lottery. Their society

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    Shirley Jackson’s short story‚ “The Lottery”‚ is about a small town that meets on June 27‚ a beautiful day‚ for the annual lottery. All 300 people in this town meet in the town square and draw slips of paper out of a box‚ awaiting the person to have the one with the black dot on their paper. Once they find that Tessie Hutchinson‚ a mom‚ and wife‚ pick the paper with the black dot the town crowds around her and begins throwing rocks‚ stoning her to death. Jackson manipulates her readers so well that

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    Composition and Literature 30 September 2014 Essay A – Short Story Analysis The Unfair Tradition The lottery‚ a chance to win‚ usually money‚ but that is not the case in Shirley Jackson’s legendary short story “The Lottery.” Winning the lottery in this case presents a conundrum of sorts. The story does not present a big build‚ a huge climax‚ an epiphany‚ or a conclusion. Instead Jackson leaves us astonished in the end with the only climactic event happening just as she stops writing. It is not

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    "The Lottery and Religion Organized religion and traditions have been a common idea throughout every civilization since the beginning of thought. All of these religions have had some sort of doctrine of faith or standardized set of codes and practices that have been passed down through the ages. In Shirley Jackson’s "The Lottery‚" The author presents the idea that without questioning the practices of our rituals‚ we lose the meaning of why they were conceived in the first place. The first

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    Reflection over Shirley Jackson’s Lottery. The Lottery by Shirley Jackson is a good‚ classic piece of horror literature. The reader is not aware of what is happening till the very end of the short story‚ moreover‚ in the first half of it the reader is supposed to think the described society‚ people‚ town‚ its life are as normal as his own and contemporary to his own time. The author tells us about such things as taxes‚ tractors‚ post office and bank‚ teen-age club and the Halloween program in

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    Secret Evil In Shirley Jackson’s “The Possibility of Evil” the theme is obvious in the title. There is always the possibility of evil in any person. Jackson expresses this theme through symbolism‚ foreshadowing‚ and repetition. The roses in the story are a great item for expressing all of the elements. Miss Strangeworth’s garden is referenced to many times throughout the story. The roses are a great symbolism to Miss Strangeworth herself. Just like a rose’s soft‚ pretty petals‚ Miss Strangeworth

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    Shirley Jackson’s short story‚ “The Lottery” uses underlying details and specific word choice to highlight her pensive tone. Throughout the story‚ Shirley Jackson uses the word “Lottery‚” repeatedly. The use of the word in one sentence focuses on the use of it‚ “...Used to be a saying about ’Lottery in June‚ corn be heavy soon.’... There’s always been a lottery‚” (Jackson 31). The word here emphasizes that Old man Warner has an understanding of “The Lottery.” Jackson leaves the reader with a connotative

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