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    Fiction “The Lottery” Plot: The plot is developed in chronological order‚ with a few episodes from past stories. Exposition: The story begins on a beautiful summer’s day where the village gathering in the town square with kids running around enjoying their liberation from school‚ and putting rocks in their pockets and guarding a pile of rocks in the corner. Rising Action: Further in the story‚ the lottery has begun and every head of the family has drawn a little piece of paper from the “black box”

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    Cast Away Extra Credit * In comparison to his first few days on the on the island‚ what differences did you notice in Chuck Noland after he resided there for four years? What changes take place the longer that Chuck is on the island? --During the first few days of living on the island‚ Chuck tries to save the packages that he managed to save‚ but after a while of living on this island‚ he opens the packages in hope of finding something useful. This is the start of his shift into becoming disconnected

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    1.5 YOUR OWN IDEAS A. Select just one of the opening lines .use the words to begin your own desert island story. I found myself lying on a sandy‚ palm- fringed beach. It was clear that‚ I was the only survivor of my flight squad. The German anti- aircraft missiles had shot us down. I looked around for any survivors‚ but none were there to be seen. I was alone in the island surrounded by water on all sides. I was devastated because there was no one who could help me. I thought‚ I had lost my mind

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    Thuan Nguyen Dr. Robert Janusko English II 2/17/13 A Rose for Emily & The Lottery Many short stories use a technique where they conceal the ending of the story while preparing the reader for the ending. In order to do that‚ the author uses methods of point of view and foreshadowing. In “A rose for Emily” written by William Faulkner and “The Lottery “written by Shirley Jackson‚ the authors use both methods. The point of view used by William Faulkner in “A Rose for Emily” is in 1st person

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    significance that has origin from the past. Black Friday is the one tradition that I thought was the worst until reading “The Lottery‚” by Shirley Jackson. Jackson uses irony to suggest an underlying evil‚ hypocrisy‚ and weakness of human kind. Jackson shows many important lessons about human nature in this short story including barbaric traditions in a supposedly civilized village‚ the community’s hypocrisy‚ and how violence and cruelty take place. "The Lottery" tells the story of an annual

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    Is winning always a win? will not this time. “The Lottery” takes place in a small village that has a weird way of doing things. Many people call this village there home but two of the residents stand out to me. Mr. Summers and Old man Warner were both men that supported the lottery. Mr. Summers was a man of many talents he was always working anything he could gets his hands on. With no kids and a wife that he would rather stay away from because of her attitude he has plenty of time for any

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    “The Lottery” to convey how people blindly follow a tradition that‚ in reality‚ is morally brutal. She uses Old Man Warner’s commentary to help portray this issue. For instance‚ Old Man Warner states‚ “‘It’s not the way it used to be‚’ Old Man Warner said clearly. ‘People ain’t the way they used to be”’ (Jackson 7). Old Man Warner comments on everyone’s sympathy for Tessie’s family. He has participated in the lottery for 77 years and based on that experience‚ he comments on how the lottery has changed

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    When you think about a lottery you automatically think‚ "Oh will they win money or a gift?" Well‚ in the story "The lottery" by Shirley Jackson it was completely the opposite of winning something. The author provoked lots of suspense and tension but wasn’t the suspense you get when you are excited it’s a scary suspense that builds up the tension. And why you suppose? Well‚ in this story the "lottery" there wasn’t any winning of money or a gift‚ this story was about a sacrifice the people of the village

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    Is Lottery a Good Idea? Many people around the world want to try their luck and like challenges in life. For that reason‚ they usually buy lottery tickets. They think they can become millionaires after they buy a lottery ticket which is just $2 or $10. Some think they just spend a little money on buying lottery tickets‚ so it doesn’t affect their living expenses. Almost all people think a lottery cannot make them addicted. Although lottery brings a lot of money for the government to make more benefits

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    Li‚ Mengxi M00084713 Section 3 March 25‚ 2013 Victor Chang The Impact of Winning the Lottery It’s estimated that that millions of people play lotteries every day. These include both the old and young generation. These include people that already have money and people who desperately need money. It seems that everyone wants to be a lottery winner! Winning the lottery can have a great impact on people’s daily lives which include positive influences and negative effects. Three of the impacts

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