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    Symbolism: “The Lottery” and “Everyday Use” Symbolism is a magnificent thing. It can prep the reader to expect something unique to the story‚ and sometimes symbolism isn’t even recognized until the reader has completely finished the story. For this critical analysis‚ I will be looking at the symbolism in “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson and “Everyday Use” by Alice Walker. “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson In this story‚ the symbolism begins with the description of the black box. The

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    their everyday life that they don’t even recognize them as such. Why do you cook rice a certain way? Well‚ that’s the way Grandma always did it. Others hold tradition above anything else. They feel that it is very important to follow these established customs and cannot even imagine rebelling against them although they may be hurtful in some ways. They may not even remember the reason for these customs in the first place. In the short stories "Everyday Use‚" by Alice Walker‚ and "The Lottery‚" by

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    Everyday Use Theme

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    I will explore the theme of the fictional story by Alice Walker called “Everyday Use” and how the three main characters add to the theme. I see the theme as being about hierarchy and interpersonal relationships between multigenerational women within a family. How mothers‚ daughters‚ and sisters interact. The complexities of emotions‚ also how different generations and cultural changes affect them. Then I will dissect the individual characters and their impact on the theme. First‚ I look at the character

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    The short story Everyday Use by Alice Walker differentiates between a fake and a real heritage. To illustrate her point she uses one family consisting of a mother and her two daughters and the way each of them views their ancestry and heritage. Through the behavior of these three people Walker is able to clearly show the little things that separate a real heritage from the assumed fake mask. During the time of many positive changes to the lives of black people across the America‚ the author illustrates

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    The theme of a story often is displayed in the development of the protagonist or in the epiphany that the protagonist experiences. But in some stories‚ there may be more than one focal character‚ and the theme must therefore be inferred by examining the different experiences of more than one person. Demonstrate the validity of this statement by examining the three main characters in one of the following: Walker‚ “Everyday Use” In the story “Everyday Use”‚ there are at least three evident themes

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    Themes in "The Lottery"

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    “The Lottery” is a story written by Shirley Jackson in 1948 and tells the story of a town that takes part in a barbaric ritual every year on June 27th. There are several themes in this short story. The main themes in “The Lottery” are our aversion to examine and challenge outdated ideas and rituals‚ that society will pick scapegoats to carry its wrongs and the horrors in following the crowd. The townspeople in “The Lottery” blindly go along with an appalling custom having lost the reason behind

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    The Lottery Theme

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    The lottery theme I think that the theme of the lottery is to treat others how you want to be treated. I think that this theme fits into all of this story. The whole story is about this theme. It is important to treat others how you want to be treated. If you don’t then it will come back and bite you in the butt. Just like it did in “The Lottery”. On page number 8 in “The Lottery” Tessie Hutches pleads saying “It isn’t fair!”. We know though that if anyone else had gotten the black dot she would

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    Theme 1: In the story when old men talked about the other town ending the lottery. He did not want to change like the other town. Theme 2: believing it will increase the growth of the season‚ Tessie was the one who got sacrificed. Theme 3: I believe they count as a serial killer; killing a person every year is a crime. Theme 4: Every year it happens‚ people unable to study their life so they can’t realize mistakes. Theme 5: Tessie realized lottery was wrong when she had the black dot. A List of

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    "Everyday Use" Alice Walker’s modern classic "Everyday Use" tells the story of a mother and her two daughters conflicting ideas about their identities and ancestry. The mother narrates‚ in first person‚ because Mama can characterize her daughters and herself in an unbiased light that only a mother could love or know. the story takes place of the day the oldest daughter‚ Dee‚ visits from college and clashes with the other daughter‚ Maggie‚ over the possession of heirloom quilts. The story begins

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    Author: Chris Themes of Everyday Use by Alice Walker In the Alice Walker’s story “Everyday Use”‚ two sisters portray their contrasting family views on what they perceive to be heritage. The idea is that a quilt is a part of this family’s history. They aren’t just parts of cloth put together to make a blanket. The quilt symbolizes their ancestors’ lives and tells a story with every single inch of cloth. Understanding the reasoning of why the author wrote this story is very important; valuing

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