The historical lense best suits the novel Dracula by Bram Stoker. This lense considers how the time period and place is described in the text. Dracula was published in 1897 around the same time the book was set in. Some people in this time period believed that the book was based on true events. In today’s society people don’t believe in supernatural creatures. The novel is taught as a myth; there are movies and other books all based off of Dracula. Dracula has been around since the 1800s and it
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with students‚ colleagues‚ establishment and community‚ as well as their personal and professional selves. Brookfield (2017) provides four lenses through which to reflect critically on our practice as a teacher: through our student’s eyes; through our colleague’s eyes; through our personal experience; and through theoretical literature. Brookfield’s four lenses are a cogent framework upon which to construct reflective practice particularly as a high school science and mathematics teacher where there
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The Self Through Lenses CIIS Natasha Parakh Human Development and the Family 4th December‚ 2013 The Self Through Lenses Williams James first established the difference between the self as I‚ the subjective knower‚ and Me‚ the object that is known (James‚ 1891). Self can be understood as an inner realm of thoughts‚ emotions and desires‚ but also as the link between these inner realms and the external environment (Elliott‚ 2007). This concept of self has been evolving
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Thin Lenses Group members: Trevor Kitts Ryan Mutsch Author: Trevor Kitts 1402L September 10‚ 2012 Introduction In this week’s lab we looked at the movement of light between multiple lenses and their focal points. Procedure List of materials: Optics Bench‚ equipped with laser and triangular like prism. First‚ we aligned the laser with the 0⁰ mark and the center of the prism so that the light hit the bottom of the prism in a perpendicular form. Second‚ we observed that the light
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“The Lottery” – by Shirley Jackson Name:_____________________________ ELA 10 Questions From the context of the story‚ who controls the town? Explain. Mr. Summers‚ Mr. Graves and Mr. Martin are the leaders of the town. Because‚ in the story‚ Mr. Summers owns the village’s largest business and also the major of the town. Mr. Summers has more “time and energy to devote to civic activities.” It indicates that he has money and leisure. Mr. Graves is the government official; the
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Monique Lewis Ashcraft English 102 Feb. 25‚ 2013 The Lottery Following it’s publication in the New Yorker in 1948‚ Shirley Jackson’s "the lottery" aroused much controversy‚ leading to that issue of the new Yorker quickly being sold out. Through the use of comedy and irony‚ Jackson demonstrates the "pointless violence and general inhumanity in [readers] own lives" The lottery takes place in a small close knit town where tradition is taken quite seriously. Each year an event is held in which
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are passed down overtime because certain individuals are afraid of the consequences. In a small village‚ there is a yearly tradition that randomly selects one individual to be stoned by the entire village. This tradition is known as “The Lottery.” In “The Lottery‚” Shirley Jackson combines foreshadowing with a comforting tone thus both concealing and revealing the shocking ending. Shirley Jackson’s use of a benevolent tone leaves readers unsuspecting of the ironic ending. As the story begins
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The lottery is a short story that cruelly documents the annual sacrifice of an unlucky townsperson. The majory of the story is the process of selecting the townsperson being sacrificed. This process is called the lottery. Jackson uses an abundant amount of symbols throught her story which perfectly convey the inhuman tradition that is the lottery. The two main symbols Jackson uses are the townspeople’s names‚ and the objects used to conduct the lottery. The names assigned to the townspeople play
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The Lottery On a clear morning‚ June 27th‚ the townspeople‚ men‚ women‚ and children begin to assemble for the lottery which is to begin at ten in the morning. The opening paragraphs completely mask the underlying darkness of this short story. As the reader progresses throughout the story‚ these deeper elements of the story become evident. "The Lottery" successfully combines elements of horror‚ irony‚ hypocrisy‚ and tradition in a way that fulfills Carver’s criteria of a story that exemplifies
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Engl151C-17 September 16‚ 2011 “The Lottery” Traditions The main theme of “The Lottery‚” by Shirley Jackson‚ is tradition. Traditions are beliefs‚ legends‚ customs‚ information and other things that are passed down from generation to generation. This theme is shown in many different ways throughout the story. The first way tradition is shown in the story is with the ritual that the town people call the lottery. The second way tradition is shown is by the character Mrs. Hutchinson. Another character
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