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    What role do plants play in Thanksgiving? The entire idea of Thanksgiving is essentially molded around the idea of crops. Thanksgiving is thought to be‚ historically‚ a time where the Pilgrims and Indians came together to give thanks for the great harvest. In reality‚ The Native Americans celebrated the gifts of harvest as often as possible and the Pilgrims and Natives didn’t come together celebrating crops‚ but instead crops such as corn‚ and land in general was stolen from the Native Americans

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    A couple of weeks ago Jim remembered and explained a vivid‚ flashbulb memory from his childhood of the day he had found out his parents had won the lottery. He remembered where he sat in the house and the board game he played with his siblings when they found out his parents won. Jim also said the score of the game. Jim found out of recent that everything he was recalling of that day was wrong. Jim had an inaccurate memory of that day. Dr. Elizabeth Loftus and others have explained that memory constantly

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    The lottery puzzle stems from the same structure as the lottery paradox‚ which is a modern paradox credited to Professor Henry E. Kyburg Jr. The lottery puzzle‚ much like the lottery paradox is episodic‚ dealing with belief or knowledge. To understand the lottery puzzle‚ I will analyze the concepts of fallibilism and the principle of closure under known implications. Then I will analyze the plausibility and the strength of the possible solution to the lottery puzzle: the denial of knowledge of ordinary

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    The Lottery By: Shirley Jackson Summary: The Lottery happens in June every year in a small village of about 300 people. It’s a tradition held annually for well over 80 years and Mr. Summers who oversees several civic activities in the community like square dances‚ teenage club‚ and the Halloween program as well as the Lottery. The Lottery normally starts around ten o’clock in the morning and is finished around noon‚ the townspeople gather at the center of the town. A small old black

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    story The Possibility of Evil by Shirley Jackson‚ there are several symbols that represent abstract ideas pictured as roses‚ letters‚ and simply the title “The Possibility of Evil.” The first symbol she uses is Miss Strangeworth’s roses signifying the good seen by everyone around her. Throughout the story‚ citizens compliment her flowers as well as taking note of Miss Strangeworth’s kindness according to her questions and actions towards them. Another symbol Jackson uses is the symbol of Miss Strangeworth’s

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    Tragedy or Satire/Irony (Frye 18). The use of Irony and its conventional associations eludes the reader from interpreting a story as a Romance‚ but instead give the reader a reversed twist. This use of ironic convention in literary work is seen through Shirley Jackson’s short story‚ The Lottery; the story of Tessie Hutchinson‚ stoned to death after winning her village’s annual lottery. Thus‚ The Lottery‚ according to Northrop Frye’s literary model‚ is a Satire/Irony. Jackson’s use of The Lottery as both

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    Corresponding Chronicles Sheryl Gounder The art of storytelling has been around for many generations. “The Witch” by Shirley Jackson and “The Storyteller” by Saki share the common act of storytelling. The stories reflect each other’s main concept of telling a story within a story. Both authors provide imagery and detail within the ambience and characters. The stories share similar surroundings. “The Storyteller” and “The Witch” begin in a railway carriage. As both stories advance so do the

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    routine‚ unbeknownst of the devotion to come. Driven by the urge to please and feel closer to their elders‚ these traditions continue. But if there is no clear purpose‚ it is more difficult to keep the value known and respected. This is shown in Shirley Jackson’s ‘The Lottery’. The story is set in a dystopian land‚ where villages participate in lotteries. However‚ instead of money‚ the winner is made the target of a stoning‚ performed by their peers.Throughout the story‚ she uses elaborate description

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    “Charles” Change is a burden; the coping strategies used to deal with it illustrate personality. Shirley Jackson accurately describes the difficulties of growing up through the character Laurie in “Charles.” Seeking attention‚ Laurie‚ a troubled kindergartener decides to act out in school to soothe his desire to be noticed. Similar to an average kindergartener‚ Laurie is energetic and undisciplined. At home in the 1950s‚ Laurie maunders over the actions of a so called misbehaved boy in his class

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    lottery is “won” in the story the character is sentenced to death by stoning. Jackson notes‚ ‘Now‚ I’ll read the names--heads of families first--and the men come up and take a paper out of the box…’ ( Jackson 2). This determined what villager was to be stoned to their demise. The slips of paper mentioned in the story are stored in a black box which symbolizes the tradition of the lottery. In “The Lottery” Jackson uses

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