How is Tradition Important A tradition is a kind of ritual‚ belief or object passed down within society. It is a mode of thought or behavior followed by a people or a group of people continuously from generation to generation‚ a custom or usage. Nowadays there are less and less traditions followed by people in the world. Modern people mostly forgot beliefs of the past. Contemporary life is hectic and filled with events‚ people are busy all the time and hardly find time for communication
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Stacey Jones Short fiction paper 11/06/12 Shirley Jackson “The Lottery” Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” is a chilling tale of a small town whose people had to participate in a lottery each year. The first onset of this reading depictures a story of hope. The first few paragraphs shows truth in what you would think is going to be a heartfelt happy story; it was clear and sunny‚ with the fresh warmth of a full summer day; the flowers were blossoming profusely and the grass was richly green
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The Lottery vs. The Hunger Games The Hunger Games and The Lottery have many similarities and differences in terms of the dystopian society that is portrayed in each selection. The main event that happens in each story portrays the dystopian societies that they both contain in a few different ways‚ as well as a similar one. The purpose of the event in The Hunger Games and The Lottery is extremely different from each other. The hierarchy within each dystopian society also has some similarities and
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Elements of Religious Traditions There are many religious traditions through the world today. Many components make up these traditions. Religious traditions are made of what the tradition says in its teachings‚ texts‚ doctrine‚ stories‚ myths and many others. Religious traditions also include what the tradition does through worship‚ prayer‚ pilgrimage‚ and rituals. Each religion along with the traditions it has will also have a place to organize leadership and communicate relationships among members
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In the short story “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson many of the beliefs in the story are giving the lottery a bad meaning. In this story The Lottery is a huge event of stoning winners of the lottery. Many of the lottery winners think maybe the drawings are very unfair. Normally the first thing that comes to a persons mind when they think about the lottery is a large sum of money‚ in the story “The Lottery” it is not the same. This story makes the readers mind wonder and see two aspects of the story
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Indian Customs and Traditions Faith‚ family and castes shape just about every aspect of Indian culture -- from birth to death -- and all the trials and parties in between. Indian society is structured around the families people are born into and where they are born. Individuals inherit their social position and stay within it throughout life. A caste‚ or jati (meaning "birth")‚ is the level within the social system that determines who people will marry and often even what line of work they can
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DO VOLCANOES HAVE A DESTRUCTIVE POWER AS WELL AS POTENTIAL BENEFIT Volcanoes are usually depicted as towering mountains missing a chunk out of the top from which steam‚ ash and lava spew forth. In reality‚ a volcano is any spot on the surface of the Earth where lava flows. Magma finds its way upwards along fissures or cracks in the planet ’s crust and bursts out onto the surface‚ resulting in a volcano. Magma that flows out of a volcano is called lava. If it comes out of the volcano in an explosive
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“The Lottery” Sacrifice Sacrifice can be recognized at all levels‚ for instance‚ in 1960 during the Vietnam War over 58‚220 Americans sacrificed their lives to stand for the people‚ and land that they love; however‚ these men and women sacrificed at a large range: their lives‚ leftover bread‚ or even a family member (Nation Archives). Sacrifice has so many different rankings that it truly is mind blowing. In comparison in the passage “The Lottery”‚ written by Shirley Jackson‚ each year someone
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Written by Shirley Jackson‚ The Lottery focuses on the cruelty of man in its most raw state- the sacrifice of an innocent human being at the hands of the people with whom that person lives with. Written in 1948‚ this short story was published by Jackson in New York‚ where the audience of this story reviewed it ferociously‚ claiming that it was the most absurd story they have read. No one understood the message Jackson wished to convey across to the reader. However‚ looking deep‚ we find that there
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serious duty to their families‚ hunting illegally and putting their names tens of times into the Hunger Games raffle. I felt that the raffle was ridiculously barbaric‚ and reminded me of a short story that we read in English last year‚ called “the Lottery”. Anyway‚ reading the part when Katniss
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